Premiership Manager 988Record games holder Brent Harvey says Sydney Swans team to beat for AFL flag. Sydney is the team to beat for this years AFL premiership, according to the man who played more league football than anyone else. Brent Harvey has cast his eye over the eight finalists and believes the Swans are the strongest side vying for the flag this year, despite the fact they finished sixth due largely to an 0 6 start. Play Video. Dont Play. Ablett finally back at the cattery. Play Video. Dont Play. Previous slide. Next slide. AFL plays of round 2. AFL plays of round 2. Howe shows Melbourne how its done, Big Ben Brown sinks Lions with seven, Buddy wins Coleman Medal with 1. Carlton, Essendon wins but Nat Fyfe rules and the Eagles steal into eighth spot. Ablett finally back at the cattery. Play Video. Dont Play. Ablett finally back at the cattery. Ablett finally back at the cattery. 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But Harvey said if any team was capable of emulating the Western Bulldogs of last season and winning a competition from outside the top four, it was the 2. Swans. To win 1. 4 of the last 1. Sydney Swans are the best team in the competition, Harvey said. Unfortunately for Sydney the grand finals not this week, its in four weeks. Theyve got to maintain that but Im a firm believer that their good form can continue. Theyve only got to hold it up for another four weeks, get four wins and they can win the premiership. If you take in the context of the season, being zip and six, no club in the history of the VFL, AFL have ever made finals from there. They havent just scraped in  they couldve easily finished fourth. Feeling taller Gary Rohan left says he is a better player when Lance Franklin is on the field. Photo AAPTheyre a very proud club, the culture with the Bloods. They wouldve looked each other in the eye, been honest with each other. I read that somewhere the other day, they had to be really honest with each other and tell a few blokes how it was. Theyve done that, theyve bounced back, there is no better time to be in good form. Harvey has long kept a close eye on the Swans, ever since premiership teammate John Longmire took the head coaching reins in 2. Meaning For Soft Skills there. John Blakey as his assistant. The trio tasted success at North Melbourne in 1. Harveys fourth season of an incredible 4. Hes unbelievable as a coach, you look back and you admire what he did as a player and then what hes been able to do as a coach to bring them from zip and six is unbelievable, Harvey said. Hes got a great team around him. Theyve got some great assistant coaches. Sydney are probably the best team in the competition because they dont have 1. Sometimes theres one player that might get beaten on the night. Theyve got 2. 1, sometimes 2. For me, thats how you win finals, youve got to have everyone on the same ballpark, you cant carry players. As soon as you start carrying four or five players is when a team struggles in finals because its a completely different ballgame, it goes up another level. Harvey also noted the presence of Lance Franklin, fresh from a 1. Carlton in the final round, as the Swans finals trump card. I was lucky enough to play with Wayne Carey and youd  just look up there and know if you can get the ball in there enough times he can kick a winning score, Harvey said. Im sure the Sydney Swans, they wont rely on Buddy to do it but theyll certainly walk taller. Gary Rohan, I heard during the week, he walks out and he feels so much bigger and taller because hes got Buddy next to him. Thats a good thing to have in finals knowing that when it hits the fan, you can just bob it in long and Buddy can take a mark. Not a lot of teams have got that factor up forward where theyre that confident getting the ball in and therell be a bloke that can kick a score for them.