Taking the lid off!!!!!

[Blueboys11]

Forget about building for the future... forget about developing a young list with an eye on the future!!

The year is nigh...

The flag is there for the taking this year!!

Fevola and Judd in there prime. StKilda vulnerable at the G. A great record against the 3rd, 4th and 5th teams on the ladder as they sit.

Lets ride our luck and lift the premiership cup!!

Carlton Premiers 2009. Has a very nice ring to it!!!

 

[Tex_21]

I think you guys are a genuine contender for this years flag-and you should be excited about it. You will finish in the top 4-Collingwood will falter after the beating on the weekend. Once you get to the top 4 - a home final against either St. Kilda or Geelong (probably the saints as the dogs nearly have 3rd sewn up.) will result in a surprise victory, earning a week off. You will then grab a weeks rest, and come steaming through the prelim to a GF, where Setanta will tear the opposition apart with 10 goals.

 

[Alpha1]

Forget about building for the future... forget about developing a young list with an eye on the future!!

The year is nigh...

The flag is there for the taking this year!!

Fevola and Judd in there prime. StKilda vulnerable at the G. A great record against the 3rd, 4th and 5th teams on the ladder as they sit.

Lets ride our luck and lift the premiership cup!!

Carlton Premiers 2009. Has a very nice ring to it!!!

You are a fool, a idiot, a steaming pile of crap. MODS can you please delete this thread.

 

[Bluebear]

Forget about building for the future... forget about developing a young list with an eye on the future!!

The year is nigh...

The flag is there for the taking this year!!

Fevola and Judd in there prime. StKilda vulnerable at the G. A great record against the 3rd, 4th and 5th teams on the ladder as they sit.

Lets ride our luck and lift the premiership cup!!

Carlton Premiers 2009. Has a very nice ring to it!!!

To quote Bryce Gibbs on the matter:

"Yeah nah."

 

[Blue Dimension]

Mmmmmmmm, no

Maybe a chance next year, not this year.

 

[Beagle_Charlie]

There is no reason why we cant win it this year.

Most of you guys are just extremely pesimistic

 

[blue gunslinger]

True if we win everygame for the rest of the year we win the flag
Get realistic or go sit in the corner with Celtic Pride

 

[Faz 2000]

There are infinity reasons we can't win this year.

I wanna play finals! We'd love a first final against the Pies or the Lions - two teams we can run close or knock off.

If we beat the Pies this weekend finals are all but sewn up. If not, we're right back in the pack scrabbling to stay in.

 

[Audrey_Horne]

Don't think so - but it is nice to dream.

 

[Blueboys11]

You are a fool, a idiot, a steaming pile of crap. MODS can you please delete this thread.

Geez, arnt we a negative nelly... Anyone would of thought i was bagging us.

All im saying is its time for us to lift our eyes....

At the end of the day, what does a premiership equal... ( assuming we maintain form and sneak into fourth)

It is 3 wins. Thats it... No more no less, and on the day anything can happen. Unlikley perhaps, but hey we have matchwinners, who on the day can win a match off there own boot. Find form at the right time, Fev has 3 days out in a row.. Anythings possible

 

[walga]

There is no reason why we cant win it this year.

Most of you guys are just extremely pesimistic

Dont confuse being a pessimist with a realist

 

[Alpha1]

Blueboys sorry but you are a idiot, I admire that your so positive. But in reality it is very stupid, we have struggled to beat teams we should have thumped. We have not beaten St. Kilda, Geelong, Hawthorn, Essendon, Adelaide. If you think that our performances this year is good enough to win a flag, then yes you are a idiot.

 

[blues4flag]

Hard to beat Geelong when he haven't played them yet, Alph.

Like your enthusiasm bb11. You gotta be in it to win and it looks like we'll be in. Mightn't be very likely but I'm one who'll never say never.

 

[Blueboys11]

Blueboys sorry but you are a idiot, I admire that your so positive. But in reality it is very stupid, we have struggled to beat teams we should have thumped. We have not beaten St. Kilda, Geelong, Hawthorn, Essendon, Adelaide. If you think that our performances this year is good enough to win a flag, then yes you are a idiot.

StKilda - We got witin a kick on there playground....
Geelong - Havnt played yet. great team, but cracks are appearing.
Hawthorn - have the wood on us, but wont make the finals so irrelevant.
Essendon - Ditto above
Adelaide - poor loss. But if we happen to finish 4th probably meant we have beaten them round 22 at the G.

Yes, we have been inconsistnet, but lets not forget this year is the 10 year anniversary of a certain battling football team that struggled into the 8, was out of form, yet came within 5 goals of a premiership.

All im saying is anything can happen come September, and assuming we finish off the H&A well, why not dream...

As i said, its only 3 wins in a row once your there.....

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Admire your optimism.

In 1999 we finished 12 and 10, got smashed by 12 goals in the first final,
knocked off WC, and then did Essendon (who only lost 4 games for the year),
in the miracle, to make the GF.

Get your best side out on the park at the pointy end of the season, a couple of key injuries to sides up the top, and who knows?

A lot of things would have to fall our way mind you.

 

[Blueboys11]

Admire your optimism.

In 1999 we finished 12 and 10, got smashed by 12 goals in the first final,
knocked off WC, and then did Essendon (who only lost 4 games for the year),
in the miracle, to make the GF.

Get your best side out on the park at the pointy end of the season, a couple of key injuries to sides up the top, and who knows?

A lot of things would have to fall our way mind you.

Precisely.... I probably should of waited till after this weeks result, but win against the pies and its game on. Lose, and mods please delete this thread...haha

 

[Alpha1]

Precisely.... I probably should of waited till after this weeks result, but win against the pies and its game on. Lose, and mods please delete this thread...haha

If we beat the Pies, I will personally take you out to dinner and wash your car.

 

[Nige]

its ppl like u that make ur club look idiotic blueboys

 

[Blueboys11]

Im more concerned about losing to the Kanga's the week after!!!

Collingwood are a very overrated football team who had a 7 game winning streak against some very average football teams (barring the dogs who they jumped early)...

 

[Malifice]

Im sorry, but Im with the OP.

Everyone is acting like its a foregone conclusion that me'll probably make the eight, play a final or two and get a 'taste' for a tilt next year.

I know there are very valid points for not getting ahead of ourselves and getting sucked into the hype.

But I honestly think if we can finish top six at the end of the year, we are an outside chance. With a dit of luck, we could very well be an even chance.

Lets not tear into the OP. We all want the same thing after all.

 

[Alpha1]

Im more concerned about losing to the Kanga's the week after!!!

Collingwood are a very overrated football team who had a 7 game winning streak against some very average football teams (barring the dogs who they jumped early)...

Yeah but they still won more than 3 in a row, and thats something we havent done since 2001. Collingwood will smash us, if we aren't switched on like we have been the last few weeks. Our form has bee shocking, and against good teams like the Pies you can't afford that.

 

[Bluebear]

There is no reason why we cant win it this year.

I'll give you 1 reason.

Consistency.

This word, or the lack of it has defined our year thus far.........from game to game, and within matches.

Start off flying with great pressure vs Tigers and Lions.....but then we drop off to "spectator" status the next two weeks vs Dons and Swans.

We can all get excited about "3 in a row", but lets face it........Freo, Tigers and Swans.........we SHOULD have won those games.

The next month will tell us a lot. Pies, Roos (bogey side), Cats, Port (AAMI).

If we win all 4 - I will reply on this thread an apologise for being a pessimist. We will finish top 4 and yes, teams above us should be very worried.

If we win 3 of those games (loss to Cats) then we will go close to top 4, but the Saints and Cats will have us covered, so unlikely to do much this year. A semi-final would be a bonus.

If we win 2 of those games (Pies and Roos) we should make the finals, but consistency will mean we probably lose it and learn for next year.

If we win 1 or less of those games we are in danger of missing the finals.



Stats could be pulled up to say we are too young to win one. We won't finish top 4 in all likelihood, so again, makes it very hard (history shows).

Sure, anything COULD happen.........but it's far from "the flag is there for the taking this year" rhetoric.

More like " we could pinch it if the Saints and Cats fall in a big hole".

 

[Malifice]

its ppl like u that make ur club look idiotic blueboys

Bugger off to your own board. And dont bag our posters, board or club.

Or in language you can understand:

lolz ppl lik u r not 2 come on our bord & talk lik that lolz

 

[Alpha1]

What the **** is lolz anyway? Sounds like the name of a girl, you know Lolz said to say hi etc.

 

[blue gunslinger]

the fact that we are at risk of not making the finals is my concern
let talk of a flag wait until we are secure
that is not negative but the situation we face