Preview 2024 Round 16 Sydney v Fremantle (SCG) 1.45pm (AEST) Sat 29 June

[hairy biker]

Normally my previews consist of history lessons, but not really appropriate for a Freo game, cos they got no history.
People talk about the irrelevancy of St Kilda, North,Gold Coast etc, but Freo?
So irrelevant no one even complains about them.

Well except when they chase our players, Chad, Logan, Gus while all the while poor old Corey sits forlornly in the corner asking...



The name Caleb Serong may sound like a crewman on The Pequod, but is in fact a Fremantle player.
We selected Dylan Stephens in front of him in the 2019 draft, even though Caleb was a Sydney supporter growing up.


As part of my service to the Sydney Swans BF fellowship I also offer my services as a movie critic and wholeheartedly recommend the 'Road to' movies staring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour.
Here is Ms Lamour in a sarong


I suppose at least Freo will try, unlike GWS. Ticky009 apparently getting the inside word on GWS' end of season trip fund

......did listen to Heath Shaw who said they were determined to get beaten twice in a season by us.

So here we are top of the table, 3 games and significant % ahead of second while Freo wallow around the bottom of the eight, so yep the Dockers having another totally irrelevant season.
Now this was written before the Freo/GC clash, but again just immaterial.
Freo's coach reckons his players are a bunch of stat padders and Gold Coast are rubbish away from home, so basically that game is must avoid TV and will have no bearing on our match on Saturday, because in the immortal words of Eric we will..



Finally (hurrah I hear). Lots of talk about relocating St Kilda/North. Well at least those clubs have won multiple premierships (well alright just the one in St Kilda's case).
Freo were formed in 1995 and have won bugger all.
(You can probably guess where this is heading) they are just so irrelevant.

Northern Australia needs representation in a national league.
Relocate Freo and rename them the Broome Sweepers.



Sydney by a Pavlich (or to satisfy GUH) by a David McLeish.

 

[The King!]

outstanding

first to 69 wins

 

[THE_GUN]

Can we officially call this thread the "CHAD CUP"

 

[caesar88]

A great (and prompt!) preview Hairy!

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Hoping Warner has 40 and kicks 5, then publicly re-signs with the Swans postgame with one of those fancy fountain pens on live TV to break Freo fans spirits that little bit more.

 

[Cayman Docker]

This is perfect. I made a comment last time we played the Swans how “generally speaking” what a good lot you were….

This isn’t quite that!

Speaking of irrelevant history lessons, which you mention about 26 times and gives me license to respond, reminds me of your showing in the 22’ GF. I hosted a bunch of Expats that day to show case all things AFL. That didn’t go well. I ended up being asked to put the Premier League highlights on instead.

Had them all back for last years GF, and we kept it going, Phew.

Great to see our local boys helping you succeed . Good luck, hoping for an irrelevant upset

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Luke Ryan is a fine AFL player.

Beyond that …. A purple sea of “meh” awaits.

We’ll lose a game eventually*. But it won’t be this one.




* as usual, we’ll lose to Port - thereby prolonging Hinkley’s tenure and infuriating their fans.

 

[caesar88]

What did we do to deserve two Freo games this year?

The AFL must've known we'd be so exciting to watch and thought geez we better try and make a few Swans games boring

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Donza

Looking ahead to the forecast?

 

[Nuggetz]

I wouldn't mind if we rotated some depth players into the side over the next few games, so they get some experience with most of our best 22. I'm thinking the likes of Ladhams & Hamling, while Parker & Mills are still unavailable.

 

[Millky95]

Freo won't kick so shit this time around

Am lowkey upset I miss the game due to work

 

[Punts]

Sat arvo awesome

Be up there

Fox back in the starting side

Wicks isn’t getting near it of late. Talk about pressure all you want but still gotta get the pil

Have to think mills will be starting to really push

 

[S120]

Sat arvo awesome

Be up there

Fox back in the starting side

Wicks isn’t getting near it of late. Talk about pressure all you want but still gotta get the pil

Have to think mills will be starting to really push

Didn’t get to see the game last night so speaking more broadly and with an eye to the stats from last night I’d think Campbell and Cleary are in more danger of losing their places than Wicks currently. Given Wicks’ importance structurally. Definitely needs to get more of it but he had 17 last week iirc.

Where did Campbell play last night on that note? Wing or defence?

 

[The King!]

Cleary will be interesting, not much more he could do, but was it a gesture or is he in the current 23?


Freo, say what you want but they are tough to beat (yeah the dogs smashed them) but at their best they make it a contest.


I think we need to really defend home, just keep winning the SCG games, go into finals with a clean record there. Will be tough though.


Freo, North, Dogs, Pies, Crows.

 

[McGowan3]

Normally my previews consist of history lessons, but not really appropriate for a Freo game, cos they got no history.
People talk about the irrelevancy of St Kilda, North,Gold Coast etc, but Freo?
So irrelevant no one even complains about them.

Well except when they chase our players, Chad, Logan, Gus while all the while poor old Corey sits forlornly in the corner asking...
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The name Caleb Serong may sound like a crewman on The Pequod, but is in fact a Fremantle player.
We selected Dylan Stephens in front of him in the 2019 draft, even though Caleb was a Sydney supporter growing up.
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As part of my service to the Sydney Swans BF fellowship I also offer my services as a movie critic and wholeheartedly recommend the 'Road to' movies staring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour.
Here is Ms Lamour in a sarong
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I suppose at least Freo will try, unlike GWS. Ticky009 apparently getting the inside word on GWS' end of season trip fund


So here we are top of the table, 3 games and significant % ahead of second while Freo wallow around the bottom of the eight, so yep the Dockers having another totally irrelevant season.
Now this was written before the Freo/GC clash, but again just immaterial.
Freo's coach reckons his players are a bunch of stat padders and Gold Coast are rubbish away from home, so basically that game is must avoid TV and will have no bearing on our match on Saturday, because in the immortal words of Eric we will..

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Finally (hurrah I hear). Lots of talk about relocating St Kilda/North. Well at least those clubs have won multiple premierships (well alright just the one in St Kilda's case).
Freo were formed in 1995 and have won bugger all.
(You can probably guess where this is heading) they are just so irrelevant.

Northern Australia needs representation in a national league.
Relocate Freo and rename them the Broome Sweepers.
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Sydney by a Pavlich (or to satisfy GUH) by a David McLeish.

'm going for a slightly bigger margin, more of a Greg Lambert

 

[dosser]

This is perfect. I made a comment last time we played the Swans how “generally speaking” what a good lot you were….

This isn’t quite that!

Speaking of irrelevant history lessons, which you mention about 26 times and gives me license to respond, reminds me of your showing in the 22’ GF. I hosted a bunch of Expats that day to show case all things AFL. That didn’t go well. I ended up being asked to put the Premier League highlights on instead.

Had them all back for last years GF, and we kept it going, Phew.

Great to see our local boys helping you succeed . Good luck, hoping for an irrelevant upset

Mods! The filter isn't working! He mentioned 'that' day!

 

[dosser]

Hoping Warner has 40 and kicks 5, then publicly re-signs with the Swans postgame with one of those fancy fountain pens on live TV to break Freo fans spirits that little bit more.

Make it a quill with a wax seal, just for show.

 

[Wheresbuddy]

Didn’t get to see the game last night so speaking more broadly and with an eye to the stats from last night I’d think Campbell and Cleary are in more danger of losing their places than Wicks currently. Given Wicks’ importance structurally. Definitely needs to get more of it but he had 17 last week iirc.

Where did Campbell play last night on that note? Wing or defence?

Campbell played mainly defence, pushing up the wing. His stats, along with most the other defenders, are not substantial. In his defence though, the GWS smalls didn't get off the leash so I'm assuming he did OK in a negating role. The question is though, would the team be better with Fox / Roberts / Mills playing his role?

 

[Swan_Lifer]

Will be interesting to get a look at plarers like Pearce, Jackson, Darcy and Serong up against our boys.

Also it may be the last chance to see the champ Nat Fyfe go round on the SCG.

Not a bad group of supporters either.

Pity Mills isn't ready, would have been an ideal return.

 

[Ed_Gein]

We should beat them considering it's at SCG. We're a bit better than them, but they're not a bad side, either. They can be a tough nut to crack and are quite good defensively.

Our 48 point victory against them 2 months ago probably flattered us a bit, they were wildly inaccurate in front of goal.

Let's wait and see how they go today, they'll want to atone for the embarrassing performance against the Bulldogs.

 

[SeanM]

I would not mind seeing Campbell get a run of games. I feel we might need him in the second half of the season. So rather give him some continuous games whilst we can rather than bounce between reserves/sub/seniors.

I think Wicks is important to our structure as a quick pressure forward. I would not want to replace him. But I would like to use the sub role to give some experience to an understudy in case he was unavailable later in the season.

 

[Kiama Chris]

Will be interesting to get a look at plarers like Pearce, Jackson, Darcy and Serong up against our boys.

Also it may be the last chance to see the champ Nat Fyfe go round on the SCG.

Not a bad group of supporters either.

Pity Mills isn't ready, would have been an ideal return.

Big fan of Pearce. Has come back well from a horror first year as skipper. Should be at least AA squad. Assume JJ will take Ryan.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Big fan of Pearce. Has come back well from a horror first year as skipper. Should be at least AA squad. Assume JJ will take Ryan.

JJ went to Clarke last time, with an occasional shift to Young.

Seemed effective - I doubt Horse will change that tactic.

 

[Kiama Chris]

JJ went to Clarke last time, with an occasional shift to Young.

Seemed effective - I doubt Horse will change that tactic.

My bad. Good call.

 

[grimlock]

Didn’t get to see the game last night so speaking more broadly and with an eye to the stats from last night I’d think Campbell and Cleary are in more danger of losing their places than Wicks currently. Given Wicks’ importance structurally. Definitely needs to get more of it but he had 17 last week iirc.

Where did Campbell play last night on that note? Wing or defence?

Mainly wing, might have been defence early on but hard to tell as he started on the bench. Lloyd played in defence on OHalloran