If it bleeds, we can kill it

[HoldenMCaulfield]

However from about week 10/11 onward, they were nowhere near the same team.

New England had a bye in week 10...

They stumbled over the line against some ordinary teams in the last 6 weeks.

New England's last six games of the regular season included wins against:

- Philadelphia (finished just out of the playoffs)
- Pittsburg (winner AFC North)
- New York Giants (yes, the Giants)

They did have a few lucky wins against bottom teams Baltimore, New York Jets and Miami - but the fact remains, they won these games.

NE then were ok in the playoffs without being good. By the time the Superbowl rolled around, they were nowhere near as good as their record. They were prohibitive favourites in the Superbowl because of their record, not because of how good they were playing.

They won the divisional round against Jacksonville with one (1) punt in the last minute of the fourth quarter. Brady had a passing percentage of 92.9% (NFL record) - just okay ?

They were not great against San Diego in the AFC championship, but they won with all the pressure on them of becoming the first team to be 18:0.

They were huge favourites for the superbowl. It was their fourth suberbowl in seven years. The Giants were lucky and probably happy to just get there (close to a loss with an interception in the endzone against Dallas in the NFC divisional and needed overtime to beat Green Bay in the NFC championship). The Patriots were probably the better team and were only beaten by a phantastic (and lucky, one could add) display by Eli Manning.

In any event, I did not intend to compare New England with Geelong. New England has dominated the NFL for almost a decade now, Geelong has not (yet - not saying that they won't). But believe me, I remember quite a few very cocky New England supporters who ridiculed Giants supporters before the game...

 

[Squizz]

Yeah - what he said

 

[Lunchlady Doris]

Clearly Geelong fans are more nervous than I thought, publishing this crapola as if it might change the result.

lol.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Special quote from the same source for Lingy.
You're one, UGLY... mother****er.

 

[Hinkley29]

Wah wah wah

Go back to your own board knob

Hinkley29
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Geelong
Other Teams: Cards, Spurs, Bunnies

Join Date: Jan 2008
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LOL, jumped on that bandwagon after last years premiership huh? It must be getting very full by now

Excellent Posts. They must be up with your best efforts in the 2 months you have been registered. Congratulations.

 

[Hinkley29]

New England had a bye in week 10...



New England's last six games of the regular season included wins against:

- Philadelphia (finished just out of the playoffs)
- Pittsburg (winner AFC North)
- New York Giants (yes, the Giants)

They did have a few lucky wins against bottom teams Baltimore, New York Jets and Miami - but the fact remains, they won these games.



They won the divisional round against Jacksonville with one (1) punt in the last minute of the fourth quarter. Brady had a passing percentage of 92.9% (NFL record) - just okay ?

They were not great against San Diego in the AFC championship, but they won with all the pressure on them of becoming the first team to be 18:0.

They were huge favourites for the superbowl. It was their fourth suberbowl in seven years. The Giants were lucky and probably happy to just get there (close to a loss with an interception in the endzone against Dallas in the NFC divisional and needed overtime to beat Green Bay in the NFC championship). The Patriots were probably the better team and were only beaten by a phantastic (and lucky, one could add) display by Eli Manning.

In any event, I did not intend to compare New England with Geelong. New England has dominated the NFL for almost a decade now, Geelong has not (yet - not saying that they won't). But believe me, I remember quite a few very cocky New England supporters who ridiculed Giants supporters before the game...

So what you are actually saying is that the Patriots were amazing for the first half of the season, their form then went backwards, they had some fortunate wins over the second half of the season, their finals forms was inconsistent and they were ripe for the picking in the Superbowl?

I am glad to see that we agree. It is also good that in agreeing with me that you have shown that to compare them to Geelong is flawed. It is nice when we all get along isn't it?

 

[The Sultan]

Geelong are a good side but they are not unbeatable the media is giving them a collective handjob and they moment, they do have their weaknesses:

* their foward line is average, I mean cam mooney as your key forward Geelongs strength is their midfield/on ballers if you can control them then you have geelong by the plums. The pies were able to smash geelong by pressuing the on-ballers thus they were unable to move the ball quickly to their small forwards, who thrive on getting the ball in sapce i.e Stevie J, Chapman, Stokes.

* Also their ruck devisions is questionable Ottens is a pea-heart and the other guy (name escapes me at the minute) is very green, so if king and kosi can smash them physically in the ruck they can give the satins first use of the ball and keep geelong on the back foot (see the freo geelong game in Subie early this year).

* if the saints can make the above happen and they can get the ball intot the forward line long and fast to Roo (who has to play a blinder), Kosi etc. then they have a good chance to beat geelong


Good luck saints.. you'll need it