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- Oct 17, 2011
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We really need to add Freo into this list, sure they aren't sitting in the 8 now but they were up until this past round and 3rd when we beat them.Your right I read that wrong. But can we agree that in the last 12 weeks we have beaten 2 team's currently in the 8 and they were sitting 7th and 8th on the ladder at the time.
The way I read the article I don't really see it taking a dig at us just presenting some facts to justify ranking us at 5th
The 4 wins we have against teams sitting in the 8 as of tonight
R9 7 point W v Bulldogs Sitting 11th at the time
R12 25 point W v Lions Sitting 12th at the time
R14 6 point W v GWS sitting 7th at the time
R23 74 point W v Blues sitting 8th at the time
I am not saying we haven't had a tough draw, just we have beaten teams below us really well and have not YET proven ourselves against teams that we need to beat in September.
I hope to God that we get on a run and do get some September wins this group deserves that for sure.
Even discounting Freo we have beaten 4 of the 7 teams in the top 8 and lost to Port by a point. The only teams in the 8 we haven't really been competitive against are Geelong and Sydney so only two of the 7 above us.