2019 Lid Off! Red and black vexillolographers welcome

Klawdy · April 22, 2019, 9:33am

How’s the fence sitting going @samwoods? Keeping a leg in both lid threads I see.

samwoods · April 22, 2019, 9:50am

I acknowledge that I am bi-lid.

I find I have thoughts filled with hopes and fears suitable for both threads.

Klawdy · April 22, 2019, 9:54am

We all have those thoughts and fears. We just suppress them until the evidence is irrefutable. We’ll beat the Pies by 7 goals.

HP1 · April 23, 2019, 12:44am

Can’t fkn wait for Joey to nail his 4th from 80 out.

chris_64 · April 23, 2019, 2:33am

No team has won 4 in a row yet this season. If we win on Thursday, we will be 4 and 2 and probably move into the top 6

Collingwood is fancied by some as a top 4 side and with premiership expectations. We beat them and its no longer a case of folk saying we just disposed of easybeats that all played badly. There will not be any excuses, we will justifiably be regarded as a contender.

SMJ · April 23, 2019, 2:38am

If we convincingly beat the Pies (current premiership fav) and the Cats (2nd fav), I think the bookies will install us as premiership favourites by end Round 7. That’s nuts but it is that open a year.

Klawdy · April 23, 2019, 2:41am

Lid orf!

SMJ · April 23, 2019, 2:42am

I like it!

However im nervous. Literally every other time we’ve had one of these ‘dork in the road’ type games in the last 5 or so years we’ve gone in the wrong direction.

Klawdy · April 23, 2019, 2:44am

Yeah I’m nervous too. But I feel that we are ready to turn the corner and start winning these games.

Damn I’m excited. Weather is shaping up for a good day too by the look of it.

Captain_Jack · April 23, 2019, 2:47am

l am pumped and reckon we will roll the Pies. In the words of Gough, “It is time.”

SMJ · April 23, 2019, 2:49am

It’s always lovely on Anzac Day isn’t it? It rained in the last 5 minutes of the Zaka game and throughout the whole of the Mark McGough game but other than than I can’t recall it raining much

cul_de_sac · April 23, 2019, 2:50am

That would probably put us on top of the ladder, give or take percentage

Klawdy · April 23, 2019, 2:51am

And I didn’t feel a drop!

Killer_Mike · April 23, 2019, 3:06am

It’s going to be raining bomber goals

Meat · April 23, 2019, 9:29am

The bombers are farken hot! Ho hoh hoooo

wasaharvsfanasakid · April 23, 2019, 9:36am

Neither did “garbage bag girl”!!

Wanderlust · April 23, 2019, 9:47am

The 2017 game which we won, rained for 10-15 mins in the first quarter. Very lightly though.

Bomb_Doe · April 23, 2019, 9:51am

keep this rain talk in the rain thread

rossoneri · April 23, 2019, 10:07am

smooth:

Thursday can’t come quick enough. It’s a coming of age game, a statement game. One where we can set up our season on the biggest H&A stage. Our best footy is breathtaking, the speed with which we attack from defence, the synergy of Heppell/Merrett/Shiel is starting to click. We have a good mix of young boys in there, Redman and Ridley, Guelfi, McGrath, Ham showed us what he can do on debut (even though he probably makes way with Dev and Zaka back). The defence looks a tight unit now with Hooker back in the team. The attack is back to 2017 potency. Daniher regaining match fitness and touch is a big ace in the pack. If he can stay healthy from here and replicate his B&F winning, All-Australian form that’s a massive plus.

After the 0-2 start we had to correct it and to the credit of players and coaches they have done exactly that. 3-2 heading into Anzac Day is a good position to be in. But genuine contending teams go on 5-6 game winning runs. We get past the Pies and we can easily do that, and IMO it could be THE moment these players realise what they can achieve if they give everything.

Well that had put a downer on things. We’ve had these “statement games” before and have come up well short

theDJR · April 23, 2019, 10:27am

Oi!

You leave Arms Girl alone.