Predictions For 2008 Based On Fixture

[rancidpants13]

Yeah, some key players did retire but their younger team is much more worrying..
Are we facing a Collingwood era? I hope not, I can't stand Eddie as he is already

better get used to it, unfortunately....i DO think they, more than geelong, will be the team to beat over the next 2-3 seasons.....
as for the post about them beating us at our own game, that's probly the expression i MOST hate to hear or read when the swans are beaten in a game
because certainly in the melb media, it refers almost without fail to a dour, dull, low-scoring game, and i feel that's largely unfair to us
but the fact remains that c'wood WERE more intense than us, which in the case of our losses to them in 07 was an indication more of how we've declined than anything else
and is why i use the pies as the yardstick
if we don't make changes, in terms of both personnel AND style, we will simply be cannon fodder for the better teams....

 

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better get used to it, unfortunately....i DO think they, more than geelong, will be the team to beat over the next 2-3 seasons.....
as for the post about them beating us at our own game, that's probly the expression i MOST hate to hear or read when the swans are beaten in a game
because certainly in the melb media, it refers almost without fail to a dour, dull, low-scoring game, and i feel that's largely unfair to us
but the fact remains that c'wood WERE more intense than us, which in the case of our losses to them in 07 was an indication more of how we've declined than anything else
and is why i use the pies as the yardstick
if we don't make changes, in terms of both personnel AND style, we will simply be cannon fodder for the better teams....

fair call on cannon fodder i reckon, especially in the immediate future.. hopefully with the new faces around, and getting more game time into the young guys we can prevent it..
As much as id hate to admit it theyre got a bright future ahead of them too, and im not looking forward to it..
On getting beat at our own game, who cares how the media perceves us, theyre never nice to us anyway.. its just the brand of footy it takes to beat us. Other teams have to dig in, get tough around the stopages, tackle hard, play one on one, and its an intense style of game.. As you pointed out its a good indication of how we have declined, and more importantly how important it is to get it back..