He said penciled in. Who else would you pencil us in against right now?
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I wouldn't underestimate Geelong. People have been writing them off for the last few years, but they always seem to be around the top 4 mark. I don't see it any different this year. In some ways I concur with your original post. I don't have the lofty expectations of some either, which is why I was reasonable happy with the effort last night. I really rate the Cats and with a bit more poise we could have rolled them.
I think we will win our fair share of games against the middle ranked sides (which is where we are imo) Based on our effort last night, I think we should be back on the winners list next week.
TheFreshBanana
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Don't we have some sort of unpopular opinions thread?
The Royal Sampler
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I thought we'd finish 5th-8th and still do.
This all depends on how you rate Freo, Swans and Geelong. They were all potentially top 4 sides and two at least have acted like one, if that comes to pass you have put in two good performances after a capitulation.
Richmond are a team with no hopes of top 4, a solid reaming of them will cheer you all up and give you a better idea of where in the ladder you can realistically belong.
Richmond are a team with no hopes of top 4, a solid reaming of them will cheer you all up and give you a better idea of where in the ladder you can realistically belong.
We would start favorites against Richmond, North, Carlton x2, Adelaide x2, West Coast, Melbourne, St Kilda, Bulldogs, Brisbane, GWS and maybe Gold Coast.
No way brown wouldn't have made no difference at all, frost had Hawkins covered! Nothing frost could have done to stop the goals Hawkins kicked. The kicks to him where spot on something we will never do.
Theres 13 more wins for the season then. We can rest easy now.
beez
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It's not necessarily optimism though. What matty brings is a sense of realism, it's up to the individual as to how they wish to interpret a rational post.
What does pencilled in have to do with anything though? Every year there are only a few s**t teams that anyone else could pencil in.
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eddiebankbalance
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The good news is Hawthorns ageing mid field
A lot actually, the main point of my post was that my expectations have changed
Over the last couple of years I would have pencilled a few more
Like who? In 2011 when we were dominant you could have pencilled in games against sides like Gold Coast, Port Adelaide and maybe a Melbourne or Richmond. That's it.
frizzle
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Are you saying Reid Williams Brown & Sinclair would not improve our backline? I'll be the one guy I don't mind.
You are the one guy that could find a pay packet with $800 in it & complain about the tax your paying.
Dicky_Knee
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There was a time when those "penciled in" side did us cold, was so frustrating.
Many supporters did have unrealistic expectations after 2010 and the first half of 2011. The reality was we had a good list not great, a game plan that hadn't been workout by other coaches, and we were in form. Unfortunately, despite winning in 2010 we did not have the best list at that time and trades leading up to 2010 (Wood, Jolly and Ball) meant that new young talent was traded for the premiership.
People ranting about how bad we are had unrealistic expectations. I'd you look at the past 10 years only Geelong has managed to stay in the top eight in the four years after a premiership. If we make the eight we will be the other team.
Stop your f***ing spooking you babies. You carry on like little kids who have lost their dummies
I'm getting quite frustrated with the injury list. The last 3 years we have been hit hard!
I mean, things happen on the field that you cant avoid, but you would think with the proper training and care some of this stuff could surely be mitigated?
I mean, things happen on the field that you cant avoid, but you would think with the proper training and care some of this stuff could surely be mitigated?
Greening Magic
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This is spot on. We didn't win the 2010 flag with skill or muscle, we won it with a game plan that the opposition had no answer to.
What we see now is our lack of skill and real contested ball winning being punished by the better teams.
We have lost a lot of experience since 2010/11. I'm actually finding this year extremely interesting to see what our team looks like by Round 23.
P.S. Marley Williams has been sorely missed with his attack on the football and the opposition.
I'm saying the blokes out on the field are adequate enough win games of footy unless you want to start delisting guys from last night.
Ha. I heard that in 2008The good news is Hawthorns ageing mid field
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We had our best list in 30 years with the best coach in the afl. So what do we do? We do what collingwood does best and shoots itself in the foot by appointing a coach who was and is out of his depth.
Our list is young and developing but it is not as bad as the way we are playing now. We have no structure, no game plan. Buckley is beaten tactically every week.
The quicker he goes the quicker we will begin to get back on track. The members have a voice and the members should make their thoughts on Buckley known at the AGM.
My view hasn't changed since my rant earlier in the year. Buckley cannot coach. Simple. We all can see it. Some of us have accepted it, some are coming around to the idea and some will never accept it as they don't want to believe it.
We had our best list in 30 years with the best coach in the afl. So what do we do? We do what collingwood does best and shoots itself in the foot by appointing a coach who was and is out of his depth.
Our list is young and developing but it is not as bad as the way we are playing now. We have no structure, no game plan. Buckley is beaten tactically every week.
The quicker he goes the quicker we will begin to get back on track. The members have a voice and the members should make their thoughts on Buckley known at the AGM.
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