Analysis Up To The Bye

[ozzyoslo]

Dissect the Geelong team, we've got them covered............everywhere.

 

[Black2Blue]

We do match up well on Geelong. Put BJ on Danger, Cunners & JZ head to head with Captain Ducker, Ats on Motlop, Taz on Hawkins, and them squeeze them with our pressure. Would be a huge 8-point game to win.

 

[shintemaster]

Fear no one.....thats my analysis. Great teams over come injuries, players are fighting for spots and they should play accordingly. Wells , Firrito and maybe Goldstein later on ( month b4 the finals ) will be rested. We have an abundance of players wanting / itching to have a crack.
Hold the faith folks !!

Moreso now than ever this is true I think. It's one thing as a 22 year old trying to get your foot in the door so you can get your career kickstarted... it's a whole other thing to be potentially getting your foot in the door and forcing a spot in a potential top 4 team. As with Boomer 17 years ago... chances don't necessarily come around that often.

 

[ferball]

We can be 14 0 at the bye. Its not unrealistic.

I'd say probably 12 2 maybe 11 3 or 14 0.

This side seems to be setting specific goals and achieving them.

I think 2 of those specific goals for the future will be big performances in Adelaide and Sydney. Winning both of those would be a big confidence booster for the side. I'm quietly confident against both of them. And the Cats. Really not sure about the Hawks, ninths or Blues. We'll probably beat the blues, the other 2 - I dunno. Hawks could lift "for Roughy", Ninths - well its the sort of game they could jag.

 

[amaz199]

The bye... This is where we usually go through a puddle of half-arsed performances (i.e 2012, 2015) and suddenly decide to put the foot down ending up just scraping into the 8. Now that we are on top, we have an opportunity that RARELY occurs in modern day football, to continue our unbeaten run. If we can (somehow) stop playing like idiots and play at least 3 1/2 qtrs of good footy, no doubt we will be on top and 14-0. But, if Sydney lose to the Hawks and our injury toll increases on Sat night, we will be in big trouble. Worried but at the same time feel unusually confident.

 

[Orange Peanut]

I would guess, with no stats at hand, that we have played disgracefully in the game immediately before and/or immediately after the bye in at least 12 of the last 15 years.

 

[shniko11]

Tell u what after the last two weeks and injuries i'm not looking that far ahead but we could be 10-1 and coming up against the Cats for 1st vs 2nd Blockbuster and that is a game i'm looking forward to!

But first lets get over Carlton..

 

[ozzyoslo]

There was a bye thread b4 where we all had a crack of where we'd be at the turn.......I think I had us @ 12 and 2

 

[Horace]

Personally, I'm a one week at a time exponent. Works for me.

 

[shintemaster]

I would guess, with no stats at hand, that we have played disgracefully in the game immediately before and/or immediately after the bye in at least 12 of the last 15 years.

That explains the Rd 1 curse... for our guys it's just a big long bye. Bodes well for this year's break.

 

[goalieboy82]

18-4 or 19-3 would be good.

 

[GeordieRoo]

The remainder of the season ia brutal.

If we finish top 4, make no mistake we can win the thing.

 

[Only Forwards]

The remainder of the season ia brutal.

If we finish top 4, make no mistake we can win the thing.

Yep.

No team is going to want to play us, especially in Melbourne.

 

[Kimbo]

Personally, I'm a one week at a time exponent. Works for me.

If by this you mean predictions, I don't even go this far. Like the changes thread, I don't see the point. It'll be what it'll be.

So, I'm a 'game as it is occuring' exponent and a 'changes when they're announced' exponent.

 

[Horace]

If by this you mean predictions, I don't even go this far. Like the changes thread, I don't see the point. It'll be what it'll be.

So, I'm a 'game as it is occuring' exponent and a 'changes when they're announced' exponent.

Sounds even better.

 

[Spitter9]

Think we will be 11-3
Win against Carlton, Tigers and one of Hawks/cats

Swans and crows away very tough road trips

 

[Only Forwards]

Swans may struggle with our talls.

 

[Event Horizon]

Swans may struggle with our talls.

They best Hawthorn due to their intensity around the contest. Our midfield will need to be on and do it for four quarters for our talls to be a factor.

 

[Gasometer]

The bye... This is where we usually go through a puddle of half-arsed performances (i.e 2012, 2015) and suddenly decide to put the foot down ending up just scraping into the 8. Now that we are on top, we have an opportunity that RARELY occurs in modern day football, to continue our unbeaten run. If we can (somehow) stop playing like idiots and play at least 3 1/2 qtrs of good footy, no doubt we will be on top and 14-0. But, if Sydney lose to the Hawks and our injury toll increases on Sat night, we will be in big trouble. Worried but at the same time feel unusually confident.

Playing like idiots.

LOLD

 

[Gasometer]

They best Hawthorn due to their intensity around the contest. Our midfield will need to be on and do it for four quarters for our talls to be a factor.

Our mids are 10/10 for get ball.

Our mids are 6/10 for disposal to next target.

That's our big issue.

 

[Only Forwards]

They best Hawthorn due to their intensity around the contest. Our midfield will need to be on and do it for four quarters for our talls to be a factor.

Our pressure will need to be off the charts.

I am pretty confident that we have some good footy in front of us.

 

[nicko74]

Glad Sydney won. Wouldn't like to be playing them coming off two losses

 

[The Pleb]

Underwhelmed by the Swans tonight. There wasn't much intensity in the game and they didn't look that dangerous going forward.

Their defence look good but that was more a function of Hawthorn's forward line being awful.

I'm more confident of winning the game next week than I was going into tonight.

 

[nicko74]

Underwhelmed by the Swans tonight. There wasn't much intensity in the game and they didn't look that dangerous going forward.

Their defence look good but that was more a function of Hawthorn's forward line being awful.

I'm more confident of winning the game next week than I was going into tonight.

They are a different beast at the SCG. Admittedly, I didn't see tonights game.

 

[The Pleb]

They are a different beast at the SCG. Admittedly, I didn't see tonights game.

Haha always a good starting point.

I was thinking about that actually, three of their last 4 have been away and they were close wins over Brisbane and the hawks where they didn't play well with a loss to Richmond. Their home game they flogged Essendon.

Not a great form line for them away but it'll be interesting to see if that carries over to the SCG.

I think the SCG should suit our playing style though. The small ground should advantage the big boys, and we have the biggest boys going around.