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What are the hosts’ thoughts on the upcoming Sydney Swans vs Fremantle preliminary final?

Gary Lyon 0:00

Breakfast with Gary and Tim. The Good Oil for Cobram Estate, Australia's most awarded extra virgin olive oil, grown, harvested and first cold-pressed in northern Victoria.

Garry (host) 0:13

Great to have you with us. It's Thursday. It is the eve of the preliminary finals. A kickoff tomorrow. Sold out SCG plays host to the Sydney Swans taking on the Fremantle Footy Club for a spot in the AFL grand final. Then on Saturday at the Mighty MCG 95,000 plus. We'll watch the back-to-back premiers attempt to qualify for a third up against the Hawthorne side that have had a weekend off, and Sam Mitchell's been plotting. And planning the downfall of his great mate Chris Fagan and his lions. So so much to look forward to from a footy club, uh from a footy point of view with Spotson.

Garry Lyon 0:47

Are you in uh the camp that says that if Fremantle don't at least get into the grand final, this will be a monumental disaster and failure of a season?

Garry (host) 0:56

Not monumental. It'll be it'll be disappointing. You say monumental.

Garry Lyon 1:02

I I I think it would be m absolutely monumental waste of a season. When you think about the fact that they finished one game clear on the top of the ladder, they were clearly the best side throughout the home and away season. They had a little bit of uh a misstep lace set. But that probably the motivation probably wasn't there. They've almost got a full list to choose from. Like a full list to choose from. They're playing Sydney, who've got three of Their best five players unavailable. Their captain is unavailable. And another of their top ten players this year, McArnie, is questionable. He might play, but he's questionable coming off a long-term injury. He hasn't played for a while. All of Three Mattle's best players are available this weekend.

Garry Lyon 1:43

Now they had a little bit of a hiccup in the first week of the finals. They had a little bit of a scare in the second week of the finals. But the Sydney Swans are going to feel probably Tomorrow night, um, Kyle Hannley, the Talley, Cootie, and Cleary, right? They've got a combined total of forty one games between them. Only one of those players has played more than ten games. So, like how could we not look at this and say this is absolutely set up for Fremantle to at least get themselves into a grand final? What better chance will they ever have than this year of getting themselves into a? I take it back.

Garry (host) 2:20

agree with you.

Garry Lyon 2:20

It'd be a monumental failure. It would be a monumental failure if they don't I'm not saying like you can have luck on the day of the grand final, that sort of stuff. I'm gonna give 'em a pass if they don't win the grand final, but not to make the grand final.

Garry (host) 2:32

They sh yeah, I I s I'm expecting them to win tomorrow night against the Swans. Um but gee, there's a lot I I went pretty deep on this game yesterday. So um

Garry Lyon 2:43

Did you find something in that that made you Well I just pass a bit on Fremantle and believe that there's more there with the Sydney Switzerland?

Garry (host) 2:51

I think there are I think there are a chance from so I think what is happened to some degree this year is and you know how we talk about defence, defence, defence. When it comes to finals, defence, when it comes to grand and winning premierships, you gotta be top six in defence, which is something I've been hold I've held on to for a long time.

Why do Garry and Tim consider a Fremantle grand‑final appearance a “monumental” expectation?

Garry (host) 3:07

I think the I think the change is afoot, right? And so what you have got is the best attacking team. They're the best attacking team in the competition. No one scored more than the Sydney Swans this year. last year. And they came out in the first final without all those players and still kicked a hundred and whatever it was. So they're they're gonna they're gonna go in with that mindset. They're not gonna die wondering and they just hey it might be a hundred and twenty two to one hundred and eleven or something like that. That's their best chance of winning, I reckon.

Garry Lyon 3:31

I'll give this person uh Cox. Maybe he's in their best team. Uh Sean playing this week. Uh he's not playing this week. And Sean Darcy, um, I don't know that he is in their best team. I really don't.

Garry (host) 3:41

No, so they've chosen Mason for most of the year over Sean.