(03-18-2019, 03:39 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:Im only worried about Collingwood and GWS out of that lot.
Hawthorn are a mixed bag, and we should beat St. Kilda, GC, and the Bulldogs comfortably.
The rest are beatable but we arent going to be consistent enough to beat them all at the moment. Chalk us up to 3-6 wins depending on luck.
If we start with that many, Bolton will be safe for another couple of years.
Yes I agree Thry, simply because there is no hard point of demarcation between improvement and stagnation, and opposition form is not a certainty or constant, even if they were not wins. If we have improved to the point where wins are increasingly likely it has to coincide with losses being less likely, therefore close losses tip over to become draws or narrow victories.
The swing in fortune can be dramatic, keeping in mind it was two years ago that we had learned about winning ugly and forced close results against the politically correct trend line. We did so with a much weaker list than today! I suspect that 2018 was out of kilter in that we succumbed to external pressures to change our game plan, I think we should have just kept playing to win ugly and damn the media spuds! 2019 will be different, I suspect we will be closer to the Dawks than The Aints, and many experts have pegged the Dawks middle tier.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"