West Coast / Collingwood and the top 4

[HBFlanker]

But we'll beat you soft utensils this week.

i might as well not turn up then if you already know the result

 

[jjsmitty8]

i might as well not turn up then if you already know the result

Good idea.

 

[ziad]

how did you go with sydney and hawthorn?

won by 80

and rested a few key players. (sorry, they are already injured)

perhaps your question should have been - how will you ...

 

[HBFlanker]

Good idea.

lol, tony armstrong playing this week?

 

[TW Sherrin]

won by 80

and rested a few key players. (sorry, they are already injured)

perhaps your question should have been - how will you ...

sorry I'll rephrase the question. it was a tough one.

how did yo go with hawthorn and sydney?

 

[94_Eagles]

lol, tony armstrong playing this week?

GOAT

 

[TW Sherrin]

won by 80

and rested a few key players. (sorry, they are already injured)

perhaps your question should have been - how will you ...

I expect to get beaten easily. Clearly I dont over rate my club unlike some.

 

[PhiloBeddoe]

lol, tony armstrong playing this week?

Is Thomas playing






for free kicks this week?

 

[HBFlanker]

Is Thomas playing






for free kicks this week?

Nah just goals, Will certainly be the best small forward on the ground on sunday

 

[jjsmitty8]

lol, tony armstrong playing this week?

Yep, we're omitting 21 players, and just taking Armstrong to face North.

 

[robertg22]

You won't find a sane Collingwood supporter that sees us as a realistic top 4 chance. If we make the finals (will be personally surprised if we do), it's a bonus. West Coast definitely could, the home ground advantage helps them in that regard but they've looked pretty sharp this year.

 

[PhiloBeddoe]

Nah just goals, Will certainly be the best small forward on the ground on sunday

Now that we're talking certainties, he will certainly be the most dramatic player on the ground on Sunday.

 

[South of the Yarra]

Collingwood are no where near being a top 4 side.

Actually we are only one position off it.

 

[javaguice]

No ego. Its fact.

Not since Round 9 2012.

Only chumps dont count NAB challenge games.

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

Actually we are only one position off it.

Easy draw is the reason why.

The pies are a 8-12th side

 

[bzparkes]

No ego. Its fact.

Not since Round 9 2012.

Hawthorn didn't win a single game against Geelong after winning that first GF against them until they played them in a knockout final, the only game of the lot that actually mattered. Gotta win when it counts..

 

[Collingwoodity]

Based on this thread I don't care if the Pies don't win another game for the rest of the year so long and they beat North Melbourne

 

[Adz]

We blew our top 4 chances against Geelong and Richmond. Still be nice to make 8 though.

 

[WATiger86]

Most level-headed West Coast supporters know that we arent going to be sitting in the Top 4 at the end of the year, and in fact may be fighting half-a-dozen other teams for 7-8th spot.

I would say that we are an "improving" side - we can be good on our day, but the youth of the team and the gameplan that we havent mastered yet means that we'll be patchy. We'll win some games that we shouldnt, and we'll lose some we shouldnt as well.

Based on the improvement that we've seen this year we should hopefully be pushing the top 4-6 bracket next year (tap everything made of wood that we stop getting shat on by the injury gods).

Credit where credit is due. The Eagles are playing great footy and would have to bomb terribly not to make the 8 from a 6-2 start. All this in spite of the significant backline injuries they are carrying. Jack Darling is still to come back into the forward line and could also help out in the middle as the new age big bodied midfielder… Top four is a stretch but should definitely be back in September calculations this year.

 

[lmach]

GWS are ahead of WCE

They are about 80 points behind, actually.

 

[TW Sherrin]

No doubt to me they win in a flag before wce.

 

[Lyyynnnchy]

No doubt to me they win in a flag before wce.

how do you win "in" a flag

 

[TW Sherrin]

how do you win "in" a flag

Have you always been a flog?

 

[The19thMan]

one game doesn't mean much. who is the best side WCE has beaten?

giants beat hawthorn (yes had a couple missing) and touched up the crows (half their team missing).

Fixed.

I did a ladder predictor the other day and had GWS finishing 4th, West Coast were about 7th or 8th I think.

 

[Green Eggs]

Top 4? I want some of what you're smoking. We'll be lucky to get into the Top 8.

There is more of a chance that Sean Rusling will come back to AFL footy and solve our woes to be honest..