Game day thread - Rnd 2 v Freo

[Melbourne_Blood]

You don't just get to become ' up there with the big boys'. Like every team that is "up there" , they won sufficient games to be viewed this way. As long as we can Continue to win, the holes in our side will become seemingly smaller and the strengths of our side will look even stronger. Carlton, until there exceptionally good season last year, were not "up there ", but they now are after one extremely good year and a couple of good but not brilliant seasons. . I hope this year is the year that transforms us from the also rans to the genuine contenders. Maybe not quite top 4, but definitely pushing and pushing hard.

[Dosser]

Come on guys - even if the Swans were 18th I would still be excited (ok, somewhat tempered) because I would be looking for signs of improvement from the young guns. Same as what we are doing now. Forget our ladder position and just enjoy, folks.

[ShockOfHair]

You can also listen online at SEN and ABC

Webcam Radio - ABC Melbourne - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

SEN SportSENtral > Media Player

You can get live audio feeds of all games on the afl.com.au site - there's usually a choice of two or three commentaries for each game. In most if not all cases it's the only place you can get the radio call.

I like the MMM calls - usually Luffie is calling our games.

[Triple B]

You can also listen online at SEN and ABC

Webcam Radio - ABC Melbourne - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

SEN SportSENtral > Media Player

I havent tried this year - but last year all i got on SEN was a looped recording telling me i cant tune in over the internet. Has it all changed this year? TBH i am fed up with the non coverage on interstate sides in victoria.

You still can't listen online thru the individual stations links. If you have a smartphone, the official AFL app released recently allows you to listen live thru that, plus you have a choice of which feed you want to listen to. I listened to the Weagles game on the way home from the SCG on Sat, had a choice of ABC, SEN and 6PR (?)

[jono2707]

Yeah you could say that..but we have a massive amount of improvement ahead of us..and then we have developing teams like GCS and GWS, who are bad now but in a few years time they will dominate.

All this with teams like Carlton on the up and up and then our naughties nemesis West Coast also improving out of sight.

Maybe once we get Mitchell going..he could be that mid we are so craving and needing atm.

I guess i better stop watching the top teams all together and just watch the swans. That way i can kid myself that we are up there with the big boys.

As this is a Swans supporters forum it's usually a good idea to watch our games, plus a spread of other games, to enable an even analysis of the Swans' performances vs the performances of other teams. That's why I'm so glad I have Foxtel - too much footy is never enough......

[Wardy]

Come on guys - even if the Swans were 18th I would still be excited (ok, somewhat tempered) because I would be looking for signs of improvement from the young guns. Same as what we are doing now. Forget our ladder position and just enjoy, folks.

Too right Dosser let's just sit back and see where the season takes us.

[mcs]

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Yeah you could say that..but we have a massive amount of improvement ahead of us..and then we have developing teams like GCS and GWS, who are bad now but in a few years time they will dominate.

All this with teams like Carlton on the up and up and then our naughties nemesis West Coast also improving out of sight.

Maybe once we get Mitchell going..he could be that mid we are so craving and needing atm.

I guess i better stop watching the top teams all together and just watch the swans. That way i can kid myself that we are up there with the big boys.

To me, footy is not fun if you don't dare to dream. Sure, we may again prove not quite to be up there this season, but if you aren't at all excited about our prospects of at very least getting the utter best out of our list and taking the next steps forward, then perhaps supporting a particular team isn't for you. Being a fan means being optimistic about how you might go during a season, or who'll be the next big thing at the club, and dare I say it of being there on Grand Final day again to see our Club Captain lift the Premiership trophy. Very rarely do our dreams come true... but by gee it is what makes the ride fun, and just how good is it when they do come true!

And if you want proof that you don't necessarily have to have the best list, or the most talented, or the most no 1 draft picks to win the flag, you only have to look back to our Premiership. We were not the best team on paper, we were not the most talented, we were not the best team during the regular season, but we were the best 'team' overall and got the job done.

Footy isn't played on perception or comparison of names on a page. You could probably make strong arguments that we are behind at least half a dozen, if not closer to a dozen teams in the race to reach the pinnacle, but if there is one thing this club has consistently done is get the very best out of the lot we've got. And to me, the very best out of our developing list could go pretty damn close to a flag. It may be some way off, but who knows. I certainly dare to dream it possible.

Bring on Carlton, bring on GWS, bring on GCS, bring on the Weagles, bring on whoever else is on paper 'above us'. I don't care who is good or bad at any particular time - if you are good enough to win a flag, then you find a way to beat those teams more fancied. For most teams, it takes a hell of a lot of luck and good fortune along the way to get even close to winning a flag - so lets enjoy the ride! . I know I certainly will - even if it takes 72 years to win our next flag (I reckon I'll be about a 50/50 shot to make it to it!) then so be it, I won't ever stop dreaming of that Premiership trophy again sporting red and white!

[jono2707]

Well said, MCS, well said. More of this please and less whinging, moaning, harping and carping. Thanks...

[Dosser]

And we'll do it for the Gipper!

[Jewels]

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To me, footy is not fun if you don't dare to dream. Sure, we may again prove not quite to be up there this season, but if you aren't at all excited about our prospects of at very least getting the utter best out of our list and taking the next steps forward, then perhaps supporting a particular team isn't for you. Being a fan means being optimistic about how you might go during a season, or who'll be the next big thing at the club, and dare I say it of being there on Grand Final day again to see our Club Captain lift the Premiership trophy. Very rarely do our dreams come true... but by gee it is what makes the ride fun, and just how good is it when they do come true!

And if you want proof that you don't necessarily have to have the best list, or the most talented, or the most no 1 draft picks to win the flag, you only have to look back to our Premiership. We were not the best team on paper, we were not the most talented, we were not the best team during the regular season, but we were the best 'team' overall and got the job done.

Footy isn't played on perception or comparison of names on a page. You could probably make strong arguments that we are behind at least half a dozen, if not closer to a dozen teams in the race to reach the pinnacle, but if there is one thing this club has consistently done is get the very best out of the lot we've got. And to me, the very best out of our developing list could go pretty damn close to a flag. It may be some way off, but who knows. I certainly dare to dream it possible.

Bring on Carlton, bring on GWS, bring on GCS, bring on the Weagles, bring on whoever else is on paper 'above us'. I don't care who is good or bad at any particular time - if you are good enough to win a flag, then you find a way to beat those teams more fancied. For most teams, it takes a hell of a lot of luck and good fortune along the way to get even close to winning a flag - so lets enjoy the ride! . I know I certainly will - even if it takes 72 years to win our next flag (I reckon I'll be about a 50/50 shot to make it to it!) then so be it, I won't ever stop dreaming of that Premiership trophy again sporting red and white!

Damn fine post MCS

[Primmy]

And we'll do it for the Gipper!

Well I just about fell oorrff me chair....

[Wardy]

Well said, MCS, well said. More of this please and less whinging, moaning, harping and carping. Thanks...

well said guys you hit the nail on the head. So everyone as the Partridge family said all those years ago "c'mon get happy"!!!!!

[jono2707]

well said guys you hit the nail on the head. So everyone as the Partridge family said all those years ago "c'mon get happy"!!!!!

Although I'm not a ranga I could probably play the Danny Bonaduce character..... Well the older version anyway. Gary Rohan can play the younger more fresh-faced version....

[Wardy]

Although I'm not a ranga I could probably play the Danny Bonaduce character..... Well the older version anyway. Gary Rohan can play the younger more fresh-faced version....

You could always be Reuben Kincaid!!!!(the manager);-)

[ScottH]

Come on guys - even if the Swans were 18th I would still be excited (ok, somewhat tempered) because I would be looking for signs of improvement from the young guns. Same as what we are doing now. Forget our ladder position and just enjoy, folks.

If we were 18th, This board would have had a melt down!!