Media Watch

[ShockOfHair]

Matthew Lloyd cranks up the Swans bandwagon:

Sydney was not the best home-and-away team last year but was the best finals team - which is all that matters at the end of the day. It's been 10 years since the Brisbane Lions won their third consecutive premiership and I believe the Swans have the mental toughness and improvement in them, to go back-to-back. They have filled their only weakness by adding Kurt Tippett to the forward setup and players such as Lewis Jetta, Sam Reid, Daniel Hannebery and Luke Parker are only going to get better. It may have caused plenty of controversy but the Tippett recruitment was the biggest win for any club over the off-season.

Finally, it begins

[ShockOfHair]

The Hun more deranged than usual in in this Swans preview: After speculating that maybe a Sydney 'Dynasty' is in the offing, predicts we will go 5th or 6th.

Also thinks Gary Rohan will be one of a players to watch, rather than a player who sadly will be watching. Says Sam Reid is our most exciting player?

On another version of this story there's a video of Brad Johnno predicting 4th.

[R-1]

Yeah clearly the guy who wrote the article had no input to the predicted rankings.

[R-1]

Actually I wouldn't put any stock in this ladder at all. Their predictions are mutally incompatible.

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[ShockOfHair]

ABC Preview: Swans 2nd
AFL Preview: Season 2013 - ABC Grandstand Sport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

[ShockOfHair]

Roos' prediction: A race between COllingwood, Hawthorn, Swans and the Eagles.

[ugg]

How tiny Pennant Hills spawned Sydney's two captains.

Read more: Uphill climb to top of the tree

[Doctor]

Roos' prediction: A race between COllingwood, Hawthorn, Swans and the Eagles.

Gees he went out on a limb there...

[ShockOfHair]

Gees he went out on a limb there...

Yes, a bold call.

But Ross Lyon must be thinking what do you have to do to get noticed by an old mate.

[AnnieH]

Yes, a bold call.

But Ross Lyon must be thinking what do you have to do to get noticed by an old mate.

... oh, I don't know.
Win something, maybe?

[ShockOfHair]

The Swans' own website predicts....4th

Season preview: Sydney Swans - SYDNEYSWANS.com.au

[ShockOfHair]

... oh, I don't know.
Win something, maybe?

Freo destroyed the Eagles on Saturday who a lot of people have pencilled in as premiers. I realise now Roos' forecast was before that game but that's beside the point. He should've predicted that....

[dimelb]

My understanding is that there is a clause automatically attached to such predictions regardless of who makes them: "Injuries permitting."

[DamY]

The Swans' own website predicts....4th

Season preview: Sydney Swans - SYDNEYSWANS.com.au

That report was prepared by AFL writers

[erica]

There's a great article about the Swans in the April issue of Inside Sport magazine - the one with Mumford and Kennedy on the cover. No link - you'll have to check it out in the newsagent.