Mega Thread WCE: When is the first win? How do we fix this mess? Can we see any improvement at all?

[Ruben Grubarb]

Gee, we're shit. But I am seeing some promise. And we're going to be playing some shit teams. A lot of them at home.

Round 5 - Carlton - Gather Round nup.
Round 6 - Essendon - Optus Stadium nup.
Round 7 - Hawthorn - Marvel Stadium nup.
Round 8 - Melbourne - Optus Stadium nup.
Round 9 - Richmond - MCG nup.
Round 10 - St Kilda - Optus Stadium yeah, bitches.
Round 11 - Adelaide Crows - Adelaide Oval
Round 12 - Geelong Cats - Optus Stadium
Round 13 - North Melbourne - Bunno
Round 14 - Carlton - Optus Stadium
Round 15 - Collingwood - Marvel Stadium
Round 17 - GWS GIANTS - Optus Stadium
Round 18 - Port Adelaide - Adelaide Oval
Round 19 - Richmond - Optus Stadium
Round 20 - Fremantle - Optus Stadium
Round 21 - Melbourne - Marvel Stadium
Round 22 - Adelaide Crows - Optus Stadium
Round 23 - Western Bulldogs - Marvel Stadium
Round 24 - Sydney Swans - Optus Stadium

At home:
Round 6 - Essendon - Optus Stadium nup.
Round 8 - Melbourne - Optus Stadium nup.
Round 10 - St Kilda - Optus Stadium yeah, bitches.
Round 13 - North Melbourne - Bunno
Round 19 - Richmond - Optus Stadium

Away:
Round 9 - Richmond - MCG nup.

We might get 4 wins for the season. Maybe 3 of those 6 and pull another out of our arse from somewhere else.

I'm liking one of Essendon (R6) or Melbourne (R8) for first win. Brad Scott and Goodwin are both cooked. Both getting sacked this year.

 

[Barrybran]

Gee, we're shit. But I am seeing some promise. And we're going to be playing some shit teams. A lot of them at home.

Round 5 - Carlton - Gather Round
Round 6 - Essendon - Optus Stadium
Round 7 - Hawthorn - Marvel Stadium
Round 8 - Melbourne - Optus Stadium
Round 9 - Richmond - MCG
Round 10 - St Kilda - Optus Stadium
Round 11 - Adelaide Crows - Adelaide Oval
Round 12 - Geelong Cats - Optus Stadium
Round 13 - North Melbourne - Bunno
Round 14 - Carlton - Optus Stadium
Round 15 - Collingwood - Marvel Stadium
Round 17 - GWS GIANTS - Optus Stadium
Round 18 - Port Adelaide - Adelaide Oval
Round 19 - Richmond - Optus Stadium
Round 20 - Fremantle - Optus Stadium
Round 21 - Melbourne - Marvel Stadium
Round 22 - Adelaide Crows - Optus Stadium
Round 23 - Western Bulldogs - Marvel Stadium
Round 24 - Sydney Swans - Optus Stadium

At home:
Round 6 - Essendon - Optus Stadium
Round 8 - Melbourne - Optus Stadium
Round 10 - St Kilda - Optus Stadium
Round 13 - North Melbourne - Bunno
Round 19 - Richmond - Optus Stadium

Away:
Round 9 - Richmond - MCG

We might get 4 wins for the season. Maybe 3 of those 6 and pull another out of our arse from somewhere else.

I'm liking one of Essendon (R6) or North (R8) for first win. Brad Scott and Goodwin are both cooked. Both getting sacked this year.

Essendon and Melbourne are a chance but I expect more of a 2023 GWS trajectory where it's a slow start before things start to click.

 

[Woutizmoo]

'Have we hit rock bottom yet?'
I'm still undecided. Next 6 weeks will answer those questions for me.

 

[Rowan18]

I'm picking Hawthorn away for the lolz. Our first win and their first loss.

 

[quackish]

Isn’t it obvious? Carlton next week

 

[Goroyals22]

Ine backed us at $6,50 to be winless after round ten but actually think we should pinch 2 or 3 by then .

 

[Shuestar13]

Rounds 6, 8 & 9 are very much live chances. Will go Round 6 as an optimist

This week… well a battle of the winless and will depend on the team selection of both.

Our last four games against Carlton:

65
71
108
63

Will be happy with a four quarter competitive showing tbh.

 

[Altum Volantes]

Short term - When is Gov back? - Not before then.

Longer term -
When Yeo gets back - he won’t play before Round 10 but given he will take a month or two to approach decent form, I reckon….

Round 19 vs Richmond @ Optus.

****.

 

[PremiershipNo4]

Gee, we're shit. But I am seeing some promise. And we're going to be playing some shit teams. A lot of them at home.

Round 5 - Carlton - Gather Round
Round 6 - Essendon - Optus Stadium
Round 7 - Hawthorn - Marvel Stadium
Round 8 - Melbourne - Optus Stadium
Round 9 - Richmond - MCG
Round 10 - St Kilda - Optus Stadium
Round 11 - Adelaide Crows - Adelaide Oval
Round 12 - Geelong Cats - Optus Stadium
Round 13 - North Melbourne - Bunno
Round 14 - Carlton - Optus Stadium
Round 15 - Collingwood - Marvel Stadium
Round 17 - GWS GIANTS - Optus Stadium
Round 18 - Port Adelaide - Adelaide Oval
Round 19 - Richmond - Optus Stadium
Round 20 - Fremantle - Optus Stadium
Round 21 - Melbourne - Marvel Stadium
Round 22 - Adelaide Crows - Optus Stadium
Round 23 - Western Bulldogs - Marvel Stadium
Round 24 - Sydney Swans - Optus Stadium

At home:
Round 6 - Essendon - Optus Stadium
Round 8 - Melbourne - Optus Stadium
Round 10 - St Kilda - Optus Stadium
Round 13 - North Melbourne - Bunno
Round 19 - Richmond - Optus Stadium

Away:
Round 9 - Richmond - MCG

We might get 4 wins for the season. Maybe 3 of those 6 and pull another out of our arse from somewhere else.

I'm liking one of Essendon (R6) or North (R8) for first win. Brad Scott and Goodwin are both cooked. Both getting sacked this year.

Essendon because I’m coming down to watch from Broome, just listen out for the 6 foot 4 obnoxious prick in the Landing, I’ll be bringing my scarf, **** the systemic drug cheats!

 

[THE A5]

Carlton will pump us sadly. Bring that effort like against the lions and then we might be a chance

 

[KERRPOW]

Good chance we'll end up winless but there will be a random win somewhere.

 

[Bleedblueandgold]

Essendon or Melbourne at home if we're being optimistic.

 

[Ruben Grubarb]

'Have we hit rock bottom yet?'
I'm still undecided. Next 6 weeks will answer those questions for me.

We're past rock bottom. We're in that plateau of being shit because our players don't have 80-100 games into them. We'll be here for a bit. We hopefully track like Adelaide and GC - classic draft rebuilds.

 

[BeornJ]

Round 8 is my pick

 

[daddy_4_eyes]

We'll win 4 of our next 5 games.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Round 13 v North

 

[Free Agent]

We will easily beat Richmond. We have a good chance against Melbourne at home. Although that's wishful thinking.
Realistically only Richmond and North are our chances for a win.

The fan in me wants more then that but it's unlikely given how poor we are playing.

Round 9 against Richmond is my prediction

 

[bUCKET__]

We're at such a low point it's anyone's guess when we'll string a few good quarters in a row together and be competitive or in a match. It's happened sporadically and unpredictably over the past couple of years, and it'll happen again. Freo last year, Doggies the year before, as examples that come to mind.

If we strung together another competitive quarter after half-time against the Lions this year, then we'd have been odds on to pinch that one.

But with an inconsistent and developing team we're still a good chance of getting absolutely pummeled by another bottom four side too.

tldr; I'm not tipping us at all this year, but I do think a win will happen somewhere!

 

[kaiserchief13]

We will easily beat Richmond. We have a good chance against Melbourne at home. Although that's wishful thinking.
Realistically only Richmond and North are our chances for a win.

The fan in me wants more then that but it's unlikely given how poor we are playing.

Round 9 against Richmond is my prediction

Not away at mcg. Richmond players will play their backside off knowing they have a chance to win

 

[ioppolo]

Round 8 vs Melbourne will be my first attended game since 2019, so perhaps that one. It happens to be our only night game (at least until round 16 onwards) I think.

 

[Ochre]

****ing hell there's so much negativity in here.

Round 16 2027 is my guess

 

[Tugga27]

****ing hell there's so much negativity in here.

Round 16 2027 is my guess

Is that an away or home game?

 

[Ochre]

Is that an away or home game?

Almost certainly would be one of those, yes.

 

[DJMac]

'Have we hit rock bottom yet?'
I'm still undecided. Next 6 weeks will answer those questions for me.

We hit rock bottom a while back then started digging.

 

[Byron_Clanger]

Honestly no idea. Mind you no one thought Richmond would win a game this year so we'll bob up and get one somewhere.

But let's be honest, everyone would've realistically thought we'd be 0-4 or 1-3 now if we beat GC or pinched another Derby anyway, it's the fact the team's looked lifeless besides that first half against Brisbane that's pissed me off.