Persecution and Richmond go hand in hand, writes Cheryl Critchley.
AFL Round 17 – West Coast v Sydney: Sunday carve up
July 22, 2013 by 1 Comment
Tom Bally prepares the dinner as the Swans make the gravy taste all the better,
AFL Round 17 – West Coast v Sydney: Don’t Dream – It’s Over
July 22, 2013 by 4 Comments
Peter Baulderstone was trying to put the Australian cricket team out of his mind, but they turned up in blue and gold guernseys at Subiaco Oval on Sunday afternoon.
AFL Round 17 – West Coast vs Sydney: A father’s anguish
July 22, 2013 by 7 Comments
Craig Dodson has come through the longest week of his life.
AFL Round 16 – Review: The 2013 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup
July 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The solstice is a few weeks behind us and that ol’ ‘run home to the finals’ is almost upon us. It’s getting interesting around the middle, between the tragedy that is the bottom five and the glorious dreams of the Top Seven.
AFL Round 16 – Sydney v GWS Giants: Fish in a barrel
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Back in 2007 those guys in Mythbusters proved that it really was easy shooting fish in a barrel. The Swans proved it too with this hundred and twenty nine point thrashing.
AFL Round 16 – GWS Giants v Sydney: Come the Revolution
July 17, 2013 by 1 Comment
Revolutions are inspired by dreamers, but need hard, experienced heads to succeed. The Giants are very much at the dreamers stage.
AFL Round 16 – Sydney v GWS Giants: Still Green
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Unfortunately for the Giants, it was a very familiar story. They were too slow, too inaccurate, too short, and the Swans were too good.
AFL Round 15 – Melbourne v Sydney: A Sunday stroll in the park
July 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
It’s a risky proposition but the Swans seem to be taking their chances this season and showing that they’re not entirely reliant on the premiership side to win. Is it a deliberate strategy by Longmire?
AFL Round 15 – Melbourne v Sydney: Improved Demons? Check back in a month
July 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Losing 5kg in 3 days is an ideal build up for a title fight or to ride down the Flemington straight on Cup Day. It is not a good build up when trying to get to the footy.
AFL Round 14 – Review: Booing – why?
July 3, 2013 by 1 Comment
The Pharmacology College Cup, Magpies v Magpies and Sheedy goes basic: Paul Thomson suggests that the AFL face reality as he wraps up the week in football.
AFL Round 14 – Sydney v Carlton: Not exactly a bloodbath
July 2, 2013 by 8 Comments
David Williams and his mates are determined to reenact the Swans/Blues “Bloodbath” of 1945. While everyone is game for the pre-match requirement of downing six beers, who will put their hand up to whack the goal umpire?
AFL Round 14 – Sydney v Carlton: Raining Premiers
June 30, 2013 by 2 Comments
There was a different kind of flooding in effect at the SCG on Friday night. Sydney and Kurt Tippett’s form made the sodden trip worthwhile for Tom Bally.
AFL Round 13 – Port Adelaide v Sydney: Our best win since 2007
June 28, 2013 by 1 Comment
Port’s win against Sydney was its best since it was flying in 2007, writes Dan Hansen. Kane Cornes concurs.
AFL Round 13 – Port Adelaide v Sydney: Natural order restored
June 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Keiran Croker is used to seeing the Swans as the underdog and finds pre-game talk they are now the team to beat disconcerting.
AFL Round 13 – Port Adelaide v Sydney: Fall from grace
June 23, 2013 by 3 Comments
Tom Bally’s TV almost finished in a watery grave following Sydney’s dumb game against Port. One more game like this and it could be in real trouble.
AFL Round 11 – Adelaide v Sydney: Slow start, supersonic finish
June 12, 2013 by 1 Comment
It was an agonising trip to the City of Churches to watch his Swans but, after their perfect display against the Crows, Tom Bally was in no hurry to leave.
AFL Round 11 – Adelaide v Sydney: The best performance of 2013
June 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Adelaide needed to lift against Sydney for their finals chances and for Dangerfield’s 100th game. The Swans gave them no chance with a near perfect display.
AFL Round 11 – Adelaide v Sydney: Now the boot’s on the other foot
June 11, 2013 by 2 Comments
The Swans have a real problem, writes Don Meadows. How are they going to fit all their talent into one team?
AFL Round 10 – Sydney v Essendon: So much to play for
June 5, 2013 by 2 Comments
After a week where Ian Latham is frustrated with footy off-the-field, he heads to the SCG with his mate Neil to see the real stuff. And Adam Goodes and the Swans turn it on.
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