Can we still win it?

[hujsh]

Re: Can we still win it?

To be a chance in the first final, dunks and Treloar will have to be back to pre-injury form, Keath will have to play a blinder and Naughton will have to kick straight.

I still think our deep defence looks vulnerable..
I think our ruck situation without Martin will be key..
Bruce WILL be a loss, as it puts more pressure on Naughts.

And if our mids don’t come out in front, then forget it.

You say all this yet we nearly beat Geelong without Treloar, Dunlkley, Martin and with Naughton off partway through the match.

I'm not quite convinced we're so delicate that we need all these things to go our way in order to even 'be a chance'.

[DOG GOD]

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You say all this yet we nearly beat Geelong without Treloar, Dunlkley, Martin and with Naughton off partway through the match.

I'm not quite convinced we're so delicate that we need all these things to go our way in order to even 'be a chance'.

So you’re pretty confident we’d beat Geelong in a final ?

[Bornadog]

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So you’re pretty confident we’d beat Geelong in a final ?

I am

[DOG GOD]

Re: Can we still win it?

I am

Even at Geel ?

[hujsh]

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So you’re pretty confident we’d beat Geelong in a final ?

I think we're at least a chance. Especially at the MCG

[jeemak]

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So have we reached consensus as to whether we can still win it?

If not I'm surprised, really thought we'd have all agreed a position by now.

[DOG GOD]

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So have we reached consensus as to whether we can still win it?

If not I'm surprised, really thought we'd have all agreed a position by now.

I think where these finals get played will have a big say Jeemak.

[MrMahatma]

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So have we reached consensus as to whether we can still win it?

If not I'm surprised, really thought we'd have all agreed a position by now.

It’s a silly question. We lost a match, which in effect matters 0 to if we can win it. We lost a key player, which does matter.

But Bruce wasn’t gonna win our B&F. And we have loads of talent in our team. And there is no other dominant team.
we win it! Hell yes.

Will we!? I hope so!

[Bornadog]

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I think where these finals get played will have a big say Jeemak.

We have won games all over the place this year, and yes we can at Geelong. We lost by the last kick of the day, and a little bit of composure by some of the young guys we would have won that one too.

[Ghost Dog]

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I can't believe this thread.
Nobody should rule us out from here.
Of course we can. Faith in this group.

[boydogs]

Re: Can we still win it?

If someone can make a reasonable argument on how we can overcome our clear weaknesses in the 2nd key defender role, the ruck and now our forward line structure, I'm all ears and ready to jump back on

Who is going to win it if not us, Melbourne or Geelong right? We beat Melbourne and lost to Geelong by a kick with those 2 of those weaknesses. 1 injury to those sides and we're square

[boydogs]

Re: Can we still win it?

Who is going to win it if not us, Melbourne or Geelong right? We beat Melbourne and lost to Geelong by a kick with those 2 of those weaknesses. 1 injury to those sides and we're square

Tom Stewart right on cue

[jeemak]

Re: Can we still win it?

I think where these finals get played will have a big say Jeemak.

It’s a silly question. We lost a match, which in effect matters 0 to if we can win it. We lost a key player, which does matter.

But Bruce wasn’t gonna win our B&F. And we have loads of talent in our team. And there is no other dominant team.
we win it! Hell yes.

Will we!? I hope so!

Yeah I was just kind of poking fun at the thread because it's a tough and unanswerable question, especially without a poll!

Good contributions each way, all reasoned and valid. It's hard to rationalise an answer thoroughly because there's so many moving parts and with our instability and injury history you can argue things falling apart are more likely than them not. But at the same time they've been falling apart all year and we're second with the best percentage in the league.

If we can manage to do the right thing the next couple of weeks we'll have a balance of games we should have won on our side of the ledger, some not and a whole bunch in the middle that have gone either way.

To me it comes down to the hunger and willingness to sacrifice and play a team game at a level this team hasn't done in the heat of finals. I think we are mature enough to do that now.

[Go_Dogs]

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Reading this thread has just convinced me we are a lock to win the flag.

I love it when the odds are stacked against a Bevo side.

[DOG GOD]

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So it looks like the AFL are scrapping the bye and going straight into finals. (Apologies if it’s been mentioned before somewhere). Happy or a hinder ?