Can't see that happening, we haven't lost at home and are just getting our players back
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There is no doubt the draw opens up for us in the 2nd half of the season. I had a go at the Ladder Predictor on the AFL site. I tried to select winners realistically and had us finishing the season in 4th. As long as our injury run improves, the upside to our team is huge.
We seem to tied ourselves up a bit now.
So pretty much at this stage we are in a knot. I'm hopeful we can undo it and that we can make the 8 which gives us some sort of chance again but all will depend on how we go over the last 8 weeks of the home and away season in whether we make it or not. Really could go either way and based on our form this season it's not looking that great. The positive I guess for us is that it is such an open season and no team has really gathered momentum.
We are in a figure four leg lock and could very well be about to tap out. This year is you can throw the book out on previous wins needed and so forth. We are absolute garbage at the moment yet only out of the eight by a game go figure?
If any team strings together a strong month they fly up the ladder so of course it's still possible.
I think with our % we may need a draw against one of the hard teams. I'd take one this week.
I'd have to agree with this. It was a great four quarter effort against GWS away and the only reason we lost is because they were unbelievably accurate in front of goal and we weren't. Unfortunately I can't say I've seen a four quarter effort against any other team even the games we've won. Against Geelong we played 3 quarters and if we had just tagged Selwood we would have won that game (still don't understand why we didn't when it's pretty obvious that is how you beat the Cats).
The so called Media experts were saying our game against the Saints was the Dogs back to their best but sorry I must have been at a different game. Yes we won by 40 points but again it was really only on the back of 1 or 2 good quarters. Our skills have been shocking but more disappointing is the lack of grunt and effort by some (not all).
I hope we show something on Friday night against the Crows. I hate losing but it's so much easier to swallow if I can see the team putting in a full effort for 4 quarters.
Interesting to hear from Cameron Ling, when he said "We never went back to back with our premierships at Geelong".
I guess that gives us all hope.
Sunday: time untied that knot