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    Re: The Next Few Weeks

    75 to 85 lots of pain for a kid. I saw Doug Hawkins cry at KP after a lose in the early 80s and got king hit in the dunnies during a win in the 90s for no reason other than to bear my colours. Prick of a place.

    Must break the curse.
    But then again, I'm an Internet poster and Bevo is a premiership coach so draw your own conclusions.

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    Re: The Next Few Weeks

    Our draw has been in and out of Melbourne

    Round 5: Etihad
    Round 6: ACT
    Round 7: Etihad
    Round 8: Perth
    Round 9: Geelong
    Round10: Etihad
    Round 11: Sydney
    Round 12: Etihad
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    Re: The Next Few Weeks

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    Our draw has been in and out of Melbourne

    Round 5: Etihad
    Round 6: ACT
    Round 7: Etihad
    Round 8: Perth
    Round 9: Geelong
    Round10: Etihad
    Round 11: Sydney
    Round 12: Etihad
    Need to get an away win soon that will be good for the confidence. Winning down at Kardina would be great. Nearly did it against the Plastics and Eagles. 5 wins at Etihad and the G in Round 1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eastdog View Post
    Need to get an away win soon that will be good for the confidence. Winning down at Kardina would be great. Nearly did it against the Plastics and Eagles. 5 wins at Etihad and the G in Round 1
    Yep, our Melbourne form is 5-0 this year, outside of Melbourne it's 0-3. A better away record will be crucial if we are going to finish up near the top.

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    Re: The Next Few Weeks

    One week to the bye. St Kilda, above us on the ladder. We will be outside the top 8 by next week.

    Crazy how big this game will be now.
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    Looking ahead, if we drop some games in the latter half of the season say Sydney, Adelaide, Port Adelaide and that we always lose after Cairns. That has us fighting for 8th according to a calculator/live ladder.

    Need to start winning, or start researching top 10 phantom drafts.
    Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023

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    Re: The Next Few Weeks

    We're up against it, this isn't the 2016 side.

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    5th is just as good as top 4, IMO. That's probably the goal from here on in.
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    Re: The Next Few Weeks

    The consistency is just not there .
    Reckon Bevo got it wrong with team selections as well . We needed one more defender to cover Taylor .
    He's barely had a kick forward

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    Re: The Next Few Weeks

    If we make the 8 it will be 8th....we haven't been playing well all year. This is not the same team. We haven't played a 4 qtr game this season. We won't make the 8 in 2017....in my 5 game predictor I had us for the following based on early season form...
    GWS - loss
    Rich - win
    WC - loss
    Geel - loss
    Saints- loss.
    I will never see #16 the same!!

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    Re: The Next Few Weeks

    Quote Originally Posted by The Bulldogs Bite View Post
    We're up against it, this isn't the 2016 side.
    I reckon our final series flattered our 2016. We limped into the finals, played out of our skins once there.
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    Re: The Next Few Weeks

    I reckon our 2016 home and away season gave a false impression. Our finals performance was more indicative of our ability once we had a full team to select from.

    We have a seriously good team who haven't managed to put it together so far this season for various reasons. I still have confidence we will do so but it seems others on this board have lost faith.
    I thought I was wrong once but I was mistaken.

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    Quote Originally Posted by always right View Post
    I reckon our 2016 home and away season gave a false impression. Our finals performance was more indicative of our ability once we had a full team to select from.

    We have a seriously good team who haven't managed to put it together so far this season for various reasons. I still have confidence we will do so but it seems others on this board have lost faith.
    We haven't had anywhere near our best team on the park this year, and we have 3-5 playing considerably worse than 2016. The fact we have had just 3 of our first 9 games as 'home' games hasn't helped either.

    We aren't far away at all, just need a good run with injuries and our players to perform to their capabilities across an entire game and we will be challenging at the right time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mantis View Post
    We haven't had anywhere near our best team on the park this year, and we have 3-5 playing considerably worse than 2016. The fact we have had just 3 of our first 9 games as 'home' games hasn't helped either.

    We aren't far away at all, just need a good run with injuries and our players to perform to their capabilities across an entire game and we will be challenging at the right time.
    Agreed. Two weeks is a long time in football, particularly with the evenness of the competition this year.

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    Re: The Next Few Weeks

    Interesting quote I read on twitter by Mick Le Grand.....Amazing fixturing has seen the Western Bulldogs play just 3 home games out of our last 15 games. Must be due for a home run.

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