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Bumping your own thread hey 
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Bumping your on thread hey
Is that what they call it these days?
Careful, do it too much and you can go blind.
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Unashamedly.Bumping your on thread hey
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A lot of people thought Hird could get Essendon into the 8. It's not like going out on a limb and saying player x will win the coleman when that person has little chance.
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I for one didn't see us as top 8.
Well predicted.
Well predicted.
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Yeah I can't remember what I said in regards to specific games/teams, but overall I was expecting 9th-12th.
I prefer this thread too, as it specified/justified why we'd be in a certain position, rather than "TOP FOUR HERE WE COME!!!"
I prefer this thread too, as it specified/justified why we'd be in a certain position, rather than "TOP FOUR HERE WE COME!!!"
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I didn't really expect it either. I would've been happy with 10 wins for the year. pre-Richmond, that was looking like 14 odd & a home final. May have slipped, now, but should still play finals.
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That's true, but the context was a lot were pretty downcast & there were main board threads about how we'd get beaten for the first 5 and Hird would fail in the arse.
This was about having a bit of a realistic look at our draw from a Bombers' perspective, ie always go in positive against Saints & Blues, and none of the fixtures we find very hard (travelling west).
Worth pointing out (possibly worthy of it's own thread): for the last 10 years we have had at least one thrashing in our first 6-8 weeks every year. This current consistency, after that regular inconsistency, can only be a very, very good thing for the confidence of the group.
Personally, I saw us in the top 4 by Round 8, considering we made a habit of being in the top 4 early on and then dropping way off (see round 9 in 2009 and round 10-11 in 2010)... the first half of our seasons have never really been our silver bullet, so to say.
On top of this, almost every Essendon supporter knew that we would be/remain competitive against the Saints, Bulldogs, Blues, Sydney, Brisbane and GC (with some believing the Eagles were at an all time low). It was really only the outside that were doubting us in that area.
With that said, I have to say well done in terms of predicting "at least 6 games" by Round 11, because 6-1-3 is very much possible tomorrow night against Melbourne!
(I will not give you props for the injury predictions though. Go to hell!
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On top of this, almost every Essendon supporter knew that we would be/remain competitive against the Saints, Bulldogs, Blues, Sydney, Brisbane and GC (with some believing the Eagles were at an all time low). It was really only the outside that were doubting us in that area.
With that said, I have to say well done in terms of predicting "at least 6 games" by Round 11, because 6-1-3 is very much possible tomorrow night against Melbourne!
(I will not give you props for the injury predictions though. Go to hell!
)