Swans v Dockers
If Collingwood/Geelong is the blockbuster, Sydney/Fremantle has got to be the Oscar favourite.
I like both of these teams in 2010. Sydney is showing guts and glory in their last hurrah before Paul Roos leaves the coaches’ patch of grass and Brett Kirk hangs up the wobbly boots. Fremantle is proving their unbeatable strength and height… but let’s not focus only on Sandilands.
Both teams should be fresh after six and seven days off the park and both teams should have the hunger, the thirst, the drive, the thrive to put another four point on the Bailey. Both teams are weighted with X factor- the Hill, the Balentine, the Jetta, the Goodes- and the game will hopefully be mounted on excitement and skill, rather than attrition and conventional monotone. I want to see the Pav grab six, to keep him ahead of the Coleman, and Bradshaw (if he plays) get eight, to keep him in the race after that week or two off.
A win to Fremantle will keep them squarely in the top four; a win to Sydney will keep them firmly in the hunt. The general consensus is that Fremantle, like they’ve done in previous years, will burn off early in the season and burn out by the mid-season break. A win against Sydney will certainly confront the consensus. Sydney has nothing to prove—they’ve been a successful club for the past eight or nine years and have the maturity and experience to go all the way if luck falls at their feet in 2010. I think the home ground advantage, bolstered by the week’s announcement of Captain Kirk’s retirement, will give the Swans the slip of the slope.
Swannies by 13.
I like both of these teams in 2010. Sydney is showing guts and glory in their last hurrah before Paul Roos leaves the coaches’ patch of grass and Brett Kirk hangs up the wobbly boots. Fremantle is proving their unbeatable strength and height… but let’s not focus only on Sandilands.
Both teams should be fresh after six and seven days off the park and both teams should have the hunger, the thirst, the drive, the thrive to put another four point on the Bailey. Both teams are weighted with X factor- the Hill, the Balentine, the Jetta, the Goodes- and the game will hopefully be mounted on excitement and skill, rather than attrition and conventional monotone. I want to see the Pav grab six, to keep him ahead of the Coleman, and Bradshaw (if he plays) get eight, to keep him in the race after that week or two off.
A win to Fremantle will keep them squarely in the top four; a win to Sydney will keep them firmly in the hunt. The general consensus is that Fremantle, like they’ve done in previous years, will burn off early in the season and burn out by the mid-season break. A win against Sydney will certainly confront the consensus. Sydney has nothing to prove—they’ve been a successful club for the past eight or nine years and have the maturity and experience to go all the way if luck falls at their feet in 2010. I think the home ground advantage, bolstered by the week’s announcement of Captain Kirk’s retirement, will give the Swans the slip of the slope.
Swannies by 13.
