Roast LOL Article from TheRoar.com

[TradeDraft]

Collingwood to miss the top four
This is a big call, but not beyond the realm of possibility. Favourite sons returning to coach the club they played for are a bit of a death or glory proposition. For every Paul Roos or John Worsfold who brings premiership success, there is a Michael Voss or Kevin Bartlett who struggles as a coach.


You’d think that Collingwood would have learned from their appointment of Tony Shaw as coach in 1996, but apparently not.



I think the Magpies will start strongly as expected, win around seven or eight of their first ten matches, then gradually fall away after that and miss out on a top-four spot. I look forward to special comments man Mick Malthouse gloating wildly that it would never have

happened under his reign if my prediction proves true. Cue the black and white army getting restless and turning on their favourite son Buckley when the Magpies go out of the finals in straight sets this year

Quite Simple this has Biased all over it and epsically you read the Crap about Malthouse

http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/03/05/five-fearless-predictions-for-afl-season-2012/

 

[mattys123]

The roar is an opinion based sports site.

It's not a news site, it's go no real reputation to uphold or that any one demand it uphold.

Ignore it Dave, it's one persons opinion, their entitled to it, as much of a joke as it is.

And as you can see, the writer makes little sense.

He says we'll win 7-8 of our first 10 games, but still miss the top four, yet with 12 games remaining after that, we would only have to win another 6-7 games to make the top four.

 

[Shade]

this is actually a good discussion point if we did miss top 4 would people call for buckley's head ??

i know he would walking thin ice with me

 

[Blessed]

Could only happen due to injuries.

 

[Optimax]

this is actually a good discussion point if we did miss top 4 would people call for buckley's head ??

i know he would walking thin ice with me

Missing the four in Year 1 and basically not really in the hunt for a flag, would be spectacular failure.

You'd think regardless of this year he gets his second year as a matter of course.

Missing top 4 this year though, we'd all be in for a torrid time from media, to opposisition supporters, and even our own supporters

 

[loki04]

Missing the four in Year 1 and basically not really in the hunt for a flag, would be spectacular failure.

You'd think regardless of this year he gets his second year as a matter of course.

Missing top 4 this year though, we'd all be in for a torrid time from media, to opposisition supporters, and even our own supporters

What happens if we have an 04 type year injury wise?

Basically our season gets decimated by injury and we miss the top 4 could easily happen if the right players go down.

Could easily happen if say Cloke, Reid, Pendles fall over.

Who is to say if MM stayed on he would of took us to top 4? history has shown that most teams dip, and he failed last year after breaking all sorts of 'H n A' records.
MM was given till his 11th season to get the flag, surely we can give Buckley 5.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Id' be shocked as shit if we missed the Top 4 with an injury free list.

 

[Ed D]

I don't mind people writing the Pies off, I'm not sure about finishing outside the top 4 however as there's no real change to the playing list, but you never know.

 

[Trojan Pies]

I struggled to read past the "Adelaide will make top 8" section. Obviously this guy doesn't rate defence otherwise he might have thought twice about this statement. Crows have lost arguably their two most important back line pieces in two years with Davis and Bock both leaving. Add to that, they have an ageing and underdone Rutten coupled with a very raw Talia (like to see him handle Cloke or Dawes). Crows might go close but again I only see one spot (maybe two with Saints - Lenny dependant) up for grabs and that's Essendons spot although they should improve. Anyway, nuff bout that...

Pies should hold top 4 but nothing is a given in the AFL. Tough competition will come from Carlton and I expect Fremantle may return (injury permitting) to fight it out. West Coast, despite LeCras missing, should still be up there. Our starting 22 suggests we should but I do have concerns over our depth at the moment. Macaffer and Krakouer both going down certainly exposes us more here and I'm not sold on the next layer of players that include Buckley, Rounds, Ugle, Sinclair, Keefe, J.Thomas, CLarke being able to step up and maintain that top four standard. While I believe we have undoubted talent in our kids through the '11 draft in Elliott, Paine, Yagmoor, Witts it is unfair to expect any of them to have a big impact in 2012. Hopefully one or more of them do but can't really include in calculations.

We were certainly a deeper team a few years back...

Not being negative, just objective.

 

[Scodog10]

It's funny how the article has been formulated because I personally wouldn't be surprised if we're 4 and 4 by round 8 with matches against Carlton, Hawthon, Geelong and ANZAC day included in that stretch.

From then though our draw really opens up with only one match against a fellow top 6 team from 2011 in the next 8 weeks (Eagles at the G). So I expect us to start rather slowly and come home with a rush so basically the opposite of what that numpty has written.

 

[legendstatus]

It's funny how the article has been formulated because I personally wouldn't be surprised if we're 4 and 4 by round 8 with matches against Carlton, Hawthon, Geelong and ANZAC day included in that stretch.

From then though our draw really opens up with only one match against a fellow top 6 team from 2011 in the next 8 weeks (Eagles at the G). So I expect us to start rather slowly and come home with a rush so basically the opposite of what that numpty has written.

Really? I'd be shocked if we were 4/4 after 8 rounds.

 

[Pie 4 Life]

So we're going to miss the top four but go out in "straight sets"? Pretty sure you have to make the top four to do that otherwise you're just eliminated.

Pretty weak contradictory article probably by a Collingwood hater.

 

[cleomenes]

There is a certain sense to fears for this year. Intended or not, our NAB cup performances have been mediocre at best. A lot of players have not had a run yet. Two strong forwards are out. Our best defence has not taken the field in any meaningful way yet. The low level of endeavour against Melbourne may indicate something.

So, our list looks good, but our effort looks lacklustre. If injuries hit then we could well miss the four or even the eight. Most teams, however, are contemplating some variant of this, except perhaps Carlton, whose supporters never seem to look at their team in any sort of analytical way.

 

[speedytiger]

Other than the obvious pie hate there, fact is someone always comes from outside the 8 from year before and makes the top 4. Often it makes no sense but they do. I think only once in 12 or so years has this not happened. Someone has to go down, hope it's not us!

 

[ipswichpies]

We have not been traveling well the last month or so but it is a long time to October,if we are still looking ragged by the end of June we can start panicking then.

Just because someone wants us to bomb out does not mean we will we have had a bad run of injuries and if they continue we may not come up,but we made the right decision to go with Buckley and I would rather have some injuries and a slow start than come to a full stop around rd24.

There could be a few people with egg on their faces at the end of the season,I certainly hope so but it is much to soon to say we are no chance this year.