Preview 2023 Round 21 – GWS Giants v Sydney Swans, Saturday August 5, 7.30pm AEST, Giants Stadium

[GWS Goose]

I think buddy retiring might give their team a lift , hard to tell. A danger game, but both sides have a 7 day break. I think unless we kick very inaccurately we should win, especially if Tom Green is close to his best. Swans midfield just isn't playing as well as last year.

Buddy retiring could fire them right up and make them a very dangerous proposition.

 

[Adam Giant]

Would have been nice to have some Hillsbuses arranged for this game. Plenty of Swans fans in the area too which would have justified having them on.

 

[Giant Pete]

Rampe is injured i believe?

 

[Powkid]

Rampe is injured i believe?

Not confirmed yet, but likely is.

Chance of Rain 90% , hopefully it stays away.

Need a decent crowd for this one.
People should be packing the rafters to get a glimpse of our great King Toby! Any other club would be packing stadiums to see the great man!

My guess would be 16k, but hope we get over 20k.


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[Orange Agent]

Don't want a close result, time to make a statement to the teams around us on the ladder. Too much chatter about just getting over the line each week. Teams should be worried about us getting a home final.

 

[Land of the Giants]

Not

confirmed yet, but likely is.

Chance of Rain 90% , hopefully it stays away.

Need a decent crowd for this one.
People should be packing the rafters to get a glimpse of our great King Toby! Any other club would be packing stadiums to see the great man!

My guess would be 16k, but hope we get over 20k.


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It depends how many of their supporters show up, and Transport NSW haven't done us any favours by substituting buses for the rail shuttle from Lidcombe.

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Not confirmed yet, but likely is.

Chance of Rain 90% , hopefully it stays away.

Need a decent crowd for this one.
People should be packing the rafters to get a glimpse of our great King Toby! Any other club would be packing stadiums to see the great man!

My guess would be 16k, but hope we get over 20k.


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Of the 6 games vs Sydney that have been played at Giants Stadium, our lowest attendance against them was 16,116 which was the last time we played Sydney here in 2019. Our highest crowd against Sydney, which is also the ground record for Giants Stadium, was 21,924 in 2017.

 

[Colonial]

For anyone travelling to the game via Train the Sydney Trains website is advising buses are replacing trains between Lidcombe and Olympic Park on game day. Looks like buses or parking will be the only options (or a nice swim down the Parramatta River )

How can you tell the NRL runs this town.

 

[Giant YoYo]

Chance of Rain 90% , hopefully it stays away.

Looking good so far for the game on the forecast models, showing it as dry for the game.

Doesn't look to be too much in this weather event at all, aside from some nuisance rain during the day with it tapering off to evening, if it eventuates. Looks like rain may re-appear after the game but only light falls.

The models may chop and change in the upcoming days but they look to be downgrading from yesterday which is reflected in the forecast - e.g. yesterday was showing up to 15 mm for Sydney Olympic Park and now it's downgraded to 5mm. I'll keep an eye out on the models and see how we go but for now it's looking much better than it was.

Hope the forecast downgrade continues and we end up with a dry game.

Hoping we get close to or over 20k people!

 

[Rhysswans13]

How can you tell the NRL runs this town.

Yep very strange decision. Considering this game will get a better crowd then most Bulldogs or Souths games at Stadium Australia.

 

[Danny88]

Selection is getting tight

What a good problem to have for a change

 

[Land of the Giants]

Selection is getting tight

What a good problem to have for a change

We seem to have changed the way we manage injuries, and for the better.

 

[Pee_Wee_Herman]

My prediction for the final score is GWS - 108 Swans - 95

 

[Land of the Giants]

My prediction for the final score is GWS - 108 Swans - 95

It's bound to be close. Both teams have something to play for.

Losing Rampe would hurt them more than Buddy.

 

[GWS Goose]

We seem to have changed the way we manage injuries, and for the better.

There is also the luck factor.

 

[Colonial]

Rampe and McInerney are out.

 

[Powkid]

Cal Ward to Errol???? Hard tag.


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[GWS Goose]

Cal Ward to Errol???? Hard tag.


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Only if necessary. But unlikely.

 

[JC100]

Cal Ward to Errol???? Hard tag.


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I’d send him to Parker Errol won’t see the ball if we stop parker

 

[Battlepants]

So from the injury report it looks like Rampe will not be playing this weekend. That should be a big help for us.

 

[JC100]

5+ goal win coming up.

Comparing round 7 when we were in poor form Briggs/Taylor/ward/ricca/keefe/Lloyd in for Flynn/Rowston/Peatling/XO/cadman(?)/angwin(?)

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Fox Sports must frequent these forums! If fit, Hogan for Cadman and Green for Angwin

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[Danny88]

If hogan and green are back that is our strongest team

We should smack them

 

[Giant Pete]

If hogan and green are back that is our strongest team

We should smack them

I’d just be happy with a win.

 

[ragzztoriches]

I’d just be happy with a win.

Agreed , derby games are coin tosses most of the time.

Will be interesting to see how our 2 way pressure game plays against this Sydney side who have been pretty average at the contest this year, remarkably worse than us!

If we can impose our style on the game it could be a good test for us.