Things You Were Wrong About
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This.
It can make sense. If all the top teams are mediocre, then it can be both an even and a weak season.
I think what people really mean by "weak season" is "no real standouts". And that's probably true. It feels very different to, say, Geelong circa 2007 where it felt that nobody was within a bull's roar of them.
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Good thread this
I was wrong about.......
Jake Kelly becoming a best 22 player
David Mackay standing tall
I didn't think Eddie would be this good in year 4
Kyle Hartigan dominating a final
And whilst I thought he would be good, I didn't think Matt Crouch would be this good.
I was wrong about.......
Jake Kelly becoming a best 22 player
David Mackay standing tall
I didn't think Eddie would be this good in year 4
Kyle Hartigan dominating a final
And whilst I thought he would be good, I didn't think Matt Crouch would be this good.
The only obvious thing I thought wrong was Milera cementing his spot this year. Didn't see the likes of Greenwood/Knight to surpass him for preferred inclusion.
I just wanted to say we all have good reasons for thinking this and that, but the biggest mistake you can make as a fan is to not allow yourself to enjoy when the team is playing to the theme of universal respect. Sure, we haven't won the ultimate success as yet, but sometimes when our team is playing well it's ok to sit back and have a few smiles once in awhile of where we've come from in recent years.
I just wanted to say we all have good reasons for thinking this and that, but the biggest mistake you can make as a fan is to not allow yourself to enjoy when the team is playing to the theme of universal respect. Sure, we haven't won the ultimate success as yet, but sometimes when our team is playing well it's ok to sit back and have a few smiles once in awhile of where we've come from in recent years.
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Spot on , nicely put !
Jake Kelly has really surprised me, I didn't bank on him playing a game.
Now he's a lock of potentially a premiership side. Surely Cheney only gets retained on a cheap contract or he's done.
Now he's a lock of potentially a premiership side. Surely Cheney only gets retained on a cheap contract or he's done.
I was right off of Hartigan at the start of the season. Soooo many clangers.
I'm going with nothing. My ability to be correct, even when going against the grain, is tedious at best. Lucky that I'm an exceedingly likeable fellow, otherwise I'd be a pariah around here.
Rum likes it.
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No we can't. A PF loss would see us finish 3rd as we are the top ranked team in the PFs.
Gone a bit early here DABM? Getting pumped in a prelim might restore order
Will save me a trip to the doctor for a few anti-anxiety tablets. The thought of flying is stressing me know, to the point, and this is emarassing, that I have moments that when fear grips, I'm actually conflicted.
Thought Lever would not even entertain returning to Victoria. Whoops.
Thought Menzel would come up, hasn't at all.
Expected Milera to be a jet this year. Quite stagnated.
Expected Cameron to take the next step. Has not, maybe took a step backwards.
Expected Doedee to get a few games in 2017.
Hoped Greenwood would play, but never thought he'd perform like he has.
Didn't imagine Keath actually becoming an AFL standard player, but he appears well on the way.
Didn't think Douglas or Mackay would play like they are right now.
PS - I did believe in our mids though, and nice to see some of the biggest naysayers in here copping it on the chin.
Thought Menzel would come up, hasn't at all.
Expected Milera to be a jet this year. Quite stagnated.
Expected Cameron to take the next step. Has not, maybe took a step backwards.
Expected Doedee to get a few games in 2017.
Hoped Greenwood would play, but never thought he'd perform like he has.
Didn't imagine Keath actually becoming an AFL standard player, but he appears well on the way.
Didn't think Douglas or Mackay would play like they are right now.
PS - I did believe in our mids though, and nice to see some of the biggest naysayers in here copping it on the chin.
I have a few.
*I genuinely thought Don Pyke had been found out after our spell of average performances. Had us as a possible low finals or even finals miss. Didn't think he'd be able to stop the rot nor implement anything against sides who had found us out.
*I was enormously wrong on Brad Crouch. I felt he was too injury prone to recapture his pre-injuries potential and felt he was potential trade bait. I will confess that I'm hoping I'm not double wrong here but I now firmly believe he will be our best midfielder inside a year (and I include Sloane and Mrouch the record breaker)
*I felt Kelly was a 22-30 player who would have a solid if unfashionable 50-150 game career at this club and possibly others. His improvement has been outstanding
*This one might be touchy so let me clarify. For eons I was pissed off at Sam Jacobs because I always felt he was always the first crow in there laughing and joking with the opposition after a significant loss. I questioned how legitimate his will to win was and whether he had that drive and killer instinct to be the ruckman we needed (I basically questioned whether he had been Clarked). After last night I humbly eat that pie.
*I didn't think we could win a final against a top 4 team (regardless of form) with Douglas, Mackay, Hartigan, Atkins, Cameron, Seedsman, Kelly and Brown as part of the lineup (there's still an enormous amount of water to go under the bridge but all signs are positive)
*I didn't think I could have a bigger man crush on the way Riley Knight plays the game of AFL. I was very wrong
I acknowledge I've been one of the most ardent critics here and I stand by the fact that even now I truly feel the club has made some poor choices (handling of Gibbs) and some incestuous decisions which may well have been the right calls but on the surface had a stink about them (the way the process was handled).
I will say that in my personal opinion anything less than a Grand Final appearance from this position must still be considered a failure given what we are trying to achieve as a football club, but I can also acknowledge that extremely slowly some of the open wounds of yesteryear are starting to heal.
I want to win the flag but just making a grand final for mine will exorcise some of the demons that hang around this football club. If we make it I expect to win because we don't lose Grand finals, but I would take a grand final loss for what it is - an enormous next step in the right direction.
*I genuinely thought Don Pyke had been found out after our spell of average performances. Had us as a possible low finals or even finals miss. Didn't think he'd be able to stop the rot nor implement anything against sides who had found us out.
*I was enormously wrong on Brad Crouch. I felt he was too injury prone to recapture his pre-injuries potential and felt he was potential trade bait. I will confess that I'm hoping I'm not double wrong here but I now firmly believe he will be our best midfielder inside a year (and I include Sloane and Mrouch the record breaker)
*I felt Kelly was a 22-30 player who would have a solid if unfashionable 50-150 game career at this club and possibly others. His improvement has been outstanding
*This one might be touchy so let me clarify. For eons I was pissed off at Sam Jacobs because I always felt he was always the first crow in there laughing and joking with the opposition after a significant loss. I questioned how legitimate his will to win was and whether he had that drive and killer instinct to be the ruckman we needed (I basically questioned whether he had been Clarked). After last night I humbly eat that pie.
*I didn't think we could win a final against a top 4 team (regardless of form) with Douglas, Mackay, Hartigan, Atkins, Cameron, Seedsman, Kelly and Brown as part of the lineup (there's still an enormous amount of water to go under the bridge but all signs are positive)
*I didn't think I could have a bigger man crush on the way Riley Knight plays the game of AFL. I was very wrong
I acknowledge I've been one of the most ardent critics here and I stand by the fact that even now I truly feel the club has made some poor choices (handling of Gibbs) and some incestuous decisions which may well have been the right calls but on the surface had a stink about them (the way the process was handled).
I will say that in my personal opinion anything less than a Grand Final appearance from this position must still be considered a failure given what we are trying to achieve as a football club, but I can also acknowledge that extremely slowly some of the open wounds of yesteryear are starting to heal.
I want to win the flag but just making a grand final for mine will exorcise some of the demons that hang around this football club. If we make it I expect to win because we don't lose Grand finals, but I would take a grand final loss for what it is - an enormous next step in the right direction.
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Nup cant think of a thing
careful, Tex learned to tackle in the SANFL and look at him now
Mackay would never play AFL again after being dropped.
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Such a perfect bump. Coaches should use this as a perfect example of a perfect bump. Turns the body and hits with the full side of the body
Hartigan would play well in a winning final against a contender. Let's see him do it twice more.
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Cripes where to start....
1. Hartigan (though I've been right, then wrong then right, then wrong)
2. Pyke. Thought after our losses to Geelong and Hawks he was a Neil Craig clone with only one plan. He ain't.
3. Lever. Thought he'd captain the club
4. Thought DMack was done when he was dropped
5. Thought Kelly was just good depth
6. Thought Menzel would deserve the number 32
7. Thought CC might play serious minutes in the midfield/wing
1. Hartigan (though I've been right, then wrong then right, then wrong)
2. Pyke. Thought after our losses to Geelong and Hawks he was a Neil Craig clone with only one plan. He ain't.
3. Lever. Thought he'd captain the club
4. Thought DMack was done when he was dropped
5. Thought Kelly was just good depth
6. Thought Menzel would deserve the number 32
7. Thought CC might play serious minutes in the midfield/wing
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