5 weeks in - How are we really going?

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Our defence is good. Our contested ball and midfield pressure is elite. Our delivery inside forward 50m is bottom 8, and our conversion is bottom 4.

Pretty much sums it up perfectly.

No Crameri, Boyd, Murphy, JJ, Suckling and Daniel robs us of pace and skill. We are left with a hard working side who simply cannot out run or punish teams on the scoreboard.

[azabob]

Pretty much sums it up perfectly.

No Crameri, Boyd, Murphy, JJ, Suckling and Daniel robs us of pace and skill. We are left with a hard working side who simply cannot out run or punish teams on the scoreboard.

It is looking increasingly like that the above bar Daniel will miss a few rounds yet.

Games V the Crows, Demons and GWS.

The stark reality is we could well lose all of those games.

Adelaide have a very strong midfield and forward set up.

Last years loss to Melbourne at the same venue is enough to wonder what we will dish up. We need to win this game for two main reasons - the first is if we are serious about playing finals football we need to beat Melbourne (who are a good team when they get things their own way) and the second reason we need to win at the MCG so the rest of the football world and more importantly our own players know we can play, defend and kick a winning score at the MCG.

GWS is shaping as the toughest of the lot and they are beginning to have a real home ground advantage at spotless.

By the end of round 9 we could well be 4 wins and 5 loses.

I think we will be 5-4 and 6-3 at best.