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Fyfster said:
Nothing says you have to be positive , And quite a few on this thread are not positive , But i think yours crosses a line , Hey maybe just me , But if you were trying to be funny it wasn't that either
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Cmon. Every team gets injuries. We’ve certainly had our fair share and hopefully they’re behind us. But the chances are someone will suffer a season threatening/ending injury - can’t think of the last year we didn’t have at least one player out for a year. No harm in trying to make a bold prediction on who it might be?

Perhaps he could have provided justification for his guess? Or gone with a safer option like an Apeness, Bennell, MJ, Sandi, Ballas - guys with history - but then that wouldn’t be a bold guess.

Eg Logue to do ACL because he pushes himself to the limit at training and on game day over commits to the contest, having to abruptly slow down, change direction and make ground to rejoin the contest. ACL could pop after over committing to a contest and trying to stop and do a 180.

The boldest prediction would be NO SEASON ENDING INJURIES TO A FREO PLAYER IN 2018 - hahaha yeah right! I’ld like to see that! No seriously, I would fricken love to see that!
 
sportsmaniac89 said:
Considering I'm a supporter, I'm well entitled to be posting here.

As for unoriginal griping, let's discuss shall we

Round 2 vs Port - 56 points
Round 10 vs Adelaide - 43 points
Round 17 vs West Coast - 44 points
Round 18 vs Hawthorn - 43 points
Round 21 vs Sydney - 39 points
Round 22 vs Richmond - 51 points

Just so we're clear, you're completely alright with crap scoring like that?

It's not too bold to ask for a team that scores more goals next season and if that makes me less of a supporter, well, I politely suggest you take your head out of your arse and check back into reality.
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I am glad you posted that. Scary thing about Freo is that in 2016 and 2017, Freo had a similar for and against when it came to points.

In 2016, Freo scored 1574 (Averaged 71.54 points a game) and conceded 2119 averaged (96.31 points a game).

In 2017, Freo scored 1607 (Averaged 73 points a game) and conceded 2160 averaged (98.18 points a game).

The difference was Freo won only 4 games in 2016. They won 8 games in 2017 even though most of those wins were by small margins. Just basing it on the cold hard win loss record, freo were a much better team in 2017 than in 2016. They always say Teams should be consistent and close the gap between their best and worst games.

Since Freo averaged 72 points a game in attack or around 10.12.72 a game.... In a way, It was a good thing.

Yeah we scored 56 points vs Port and lost by 89 points. 6 days later we beat the Bulldogs who on the flag in 2016 and beat them 13.11.89 to 10.13.73. Still remember posting on that Ross Lyon thread that if we beat the Dogs at Subi, it helped the club massively. That was a huge psychological win. We carried that good form to beat the Demons at the MCG then North with a goal from Shane Kersten with 41 seconds to go.

In a space of 2 games in 6 days, the Port game showed in round 2 how bad we can be. The dogs win in round 3 showed how good we can be.

Since you brought up the swans game. Yeah we got belted by 104 points and scored only 39 points. It was much better than scoring 1.7.13 vs the crows in 2009. The week before we Beat Gold Coast at Subiaco 90-67.

this Aint a Bold Prediction, but a realistic one. If we still average around 70 points again in 2018, Freo will get anything between 4-9 wins. If that's the case expect freo to kick 40-60 points one week then 80-100 points the next.
 
M_rash said:
Cmon. Every team gets injuries. We’ve certainly had our fair share and hopefully they’re behind us. But the chances are someone will suffer a season threatening/ending injury - can’t think of the last year we didn’t have at least one player out for a year. No harm in trying to make a bold prediction on who it might be?

Perhaps he could have provided justification for his guess? Or gone with a safer option like an Apeness, Bennell, MJ, Sandi, Ballas - guys with history - but then that wouldn’t be a bold guess.

Eg Logue to do ACL because he pushes himself to the limit at training and on game day over commits to the contest, having to abruptly slow down, change direction and make ground to rejoin the contest. ACL could pop after over committing to a contest and trying to stop and do a 180.

The boldest prediction would be NO SEASON ENDING INJURIES TO A FREO PLAYER IN 2018 - hahaha yeah right! I’ld like to see that! No seriously, I would fricken love to see that!
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Interesting way of looking at it , Statistics show that around 180 people will die in car accidents next year in W.A . But i am not going to try and guess who they might be, Look i may be overreacting But i have seen first hand how much work these kids put in just to get drafted , As i have been involved in junior coaching.
I have also seen a promising kid who got a serious knee injury , And let's just say he did not have the mental toughness of a Morabito , And he went off the rails , happy to report he accepted his fate and moved forward . Look if he had made the comment about a player who had played 100 games my reaction would have been different , Probably would not have commented , Still would have thought it was stupid prediction nonetheless
 
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Purple Maverick said:
1. Matera is Freos leading goal kicker, Apeness is 2nd.
2. Bennell is All Australian
3. Fyfe breaks up with his girlfriend
4. Cerra cements his place in the best 22
5. Tabener walks out on the club/is kicked out
6. Logue injuries his knee and requires a knee reco
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The only predictions of your I am happy with are the 1st 2.

democritus said:
Delete this
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Fyfster said:
:thumbsdown: predicting knee injuries to young players , very poor form , #5 not a whole lot better either
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Purple Maverick said:
Can you please tell me where it states we are only required to state POSITIVE bold predictions?

Do I want any injuries? Absolutely not!!
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SHill Shall said:
What’s the point of making a bold prediction that you don’t want to come true?

Not edifying for you or anyone else. Each to their own though!
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M_rash said:
Cmon. Every team gets injuries. We’ve certainly had our fair share and hopefully they’re behind us. But the chances are someone will suffer a season threatening/ending injury - can’t think of the last year we didn’t have at least one player out for a year. No harm in trying to make a bold prediction on who it might be?

Perhaps he could have provided justification for his guess? Or gone with a safer option like an Apeness, Bennell, MJ, Sandi, Ballas - guys with history - but then that wouldn’t be a bold guess.

Eg Logue to do ACL because he pushes himself to the limit at training and on game day over commits to the contest, having to abruptly slow down, change direction and make ground to rejoin the contest. ACL could pop after over committing to a contest and trying to stop and do a 180.

The boldest prediction would be NO SEASON ENDING INJURIES TO A FREO PLAYER IN 2018 - hahaha yeah right! I’ld like to see that! No seriously, I would fricken love to see that!
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Going to be realistic here. Anything is possible. I personally don't want to see Logue do a knee, but you can never rule something like this out. After Anthony Morabito had that good debut season we all know what happened there
 

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Freomaniac said:
I am glad you posted that. Scary thing about Freo is that in 2016 and 2017, Freo had a similar for and against when it came to points.

In 2016, Freo scored 1574 (Averaged 71.54 points a game) and conceded 2119 averaged (96.31 points a game).

In 2017, Freo scored 1607 (Averaged 73 points a game) and conceded 2160 averaged (98.18 points a game).

The difference was Freo won only 4 games in 2016. They won 8 games in 2017 even though most of those wins were by small margins. Just basing it on the cold hard win loss record, freo were a much better team in 2017 than in 2016. They always say Teams should be consistent and close the gap between their best and worst games.

Since Freo averaged 72 points a game in attack or around 10.12.72 a game.... In a way, It was a good thing.

Yeah we scored 56 points vs Port and lost by 89 points. 6 days later we beat the Bulldogs who on the flag in 2016 and beat them 13.11.89 to 10.13.73. Still remember posting on that Ross Lyon thread that if we beat the Dogs at Subi, it helped the club massively. That was a huge psychological win. We carried that good form to beat the Demons at the MCG then North with a goal from Shane Kersten with 41 seconds to go.

In a space of 2 games in 6 days, the Port game showed in round 2 how bad we can be. The dogs win in round 3 showed how good we can be.

Since you brought up the swans game. Yeah we got belted by 104 points and scored only 39 points. It was much better than scoring 1.7.13 vs the crows in 2009. The week before we Beat Gold Coast at Subiaco 90-67.

this Aint a Bold Prediction, but a realistic one. If we still average around 70 points again in 2018, Freo will get anything between 4-9 wins. If that's the case expect freo to kick 40-60 points one week then 80-100 points the next.
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If we average 70 ppg this season, we will win the spoon and Ross will no longer be coach.

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IAMJUNGLEMUFFIN said:
If we average 70 ppg this season, we will win the spoon and Ross will no longer be coach.

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its a possibility but unlikely we wont win the spoon. Law of averages say if your team averages 72 points a game an concede around 95, chances are you should get around 4-9 wins depending on how many close games your team wins.

Still... I look at the forward line setup and I don't see any dramatic improvement in 2018.
 
Fyfster said:
Interesting way of looking at it , Statistics show that around 180 people will die in car accidents next year in W.A . But i am not going to try and guess who they might be, Look i may be overreacting But i have seen first hand how much work these kids put in just to get drafted , As i have been involved in junior coaching.
I have also seen a promising kid who got a serious knee injury , And let's just say he did not have the mental toughness of a Morabito , And he went off the rails , happy to report he accepted his fate and moved forward . Look if he had made the comment about a player who had played 100 games my reaction would have been different , Probably would not have commented , Still would have thought it was stupid prediction nonetheless
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Agree - I’d call that idle speculation rather than a bold prediction.

A bold prediction should be something you have conviction about, even though the chances of it occurring are very unlikely.
 
IAMJUNGLEMUFFIN said:
If we average 70 ppg this season, we will win the spoon and Ross will no longer be coach.

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Yeah - but its much more likely we’ll move forward toward 80 ppg, finish higher up the ladder and still have RTB as coach (maybe even with an extension!). You heard this bold prediction here first!
 

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Freomaniac said:
its a possibility but unlikely we wont win the spoon. Law of averages say if your team averages 72 points a game an concede around 95, chances are you should get around 4-9 wins depending on how many close games your team wins.

Still... I look at the forward line setup and I don't see any dramatic improvement in 2018.
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If we win the spoon next year we'll get done for tanking and lose the number 1 pick. With our list and having a great coach like Ross and the highly respected Jason Weber, there's no chance whatsoever of us winning the spoon. No chance.
 
Scham said:
If we win the spoon next year we'll get done for tanking and lose the number 1 pick. With our list and having a great coach like Ross and the highly respected Jason Weber, there's no chance whatsoever of us winning the spoon. No chance.
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Have to agree on the list, don't care what other supporter's say our squad is full of quality young players. Ross is the
unknown with me, and needs to redevelop a style that emulates class and bringing great effort.
With a tough draw he should use the oldies wisely, but honestly if they are there at the end, and we are still struggling
to score question s should be asked.
 
  • All draftees play around 3-5 games
  • Scott Jones surprises everyone and gives Darcy stiff competition for #1 ruck
  • Banfield debuts around Round 10 and surprises everyone, West Coast fans continue to be in denial that they "didn't want him"
  • Logue starts to move into the midfield
  • Brayshaw becomes a regular best 22 (probably the least bold prediction here)
  • Fyfe wins brownlow
  • Peel B2B2B
  • Angus Brayshaw wants to play with one of his brothers, presumably of the Andrew variety
  • We get Mountford and Bolton for cheaps and they turn good
  • Melbourne win the premiership
  • We pick up the best tall forward in the draft, Carter, Medhat and a Vic mature ager
  • Jackson Ramsay has a good year in the WAFL
  • Haiden Schloithe continues to be undrafted

    and the best for last
  • Jeremy McGovern comes over to Freo as a free agent
 
Bastyy said:
  • All draftees play around 3-5 games
  • Scott Jones surprises everyone and gives Darcy stiff competition for #1 ruck
  • Banfield debuts around Round 10 and surprises everyone, West Coast fans continue to be in denial that they "didn't want him"
  • Logue starts to move into the midfield
  • Brayshaw becomes a regular best 22 (probably the least bold prediction here)
  • Fyfe wins brownlow
  • Peel B2B2B
  • Angus Brayshaw wants to play with one of his brothers, presumably of the Andrew variety
  • We get Mountford and Bolton for cheaps and they turn good
  • Melbourne win the premiership
  • We pick up the best tall forward in the draft, Carter, Medhat and a Vic mature ager
  • Jackson Ramsay has a good year in the WAFL
  • Haiden Schloithe continues to be undrafted

    and the best for last
  • Jeremy McGovern comes over to Freo as a free agent
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Love this, even the wishful thinking parts.
 

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Bastyy said:
  • All draftees play around 3-5 games
  • Scott Jones surprises everyone and gives Darcy stiff competition for #1 ruck
  • Banfield debuts around Round 10 and surprises everyone, West Coast fans continue to be in denial that they "didn't want him"
  • Logue starts to move into the midfield
  • Brayshaw becomes a regular best 22 (probably the least bold prediction here)
  • Fyfe wins brownlow
  • Peel B2B2B
  • Angus Brayshaw wants to play with one of his brothers, presumably of the Andrew variety
  • We get Mountford and Bolton for cheaps and they turn good
  • Melbourne win the premiership
  • We pick up the best tall forward in the draft, Carter, Medhat and a Vic mature ager
  • Jackson Ramsay has a good year in the WAFL
  • Haiden Schloithe continues to be undrafted

    and the best for last
  • Jeremy McGovern comes over to Freo as a free agent
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Could even live with the Melbourne Winning the flag prediction , Much prefer to do it ourselves though (tell him he's dreaming)And deep down i hope Schloithe get's a gig somewhere ,But i feel this might be one of your correct predictions
 
The new MRP one wise man band proves to be the biggest stuff up of all time. By half way through 2018 there will be an outcry about Christian being nothing but a puppet on a string used by AFL house to engineer the outcomes they seek for "good blokes" and other such worthy players while absolutely crucifying other less worthy players and teams.

Not so much a bold prediction as seeing a car crash is about to happen in front of your eyes.
 
Purpletown said:
The new MRP one wise man band proves to be the biggest stuff up of all time. By half way through 2018 there will be an outcry about Christian being nothing but a puppet on a string used by AFL house to engineer the outcomes they seek for "good blokes" and other such worthy players while absolutely crucifying other less worthy players and teams.

Not so much a bold prediction as seeing a car crash is about to happen in front of your eyes.
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It has to work better than the previous model. Well, it couldn't be any worse.

The VFL will always control every part of the AFL but at least Christian is a WA boy.
 
Bastyy said:
  • All draftees play around 3-5 games
  • Scott Jones surprises everyone and gives Darcy stiff competition for #1 ruck
  • Banfield debuts around Round 10 and surprises everyone, West Coast fans continue to be in denial that they "didn't want him"
  • Logue starts to move into the midfield
  • Brayshaw becomes a regular best 22 (probably the least bold prediction here)
  • Fyfe wins brownlow
  • Peel B2B2B
  • Angus Brayshaw wants to play with one of his brothers, presumably of the Andrew variety
  • We get Mountford and Bolton for cheaps and they turn good
  • Melbourne win the premiership
  • We pick up the best tall forward in the draft, Carter, Medhat and a Vic mature ager
  • Jackson Ramsay has a good year in the WAFL
  • Haiden Schloithe continues to be undrafted

    and the best for last
  • Jeremy McGovern comes over to Freo as a free agent
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Jeremy McGovern will not be a free Agent - is restricted - which will mean you will have to give up an arm & a leg to get him - eg Fyfe;)
 

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