Match Day Rnd 8. North Melbourne V Sydney. 16.40 pm. Etihad Stadium.

[aardvark]

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Should be close. Swannies by 6pts.

[Hotpotato]

Swans have their rip and tear back .
Winners by 23 pts

[barry]

North are pretty hot favorites for such a @@@@e team. Punters seem unconvinced about us.

[Industrial Fan]

First unchanged side for the year is a good sign. Unusually confident today

[Markwebbos]

Encouraged by the way Melbourne dismantled Adelaide yesterday i.e. Norths performance can be replicated by other clubs.

They are definitely better than a 16th placed side.

Wonder who Gibson will go to: Hanners?

We've done well against them in the past. I hope we can replicate that form. They are something of a barometer team for us.

[CureTheSane]

Buddy will kick a goal after the siren to create a draw.

[Markwebbos]

Buddy will kick a goal after the siren to create a draw.

Towers to kick the winner after the siren.

[Cheer_Cheer]

Heeney has been building each week and I reckon is about ready to feature heavily in the TLM votes this week.

[RogueSwan]

Heeney has been building each week and I reckon is about ready to feature heavily in the TLM votes this week.

Zeibell (sp?) will try and take him out of the game. :-(

[dejavoodoo44]

Zeibell (sp?) will try and take him out of the game. :-(

Ziebell will fail in that attempt.
Swans by 33, which should be just enough for us to leap over both North and Collingwood on percentage.

[Ludwig]

Newman comes in for Florent. No injury involved. Just giving us the lineup that many of us thought was best.

Ben Cunnington loves playing the Swans. He's the one we should keep an eye on. I would even thing about tagging him; maybe a job for Hewett.

[Faunac8]

Late change Florent out Newman in

Will this have any impact ?

[Markwebbos]

Newman comes in for Florent. No injury involved. Just giving us the lineup that many of us thought was best.

Florent could well do with a week off too

[Danzar]

Swans by 25

[AB Swannie]

Will this have any impact ?

Part of me is disappointed as I would've loved to have had an unchanged side but realistically I think Newman for Florent strengthens our side. It probably means that Mills and Lloyd will play more minutes in the midfield and Kennedy/Parker/ Heeney will rest forward.