So we're in Sydney and the weather was outstanding when we arrived. It was about 18 degrees today but tonight it's dropped a fair bit and the rain has started. Tomorrow is set to be similar as we get our first look at Skoda Stadium, the home of GWS.

But that's enough about that, I have more pressing issues to discuss right now.

There are a lot of injustices in the football media and unfortunately the players are on the end of most of the unfair criticism, misrepresentation and untruths. But what's happened to Daniel Wells is a disgrace. I stumbled across a trading card and couldn't believe my eyes. At first I saw the uniform and identified our royal blue and white stripes, but the player depicted was unrecognisable. Much to my surprise, it is Daniel Wells but the caricature looks nothing like him and it lists him as a 'backman'. I spoke to Wellsy today about it and all he could do was shake his head.

I've taken a photo of it just to show you how bad it is.
Something must be done about this. Kids can't go around thinking that Wellsy is a defender and that he wears a white wristband!

There are plenty of other photos doing the rounds and they pop up on the other blogs on the website all the time. The pranks are getting bigger and better prepared each day especially between the 'Pirates' in Jamie Macmillan, Shaun Atley and Ben Mabon. Our fitness gurus Pete Mulkearns and Jona Segal also have a love/hate relationship and like to dob each other in all the time and embarrass one another.

The latest was Pete saying Jona had run through the banner with the players in the Collingwood game. It's only a matter of time before Jona gets his revenge. Apparently Pete is now the main suspect for the notorious box stacking pranks - the one where boxes of Redbak supplements are stacked on Jona's desk, sometimes all the way to the ceiling. Jona has little comeback because Pete always reminds him of the time he was caught wearing black pleather pants on his way out to a nightclub a few years ago. But as seen here, in public, they are the best of friends and are rarely seen alone.
That's why it's great to have this little blog because as they say, 'the pen is mightier than the sword'. If anyone pranks me, I will slay them online and without mercy.

Majak Daw might need to follow suit and start up a blog because he's been targeted. The boys have been hiding his mobile phone every time he takes his eyes off it. Rumours are its his house mates Malcolm in the middle Lynch and Brad Mango. But he's not the only one being done over.

Some of the guys had their car keys stolen and found their engines running when they went to go home. There was a little clue left for them near their lockers with a note saying, 'See the chef'. The only problem was the boys didn't read it properly and went to see 'the chief', as in chief of football Donald McDonald. They knocked on his door and he was in a meeting with Brad Scott at the time. They interrupted and asked about the stolen keys but, as you've probably guessed, Donald had no idea what they were on about. They apologised for intruding and left none the wiser.

He may also be a soft-ish target but our website legend Rob 'Superbob' 'Dog-boy' Burton continues to make me laugh. What comes out of his mouth is pure gold sometimes and his latest offerings are no exception.

A few months back Jack Ziebell admitted he'd never heard of the world famous stage production/musical Les Miserables. Rob on the other hand had heard of it, but didn't know what it was. At first he said it was 'a circus' but then corrected himself saying, 'Oh, no it's that place with all the celebrity wax statues'. Yep, Rob thought Les Mis was Madame Tussauds. Rob can be easily confused, like when he suggested to one tired staff member they needed to 'have a break, have a Picnic' and offered them a chocolate bar. When he was told the saying was 'Have a break, have a Kit Kat', he went a little red.

First year player Brad McKenzie showed he's not easily embarrassed after filming a little comic relief video with Ryan Bastinac and Aaron Mullett. The boys tried the 'Knock and don't run' prank which was created by Neg in the British show 'Balls of Steel'.

If there's no love in the air with Brad, there definitely is with Sam Gibson who proposed to his girlfriend Jade on Thursday night. He's pretty private so I might get into trouble for writing about it but in my defence; it was all over Twitter Gibbo! Funnily enough, it was Scott McMahon who saw it first, even though he's denied even being on there. I can tell you as a fact he is on Twitter and his handle is @loose42. I for one am refusing to follow Loose on Twitter, as I couldn't bear to listen to any more of the dribble he comes out with. Seeing him at the club every day is bad enough.

Loose says he just uses Twitter for monitoring news and denies sending a Tweet to Brad Scott in the Interactive Team of the Week video about himself. People like Loose shouldn't be allowed to Tweet. Ever.

He should also be careful about what he reads because Michael Firrito reckons he saw 50 Shades of Grey in Loose's backpack at the airport this afternoon.

Spud has his own issues though after being photographed having a meeting in the boot-room in his undies.
I don't blame Loose for not using Twitter much and he's a bit like potential Sports Dad of the Year Drew Petrie. He's on Twitter, has thousands of followers, but hardly ever Tweets. I think Adrian Anderson scared him off after sending a 'please explain' letter and threatening him with a $20,000 fine for criticizing the AFL over the Ziebell suspension. Or maybe he's just concentrating on fatherhood and the Father of the Year competition that he entered himself in. I will say, if he wins that, it's rigged. The bloke left his son Jack in the hands of Jamie Macmillan, Shaun Atley and Ben Mabon the other day. That's bordering on neglect and the DHS should be brought in to investigate in my opinion. Those blokes can't even look after themselves let alone a toddler. There's a photo on the website of Shaun sticking two Maltesers up his nostrils, Ben didn't start eating vegetables until this year while Jamie can't even defend himself from being attacked by a massive lizard.
Anyway, I reckon I'm about done here. I'll go back to my room now and watch some more footy, put a movie on and get some sleep.  I'll probably get more shut-eye than club cult figure Adam Marranello who, when we last stayed at this hotel, couldn't figure out how to close the electronic curtains.  He was up at the crack of dawn with the sun beaming straight through the window into his room.

Depending on what happens with us and finals, this could be the last Follow Swallow for the season. If so, thanks for reading it, Tweeting me and giving feedback. I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have writing it. I'll be back next year for sure and might even get one away during our Utah camp in November.