Is it on?

[Kapow!!!]

We don’t have the mental strength to not shit the bed anytime there’s a modicum of expectation. We will never win anything of note until that changes.

This is pretty much going to be the big hurdle. If we're still using phrases like "going under the radar" as a positive 5 years from now then we're stuffed. They need to be highlighted and playing to expectation not merely being happy to subvert negative expectation.

After all: No team goes under the radar on Grand Final week.

 

[DQ 4EVER]

Who are we going to beat? We've beaten 18th, 17th, 15th, 14th, 13th, 11th, and 8th (and just lost to 8th). Were more likely in for a rude awakening and a drop well out of the 8.

Sydney, hawthorn, Geelong, giants, and port will all beat us comfortably

If we play like we did last week, North on current form would beat us

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[FreoGirl]

This is pretty much going to be the big hurdle. If we're still using phrases like "going under the radar" as a positive 5 years from now then we're stuffed. They need to be highlighted and playing to expectation not merely being happy to subvert negative expectation.

After all: No team goes under the radar on Grand Final week.

we've got this

 

[Schauermann]

Not believing yet. But winning on Sunday would open a bit of a healthy gap to 9th spot...

 

[FreoGirl]

Not believing yet. But winning on Sunday would open a bit of a healthy gap to 9th spot...

and then it will all begin again on here lol

 

[Hamann188]

and then it will all begin again on here lol

It's a vicious cycle.

 

[pK75]

Not believing yet. But winning on Sunday would open a bit of a healthy gap to 9th spot...

If Melbourne win, Geelong will fall to 9th and only be half a game behind us.

 

[mattis117]

Tomorrow's game is a mini-final, the winner likely plays finals, the loser probably not.

 

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[Fred Ziffel]

Given we are putrid straight after a rest week, are we better off finishing 5th ?
It is already stacked against us with the rest week before finals start.
It’s choose your poison. Lead bullet or a golden one ?

 

[Pivot Piece]

Given we are putrid straight after a rest week, are we better off finishing 5th ?
It is already stacked against us with the rest week before finals start.
It’s choose your poison. Lead bullet or a golden one ?

This is ridiculous logic, basically impossible for a WA team to make a GF from outside the 4 let alone win it. Need the shot at the home prelim. We can't be scared of a bye

 

[mattis117]

Given we are putrid straight after a rest week, are we better off finishing 5th ?
It is already stacked against us with the rest week before finals start.
It’s choose your poison. Lead bullet or a golden one ?

The week off during finals is nothing like the mid season bye. The bye mandates actual time off away from the club. During the finals the team with the week off does not drop in intensity, they're there everyday figuring out how to win the next game.
Interestingly though, the pre finals bye that they have now seems to have eroded the advantage of winning the qualifying final.

 

[FreoGirl]

I had a job interview today for a role I won't be starting until I get back from Scandinavia. I cheekily said to my potential future boss that I hoped he would have a Grand Final Package ready for me when I get back. He said, "I'm going to make sure you have that weekend off. It's an omen

 

[FreoGirl]

yes

 

[BeinPurplenGreen]

No.

 

[james haish]

It came off for a little while but unlike Julian Assange we’ve put it back on

 

[FreoGirl]

No.

you aren't touching my barcodes lol

 

[freo84]

Was it ever off?

 

[Paracleet]

#itsonmantle

 

[MadMundy]

 

[FreoRicci]

Destiny in our hands for top 4, even top 2.

Carlton still has GWS away next week, Bulldogs at Marvel, Collingwood as well.
Essendon has Geelong tonight, then Collingwood next week.

Collingwood are still right in the hunt.

Anything can happen

 

[cactuscall]

Who knows but we've been kissed if Geelong win on top of Collingwood losing. I was just hoping not to fall out of the 8 after this round.

 

[SPEEDWAGON]

I think finals experience will be so important even if we throw in some stinkers - look at 2010, cats smashed us but it helped us go there in 12 and 13 and we beat them

So from here let’s hope we can finish as high as possible

 

[FreoGirl]

I think finals experience will be so important even if we throw in some stinkers - look at 2010, cats smashed us but it helped us go there in 12 and 13 and we beat them

So from here let’s hope we can finish as high as possible

healthy attitude, but this optimism is fun

 

[Piggy Smalls]

8 games to go.

4 wins gets us finals
5 wins gets us a home final
6 wins gets us top 4
7+ wins probably gets us top 2

The next month will set us up. I don't think our boys would fear any other team at this point.