The unofficial "Where is T&T?" who to root for thread

[bornadog]

If we are going to take any team's place it will be from GWS, Collingwood or Saints. We just have to keep rooting for their opponents each week. We could still miss even if we win all our games.

Doing the ladder predictor, I came up with the same.

[Bulldog4life]

Doing the ladder predictor, I came up with the same.

Yep on %. Important that Port beats Collingwood.

[bornadog]

Yep on %. Important that Port beats Collingwood.

Also WC beat Saints, as then Saints will play GWS another contender.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Yep on %. Important that Port beats Collingwood.

This probably becomes the biggest game assuming the pies beat the suns. We need collingwood to to lose one of their last two.

[Topdog]

If we win out, we are about a 95% chance to make it.

If we win out and dont make the finals it will still completely be our fault.

[Axe Man]

A few important outs for GWS and Josh Kelly hasn't returned from concussion, hopefully it gives the Crows a sniff. I kind of forgot Sam Reid was still on their list, first game of the year.

GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY
In: S.Reid, J.Caldwell, Z.Langdon, S.Jacobs
Out: Z.Williams (Achilles soreness), B.Daniels (hamstring), H.Perryman (calf), S.Mumford (managed)

[FrediKanoute]

A few important outs for GWS and Josh Kelly hasn't returned from concussion, hopefully it gives the Crows a sniff. I kind of forgot Sam Reid was still on their list, first game of the year.

GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY
In: S.Reid, J.Caldwell, Z.Langdon, S.Jacobs
Out: Z.Williams (Achilles soreness), B.Daniels (hamstring), H.Perryman (calf), S.Mumford (managed)

The Ultimate Eeker!

[merantau]

The Ultimate Eeker!

It will take a extraordinary individual to de-throne the Emperor of Ekers, Daniel Currie. Sam Reid is giving it a good shake.

ODE TO DANIEL CURRIE

Will the game ever produce another Daniel Currie?
Not on your life mate, not in a hurry
Eleven years in the system, ten games all told
The Emperor of Ekers, an eker rolled gold.

A Northern Knights product of imposing size
2006 saw his star on the rise
Snapped up by the Swans with pick 49
A promising future was sure looking fine.

But what started out well soon turned to muck
Our two metre hero ran out of luck
The injury curse raised its ugly head
And, more often than not he was prostrate in bed.

A shoulder, a hamstring, an elbow and more
One Monday at training he walked into a door!
Tonsillitis, encephalitis, toothache, a break
And a bout of the flu that he just couldn't shake.

In addition to this he faced stiff competition
Mike Pike and The Mummy occupied his position
So four years at the Swans yeilded sweet bugger all
So our out of luck hero prepared for the fall.

In 2012 he was rejected by all
Seems no one wanted a lumbering tall
But was he dejected, was he dismayed?
No! Our hero transferred to - North Adelaide!

A spell in the SANFL was just the
right move
Big Daniel Currie rediscovered his groove
Some stellar performances, huge stats and some goals
Recruiters came sniffing
Dan's on a roll

2013, at pick 56,
Saw Dan heading home
To peddle his tricks

Snapped up by the Roos
His heart full of hope
This time he'd make it
Or ... he'd go broke

He gave it his best shot
And made his debut
He'd spent seven long years
Marooned in the queue

But four games in three years
Was a meager return
For a big guy with heart
And desire to burn

Rejected, unwanted? No you are wrong!
For the Suns came a calling
He'd have to learn
A new song!

Two years on the Gold Coast
Saw improvement of sorts
Six games and three goals
And some injuries ... of course!

So now the curtain's come down
On Dan Currie's 4 club career
Eleven years, ten games and six goals in all
Not a bad strike rate for a lumbering tall.

He's left the arena without much a do
Unheralded, he's bowed out, an eker true blue
His career has ended without fanfare or fuss
And the Suns have thrown him under a bus

But comrades stand fast, take heart and keep trust
Daniel Currie: - forever remembered by ekerists like us

He fought the good fight
His effort never diminished
Now, King of the Ekers
Your time - it is finished.

Vale Daniel Currie
Will we ever see the like of him again?

Last edited by merantau; 18-11-2017 at 10:37 AM.

[Axe Man]

Excellent root tonight.

[The Pie Man]

Freo just did us a favour - though it makes you nervous for the final round ...but when am I not nervous watching us?

[bornadog]

Freo just did us a favour - though it makes you nervous for the final round ...but when am I not nervous watching us?

Not the way they play.

Come on Crows!!!!!!

[jeemak]

Great outcome tonight.

[Topdog]

I wasn't even including Melbourne in all my will we, won't we scenarios. They are just a pathetic bunch.

[merantau]

Melbourne. Thank you for dishing up another Melbournesque performance on cue. But you still have an enormous accumulated debt to us to erase. Come on down Jeff White and Robert Flower. Actually, I don't think there are enough years left for you to repay that debt as I am pushing 72. Knocking off GWS next Saturday would lessen my dislike of you a smidgen.

[AshMac]

Melbourne. Thank you for dishing up another Melbournesque performance on cue. But you still have an enormous accumulated debt to us to erase. Come on down Jeff White and Robert Flower. Actually, I don't think there are enough years left for you to repay that debt as I am pushing 72. Knocking off GWS next Saturday would lessen my dislike of you a smidgen.

It’s be just like the demons to lose to Freo and then beat GWS next week.