So where are we really at?

[ReLoad]

The calmness of the morning always makes you see a different light, in this case reality.

This is 1999 all over again. - Straight sets awaits us.

Great teams peak at the right time of the year, and thats the ONLY way to come into the finals series, each year there are limpers, and we are damn well one of them.

Our list is deficient and the "age drop off" has affected us in many ways.
Its very sad to see great and legendary servants of our club finish this way.

Eagleton, Akermanis and Hahn, and sadly our best player in 40 years Johnno.

We simply are not up to the elite top 4 standard that is going to take us all the way.

So we were at our season defining crossroads moment, and we failed, do we have another chance? yes, but can we do it? No.

[Go_Dogs]

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At the moment it looks like you are right, but things can change very quickly in footy and they usually do.

My levels of faith have been seriously depleted, but there is still hope.....

[stefoid]

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Our to biggest losses have occured without Cooney in the side.

250 odd posessions in a whole game of footy. wow. Thats 1990s stuff.

[comrade]

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Our to biggest losses have occured without Cooney in the side.

250 odd posessions in a whole game of footy. wow. Thats 1990s stuff.

I know Sydney are full of clamp down artists but that's an incredible number.

[Dazza]

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I'm really questioning whether this current group of players will ever have the chance to win a premiership. When the going gets tough it's the same players that go missing time and time again.

I think the club needs to have a good look at the list and ask itself whether this group has what it takes to win a premiership or will it ever be a true threat? If the answer is NO then they have to do something about it and look at trades for some of the under performing seasoned players. If the answer is YES then Eades position at the club needs to be questioned.

I'm sick of being third/fourth best and feel it's time for the club to take a hardline approach and get rid of good players that don't perform when necessary while they still have some trade value.

[LostDoggy]

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There's Plenty of Talent at Willy. Maybe it is time for a bit of a Cull.

[anfo27]

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You can write this year off right now and that will ake it 3 in a row of top 4 finishes with no GF apperance to show for it. Surely this is the year that the MC looks at this list and decides that as is this list is not good enough & never will be. Tough decisions have to be made and certain people need to be made accountable for the woeful decisions they have made.
A lot of players need to be looked at as trade bait while they still have some value. Unlike the leadership group the MC needs to make a statement.

[LostDoggy]

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There's Plenty of Talent at Willy. Maybe it is time for a bit of a Cull.

Maybe..
But it's the end of Round 21..Less than 2 weeks from finals and probably a little too late to be experimenting with Willy players.
The likes of Everitt, Roughead and Addison I would agree with putting into the side, but others like Hill and Stack im not so convinced about adding to the side at this stage.

[LostDoggy]

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Last time we lost 2 in a row we won the next 2 in a row that's the only way i can see us beating the pies at the moment

[EasternWest]

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Eagleton, Akermanis and Hahn, and sadly our best player in 40 years Johnno.

C. Grant and S. West would like a word with you.

Great photoshop but.

[MrMahatma]

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C. Grant and S. West would like a word with you.

Great photoshop but.

So would S Wynd. And I was too young to know about the 80s or 70s.

Longevity - sure. But no where near our best in the past decade, let alone 40 years.

[LostDoggy]

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It is not all doom and gloom people!!! Stop running the bath and put down the razorblade!!

The underdog status suits us well - backs against the wall - hopefully the boys dig deep and find some heart and some pride. At our best we can beat anyone - play the game on our terms take risks, run and move the ball quick. Open up the fwd line Baz and Gia in the 50m

Pull out last years Prelim dvd relive the hurt... then f***ing smash Collingwood.

We are top 4 we are still a chance - back your team be a real supporter

[Ghost Dog]

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It is not all doom and gloom people!!! Stop running the bath and put down the razorblade!!

The underdog status suits us well - backs against the wall - hopefully the boys dig deep and find some heart and some pride. At our best we can beat anyone - play the game on our terms take risks, run and move the ball quick. Open up the fwd line Baz and Gia in the 50m

Pull out last years Prelim dvd relive the hurt... then f***ing smash Collingwood.

We are top 4 we are still a chance - back your team be a real supporter

Oh, sublime posting bit o' bite . I love a bit of brash, no-holds-barred optimism.

[Greystache]

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The underdog status suits us well - backs against the wall - hopefully the boys dig deep and find some heart and some pride. At our best we can beat anyone - play the game on our terms take risks, run and move the ball quick. Open up the fwd line Baz and Gia in the 50m

Pull out last years Prelim dvd relive the hurt... then f***ing smash Collingwood.

We are top 4 we are still a chance - back your team be a real supporter

I can't agree with you that the under dog tag suits us well, we've played the underdog for 50 years and it's brought nothing but failure. I was really hoping this year we could walk tall into September and announce we're the team to beat, come at us. Unfortunately that's not the case and the other top 4 teams will be coming into the game with the belief that if they play their best they'll beat us comfortably, that's a major advantage to them.

Upsets do happen in finals so not all is lost, but we need to accept that a win over another top 4 team will be just that, and nothing we've shown this season points to us being able to do it.

[Jasper]

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C. Grant and S. West would like a word with you.

Co-Sign. In that order. Hawk is certainly in the mix too.