Preview R6: Carlton v Bulldogs Sun 12th July 6.45PM @ Metricon - Team - Post #937

[murphster]

That’s the point, though. Who are we as a club?

If we win this game by 25 points, we will be in the top 8... for the first time since 2013.

Let that sink in for a moment.

Lose this game, and there’s no way we get back in the 8. We play out the string once again, happy to put up a good showing for an 8th straight year.

Id hope and like to see different, but if it doesn’t happen today, it won’t until 2021... then 2022... then....

We would need to win by a lot more than 25 points to get inside the 8 our percentage is 88.9, Gold Coast in 8th has a percentage of 102.4.

We would need to win by 40 just to get our percentage to 100.

 

[ferrisb]

Between you and ferrisb
This place.....

ferris to the left of you, Thy to the right.

Here you are, stuck in the middle with us....

 

[haveago]

Doggies got five father / sons playing today just heard on radio.

Let's shove it up those SON's o BITCHES !!

 

[Accidental genius]

Weather update anyone?

no rain yet. clouds getting darker and lower though so i suspect it will hit soon

 

[HBF]

Weather update anyone?

Just had a look at the radar. There is a bit of rain about that will impact the start of the game imo. I'm guessing there'll be no rain from half time onwards.

 

[F_therest]

Reckon we'll have a good idea how we are going to perform today in the first 5 minutes.
No more slow bloody starts.

Our 2 wins we kicked the first few goals of the game.

Our 3 losses we got smashed in the first quarter and gave up big leads...iirc also goalless in all first quarters.

Need to start well and get an early goal to get into it.

 

[F_therest]

no rain yet. clouds getting darker and lower though so i suspect it will hit soon

Sigh why did we have to get the 6:45 Sunday night time slot. No other games have been impacted that badly by rain.

 

[Mondyboy]

Sigh why did we have to get the 6:45 Sunday night time slot. No other games have been impacted that badly by rain.

First off the Swans v Tigers match at the Gabba is currently being affected.

Secondly, I feel the rain - if we bring a contested brand of football - works for us, not against.

 

[Aphrodite]

Just had a look at the radar. There is a bit of rain about that will impact the start of the game imo. I'm guessing there'll be no rain from half time onwards.

Thanks Rob Gell

 

[TerryWallet]

Sigh why did we have to get the 6:45 Sunday night time slot. No other games have been impacted that badly by rain.

Rain is to our advantage. It suits most of our team.

 

[Mondyboy]

I’m just hoping we hold our shape up forward, unlike Sydney who have had nothing to kick too when they hack it out.

 

[haveago]

Sigh why did we have to get the 6:45 Sunday night time slot. No other games have been impacted that badly by rain.

Let's hope it is a blessing.....thinking it might suit us?? Hoping.

 

[Accidental genius]

Sigh why did we have to get the 6:45 Sunday night time slot. No other games have been impacted that badly by rain.

shit tiem slot and we had the earliest game last week (thur) so not sure why we couldnt play on friday/sat.

 

[Accidental genius]

just started raing on northern end of gold coast

 

[thylacine60]

can't watch the game unfortunately, 7 are showing the falconio & lees mystery program at the same time........40 billion advertisements can't be wrong.......

 

[haveago]

ferris to the left of you, Thy to the right.

Here you are, stuck in the middle with us....

Yet it seems to make no sense at all

 

[murphster]

ferris to the left of you, Thy to the right.

Here you are, stuck in the middle with us....

So you’ve chosen to be the clown rather than the joker, interesting Ferris.

 

[btdg]

Win today or we will be fighting for the spoon? That's serious hyperbole and overreacting.

Is it?

Lose, and we drop to (likely) 16th spot, possibly 17th, and play Port next week Very likely to be entrenched in the bottom 4 by round 7, at least 2 games off the pack ie fighting for the spoon.

Win and we sit 8th or 9th depending on the margin, part of a pack of 9 teams on 3 wins competing for the top 8. We would be a game out of the top 4, with 2 wins against top 4 teams under our belt. We get a free crack at Port and even if we lose can square the ledger and stay in the race the following week. Now that’s a pretty rosy outlook to build on.

Mentality is going to mean so much in the bubble too. Guys are going to get in each other’s head, either way - winning becomes infectious (as it has for Port), or the losses become self-justifiable. How the team views itself will mean so much imo.

Or maybe I’d just like us to make it to round 6 and the season be ‘alive’ for once. It’s astonishing how low our club has let its expectations slide, but somehow 7 straight years in the bottom 6 is a totally confortable scenario to many.

 

[Salt Lake Cities]

Thanks Rob Gell

Steady on, Brian Bury or GTFOH

 

[murphster]

can't watch the game unfortunately, 7 are showing the falconio & lees mystery program at the same time........40 billion advertisements can't be wrong.......

That’s what 7 plus is for Thy you can watch that later.

 

[HBF]

Rain is to our advantage. It suits most of our team.

I agree with this, and wouldn't suit the Bulldogs either given they are so used to playing at Marvel.

 

[haveago]

can't watch the game unfortunately, 7 are showing the falconio & lees mystery program at the same time........40 billion advertisements can't be wrong.......

You are welcome at my place...not far from Footscray

 

[GapInIkonPark]

Steady on, Brian Bury or GTFOH

Jane Bunn,

 

[Michael Jezz]

Jane Bunn,

Oooh Yeah

 

[murphster]

sh*t tiem slot and we had the earliest game last week (thur) so not sure why we couldnt play on friday/sat.

The bigger question is why they changed our opponent when Sydney are playing up here today as well.