Sorry have been away, can anyone answer the following questions for me?

Howis the team is shaping up
Does anyone know how the team is shaping up?
Are there any new players there?
How is training going?
Who’s training the place down?

I hear that we have a scratch match on Sat the 20th of this month with a few eagles playing it, how true is this?

Just hope for your sake,you’ll do alright this year,despite the Potential for the Club to TEAR ITSELF APART if the Election thread is a True Guide.

A PERTH v SWANS EASTERN DERBY FINAL has a Certain Appeal you know.Could get a FULL HOUSE,regardless of the type of Final it is.

Riggio, Roach, Krakour back and firing. Davis settled. JROE as captain - toughest player in the comp. Walters and Pearce a year older and more likely to play with us all year than not. Spencer looking great after the hammy last year. Hansen should hold with us or at least qualify for finals as Swans most important player! Most other clubs like South and Subi sliding due to retirements or draftees. East Perth, Claremont the big improvers. It will be a Swans - South grand final in 2010 so mark that in your calander and get your scarf and flag ready. That would almost sell out! Offering odds of 1000 to 1 on Perth making the GF grassy. think it might be tough for the D’s but they wont finish last with Peel looking more than fragile. West Perth will challenge a few but wont have the players to play finals. Subi will miss the finals but a small chance to make it if East Perth have injuries.  East Fremantle will really struggle and be fighting with Perth for 7th or 8th. So in summary:

The club, although old and termite ridden will hold together even though Grassy hints at instability.

and the ladder will be:

Ducks
Dogs
Tiges
Royals

Lions
Munchers
Sharks
Redlegs
Thunder

Hope this answers your question in full. We will look back on this report in 6 months and you will then consider me better than Nostrodamus! Apologies to all supporters of the bottom 5 but I welcome any fan of those clubs to give me a reason as to how your club can somehow push a team out. Not that im stirring the pot its just that I couldnt find a valid reason for any of the bottom 5 of making the finals. When I peered into the cauldron and this vision came to me the only “if” was the Tigers. It may take a season to get all the young pups firing together but I have faith in Simon Mac to get the job done. Oh...and Subi are still a good side and may make the GF and win it!

Love your optimism gogo but in last years prelim you had Hunter, Hansen, the dunny brush on legs to name a few and still couldnt get over the line.  Krakouer will make a difference but will it be enough to win a flag?  I doubt it...based on the last couple of years you guys seem to have the cattle but appear a bit short of the mental toughness required to win GF’s.  I could be wrong as you will have a cracking side on paper but as we know that doesn’t necessarily translate into premierships.

RokebyRanger - 05 February 2010 12:33 PM

Love your optimism gogo but in last years prelim you had Hunter, Hansen, the dunny brush on legs to name a few and still couldnt get over the line.  Krakouer will make a difference but will it be enough to win a flag?  I doubt it...based on the last couple of years you guys seem to have the cattle but appear a bit short of the mental toughness required to win GF’s.  I could be wrong as you will have a cracking side on paper but as we know that doesn’t necessarily translate into premierships.

Interesting perspective.  How about an historical note:

1980 Lost GF
1981 Lost Preliminary Final
1982, 83, 84 PREMIERS.

I hear that young Sotty Tomlinson and Gath Taylor are back , how are they training.
Apparently Taylor has shed a bit of weight.

super handy to have taylor back
forward line with notte and hansen or pushing into the mid if fit? 
him and kraka rotating certainly gives danger around goal and some silk in the midfield

i reckon swans the team to beat this year

is ames looking fit and injury free for the start of the year? going full time ruck or down back this time around?

mazdon - 05 February 2010 01:12 PM

super handy to have taylor back
forward line with notte and hansen or pushing into the mid if fit? 
him and kraka rotating certainly gives danger around goal and some silk in the midfield

i reckon swans the team to beat this year


is ames looking fit and injury free for the start of the year? going full time ruck or down back this time around?

Don’t think Taylor would be worth a pinch of sh1t nowadays… last time i saw him he was about 90kgs… & didnt get a kick.

Your leadership group as written in the West certainly looks like a good solid core of quality players

We’re not comparing apples to apples 42 as I humbly suggest the playing group has turned over since then.

RokebyRanger - 05 February 2010 12:33 PM

Love your optimism gogo but in last years prelim you had Hunter, Hansen, the dunny brush on legs to name a few and still couldnt get over the line.  Krakouer will make a difference but will it be enough to win a flag?  I doubt it...based on the last couple of years you guys seem to have the cattle but appear a bit short of the mental toughness required to win GF’s.  I could be wrong as you will have a cracking side on paper but as we know that doesn’t necessarily translate into premierships.

Spot on R/R
What concerns me is all these blokes with “AFL experience” that come back and play like crap ie in the prelim when a so called “premiership player” couldnt kick straight to save his life!!

RokebyRanger - 05 February 2010 01:38 PM

We’re not comparing apples to apples 42 as I humbly suggest the playing group has turned over since then.

Agreed R/r with respect to Subiaco’s situation.

Yeah Gogovo,probably DREAMIN’!

But a PERTH v SWAN DISTRICTS GRAND FINAL would be MAGIC and a change from the SAME OLD,SAME OLD!

grassy - 08 February 2010 06:55 PM

Yeah Gogovo,probably DREAMIN’!

But a PERTH v SWAN DISTRICTS GRAND FINAL would be MAGIC and a change from the SAME OLD,SAME OLD!

That would be good Looking forward to the battles in 2010 between swannies and perth always a cracker no matter where the two sides sit on the ladder.

And always good at Half Time with a BIG Turn out at the PP & OA,be it BASSO or LATHLAIN,Leek!

We should be playing ANZAC Day after 2 years back,but certain parties SHIT Themselves about that and SLINKED IN after they used to play 2 or 3 weeks previous.