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I'll punt the crows by 65 points. I'm impressed with the Tigers but they are not in the same league as the crows
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I'll punt the crows by 65 points. I'm impressed with the Tigers but they are not in the same league as the crows
I think Adelaide's injuries coupled with Richmonds confidence will make it a lot closer than what most expect. Richmond have some x-factor players that can pile on multiple goals in a very short time.
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I just think our game plan leaves us open to be scored on easier than the premiership teams of years gone by
The question remains: Has Pyke tweaked the game plan enough to get us to where we want to be? I think our defense has been great (from the point of view we shut down the corridor) but other teams have been able to score quickly. Will that hold up in finals? There are subtle changes to the game style to differentiate it from LY. Is it enough?
Can't wait to play teams like Richmond (travelling well) and Geelong in round 11 and see how we go with our 2017 blueprint vs 2016's
I love what Pyke has brought to our club. The man has a great footy brain. It's no coincidence that the Eagles performance has dropped since he left
It's exciting (and it's damn fun to watch us score with such ease) Entertaining stuff!
The question remains: Has Pyke tweaked the game plan enough to get us to where we want to be? I think our defense has been great (from the point of view we shut down the corridor) but other teams have been able to score quickly. Will that hold up in finals? There are subtle changes to the game style to differentiate it from LY. Is it enough?
Can't wait to play teams like Richmond (travelling well) and Geelong in round 11 and see how we go with our 2017 blueprint vs 2016's
I love what Pyke has brought to our club. The man has a great footy brain. It's no coincidence that the Eagles performance has dropped since he left
It's exciting (and it's damn fun to watch us score with such ease) Entertaining stuff!
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who is out for Adelaide?
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Jenkins, McGovern, Kelly. Possibly Talia and Knight.
And I'd like to see Cheney and Seedsman get back at some point this year, but not holding my breath.
So if by some miracle the Tigers get up, or even fight out an honourable loss there will still be reasons to write us off.
I dont think we will win, but Im hoping and will be cheering for a win.
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Not from me. If Richmond win I will be full of vitriol for my team and full of praise for Richmond
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Let's hit the f*ken road!
Our defence is very stingey too.
I'm going over to Adelaide for this one. Really looking forward to the battle between Grimes and Eddie
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Don't get my hopes up please
They don't have a long injury list. No excuses, there should be enough depth in every squad to cover 4 players missing. The exceptionally low injury list from last year can't last forever.
All aboard the Tiggy Train! what could possibly go wrong?
No one said it was a long injury list, but when you possibly have two forwards out that would walk into any team and an all Australian defender that's a lot of quality out in a game against a team playing some good footy. No one has been making excuses, we've done well to win without them, there's your depth already.
Talia is the worry for me.
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surely adelaide are in rare air where they are, yes there's no flags there but they look to be on a projection to end up on 78-80 attack which is basically the 4 best teams of the modern era. probably more of a case that theres not many teams ever profiled like that, not that they don't win the premiership when they get in that area.
Is it possible to produce an animated "Collingwood under Buckley" squiggle?
The Crows are missing an All Australian KPD and 2 guys who combines scored 85 goals last year (so more than 4 a game) and are travelling fine. How would Richmond cope with Rance, Riewoldt & Castagna/Rioli out?
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Adelaide are in the same area as last year, so I can just quote that post:
As it happened, Adelaide headed right immediately after this post, and were in a good spot come finals time, albeit behind Sydney, GWS, and Geelong when measured by aggregate rating.Not many teams chart near where Adelaide is now, so I'd have to wildly speculate. But I am prepared to do that.
Over the last 20 years, teams in this area have tended to make the finals and get crushed by more balanced teams, or else have a would-have-should-have kind of year.
2013 is a pretty good example, because no fewer than three teams got near there (most years, no-one does):
Adelaide are only 10 games in here, of course, compared to full seasons from the 2013 teams.
In 2013, North Melbourne missed finals after losing an amazing 10 games by 3 goals or less. Geelong became a lot more balanced in the second half of the year, and actually looked a red-hot shot to win the flag. But they lost a prelim by 5 points to Hawthorn, who also became somewhat more balanced. And then won the flag against defensive specialists Fremantle.
A year earlier, North passed through here en route to a 96-point Elimination Final humiliation at the hands of West Coast.
In 2010 Carlton peaked around here and lost a close Elimination Final to the Swans (who lost a semi to the Bulldogs, who lost a prelim to the Saints, who lost the GF to Collingwood).
The 2008 Bulldogs weren't quite as attacking but were still 3rd in the league in a year of big improvement for them, losing a prelim to the Cats. A year later it was a similar situation, and they lost a prelim to the Saints.
In 2004, St Kilda got near here late in the year before losing a prelim to Port.
In 2003, West Coast passed through here on the way to bombing out of an Elimination Final against Adelaide
In 2000, Melbourne landed here after losing the Grand Final to Essendon by 10 goals.
So it's not an ideal place to be. But it's tantalizing because it only takes one really strong defensive performance to move into the perfect position. And if you're going to be unbalanced, it's better to be too attacking than too defensive.
Either way, the Crows should be entertaining this year.
The killer was probably that last-round defeat to West Coast, which tipped them out of the top 4 and set up an eventual semi-final against Sydney at the SCG, which turned out to be a bridge too far. I still thought they were a real chance at that game, since Sydney was too far out the other way, being heavily defensive, a game style that hasn't won many flags over the last 20 years. But no. So it's another case of an unbalanced team not making it all the way.
Of course, almost everyone was in a better spot than the Bulldogs. So there's that.
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That would be intriguing,
Continue the series
Only got Lyon (was 2016 his base camp for another assault?), Clarkson, Hardwick and Thompson in last years ones
Right... Ross Lyon's entire fabulous journey looks more like this:
It is actually kinda interesting how Fremantle camped out in their current location for a while before surging in 2012. Must be Ross's base camp.
Nah they're not too hard. Behold the sticky, web-like fingers of Clarkson:
Hardwick's Richmond, you say?
This one divides neatly into "Before Geelong annihilated Richmond" and "After Geelong annihilated Richmond."
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Mmm, not easily. I might save that for when he gets sacked. But I have this from June 2016; Collingwood haven't moved much since.
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Doubt you'll have much to worry about there
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I realized I might not have much time to figure out this animated-multi-year-squiggle thing, so took a bash at it this afternoon. It gets pretty janky at times, but this is Collingwood under Buckley so far:
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