Our next 6 weeks

[Gunnar Longshanks]

It's great to be 12-1, and it's great to be 3 games clear after a couple of wins at the MCG.

We've got a pretty favourable draw coming up, and I think we should be able to consolidate our position before stepping it up a gear leading into the finals.

R14 Carlton at Subiaco
R15 Kangaroos at the Dome
R16 Brisbane at Subiaco
R17 Sydney at SCG
R18 Hawthorn at Subiaco
R19 Bulldogs at MCG

I reckon all of those away games are winnable, and if we hold firm at home, we're going to be very hard to stop.

 

[West Coast Fan 123]

I believe with our list, every game this year is winnable. As you have said many times every other "contender" we have beat thus far. We have a very talented list and should be realistically aiming to win every one of our games. But we'll take it one game at a time and see what happens with injuries and the like.

 

[weagles_fan]

Might drop the Sydney game but I think the rest we will win.

 

[Vic Eagles Member]

We could lay claims to finish 19-3 looking at our draw, but we'll drop the odd one along the way, maybe when we least expect it.

We play poorly at the Dome, and the Kangaroos always put up an honest performance, we have to be on our guard every game.

 

[Cuzz09]

I reckon we will go win, loss, win, loss for the rest of the year and end up with a 17-5 record which will still get us top spot you would think.

 

[Debaser]

I reckon we will go win, loss, win, loss for the rest of the year and end up with a 17-5 record which will still get us top spot you would think.

Given our away form this year I can't see us dropping every away game for the rest of the season.

 

[Gunnar Longshanks]

I reckon we will go win, loss, win, loss for the rest of the year and end up with a 17-5 record which will still get us top spot you would think.

That's a pretty pessimistic outlook.

We've just beaten Melbourne at the MCG. Surely we'd be a good chance against the Bulldogs and the Kangaroos in Melbourne. I see no reason why we can't roll Sydney either.

 

[Cuzz09]

That's a pretty pessimistic outlook.

We've just beaten Melbourne at the MCG. Surely we'd be a good chance against the Bulldogs and the Kangaroos in Melbourne. I see no reason why we can't roll Sydney either.

I was thinking as in that would be the absolute worst that can happen which is saying something. We should beat the Roos and Bulldogs. Should really winevery game.

 

[Altum Volantes]

I'm not pencilling in wins but I do think every game is winnable and the guys would have the right to approach them all confident of winning.

 

[Mr Eagle]

Sydney @ the SCG is the danger game there. Although Brisbane @ Subi could be interesting, even in spite of our happy record against the Brions lately...

 

[ScottyB]

Round 15 v The Kangaroos could be a danger game. Dont see Sydney being a problem.

 

[wballz]

My main concern for the rest of the season is our ability to play at the dome and the SCG.

The dome's surface is atrocious and from the legends game we saw how players who rarely play on the surface struggle to keep their feet, sometimes it looked like they were playing in a wet muddy game (all over the ground) the way they were slipping and sliding. The surface combined with some bad memories of the dome (esp. with the roof open) have me a little worried about those games, but hopefully like the MCG they can see it as a challenge to overcome.

Whereas the SCG is just not suited to our gameplan or rather our gameplan doesn't suit the SCG. It's the smallest ground in the league and we play our best on the largest ground, but again the way we are travelling this year i think we can overcome both of these hurdles with an insentive to lock in top spot.

 

[Vic Eagles Member]

My main concern for the rest of the season is our ability to play at the dome and the SCG.

The dome's surface is atrocious and from the legends game we saw how players who rarely play on the surface struggle to keep their feet, sometimes it looked like they were playing in a wet muddy game (all over the ground) the way they were slipping and sliding. The surface combined with some bad memories of the dome (esp. with the roof open) have me a little worried about those games, but hopefully like the MCG they can see it as a challenge to overcome.

Whereas the SCG is just not suited to our gameplan or rather our gameplan doesn't suit the SCG. It's the smallest ground in the league and we play our best on the largest ground, but again the way we are travelling this year i think we can overcome both of these hurdles with an insentive to lock in top spot.

The best thing about all that is that we don't have to prove ourselves at Telstra Dome, SCG or Skilled Stadium. We've won at the ground that means a lot.

 

[wballz]

yes very true, we don't need to win at those grounds to win a premiership IF (or should i say when ) we secure our 2 home finals.

 

[94_Eagles]

I'd love nothing more than to win at the SCG and TD.

 

[Cuzz09]

We haven't beaten Sydney at the SCG since 1999. So we are about due for a win there. We always seem to get close to them but its always bloody O'Loughlin or Hall that kills us. We realistically should beat them with our midfield. I can see: "Cox, down to Fletcher quick kick inside 50, Lynch drops a sitter but gathers and drills it through - Eagles by 6 goals!"

 

[Ruddiger]

I'd love nothing more than to win at the SCG and TD.

If we win at the SCG, that would make at least 100% record in all but one state and one of the territories this year. Eagles can't win away ??

 

[94_Eagles]

If we win at the SCG, that would make at least 100% record in all but one state and one of the territories this year. Eagles can't win away ??

Winning away in finals is where it's at.

 

[jod23]

Im confident we can win every game but that doesnt always happen. The Swans away is a tough one because we dont play the smaller ground very well at all. We do face the Cats at SS later in the season too and thats as tough as it gets.

But realistically we have pretty much sewn up top spot which gives us two finals at Subi providing we win the 1st qualifying final and the Prelim...then were in the GF.

Anything can happen though so im gonna stick to the good "take it one week at a time" philosophy.