Next week could prove vital

[ok.crows]

Carlton vs St Kilda - looks a tough ask for the Blues.

Hawthorn vs Brisbane - one of them has to lose.

Western Bulldogs vs Port Adelaide - Bulldogs at home would be fancied.

Sydney vs Collingwood - Sydney at home might be a chance.

Adelaide V Kangaroos - If the Crows can win this (and they have a good recent record against the Kangaroos so why not) they could possibly skip ahead by up to four places on the ladder.

 

[Riggy1]

Re: Next week could proove vital

I could swear Sydney and Collingwood had the bye this comming weekend

 

[jo172]

Re: Next week could proove vital

I'm not a spelling and grammar nazi as such, but spelling mistakes in thread titles seriously irk me!

 

[kirky]

Re: Next week could proove vital

Carlton vs St Kilda - looks a tough ask for the Blues.

Hawthorn vs Brisbane - one of them has to lose.

Western Bulldogs vs Port Adelaide - Bulldogs at home would be fancied.
Sydney vs Collingwood - Sydney at home might be a chance.

Adelaide V Kangaroos - If the Crows can win this (and they have a good recent record against the Kangaroos so why not) they could possibly skip ahead by up to four places on the ladder.

Unless the Dogs have relocated - this game is in Darwin.

We have 4 very winnable games in the next 4 weeks (3 of them at home) and it provides an opportunity to get on a run before a testing last 7 weeks of the season. But as the old cliche says - "one week at a time".

This competition is so even (besides Geelong and Saints) and no opposition can be taken lightly.

 

[ok.crows]

I'm not a spelling and grammar nazi as such, but spelling mistakes in thread titles seriously irk me!

Sorry, I got mixed up with proof. Spelling is crazy, anyway.

PS: I also found out something mildly interesting here: I found out that the spelling checker for Firefox on Linux works in the message body area but it doesn't work in the title line of the posting box of Bigfooty.

Also, j0172, your spelling of Nazi as nazi shows up in Firefox as being incorrect.

 

[ok.crows]

Re: Next week could proove vital

We have 4 very winnable games in the next 4 weeks

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This competition is so even (besides Geelong and Saints) and no opposition can be taken lightly.

The very fact that it is so even in the middle of the ladder is the very factor that makes the next few weeks so very vital. I don't believe that any other team currently on a 6-5 record has as good an opportunity to set up a nice little run of games.

 

[Alex99]

i am going to go out on a limb and say Geelong and St Kilda are better sides than we are and we will not win the premiership this year or next. That’s why losing finals in the past isn’t something we have to worry about or read too much into as a club habit or form of behaviour as this is a new period, new player and a new journey. This premiership run is just starting.

No i am not suggesting we tank or anything like but rather than looking at the small picture, one maybe two games we look at the bigger picture and make sure our game plan, defensive, forward line and midfield structure is secure, ball movement, defensive pressure, skill level and more importantly we have consistency in how we play the game and if they are up to scratch, winning will take care of itself.

Not being negative because the style of play Neil Craig has had the team play over the last 4 week has been a complete turnaround from the first 5 weeks but I think we still need to improve in a lot of area to successfully match it with Geelong and St Kilda. And the only way that will happen is to get games into Walker, Danger, Mackay, Tippett, Otten, Maric, ect, ect and play games so winning this week and next may be good and get us into the top 4 but it’s not vitally important.

We need to look at the bigger picture. How we play the game; not whom we play against and we are playing some pretty exciting footy right about now.

 

[ok.crows]

i am going to go out on a limb and say Geelong and St Kilda are better sides than we are and we will not win the premiership this year or next.

Agreed for this year, but I don't know about next year. The Crows will have some appreciable experience back into the playing group by next year.

Not being negative because the style of play Neil Craig has had the team play over the last 4 week has been a complete turnaround from the first 5 weeks but I think we still need to improve in a lot of area to successfully match it with Geelong and St Kilda. And the only way that will happen is to get games into Walker, Danger, Mackay, Tippett, Otten, Maric, ect, ect and play games so winning this week and next may be good and get us into the top 4 but it’s not vitally important.

I'd say that winning the next few games and getting into the finals at least IS vitally important. It is important for the very reason you hint at ... that being, getting experience into Walker, Danger, Mackay, Tippett, Otten, Maric, ect, ect. Finals experience.

 

[magtrev]

i am going to go out on a limb and say Geelong and St Kilda are better sides than we are and we will not win the premiership this year or next.

I disagree.

St Kilda have been playing with a desperation on a level not seen before, but I believe talent wise they are no better than any other team in the league. We were 1 point down 5 minutes in to the last quarter against them despite playing with a fairly poor intensity and getting bent over and violated by the umpires.

Geelong, on the other hand, are a lot better than us

Sure we won't win the flag this year in all likelyhood, but i'm proud to support a club that doesn't shy away from trying anyway

 

[Alex99]

I'd say that winning the next few games and getting into the finals at least IS vitally important. It is important for the very reason you hint at ... that being, getting experience into Walker, Danger, Mackay, Tippett, Otten, Maric, ect, ect. Finals experience.

If we play like we have over the last 4 week – winning will take care of itself and it won’t matter (apart from Geelong and maybe St Kilda) who we play. If we play like we did in the first 6 round – do we deserve to play finals?

 

[beartoo]

If we play as we have in the past two weeks, we can certainly toss the Saints and give the Cats a run for their money as well. If is the thing. This is a young side and may or may not produce the brilliant footy we have seen against the Blues and Hawks. Let's hope the boys are up to it.

 

[jo172]

Sorry, I got mixed up with proof. Spelling is crazy, anyway.

PS: I also found out something mildly interesting here: I found out that the spelling checker for Firefox on Linux works in the message body area but it doesn't work in the title line of the posting box of Bigfooty.

Also, j0172, your spelling of Nazi as nazi shows up in Firefox as being incorrect.

Fair enough, I suppose Nazi is a pronoun and should be capitalised, but it wasn't used in the title .

Also, you managed to miss spell my username

 

[ok.crows]

Fair enough, I suppose Nazi is a pronoun and should be capitalised, but it wasn't used in the title .

Also, you managed to miss spell my username

I'm going to plead the fifth (or something like that, whatever) ... your user name is not in any spell checker dictionary (whereas Nazi is).

Besides, username is not a word.

We have an opportunity here to go into ever more inane circles forever. Do you really want to take the chance that I could not get more inane than you can?

 

[birdmanptr]

Very much a danger game this week 3 big wins late game on a Sunday then a week off

We should win and win well BUT danger ahead

 

[arden st army]

You guys should beat us easy.
And don't worry if we break out to a five goal lead, you should be able to bring it back when Laidley starts making us play defensive crap.

 

[The Sloane Ranger]

I agree some what of a danger game, the Kanga's will be pumped for Simpson's 300th game

 

[Glenno23]

If we play like we have over the last 4 week – winning will take care of itself and it won’t matter (apart from Geelong and maybe St Kilda) who we play. If we play like we did in the first 6 round – do we deserve to play finals?

Nope, and we won't. But hopefully thats all behind us

Hope we can contain the Roos in Simpson's 300th though, they will be pumped, but i am 100% that Craigy won't let us take it easy...

 

[ok.crows]

I agree some what of a danger game, the Kanga's will be pumped for Simpson's 300th game

Shouldn't be a problem, should it?

Every single week is a milestone game for McLeod ... every single week he plays, he breaks the AFL games record for Crows players.

 

[spexau]

I know we have a good record when it's one of our own players milestone match but does anyone know about when it's an opposition team's milestone?

 

[jackster83]

I agree some what of a danger game, the Kanga's will be pumped for Simpson's 300th game

We must not take the Kangas lightly this week. Not only is it Simpson's 300th, but they will be playing to keep their season alive (4 wins, 7 losses).

Remember what happened when a heavily fancied Carlton rocked up at AAMI Stadium to face us when we were 3-5 a fortnight ago? They got complacent that day and we were able to get our season motoring again.

If we get lazy, we can easily lose this one. We need to bring our A game to not just win, but to improve our shabby percentage.

 

[Vader]

I know we have a good record when it's one of our own players milestone match but does anyone know about when it's an opposition team's milestone?

It's a pretty poor record when it's a Bulldogs milestone game. Lost by heaps in Grant's 300th and then there was the heartbreak of Johnson's 300th last year.

 

[Zvim]

I agree some what of a danger game, the Kanga's will be pumped for Simpson's 300th game

He "may" not travel if we have enough to field a side.

 

[Riggy1]

Shouldn't be a problem, should it?

Every single week is a milestone game for McLeod ... every single week he plays, he breaks the AFL games record for Crows players.

and Aborignal players
and person wearing the #23

 

[Riggy1]

It's a pretty poor record when it's a Bulldogs milestone game. Lost by heaps in Grant's 300th and then there was the heartbreak of Johnson's 300th last year.

Johnson 300th game was game of the year.

Stupid Bock, how hard is it to kick a set shot from 45m out on a 45 degree angle.

Bloody hell, a 19 year old kid did it from further out on the boundry against the Bombers on the weekend, how hard is it for an all-australian. (sorry if my critiscism is unjustified, but it cost us top 4 ffs )

 

[magtrev]

It doesn't really matter what position on the ladder we are at the end of any arbitrary round, we have a brutal fixture with no more leeway for losing games to bottom 8 teams. Looking at our draw, our 7 double up games include 6 of the current top 8 - 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th.

We still have to play St Kilda, Geelong, Carlton and Hawthorn (all for the second time, and all away), I haven't looked at other teams draws but I think it would be fair to say ours is at least as tough as any fixture out there.

If we don't win all of the next 4 games, and the West Coast game in round 21, then we quite simply aren't playing finals. And before anyone says 'who cares about finals we aren't gonna win the flag anyway' - just no.