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westaussieguy wrote: Yes that's true mikeh. And last week being Swans first Away win I believe this season.

Correct, although if they had blown the siren 5 minutes earlier at Joondalup in April we would have snaffled that one.....

G'day fellas...DW back from his exodus in Indo...got a few nice waves over past cupla months but they can keep that Bintang shite...
Went for a job interview today. They told me I'd need to work Saturdays. This led to my immediate refusal in accepting the position. I've already missed enough footy this year and spending time with the old man at the footy watching our beloved SD at this stage of his life is way more important than doing someone else's dirty work on the weekend. Some may say that's a bad attitude to have but I'm no longer gonna sell my soul to the almighty dollar...SD are way more important to me than food...some things you just can't live without.

Can't wait for Saturdays game v Perth...need a footy fix bad so rain hail or shine I'll be there. Have been able to keep up with results whilst I've been away. Bit of a mixed bag from the boys. Read all the SD threads here last night but some details hard to get my head around with all the bickering. Just wondering if anyone would oblige me and could provide a bit of an update on the injury list and any significant form concerns. Noticed Simmo is out for a while and Rudy had been languishing in ressies which would suggest his calf injury finally got the better of him as he appeared to be coming good form wise as I went on hols. Any other updates be much appreciated to get me back up with the times and catch up on the season so far. In other words what have i missed of significance??? Thanks in anticipation

90% chance of rain on Saturday so I don't think Swans can play Swoop, Cary and Houghton in the same team, we look too top heavy for the conditions in that case. I was a bit surprised that Donovan was dropped although he did seem to have picked up a hand injury, he has still been named in ressies though. Good to see Dylan Nelson being rewarded for good form although he is only in the 25 at this stage. Lindsay Murray is another in line for a debut. Rudy Riddoch would be disappointed at not getting on the bench at least.

Perth have a very good midfield led by Tropiano and they dominated for periods of the game at Basso a few weeks back. Our guys need to be stronger in the clearances this time and if they can break even I think we have the marking power up forward to be able to kick a winning score. Stack is a clever player who will give Perth another option up forward and take the pressure off Morton somewhat. I notice that he has been named in the midfield as well.

I would settle for a 3 -4 goal win. It may be a similar game to a few weeks ago.

Dirty Weekender wrote: G'day fellas...DW back from his exodus in Indo...got a few nice waves over past cupla months but they can keep that Bintang shite...
Went for a job interview today. They told me I'd need to work Saturdays. This led to my immediate refusal in accepting the position. I've already missed enough footy this year and spending time with the old man at the footy watching our beloved SD at this stage of his life is way more important than doing someone else's dirty work on the weekend. Some may say that's a bad attitude to have but I'm no longer gonna sell my soul to the almighty dollar...SD are way more important to me than food...some things you just can't live without.

Can't wait for Saturdays game v Perth...need a footy fix bad so rain hail or shine I'll be there. Have been able to keep up with results whilst I've been away. Bit of a mixed bag from the boys. Read all the SD threads here last night but some details hard to get my head around with all the bickering. Just wondering if anyone would oblige me and could provide a bit of an update on the injury list and any significant form concerns. Noticed Simmo is out for a while and Rudy had been languishing in ressies which would suggest his calf injury finally got the better of him as he appeared to be coming good form wise as I went on hols. Any other updates be much appreciated to get me back up with the times and catch up on the season so far. In other words what have i missed of significance??? Thanks in anticipation

DW, Welcome back!. It has been a bit up and down all season for the Swannies. I remember you commenting on how cold it was at Leederville for that game against Subiaco so I assume that was your last game?

Since then we have had the State Game in which Ryan Davis won the Simpson Medal and the other Swans guys acquitted themselves nicely. Then there was a very wobbly victory over the Demons at Bassendean where they got the jump on us but we gradually pulled them back till we were cruising over 20 points in front, then Perth came back again at the death to trail by only 1 point, thought it was going to be Arena Joondalup all over again but thankfully the guys steadied.

Out of that game Simmo injured himself and will be out for 8- 12 weeks unfortunately, Blight is also still on the list with no indication of when he might come back. Geappean also went off injured against Perth and hasnt played since.

The next game was against an Eagle infested East Perth at Basso and we actually acquitted ourselves brilliantly in that we played what Harding described as our best quarter of the season in the first to have a 2 goal lead at quarter time. Eventually though the weight of AFL numbers wore us down and the killer was Jack Darling, playing what will probably be his only game at WAFL level, kicked 5 goals to sink us. The irony was that Alex Howard actually beat him on the day but Darling got away from him a few times in the 2nd half. Todd Banfield returned and even though he was short of a gallop he will be very handy as the season goes on.

Then last week we had the nail biter at Shark Park. The boys played at a high level all day to respect Tony Nottes 150th and were the better team all day really but they kept the Sharks in the game by turning the ball over cheaply and handing them goals on a plate. Jukes played one of his best game for Swans with 4 and the mids like Elari and Faulkner got leather poisoning. The last ten minutes of this game were excruciating as neither team could score and there were so many bounce downs and throw ins. This week Swans have an opportunity to win 2 games in a row for the first time this season.

I'm sure the other guys will be able to fill in some more gaps for you. Enjoy your footy fix on Saturday!

Glad to get the 4 points in all 3 grades to have all 3 of our sides now in the top 3 to this stage of the season which augers well for the future with such a young home grown local squad.
Finished the game well when the rain appeared by playing real Black Duck hard straight ahead contested footy!

3 former demons got you over the line. None sing your club song with gusto

It looked to me in the rooms like they were singing our great song with plenty of gusto TFAF they must enjoy beating Perth for some particular reason!

Beasley Hutton wrote: It looked to me in the rooms like they were singing our great song with plenty of gusto TFAF they must enjoy beating Perth for some particular reason!

Haha yeh mate and like you said it would be great to play away at Lathlain every week!

Time For a Flag wrote: 3 former demons got you over the line. None sing your club song with gusto

Yeah....good one. The two former Swans players don't know the words to you club song.

They don't get a chance to sing it much!

Didn't realise that Notte, Davis and Riggio use to play for Perth

Swans did what they needed to do today. It wasn't spectacular but they got the job done when the game was up for grabs in the last quarter. Perth gave it their best shot but to be honest they are really reliant on too few. Tropiano and Mckenna did all they could but Swans had a more even spread of contributors over the 4 quarters.

Positives for Swans today were that Swoop played his best game of the season,he was a real target up forward and could have ended with at least 4 if he had kicked straighter. Ricky Cary has improved greatly over the last 4 weeks and is now starting to show some of the talent that had AFL scouts sniffing last year. His goal from the throw in in the 3rd quarter was a highlight. Riggio seemed to be everywhere, young Lindsay Murray definitely looked the part, he was very cool under pressure for a guy playing his first game. I love the way Nathan Blakely competes when the ball hits the ground. Yet again Dylan Nelson and Rudy Riddoch (and several others) are giving the selectors headaches for coming weeks by playing well in the ressies. There is now genuine competition for spots which is a healthy thing.

What was with Morton racing off the ground after the final siren, maybe he was busting to go to the gents perhaps? Didn't notice if he came back.

Tells you how close the competition is when 1 win moves Swans up from 7th to 3rd!
Obviously next weeks game against the Doggies is now a massive fixture and I think the boys will know that they will need something better than what they produced today to win that one.