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Sydney won’t win it. I think they are beatable - would you play your hand now or in finals? I’m almost prepared to say they’ll go straight sets. 
 

It’s a shame we fell off the face of the face of the earth this year, I think this will be one of the easier runs to a flag this year.

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    11 hours ago, Gawndy the Great said:

    It’s a shame we fell off the face of the face of the earth this year, I think this will be one of the easier runs to a flag this year.

    Really felt similar before this weekend’s game.  I think Melksham coming back, together with Salem, and the form of Tmac,  supported by Monners, McVee, Windsor, JvR and the Kolt has turned whatever was upsetting players and the club on its backside,  probably never know. 
    if we cannot beat our opponents in the coming weeks we do not deserve to be there. But if we do, it’s gunna shake up this competition Bigtime,  Go Dee’s 

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    Rivers form in the centre has helped a bit,

    they all seem to have lifted a bit.

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    11 hours ago, Gawndy the Great said:

    Sydney won’t win it. I think they are beatable - would you play your hand now or in finals? I’m almost prepared to say they’ll go straight sets. 
     

    It’s a shame we fell off the face of the face of the earth this year, I think this will be one of the easier runs to a flag this year.

    They were effectively 4 games clear on top of the ladder 2 weeks ago and are still effectively 3 games and massive percentage clear of 5th.  If any team was ever going to smash the players with a 4-5 week block of heavy training to prepare for finals, its the Swans right now.  The form of the last 2 weeks is an meaningless.  They are a well run club and their current form is not a surprise. 

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    7 minutes ago, Watson11 said:

    They were effectively 4 games clear on top of the ladder 2 weeks ago and are still effectively 3 games and massive percentage clear of 5th.  If any team was ever going to smash the players with a 4-5 week block of heavy training to prepare for finals, its the Swans right now.  The form of the last 2 weeks is an meaningless.  They are a well run club and their current form is not a surprise. 

    Imagine if coaching pressers went something like.

    'Whilst we're keen to protect the integrity of the game, our sole objective is to ensure that we are premiers. Throughout the year - and adjusted as to how we are tracking with what the remaining schedule looks like, we add in greater measures of training, *ahem* loading if you will, to ensure it gives us the best opportunity for a clear run in the finals at optimal physiological conditioning. The science has come along way, and we are very nuanced about what it does.

    However, we are also conscious about how it appears for supporters, that form is fleeting, that the optics don't look great. Of course, it is hard to get a bead as a supporter due to the saturation of gambling ads, AFL sanctioned hawkers of media, drumming up the binary win/loss outcome on a weekly basis as a measure of how good you are, and what it means for the teams chances, but as a coach, I don't give a toss about that..."

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    9 minutes ago, layzie said:

    RIP footy tipping.

    You need to be best mates with the High Performance coaches these days, to know when they are planning to load 😂😂

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