Well actually I am far more optimistic than most. Here is why. I watched a couple of early season games and the style of play was not too dissimilar to the last three. the difference being that we were really spasmodic in terms of form. lots of possessions, but really poor kicking and terrible delivery. it all seemed to click against essendon. hope we can march on to win the flag.,GO DOGS!!!I feel like that too, but I’m a natural pessimist about this stuff. Alternatively, we get a rest after being up for multiple weeks in a row where we needed to win to keep finals alive. Refresh and then kick on.
I can’t see how we’re a third of the price of the giants for the flag - at full strength (which they will virtually be) they’ve troubled most teams. I suppose there’s confidence we could win four in a row and they’re unlikely to.