Reading this thread, I'm looking forward to the bump come April
Every team should be 4-1 or 3-2
Every team should be 4-1 or 3-2
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No I think it's more of a reflection on how bad people think the Saints will be this year.
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Whilst normally i'd be happy to rescind that comment looking at that, saints should be in rebuild mode this season and really a team gunning for finals should be beating a rebuilding side home or away.
So on that basis. We should be winning.
Fair enough, I dare say most of them thought the same about Port Adelaide this time last year though, for instance, after they were coming off a bad year where they were widely considered a "rabble".
I think you'll find port had a core of very good young players that had either been injured or under performed under prior coaches. Where as the Saints are progressively going backwards as their stars retire or slow down. Outside of Steven's I don't really see a great deal moving into this year.
I don't disagree with any of that, but more the 10% chance of us winning on our home ground, in our home state, when there's every chance we'll have gotten off to a pretty good start to the year, given our draw.
As for the rebuild thing, while that is true, it's also true that we still have 7 on our list who have played 150+ games, 10 who have played 100+ and 3 grand finals, and by round 8 could have 12 who have played 100+ (with Jack Steven not being one of them, and all of them are in our current best 22). So if we pick our team on merit (ie. our best available team, which it seems we may essentially pick, as Richardson has said that he wants to extend the careers of our older brigade, not end them) then I wouldn't just go assuming that we're going to be "easybeats", especially if we have a better run with injury than we had last year (when we got crunched with them), or if our team morale is much better, which wouldn't be hard, if as many of the team despised Watters as has been suggested.
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For the record, I look at GWS games this year and don't see them "unwinnable" like last year. Reckon they'll rack up 4 or 5 wins for the year.
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I get the feeling this is going to be a super important game for the Tigers. You have what it takes to beat us, but stumbling at this block after the EF might be a confidence sapper, particularly if you lose in the same fashion as the last few you've lost. Give us a real whooping however and I reckon your players will have an extra spring in their step that will last throughout the season.
I think your spot on mate. It starts out of the middle IMO. If we can continue to win the clearences we can grab the win. It seems that we do that for the most part of the game v blues but somewhere along the lines up pops judd or gibbs or the your ruckmen get on top and its all over. Hopefully hampson can provide a little insight for us
Also once carlton (or any team with the exception of the 2nd freo game or the hawks game) get a run on, old richmond comes out and everyone just panics. Short and quick kicks zig zaging up and across the ground ultimately cause turnovers. Although in saying that a lot of work has been put into that last year (as the previous games showed - aswell as practicing it v gws), so i cant see that being to much of a problem this yr.
Imo we are a lot better at stopping run on's but when they occur, its because we cant get the footy, so whether that's internal/draft/external, we need to find another inside mid. I'm pretty sure the club know this too(obvious).
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Hawthorn will drop at least 1 game in the first 5. Clarkson will be tweaking things in those first few rounds.
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you're delusional if don't think that's what happened
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how was round 14 for ya last year?
How was the unlosable 2002 Qualifying final for you? Why are we playing this game?
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I have Geelong getting us again by under 2 goals. Won't even care though. A close win to them now would almost be more frustrating than a loss for their supporters lol
Geelong is now a pretty young team. If we still can beat the reigning premier then the future is looking very bright.
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The changes between the two squads age profile has been fairly similar. We've lost a few older guys as well and naturally they'll be replaced with youth this year. Unless either club makes some monumental screw ups or gets really lucky with some speculative picks then Hawthorn and Geelong should continue to hover around the same area on the ladder for many years to come.
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