Our Next Five.

[prodigy]

Our next five games will really show us what kind of team we have leading into finals.

North Melbourne (Etihad)
Gold Coast (Cazalys)
Fremantle (MCG)
Sydney (SCG)
Hawthorn (MCG)

Now it would be expected we get two out of those 5 going on current form of being able to beat the sides that are/were around us. The two sides I have coloured green are expected wins. The side I have coloured blue is a 50/50 game. The two sides I have coloured red we will be going in as rank underdogs.

Fremantle - We should have beaten them over in Perth, a few bad decisions went their way and the team had a brain fade in the last couple of minutes which let them snag the lead back. Narrow loss by 1 point. They will have Pavlich back, who gave us a huge headache at the G last season, they will also have Sandilands back. He is a monster of a man, last year he went off injured early in the first quarter, but they had Griffin to cover, this time around they will have Zac Clarke as cover if anything were to go wrong with him, who has come on in leaps and bounds since Griffin went down.
We would really need to be at our best if we were to knock them over at close to full strength.

Sydney - We beat them last year, lets be honest, we smashed them. However, it was at the G. I do remember we went in as close to even money at the betting agencies for that game. Recent form suggests that Sydney are ripe for the picking if we play at our best. Port Adelaide played a very high pressure game against Sydney and essentially, beat them at their own game. We have proven that when we need to play a high pressure, tackling, rough type of game, we can get the job done (West Coast, Adelaide). This game IMO will be as winnable or even more winnable than the Freo game.

Hawthorn - Hard to make comment on this game because it is still very far away, and a lot rides on how they will go this week against Geelong. They have been in great form and have won 12 games on the trot, extremely impressive. We beat them by 10 goals last season, and have had the wood over them in recent years. Not really sure about this game, but the game this week should provide us with some insights on how to beat them.

In conclusion, if we want to be taken seriously this year come September we have to knock off one of the above mentioned three teams. If we want to be feared come September we would have to knock off 2/3 or all 3, which is doubtful.
Our aim is to come out of this 12-6 or 13-5.

Thoughts?

 

[Madison]

3 wins in the next 5 weeks is the goal. Anything more is a bonus. Less will be disappointing. Pretty simple really.

 

[Varicho]

I think we could win all of them... or lose all of them...

But in Reality I expect us to win 3 of them.

 

[TJTIGER]

at the risk of sounding a bit negative, I'm not completely convinced about Pav and sandi but I guess we'll see. It will also take them a bit of time to get upto complete match fitness as well. No matter what happens this year it's very obvious the team has improved which is great !!

 

[Tigerbob]

The aim is to come out of this 3-2. 12 wins for the year. That would be an awesome effort and anything more would be a bonus.

 

[bananatigz]

3-2 would be the aim yes, but i would be extremely content with 2 wins, still leaves us in a very good spot

 

[juss]

Funnily enough I was going to make a similar thread. I believe this next 5 decides our season.

5-0: We'll make the top 4. But it won't happen.
4-1: This would be huge, but again would take a mammoth effort from the boys and I don't think we are there yet.
3-2: Would be ideal, and I'd be more than happy with this, but it requires good, committed footy. Achieve this and we are set for finals.
2-3: IMO this is unfortunately the most likely outcome. I reckon we can beat the Gold Coast this year, and probably 1 of North/Freo, but could also see us dropping any of those games.
1-4: Would be bad, but would have us at 10-8, which is still on the good side of the ledger.
0-5: Would be disastorous. We would lose a heap of respect and creditbility. But it's actually not beyond the realms of posibility given the draw.

 

[Morro]

^^^ Spot on Juss. What you have said above really underlines the importance of a win this weekend against Norf. A loss to them and the pressure really starts to mount. I am so bloody nervous.

 

[Nuffers]

Funnily enough I was going to make a similar thread. I believe this next 5 decides our season.

5-0: We'll make the top 4. But it won't happen.
4-1: This would be huge, but again would take a mammoth effort from the boys and I don't think we are there yet.
3-2: Would be ideal, and I'd be more than happy with this, but it requires good, committed footy. Achieve this and we are set for finals.
2-3: IMO this is unfortunately the most likely outcome. I reckon we can beat the Gold Coast this year, and probably 1 of North/Freo, but could also see us dropping any of those games.
1-4: Would be bad, but would have us at 10-8, which is still on the good side of the ledger.
0-5: Would be disastorous. We would lose a heap of respect and creditbility. But it's actually not beyond the realms of posibility given the draw.

If that happens the lid would be buried in the side of an orbiting satellite.

 

[Mr T]

If we win the next two I am then confident we will play finals. If we don't, we will be back into limbo.

 

[Squibbs]

If we win the next 5 I'll cry with joy.

 

[Wally Matera]

Honestly, if we cant win the next four, we're only making up the numbers in the finals. Seriously. North, GC and Freo should all be dead set gimmes. If we have any ambition to do anything in September, we MUST beat either Sydeny or Hawthorn. End of.

 

[RECORDS!]

Anyone else taken the 7.50 for us to miss the 8 if the worst case scenario does happen? Will help ease the pain

 

[Wally Matera]

Anyone else taken the 7.50 for us to miss the 8 if the worst case scenario does happen? Will help ease the pain

Get on board Harry... choo choo! We couldnt miss the 8 if we tried this year... 3 games clear of our spiritual home and the bummers on track to get some Rocco Siffredi treatment, surely... l mean... surely not. Top four and a little piece of Whorefawn in week one.

 

[Richo is God]

We'll beat Freo if its not pissing rain again. Will be close with the swans, our gameplan doesnt suit SCG well at all though.

 

[DrMike]

I just hope we win this week

 

[prodigy]

Freo will be a massive game for the club. If we win that, we get the confidence for the next two and are every chance to knock off one of Sydney or Hawthorn... or both!

 

[Turka]

Excuse the cliche, but you're only as strong as your weakest link.
And at the moment, we don't have one.

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

we really need to beat freo there getting on my nerves north will be an open attacking game hopefully our mids get on top and our supply is good to our forwards because its going to be hard for jack to beat Thompson and they will go 3rd man up on him so if we lower our eyes and hit up vickery or azza they could have a big say in a win or a loss also for some reason I believe dusty is going to have a blinder

 

[AstroboyUK]

Im very confident of us beating Freo in Melbourne VERY. Im more worried about the North - not because of any lack of underlying quality, but at some point we may well have an off day, ala the Essendon game and/or Norths remarkable ability to pull surprise performances out of the hat. Not having a major off day, and stringing together 7-8 wins on the trott is the next step for this club and player profressionalism. I think theyre ready for it: win against North, and I think the knock on effect is we can take Sydney and Hawthorn..... yep I mean it: I think this team is learning what is like/.what it takes to be a ruthless winning machine. The Tigers of 2013 have it in them to go up another gear, and up to a whole new level, Im certain of it.

 

[SA TIGER]

I think we could win all of them... or lose all of them...

But in Reality I expect us to win 3 of them.

In reality, we will not lose all of them!

 

[turtle27]

According to some, if we don't at least beat Hawthorn and Sydney, we've gone backwards, rendering the other matches for the remainder of the year irrelevant.

 

[TheOutsider74]

Our next five games will really show us what kind of team we have leading into finals.

North Melbourne (Etihad)
Gold Coast (Cazalys)
Fremantle (MCG)
Sydney (SCG)
Hawthorn (MCG)

Now it would be expected we get two out of those 5 going on current form of being able to beat the sides that are/were around us. The two sides I have coloured green are expected wins. The side I have coloured blue is a 50/50 game. The two sides I have coloured red we will be going in as rank underdogs.

Fremantle - We should have beaten them over in Perth, a few bad decisions went their way and the team had a brain fade in the last couple of minutes which let them snag the lead back. Narrow loss by 1 point. They will have Pavlich back, who gave us a huge headache at the G last season, they will also have Sandilands back. He is a monster of a man, last year he went off injured early in the first quarter, but they had Griffin to cover, this time around they will have Zac Clarke as cover if anything were to go wrong with him, who has come on in leaps and bounds since Griffin went down.
We would really need to be at our best if we were to knock them over at close to full strength.

Sydney - We beat them last year, lets be honest, we smashed them. However, it was at the G. I do remember we went in as close to even money at the betting agencies for that game. Recent form suggests that Sydney are ripe for the picking if we play at our best. Port Adelaide played a very high pressure game against Sydney and essentially, beat them at their own game. We have proven that when we need to play a high pressure, tackling, rough type of game, we can get the job done (West Coast, Adelaide). This game IMO will be as winnable or even more winnable than the Freo game.

Hawthorn - Hard to make comment on this game because it is still very far away, and a lot rides on how they will go this week against Geelong. They have been in great form and have won 12 games on the trot, extremely impressive. We beat them by 10 goals last season, and have had the wood over them in recent years. Not really sure about this game, but the game this week should provide us with some insights on how to beat them.

In conclusion, if we want to be taken seriously this year come September we have to knock off one of the above mentioned three teams. If we want to be feared come September we would have to knock off 2/3 or all 3, which is doubtful.
Our aim is to come out of this 12-6 or 13-5.

Thoughts?

The North game was so important. So disappointing to lose like that.

 

[THE_GUN]

2 things you need to beat Fremantle

precision Kicking
Speed

 

[Bruce Monteath]

2 things you need to beat Fremantle

precision Kicking
Speed

You'd argue that, on our day, we possess both of these. With a close loss on their home patch, watch this space.