2018 - Who's excited

[Eastdog]

Re: 2018 - Who's excited

Yep. Right now I'm excited that we beat the poms by 10 wickets in the first test. And that Arsenal won and actually went up a spot on the table.

But I am pretty excited about the footy, yeah.

Was a great win in the cricket in the end. Hopefully we can do a 5-0 clean sweep

[Eastdog]

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We are coming into that time of year when everyone is flying. The comp is so close it isn't funny. What I am looking forward/hoping for in 2018 is a return to the 22 turning up week in week out like 2016. Even in our losses in 2016 we turned up and gave an honest effort, 2017 we seemed like we were waiting for it to happen rather than making it happen.

Yep the 2016 losses were different to the 2017 ones. The work rate in 2017 went down with only a handful doing the heavy lifting. There were games were the signs from the year before were there but not as much this year.

[1eyedog]

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Just not feeling it atm. Maybe the whole trade period thing took all the wind out of my sails.

[Twodogs]

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The players were having a closed training session yesterday. I'm taking that to mean Bevo has a cunning game plan for next year

All the handball club sessions were closed. I can remember saying at the time "the only thing that will stop me whinging about all these closed sessions is if we win the premiership"

[Eastdog]

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All the handball club sessions were closed. I can remember saying at the time "the only thing that will stop me whinging about all these closed sessions is if we win the premiership"

It is a sign.

[Eastdog]

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Financially we should really excited right now. If we get that on field stuff right another flag soon will be sitting really really well.

[SonofScray]

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Wouldn't say I am at fever pitch just yet, but I am ready to get things underway, starting with AFLW games at VUWO and building into a Premiership season for the seniors. I think we've improved the list on last year and am hoping for a less injurious run given we copped it bad in 16/17. Fresh faces, fresh bodies and minds, a little bit of 16 swagger still there matched by an understanding that it doesn't just happen.

Spoke to Roughie briefly recently and he struck me as someone who is full of confidence that he is putting in the work and mentally ready to go. I said "do me a favour and go win a few more flags mate, feels good." He said "Thats the plan." Which is as good as done in my book!

[Twodogs]

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I'm still excited with the test matches.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

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Just not feeling it atm. Maybe the whole trade period thing took all the wind out of my sails.

I think the focus of the club and our window are a few years down the track, with the loss of irreplacable experience in Bob, Boyd, Cloke and Crameri, and the youth of the list. I felt in 2015 we were on the verge of something great, now our verge seems less impending.

[Go_Dogs]

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I'm beginning to feel excited.

Confident we'll put in much better year and who doesn't get excited about watching the likes of Bont and JJ do their thing? What I'm most excited about though is seeing Tom Boyd breakout - the pressure and attention has died down and he looks in the best condition he's been in.

[Twodogs]

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I'm beginning to feel excited.

Confident we'll put in much better year and who doesn't get excited about watching the likes of Bont and JJ do their thing? What I'm most excited about though is seeing Tom Boyd breakout - the pressure and attention has died down and he looks in the best condition he's been in.

I think the presence of Schache in the forward line will take a bit of pressure off Tom to be the main man too. He might be a better player for it.

[Hotdog60]

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I don't know if it's an omen but 2018 is "The year of the Dog'

[josie]

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Thanks for that hotdog. Well, I plan to chat with cheer squad about a “year of the dog” sign with a Chinese flavour (no pun intended) to it.

[Bornadog]

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Thanks for that hotdog. Well, I plan to chat with cheer squad about a “year of the dog” sign with a Chinese flavour (no pun intended) to it.

[Twodogs]

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Love it! It's my new avatar.