Pre Match. Pies v. Swans. All comments please.

eureka · Joined: 09 Sep 2013

Limit the supply of the footy to buddy and pies win

eureka · Joined: 09 Sep 2013

Must win centre clearance it’s a short ground too a quick kick out of centre and you are having a shot 30 meters out

Pies4shaw · pies4shaw Joined: 08 Oct 2007

Sydney's goals tally (taking out Franklin from the 5 games he did play) has been 8, 5, 12, 10, 6, 12, 12, 11 and 11.

They're not much of a side (their round 3 14 goals was their best effort and that was against Carlton but, apart from that game, they've only won games by restricting Essendon and North each to 10 goals and then just falling over the line).

They might beat us, of course - but it isn't very likely, Franklin or not.

We'd want to watch their second quarter, though, given our record - in the last 4 matches in a row they've kicked either 4 or 6 goals in every second quarter, win lose or flogging.

Mind you, they've managed no more than 5 goals after half time in any of those 4 games. In fact, their second half goals for the season are 8 (after being only 1 at half time, so it scarcely mattered), 2 (after being neck to neck with Adelaide at half time), 5, 3, 6 (after trailing Richmond by 33 points at half time), 5, 5, 5 and 3. These are not worrying numbers, especially for a team that's kicked 5, 10, 5, 7, 10, 3, 7, 11 and 11 second half goals. Whatever Sydney are, they aren't Geelong or West Coast, or Essendon playing their best on Anzac Day.