And Gray will have 260 goals
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Analysis Optimism at the bye
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- Dec 31, 2013
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The biggest concern is our slow starts.
Brisbane kicked 9.6 by HT to our 7.7
Essendon 9.4 to 4.7
West Coast 9.3 to 3.2
Adelaide 8.3 to 4.6
Gold Coast 4 of their 6 goals were in the first quarter
We kicked 1.2 against Sydney in the first quarter
2.2 against Essendon
1.2 against Geelong
2.1 against West Coast
1.3 against Adelaide
We're a much better side when we fly out of the box hard, like we did against Freo and North.
Brisbane kicked 9.6 by HT to our 7.7
Essendon 9.4 to 4.7
West Coast 9.3 to 3.2
Adelaide 8.3 to 4.6
Gold Coast 4 of their 6 goals were in the first quarter
We kicked 1.2 against Sydney in the first quarter
2.2 against Essendon
1.2 against Geelong
2.1 against West Coast
1.3 against Adelaide
We're a much better side when we fly out of the box hard, like we did against Freo and North.
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- Jun 21, 2014
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I'll be optimistic only when it's 3 minutes left in the grand final and only if we're up by 4 or more goals
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- Nov 6, 2014
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Well the AFL did everything they could to stuff up our early season.
If we can avoid Port being Port for the rest of the season and if the umps can give us even the slightest fair go then we should Have a fair chance of making the 8.
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How so?
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But who has any confidence that we won’t continue to get destroyed by the umps.Nah we can take em.
Reverse that free kick count and all the momentum sapping it brings...we are in with a shot.
Wasn't it like 10 goals they scored as a result of free kicks to our 1.
I would be more worried about Richmond at the g then wce at the g....
Also having to play twice at Optus this year yuk.
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Set ourselves up in a nice position going into the bye. I’m still not ready to trust this team yet though.
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The fixture, especially over the past month, the umpiring, the MRO with Robbie, how the SPP saga was drawn out and oversanctioned ( 3 games sheesh)
I realise we had a part in the last 3 but the AFL have done us no favours this year. All of those things can sap confidence early in a season.
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If we got to go there in the Finals, at least, we will be used to it...
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Oops just realised this is the optimism thread. Go Ports
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The fixturing was a challenge but I'm not sure I see that as a deliberate attempt to derail our season. Ideally we wouldn't have had two trips to Etihad + Perth + Sydney but ultimately that's the fate of being a non-Victorian side. Having 4 out of 5 games at home could be seen as a huge advantage at this point in the year so it all depends on how we decide to play there.
I agree with you on the Robbie and SPP points, especially SPP.
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Optimism is not trust. It is the expectation that it is going to be proven trustworthy.
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I think the pass mark always remains the same,
Exhaust every option for victory.
Regardless of the results, if every member of the club has fine this, pass mark achieved.
It is probably drawing a long bow to say the AFL has gone out of its way to hand us a shit sandwich this year, but in a competition that is so compromised through the fixture to maximise crowds, sponsorship and revenue you do wonder sometimes. I mean, just compare the early season momentum building fixturing of both of last years grand finalists to what we copped in 2015 after making a Preliminary Final.
Fremantle (away)
Sydney (home)
North Melbourne (away - who’d also come off a prelim in 2014)
Hawthorn (home)
AdelIde (as away team)
The people who run this game can not be trusted to ever do the fair and equitable thing.
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Which raises the question - corruption or incompetence? I'm leaning towards incompetence. We're basically an after thought for the AFL in many ways. Its obvious with the amount of free-to-air games we're given.
Adelaide's early season run this year is very curious indeed.
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Neither, it is revenue maximisation.
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Of course. What I meant though is that we're not really on their radar. They're not trying to **** us with our early season draw but they're not putting much thought into it either.
- Sep 11, 2014
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I'm optimistic because everyone is so pessimistic.
We're 6-3 after some tough games in which most of our players haven't performed, we haven't put together a complete game, Dixon's out of form, Wingard's out of form, the AFL is trying to screw us, The umpires are out to get us, Hinkley's actively sabotaging our season and Koch and KT are either selling us to the Chinese or aren't doing enough to promote our cause in SA.
Considering ALL of those things are going against us and we're winning 2 out of 3 games, just imagine what will happen when some of those things go right.
We're 6-3 after some tough games in which most of our players haven't performed, we haven't put together a complete game, Dixon's out of form, Wingard's out of form, the AFL is trying to screw us, The umpires are out to get us, Hinkley's actively sabotaging our season and Koch and KT are either selling us to the Chinese or aren't doing enough to promote our cause in SA.
Considering ALL of those things are going against us and we're winning 2 out of 3 games, just imagine what will happen when some of those things go right.
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The moment I see a really fluent and efficient game in the forward half from us my optimism will grow we still make scoring look like an impossible comedy at times that's not a trait of Premiership teams.
The next month is key. Win 3 from 4 of Hawks (A), Tigers (H), Dogs (H) and Melb (H), then we are 9-4 with Carlton and St Kilda to follow.
Yes, and who would have thought that corruption could ever be a byproduct of revenue maximisation?
chiwigi
I’ll make tears from your Wines.
Exactly.
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Where does Carlton fit into this?
chiwigi
I’ll make tears from your Wines.
What the most corrupt organistion in the league? Seriously?
