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With our forward line last season I think our top expectations would have been finals.

Another season into the Js plus Sturt, plus Bolton and I think that top range ups to premier.
Absolutely, really the pressure is on J Lo.

I have vocally been saying its "Top 8 or bust" but quietly, with our list and even our depth (injuries can't really be an excuse anymore either) I've been saying "top 4 or bust"

Rawlings is waiting in the wings.
 
Again, and I really am being pedantic now, I think we all know our flag window hasn't been "open" since 2015.

But I would argue that the window has been gradually "opening" since 2017 and if it's still "opening" it can't have much further to go, close enough as to make no difference between "opening" and "wide open".

But it's starting to sound like I'm arguing over semantics. God I'm such a grammar nazi. It's a sickness.
I feel like if you apply that logic then every team with a mathematical chance of playing finals would be labelled as wide open.
 

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Absolutely, really the pressure is on J Lo.

I have vocally been saying its "Top 8 or bust" but quietly, with our list and even our depth (injuries can't really be an excuse anymore either) I've been saying "top 4 or bust"

Rawlings is waiting in the wings.
Yeah, I'm not sacking a coach who gets us in the finals. Depending on circumstances a little, but hey, there's always circumstances.
 
I feel like if you apply that logic then every team with a mathematical chance of playing finals would be labelled as wide open.
If the competition is as tight or even tighter than it was last year, then yeah, everybody with a mathematical chance of playing finals would be labelled as "wide open"
 
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Yeah, I'm not sacking a coach who gets us in the finals. Depending on circumstances a little, but hey, there's always circumstances.
Oh god no! J Lo takes us to finals and he definitely gets an extension.

But just quietly, between you, me and the rest of the BigFooty brethren, I reckon we should be cracking the top 4.
 
Oh god no! J Lo takes us to finals and he definitely gets an extension.

But just quietly, between you, me and the rest of the BigFooty brethren, I reckon we should be cracking the top 4.
Yeah, I am seeing more than 4 clubs who think they should be cracking the top 4.

Really what I want to see from Longmuir is things like:
  • an outstanding use of Darcy and Jackson that gives us a clear edge in games and midfield dominance.
  • a vision for how Bolton integrates into the team that has a multiplier effect across the entire forward structure.
  • a clear plan for how our three tall forwards operate together.
  • much better transition, especially midfield to forward.
  • a harder defensive edge when the ball is turned over forward of centre.
  • alternative strategies from kick ins, and general predictability.
  • some kind of vision for how to best utilise a young and talented list while still getting maximum benefit from some fading warhorses
  • some kind of game plan flexibility. We seem to have a team flush with players capable of playing multiple roles, but don't exploit it as well as we could.

I'm almost certain they aren't sitting around thinking top 4 or bust. It is within the coach's orbit to have identified the aspects of the game plan that gives us the chance to be there at the end.
 

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