Changes for round 21 v GWS

[Flying South]

We are gone

Sorry for singling you out annew, but the negativity of some fans on this thread and others astounds me. Are you true fans of the Bloods. IMO a true fan follows every game regardless of the record and is optimistic no matter how bad the situation gets. Being a fan sometimes means you put your logic aside to truly accept a team.

So if you are emotionally attached to your team and you embrace it instead of reject it, then you are in fact a true fan.

Call me emotional, illogical, optimistic, but i will stand by my team no matter. I have faith that the boys will pull together on Saturday and we will walk away victors. I also have faith that come September we will stand up to the pressure of finals football and we will be crowned premiers once again.

[RogueSwan]

... then you are in fact a true fan...

Setting guidelines for who is and isn't a "true fan" doesn't work and is almost akin to trolling. Every one of us is different and support the Swans in different ways, there is no one "true" way. It can become similar to a religious debate, your way doesn't match mine so yours is wrong. If I want to be pessimistic about our chances tomorrow I can, I will still continue to be a Swans fan.

I am seriously excited about tomorrows game, it will provide great insight to our possible future team. And if the team does win, it will provide great momentum for the next month.

[Flying South]

Setting guidelines for who is and isn't a "true fan" doesn't work and is almost akin to trolling. Every one of us is different and support the Swans in different ways, there is no one "true" way. It can become similar to a religious debate, your way doesn't match mine so yours is wrong. If I want to be pessimistic about our chances tomorrow I can, I will still continue to be a Swans fan.

Sorry all. That wasn't my intention to define a true fan. I just get a little frustrated with the negative posts. Let's support the boys not give up on them.

[O'Reilly Boy]

I'm excited about the game too. I have enjoyed watching Rose in the Reserves and trials, and think he's a goer. And I realise that watching debuts is one of my favourite things as a fan. In fact, my first game as a member was Goodesy's debut, Round 1 1999 v Port. And this week we have numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 all in the team.

[mcsean]

Carna bloods!

[annew]

Sorry for singling you out annew, but the negativity of some fans on this thread and others astounds me. Are you true fans of the Bloods. IMO a true fan follows every game regardless of the record and is optimistic no matter how bad the situation gets. Being a fan sometimes means you put your logic aside to truly accept a team

So if you are emotionally attached to your team and you embrace it instead of reject it, then you are in fact a true fan.

Call me emotional, illogical, optimistic, but i will stand by my team no matter. I have faith that the boys will pull together on Saturday and we will walk away victors. I also have faith that come September we will stand up to the pressure of finals football and we will be crowned premiers once again.

That's ok I hate negativity too and I so want to be positive but the injuries are constant and crippling. I'll still be there cheering them on but gee their backs are against the wall.

[stevoswan]

Totally off topic, but extremely funny.....Hawthorn just lost to Port........!!

[Hotpotato]

Still off topic ....
The complete blueprint of how to beat Hawthorn ..
Port were stunning .

[annew]

Totally off topic, but extremely funny.....Hawthorn just lost to Port........!!

Yeah off topic but how sweet was it to see them lose especially when fox were calling them the immortals.

[The Big Cat]

Totally off topic, but extremely funny.....Hawthorn just lost to Port........!!

One advantage that would have followed if Hawthorn had won was that it would have made WCE very serious about beating the bullies to reclaim second spot.

[Ludwig]

That was a very Swan-like performance by Hawthorn.

Our game plan must be good if even Clarkson is copying us.

[Flying South]

That's ok I hate negativity too and I so want to be positive but the injuries are constant and crippling. I'll still be there cheering them on but gee their backs are against the wall.

Well said. You're a good sport.

[Ampersand]

Still off topic ....
The complete blueprint of how to beat Hawthorn ..
Port were stunning .

Hope Longmire watched it. Hawks can be beaten if you just stop giving them space/uncontested marks. If we face them again I hope we abandon our awful zone structure/conceding kicks along the boundary line and just go man-on-man defence.

[bloodbrother]

Totally with you Flying South this team always stands up when the chips are down , they are true bloods and I think the $11 about them for the flag is ridiculous[getting some of that] , yes today will be a challenge with all the injury outs but I am confident ... a first final with Freo in Perth beckons and if we can get some soldiers back fit anything is possible... win that and one weeks rest and wait at home with baseball bats for whoever we get in the prelim ..really want wet toast to knock off the dogs this week ,,we can win today then our last two..cheer cheer the red and the white..

[magic.merkin]

Hope Longmire watched it. Hawks can be beaten if you just stop giving them space/uncontested marks. If we face them again I hope we abandon our awful zone structure/conceding kicks along the boundary line and just go man-on-man defence.