Who would you like to play in week 1?

[barry]

Week one of the finals :?
1) freo in perth.
2) wc in perth.
3) hawks in melbourne

[Zlatorog]

Is this based on an assumption that the Swans will win next 2 games? They will have ti if they want to stay in top 4. The game against St. Kilda won't be easy and I hope the players take it seriously. Ask me next week.

[barry]

Is this based on an assumption that the Swans will win next 2 games? They will have ti if they want to stay in top 4. The game against St. Kilda won't be easy and I hope the players take it seriously. Ask me next week.

You're going off topic Zlatorog, but yes, it assumes we finish top 4. Whether thats by winning 2 games or winning less and relying on other results.

Actually, I think its mathematically impossible to meet Hawks in the first week. They'd have to finish 1st, because we cant leap frog Freo or WC even if they lost the next 2.

[RogueSwan]

Probably Freo but I would be happier if we beat the Weagles in Perth. ATM the Eagles would appear the harder task.

[aardvark]

Week one of the finals :?
1) freo in perth.
2) wc in perth.
3) hawks in melbourne

Oooh we haven't had a poll for a while. Where is the "ROK is hot" option? I vote Freo.

[Go Swannies]

My idea would be for us to beat Freo and the Eagles to beat the Hawks. Both look like possibilities at present - Parker back would be nice. And thrashing the Saints would be a good start. Who can be our Schneiderman to turn the game and kick us to a win as he did over the Saints in 2005.

[RogueSwan]

Oooh we haven't had a poll for a while. Where is the "ROK is hot" option?

Sad If not us then who?

[Plugger46]

Eagles.

[jetts32]

Freo would be my first option but at the end of the day, if you want a premiership you gotta beat the best teams.

[stevoswan]

I think Freo first up is my preference, more chance of beating them in their current form than the Eagles or Dorks, but still a massive challenge in Perth.

[dimelb]

I'd like to play the Orcs and get them out of the way.

[mcsquirta]

Definitely Freo in Perth, but it looks like our fortunes are in Port Adelaide's hands. Looking at the ladder predictor, for WCE (who I'd rather save for last) to Not finish 1st, Port Have to beat them. Horks... I wanna do them slowly! Long... hard... and Slowly!

[mcsquirta]

Horks... I wanna do them slowly! Long... hard... and Slowly!

Don't know how to edit this, but it's meant to be more Paul Keating than ze Pizza delivery guy. :O

[Ludwig]

I thought of a scenario where Hawthorn would prefer to play Freo instead of WCE, so they try to lose against Carlton in order to drop to 4th place. Their pct is so large they can't drop out of the top 4. We have no choice but to win or else we could drop out of the top 4 on percentage if we lose. So effectively the Hawks could force us into 3rd place and a 1st round final against the Eagles.

It would make for an interesting game between Hawthorn and Carlton, because Carlton would want to lose as well so they can stay in 17th in order to get Weitering in the draft. Even if it ends in a 0-0 draw, both sides win because Carlton would be lower on percentage compared to the Suns unless the Suns lost by a big margin to Swans. The Swans could also play for a draw to counter the Hawks

My predictions for next week:

Hawthorn 0 Carlton 0
Swans 231 Suns 0 (Malceski breaks record for rushed behinds).

AFL adds 2 years to Swans trading ban for NOT tanking.

[CureTheSane]

I'm happy to take what I see as the easier path to the big prize, so Freo.