Ross seems to have adjusted some aspects he was criticised for, but needs to sort this one out. It's fine to back players in but there definitely is a limit and we have crossed it for sure last week.
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The last two weeks have us all a bit jaded my friend. I'm still in shock we've lost to 16, 17 ad 18th. I honestly thought we were better than that.
I think that 98% if us thought the same thing. Hard to have faith now. But I didn’t predict finals back in March so I can’t wine and bitch now. Just hard to swallow when we were/are so close.
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I think you underestimate them a little and definitely the evenness of the comp this year. Melbourne is not playing like a bottom 4 side and hasn't done so for 5 or 6 weeks. Carlton are nowhere near as bad as they were last year and could easily have won 2-3 more games (and frankly probably should have). I'd say they are at a similar level to us last year. Gold Coast play their best 5 games for the season in the first 5 games every year (except maybe the Sydney game last year) and unfortunately for us, we played them away in that time.
We weren't at our best in any of those games obviously, but that's because we are young still and many of our players are inconsistent. We struggle big time when the bottom half of our 22 doesn't turn up, which many of them regularly don't.
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We've lost to the bottom three, but we've beaten three of the four "top five" teams that we've played so far. To paint that picture fully, if those three teams had beaten us they would be ranked #2, #3 and #4 on the ladder.
If our improvement is going to come from us beating the bottom teams on the ladder, that's some easy upside. If our problem is that we switch off against teams we expect to beat and stay switched on against the big challenges, we can fix that.
If our improvement is going to come from us beating the bottom teams on the ladder, that's some easy upside. If our problem is that we switch off against teams we expect to beat and stay switched on against the big challenges, we can fix that.
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I also lived in Kambalda for 2 years in the 90's.
The pub had the nickname "swinging arms hotel" with a few.
I started off having a dry spell there, but quickly began drinking again, & boy did we drink!
I had fun there, but I'm not interested in ever going back.
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And beaten 2 and 3 I believe in GWS and Collingwood.. Let's not overestimate the wins but lets also not get too down about the losses. Classic stuff from a developing team and the fact that we were at 7 and 6 looking to go 8 and 6 after last week magnifies the position a bit. Realistically though how many of us had Freo down as finals locks when the season hadn't started?
My thinking back then was likely about 10 - 11 wins and at the fringes of the 8 was where would land. We could still outperform that....
If we're paining a picture fully by hypothetical, lets say we beat 16,17 and 18th.
We're 2nd on the ladder, a lock for Top 4, a home final and double chance.
Still happy we didn't win the one's we should have?
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It isn't a requirement that someone is happy that we didn't beat the bottom three in order for us to be happy that we beat the teams at the other end of the ladder.
It's a quirk but if we go into next year thinking we have the game plan to beat the best teams and need to switch on against the bottom sides, potentially meaning three or four more wins in the season, then we are very well set up for a home qualifying final and home prelim.
I expect the loss against Gold Coast helped us beat GWS away, I expect the loss to Carlton will offer similar lessons that we might see the benefit from next season.
If we aren't winning the flag this season then wins this season don't matter next year. Finals experience would be ideal, I really want that but I wasn't expecting it this year.
Expectations prior to a season are irrelevant. West Coast, Richmond and Western Bulldogs were all expected to struggle in their respective premierships. They saw a crack of daylight to achieve something special and bashed down the door to achieve it.
My point is, Freo's wins against top teams should have been a catalyst for a really successful year - which it still may be, and I'll be there every step of the way at every game. But, if we keep waiting for next year, or the year after that, or the next Jesse Hogan we're in really big trouble.
The team that ran out on Sunday is good enough if they want it. Just lack belief, but can you blame them? All we keep hearing is; injuries, scapegoats, rebuilding, player development, contracts, trades etc etc. Ross Lyon had a presser today and what did he talk about? Harley freakin Bennell - I'm not making this up.
How about we collectively show a bit of class and stop making excuses, supporting our team and get on with winning games of football?
Do you think Ross and the coaches change their method from game to game?
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How TF did we lose to Gold Coast?????? They are ****ing pathetic 
How TF did we lose to Gold Coast?????? They are ******* pathetic
I think you answered your own question
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100% correct
Our 2:19 was just the third time that a team has scored more in points than goals since 2000.
The others were last year, the Bulldogs 2:14 vs Adelaide and you guessed it, us again 1:7 vs Adelaide in 2009!
We break all the wrong records!
The others were last year, the Bulldogs 2:14 vs Adelaide and you guessed it, us again 1:7 vs Adelaide in 2009!
We break all the wrong records!
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Would love for us to try Duman as a winger. He's got a good tank now, good speed and good skills. I'd like him back in the main side but if they're going to keep him at Peel would be great if he could get a shot on the wing for an extended period.
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Not sure where to put this so it’s going here. My youngest daughter’s new boyfriend’s mum is the first cousin of Shaun McManus. As in he’s at family gatherings and stuff like that. The poor boyfriend has an unfortunate surname, although thankfully not related to that grubby mob... Selwood.
How does a cousin of Shauny Mac end up with the name Selwood? It’s a ****ing travesty!
How does a cousin of Shauny Mac end up with the name Selwood? It’s a ****ing travesty!
Youngest daughter has a boyfriend.
That boyfriend has a mother.
The mother has a first cousin.
That first cousin is Fremantle legend Shaun McManus.
Boyfriend from line 1 has the last name Selwood. How is it possible?
Well, when one person loves another they propose a mutually beneficial union called marriage. Upon entering this union called marriage one person may choose to take the name of the other, which is generally the wife in a man / woman marriage.
It appears that your daughters boyfriends mother who is the 1st cousin of Fremantle legend Shaun McManus married someone with the last name Selwood.
That boyfriend has a mother.
The mother has a first cousin.
That first cousin is Fremantle legend Shaun McManus.
Boyfriend from line 1 has the last name Selwood. How is it possible?
Well, when one person loves another they propose a mutually beneficial union called marriage. Upon entering this union called marriage one person may choose to take the name of the other, which is generally the wife in a man / woman marriage.
It appears that your daughters boyfriends mother who is the 1st cousin of Fremantle legend Shaun McManus married someone with the last name Selwood.
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I fully understand the logic behind all this, but thank you for mansplaining it to me.
But if these two get married, and as a modern young woman she takes his name, I will kick her backside all the way across the Nullabor to Geelong and she can stay there, with or without him. Worst thing is that my grandchildren would be Selwoods.
(She's already said she wouldn't change her name for any fella, and as long as she keeps to that decision, she's safe from said backside kicking).
I tip my hat to you. Quality.
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