Hayo fellow dogs!
Been a few months since I been on here - pretty much switch off AFL altogether between trade week and JLT. If this thread has been done already, please excuse me, i only scanned the first page before posting.
Having listened to David King break down our team on SEN this morning, as well as reading a bunch of other media outlets and basically anyone in the industry either predicting we'll drop down the ladder, or have no real way of identifying where we're at, or predicting our output with any real solid evidence, i'm really also left wondering what we're going to dish up in 2019, and having a real hard time knowing what to expect. It's like they've been watching all the West Ham games all off summer and completely moulded into my off season sporting club - Please stop.
So, what do you think are the clubs expectations for the year? I would assume making the 8 would be the minimum from a couching and club perspective, but it seems like a fairly large ask given our last 2 seasons, and a brief glimpse of this year over JLT, and now losing Morris. We really look like a bottom half of the ladder team, and realistically, potentially bottom four. So, are there then other agendas at play? We cannot continue to get younger and be in a constant rebuild, so what is the tipping point? I'm finding it really hard to focus on what should be our aim out of this season.
What are your expectations as supporters?
Im expecting a few things;
- Developing Big Shaq as a better, stronger forward and hoping he kicks 30-40+
- Getting some games into Naughton as a swingman, and hoping that Trengove is used as Morris' replacement.
- Getting as many games as possible into English as starting ruckman.
- Hopefully getting Tom Boyd back on the park, mentally and physically fit, back towards the form he was building in 2016
- Getting Libba, Wallis, Wood & Cordy back into their 2016 form to lead a tougher team.
I think this is about the best we can hope for, and as a result could potentially get us into the 8 if some other miracles go our way, but I can't even tell if that's realistic.
Thoughts?
Been a few months since I been on here - pretty much switch off AFL altogether between trade week and JLT. If this thread has been done already, please excuse me, i only scanned the first page before posting.
Having listened to David King break down our team on SEN this morning, as well as reading a bunch of other media outlets and basically anyone in the industry either predicting we'll drop down the ladder, or have no real way of identifying where we're at, or predicting our output with any real solid evidence, i'm really also left wondering what we're going to dish up in 2019, and having a real hard time knowing what to expect. It's like they've been watching all the West Ham games all off summer and completely moulded into my off season sporting club - Please stop.
So, what do you think are the clubs expectations for the year? I would assume making the 8 would be the minimum from a couching and club perspective, but it seems like a fairly large ask given our last 2 seasons, and a brief glimpse of this year over JLT, and now losing Morris. We really look like a bottom half of the ladder team, and realistically, potentially bottom four. So, are there then other agendas at play? We cannot continue to get younger and be in a constant rebuild, so what is the tipping point? I'm finding it really hard to focus on what should be our aim out of this season.
What are your expectations as supporters?
Im expecting a few things;
- Developing Big Shaq as a better, stronger forward and hoping he kicks 30-40+
- Getting some games into Naughton as a swingman, and hoping that Trengove is used as Morris' replacement.
- Getting as many games as possible into English as starting ruckman.
- Hopefully getting Tom Boyd back on the park, mentally and physically fit, back towards the form he was building in 2016
- Getting Libba, Wallis, Wood & Cordy back into their 2016 form to lead a tougher team.
I think this is about the best we can hope for, and as a result could potentially get us into the 8 if some other miracles go our way, but I can't even tell if that's realistic.
Thoughts?