Defacto
Brownlow Medallist
- Sep 21, 2008
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The umpiring was fine.
Umpiring for both sides was pretty bad
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The umpiring was fine.
Great chance for the dogs to beat us with their superior accuracy. Still not enough quality though. Fyfe schooled Bontempelli
Our best player is 23 though. Recon he might carry us for a bit after the old blokes leave.
It takes more than 1 to win a flag but if you lose 3 you've got no chance? Free agency has opened things up a bit. We will lose them, but Hawks will loose Mitchell and Hodge very soon too. Swans won't be too far behind with Goodes, Teddie, McVeigh, Pyke all getting on.No doubt Fyfe is a star and will be a gun for years to come but it takes more than 1 player to win a premiership.
Looking at Freo's side McPharlin (gun chb), Pavlich (gun ff), Sandilands (gun ruck) are all 33-34 years old and coming closer to the end than the start.
Take these 3 players out of Freo's side and I doubt you beat a Hawthorn or a Sydney.
As you'd expect. Look at the age gap. Having said that bonts does get hyped up
Hawthorn have proven nothing this season to suggest they are no more than flat track bullies. Expect Swans to roll them comfortably.
As you'd expect. Look at the age gap. Having said that bonts does get hyped up
You think a team was clearly superior despite the match being even with 10 minutes to go.
State your case however you like, its a weak one no matter what stats you bring up
Just got great depth and classy players over the whole ground. Well coached, and injuries have been kind to them so far. With Port Adelaide and Hawthorn stumbling early, the Dockers should be short-priced favourites to take their first ever flag.
I know everyone will say you dont win the premiership in May, but they will in September this year, as much as i hate to say it.
Hey everyone, it's the old man who jumped on the Hawthorn bandwagon in the 80s and hates football!Cool story.
Window well and truly open.
Not sure how long it will remain open with some of their best players ageing...
But this season is their best chance.
If they finish top 2 might as well lock them into a GF berth.
I tipped them to finish top two pre-season. I still think they will be the minor prems. What I didn't expect and what is looking more like a possibility is that they might get Hawthorn in week 1....
They got to the GF in 2013 on the back of momentum which was built after an underdog win against Geelong. The only time they had to deal with massive pressure, favouritism and genuine expectation in that final series was come the Grand Final - the purple juggernaut was widely tipped as unstoppable - and they failed. Bottled it.
If they are minor premiers this year, the pressure and expectation will be at a fever pitch, home and in Melbourne. Far greater than they experienced in 2013. If they land Hawthorn (or Sydney) in week 1, look out. Both teams will have under performed to finish 4th and know this time of year better than anyone. Huge potential banana peel.
All I'm saying is that for this team, finishing 1st is far far away from 'locking' into a GF berth.
Hawthorn fans seem to live in this sad little world where no one gives them enough attention, and have a massive chip on their shoulder about the certain times they didn't get heaped with praise. What's the deal?The only time they had to deal with massive pressure, favouritism and genuine expectation in that final series was come the Grand Final - the purple juggernaut was widely tipped as unstoppable - and they failed. Bottled it.
I tipped them to finish top two pre-season. I still think they will be the minor prems. What I didn't expect and what is looking more like a possibility is that they might get Hawthorn in week 1....
They got to the GF in 2013 on the back of momentum which was built after an underdog win against Geelong. The only time they had to deal with massive pressure, favouritism and genuine expectation in that final series was come the Grand Final - the purple juggernaut was widely tipped as unstoppable - and they failed. Bottled it.
If they are minor premiers this year, the pressure and expectation will be at a fever pitch, home and in Melbourne. Far greater than they experienced in 2013. If they land Hawthorn (or Sydney) in week 1, look out. Both teams will have under performed to finish 4th and know this time of year better than anyone. Huge potential banana peel.
All I'm saying is that for this team, finishing 1st is far far away from 'locking' into a GF berth.
One thing I have noticed about us is that we will often play down any sort of praise we get, but the moment we don't get it, we get quite annoyed.Hawthorn fans seem to live in this sad little world where no one gives them enough attention, and have a massive chip on their shoulder about the certain times they didn't get heaped with praise. What's the deal?
Hawthorn were outright favourites with everyone in 2013. Bookies, tipsters, expert commentators.
One thing I have noticed about us is that we will often play down any sort of praise we get, but the moment we don't get it, we get quite annoyed.
Having said that, all though we were favourites with the bookies in the 2013 GF, many tipsters and so called experts tipped you guys.
How good is their injury list at the moment, RTB has clearly sacrificed in a manner that pleases the Gods.
One thing I have noticed about us is that we will often play down any sort of praise we get, but the moment we don't get it, we get quite annoyed.
Having said that, all though we were favourites with the bookies in the 2013 GF, many tipsters and so called experts tipped you guys.
Hawthorn fans seem to live in this sad little world where no one gives them enough attention, and have a massive chip on their shoulder about the certain times they didn't get heaped with praise. What's the deal?
Hawthorn were outright favourites with everyone in 2013. Bookies, tipsters, expert commentators.
The huge banana peel here is the past is irrelevant to what happens right now.
Freo were never favourites for the 2013 GF either. People just got caught up in the romanticism of a perennial under-achieving underdog actually making the Grand Final. Freo's performance for its first grand final was poor and the bookies favourite deservedly won the premiership.