Analysis Bye Time - The Run Home Special

[Schauermann]

Really hard to predict. All look winnable except perhaps Sydney in Sydney. But we also lost to WC.

 

[FreoGirl]

Really hard to predict. All look winnable except perhaps Sydney in Sydney. But we also lost to WC.

we seems to like playing in Sydney (sometimes)

 

[The Round House Drunk]

we seems to like playing in Sydney (sometimes)

Rough fixturing once again.

We’ll be travelling off a 6 day break (playing Gold Coast at home on the Sunday before).

Swans will have a 7 day break with no travel (playing GWS the Saturday before).

At least it’s an afternoon game so there’s the option to return on Saturday night prior to the home game against Richmond the following week (Saturday).

 

[FreoGirl]

Rough fixturing once again.

We’ll be travelling off a 6 day break (playing Gold Coast at home on the Sunday before).

Swans will have a 7 day break with no travel (playing GWS the Saturday before).

these short breaks are a joke for WA teams

 

[Spirit Level]

If there was ever a year for a Bradbury premiership it's this one

 

[poshman]

If there was ever a year for a Bradbury premiership it's this one

It does have that feel to it. And others will see it that way until we win 2 in 3 seasons!

 

[james haish]

Before this round squiggle had our range as 3-11. The losses for Adelaide and Bulldogs have compressed that range significantly. The season is panning out pretty well

 

[FreoGirl]

The garden is happy about the break

 

[thefreodockers]

There’s been many instances of teams that caught form mid season and went on strong deep into September. No reason that can’t be us this year.

 

[sdfc]

If we had blown only one of the Carlton and Port games instead of both we'd be second. We're going alright.

 

[cactuscall]

We've been kissed if GC lose on top of GWS losing today. Also the WB loss, I want them as far away from us as possible.

Staying 6th during the bye would be nice and unexpected.

 

[ubiquitous226]

We've been kissed if GC lose on top of GWS losing today. Also the WB loss, I want them as far away from us as possible.

Staying 6th during the bye would be nice and unexpected.

We'll actually go to 7th unless Collingwood and Melbourne manage to draw as one of them will go to 32 points, but I expected to be out of the 8th at the end of this round and we're guaranteed to stay in now, even if Gold Coast win.

 

[FreoGirl]

If we had blown only one of the Carlton and Port games instead of both we'd be second. We're going alright.

which is why I can't understand why the media and others have little belief in us

 

[cactuscall]

We'll actually go to 7th unless Collingwood and Melbourne manage to draw as one of them will go to 32 points, but I expected to be out of the 8th at the end of this round and we're guaranteed to stay in now, even if Gold Coast win.

Oh I forgot about that game, although we'll have a game in hand over whoever wins that.

 

[sdfc]

which is why I can't understand why the media and others have little belief in us

It's a mystery.

 

[cactuscall]

It's a mystery.

You mean a Amiss-tery.

 

[FreoGirl]

It's a mystery.

that Gather Round crucified us

 

[sdfc]

that Gather Round crucified us

We crucified ourselves.

 

[cactuscall]

Another result favouring us. At this point it'll be a Kings birthday draw.

 

[Cayman Docker]

that Gather Round crucified us

Honestly I view it the other way. A checkpoint of sorts and ultimately good for us. You could argue we took a lot out of those close games, learnt from them and took the next step (running down Collingwood).

I think there’s a very good chance that we might all look back in a few years and say that that last quarter of the Collingwood game was where our new era began, where the switch was flicked.

If there’s anything to be taken from what we’ve all seen in the first half of this year it’s the test of character, second best in tight games, Cam.

Yet through all that, we have somehow just gone BANG in the last 5 quarters of footy played, and Gather-Round played a role in that

 

[ubiquitous226]

Another result favouring us. At this point it'll be a Kings birthday draw.

Other teams have so far done their part.
Hope Melbourne pulls theirselves together against Collingwood, Sydney win and I'm torn about Carlton/Essendon.

 

[FreoGirl]

Honestly I view it the other way. A checkpoint of sorts and ultimately good for us. You could argue we took a lot out of those close games, learnt from them and took the next step (running down Collingwood).

I think there’s a very good chance that we might all look back in a few years and say that that last quarter of the Collingwood game was where our new era began, where the switch was flicked.

If there’s anything to be taken from what we’ve all seen in the first half of this year it’s the test of character, second best in tight games, Cam.

Yet through all that, we have somehow just gone BANG in the last 5 quarters of footy played, and Gather-Round played a role in that

I meant the injustice of having to be stuck over there - we are now having another huge gap between games at Optus

 

[oldgoat]

If we had blown only one of the Carlton and Port games instead of both we'd be second. We're going alright.

That's enough of that...
We do our bit for the next two matches and we come out of the bye rounds in top 4!
We're not Bradbury.
We are Nemesis!
This was the plan.

 

[Lach72]

We HAVE TO beat the bulldogs.

The only other game that’s even is Giants and port.
Every other game next round is easy wins for contenders

 

[james haish]

From the rest of this round it would be good if Sydney and Essendon got up. Carlton and Geelong are in competition for our spot and Essendon will falter at some point.

Think I’d prefer Melbourne to win