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We're all very optismistic for the future and I think there is no doubt that we will be one of the top teams from about 2005 (maybe 2004) onwards. Whether we win a flag is up to the players.
But do we have a team that can be a real premiership threat this year?? We can spout out the cliches and say "every team has a chance of winning at this stage" but thats cr@p. Everyone knows the Blues aren't gonna win, nor the Swans, nor about 4 other teams who have NO chance of winning the flag this season.
Obviousbly we are a genuine finals contendor, so thats makes us capable of winning a premiership, but I believe we can be a genuine premiership contendor this year.
Obviousbly we have to win outside of Perth first for that to happen, but the reasons I believe we can can be a genuine premiership contendor this season (generally I think there is no more than 5 at the start of any given season) is because we are currently playing very good football.
We've not looked like losing at Subi, got within 2 points of the Hawks when we played like spastics, and we got within 5 goals of the Crows at Footy Park - not many teams can lay claim to that.
But its not just that, its the fact that I reckon we can play a lot better football. We have a team which so far is sitting in third with the best percantage, and we can play a lot better than what we are playing. I was very critical after we thumped St Kilda by 70, but was actually quite pleased (although disapointed) after getting done by the Crows.
I think if we iron out a few skill errors, and marking up problems (which seem to only pop up outside of Perth) then we can make the step up already from making up the numbers come finals time to being a real genuine contendor. With such a young team god knows what we can do in the future
But do we have a team that can be a real premiership threat this year?? We can spout out the cliches and say "every team has a chance of winning at this stage" but thats cr@p. Everyone knows the Blues aren't gonna win, nor the Swans, nor about 4 other teams who have NO chance of winning the flag this season.
Obviousbly we are a genuine finals contendor, so thats makes us capable of winning a premiership, but I believe we can be a genuine premiership contendor this year.
Obviousbly we have to win outside of Perth first for that to happen, but the reasons I believe we can can be a genuine premiership contendor this season (generally I think there is no more than 5 at the start of any given season) is because we are currently playing very good football.
We've not looked like losing at Subi, got within 2 points of the Hawks when we played like spastics, and we got within 5 goals of the Crows at Footy Park - not many teams can lay claim to that.
But its not just that, its the fact that I reckon we can play a lot better football. We have a team which so far is sitting in third with the best percantage, and we can play a lot better than what we are playing. I was very critical after we thumped St Kilda by 70, but was actually quite pleased (although disapointed) after getting done by the Crows.
I think if we iron out a few skill errors, and marking up problems (which seem to only pop up outside of Perth) then we can make the step up already from making up the numbers come finals time to being a real genuine contendor. With such a young team god knows what we can do in the future

