(08-03-2020, 04:54 PM)Mantis link Wrote:I love reading all the faith in the players, and potential match ups. Chances to win are always there. Wake up guys and don’t be surprised once we clearly get spanked by 10 goals plus. Let’s hope it doesn’t happen, but most of us suspect it will. Some of us. O.K it’s me and only me. Just being realistic and pessimistic at the same time. One thing is certain. We can’t play the Eagles back into some form. They already have that. Let’s just hope it’s less than 5 goals. That isn’t asking or expecting too much. Surely.

(08-03-2020, 11:55 PM)capcom link Wrote:Shakeout time to decide what we really want from the season.

(08-03-2020, 11:55 PM)capcom link Wrote:As much as I'd enjoy a win, we (IMO) don't have a hope in hell.  And I hate being a misery guts, believe me.  Shakeout time to decide what we really want from the season.

(08-04-2020, 12:24 AM)Baggers link Wrote:Agree. Maybe there are some within the club who still reckon we're a finals chance and hence want to put our 'most experienced' group on the paddock. But not moi. Time to blood a couple of newbies... over the next few weeks let's give TDK, Honey & Philp a crack, and get Fisher, Marchbank and SOJ back into the side asap. And once Stocker returns from Melb get him up and about and also a crack at senior footy before the season ends.

The first two to be rested this week should be Moore (well, deported more than rested) and Murphy.

(08-04-2020, 12:30 AM)laj link Wrote:Easy right now. Want finals and it stays that way until we can't.  We only had that one bad game. Could've been many reasons for that. All sides have them.

If you can win at Geelong you can win anywhere. Two of the best sides in the comp know exactly how we can play.  I'm not tipping us given it's in Perth, too close in the tipping comp to do that, lol, but a win certainly would not surprise. West Coast will be very worried about playing us, make no mistake. They come out not filly switched on they lose. In 20 games we have been very highly competitive in all but 2. Inconsistencies during games, 13 30 point swings in 20 games, have cost us a few wins, which could've had us 13-7 rather than 10-10 from when Teague started. That's the one step to get right that will shoot us right up the ladder. Then we look anyone on the eye and match them.

(08-04-2020, 02:08 AM)Lods link Wrote:I'm actually torn...At our best  we are a chance to beat anyone.
But we're up and down like a yo-yo.
And the prophet in me says we aren't consistent enough to make a good fist of it this year.

I'd still go with the play our winningest side until finals chances disappear completely.
The experience of finals football is a valuable one in any team's development.

But the minute we're no longer a chance start the experiments.