Do You Believe?

[Sedat]

Re: Do You Believe?

Something for all you believer out there (I might be one again during the week)- 3 the last 6 premierships have been won by teams who lost their Qualifying Final that season (Brisbane 2003, Sydney 2005 and West Coast 2006).

Just adding to Rocco's stat, in each of these occasions the QF result was directly reversed in the GF.

[Scraggers]

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Do I believe?

More than ever !!

And to all the Fairweather fans out there ... don't let the doorknob hit ya where the good lord split ya

[lemmon]

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Honestly player for player IMO we have as much quality as Geelong and St Kilda. For me the big question is whether our structure can hold up and I think the proof will be in the pudding over the coming weeks.

[Topdog]

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I still believe. We had poor games from Cooney, Griffen, Gia, Aker (bar 1 qtr), Johnson, Higgins and only lost by 14 points.

As for the Geelong taking their foot off the pedal theory, you dont do that in finals. After the first qtr we stopped them but fell asleep in the last 2 minutes of the 3rd qtr which cost us dearly.

[bulldogtragic]

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I still believe. We had poor games from Cooney, Griffen, Gia, Aker (bar 1 qtr), Johnson, Higgins and only lost by 14 points.

As for the Geelong taking their foot off the pedal theory, you dont do that in finals. After the first qtr we stopped them but fell asleep in the last 2 minutes of the 3rd qtr which cost us dearly.

Ditto.

They just need to pull their heads back in a little and turn up wanting to perform. For me i was always a little worried a fraction of complancy might be in with all the media and expectation. Now where back to Brisbane four weeks ago. Perform or go into another pre-season without ultimate success.

[LostDoggy]

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Geelong would not want to play us again this year. Win the next two and make the GF and
i reckon we will roll them.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

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Something for all you believer out there (I might be one again during the week)- 3 the last 6 premierships have been won by teams who lost their Qualifying Final that season (Brisbane 2003, Sydney 2005 and West Coast 2006).

It shows to go you...

We beat ourselves yesterday, were nervous and made errors that we wouldn't normally under pressure that was more perceived than real. I was surprised at the lack of belief after Geelong strung a couple together.

We played poorly and lost by only 14 pts. We can do it.

[LostDoggy]

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I'm a believer. Always a believer. We can do it. I know we can, I know we will.

[LostDoggy]

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Something for all you believer out there (I might be one again during the week)- 3 the last 6 premierships have been won by teams who lost their Qualifying Final that season (Brisbane 2003, Sydney 2005 and West Coast 2006).

There's a theory to this -- the week off can be more of a curse than a blessing: the Cats were a far superior team last year and still struggled against the Dogs after a week off after losing a bit of momentum with the week's rest.. after 22+ weeks of getting used to a weekly routine a sudden break can really be disruptive (witness how the mid-season break can also disrupt some teams' momentum).

[Bornadog]

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I'm a scared believer

[LostDoggy]

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Well I see it unfolding like this....we lost to West Coast then won the next three games, today we lost to Geelong and then we repeat the process and win the next three games. Sounds good?

No, it doesn't sound good, it sounds BLOODY FANTASTIC!!!!!

[Desipura]

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We will beat Brisbane then lose another prelim is how I see it. If so, have we improved on last year?

[The Coon Dog]

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We will beat Brisbane then lose another prelim is how I see it. If so, have we improved on last year?

How can you ask if we've improved when the season hasn't finished for us?

[Desipura]

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How can you ask if we've improved when the season hasn't finished for us?

Meant to say would we have improved (hypotetically speaking if we got beaten in a prelim again)

[The Coon Dog]

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Meant to say would we have improved (hypotetically speaking if we got beaten in a prelim again)

Before we comment, can we just wait to see whether a) we even make in to a Prelim Final, b) if we do then whether we win & c) if we do then whether we lose.