3 - 5 is optimistic
I must have some alternative meaning for optimistic.
I think the poll is probably about right. 4-4 the most likely.
Itās really not. Itās entirely realistic.
St Kilda weāll smash them because the players are capable of top 4 footy when theyāre really put under the torch and will put in just enough effort for a few wins then immediately drop it so we just miss out on finals again because they are mentally pissweak and have a ājust passableā attitude passed on since 2005.
Melbourne weāll beat because weāll be the underdogs this time and itās only when weāre up and about that we drop the ball against them because again, mentally pissweak
Brisbane weāll beat as part of the next step of our plan to bring McLuggage over and ruin his career too. Yes we are the evil empire in this competition, robbing it of all that is good and decent, we broke Smithās ability to kick simple 30 metre goals in just one season, we can ruin anyone.
North Ben Brown will kick an AFL record 47 goals on Hurley and weāll lose by 20 in an āhonorable lossā where the umpires go apeballs in the 4th and ruin the game
I donāt even want to think about Collingwood, Geelong and Sydney in Sydney. We should all probably turn off our televisions for that month.
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3-5 at best.
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Havenāt changed this assessment.
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I want to believe, but I am suspecting 3-5 will be something like it. Could easily be 2-6.
I would be happy with 4-4 and a trajectory of improvement.
Will I be happy?
Will Blitz be happy?
Que Sera, sera, ā¦
1-7 and not even sure where the one comes from.
There may weāll be an opportunity against Melbourne I reckon. Strong chance of them going 0-2 this weekend. Whether we can take that opportunity is a different matter. ā ā ā ā itād be incredible to resign them to a 0-3 start!
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You do know it could work out the other way around.
Itās the least likely possibility IMO. There is no way we play as badly this week as we did last week. Effort will be fierce this week, we will beat St Kilda, itās just a question of by how much.
St Kilda is battling it out with GC for the spoon, we shouldnāt even be discussing the liklyhood of a win, the fact we are speaks volumes.
Well frankly I donāt think thereās much chance at all that we lose, however in the interest of balance Iām not making absolute statements. Us going 0-3 is less likely than the Dees going 0-3 IMO. I can see a bounce back and I can see it being significant. Iād be far less confident of a bounce back if weād scrapped to a competitive but disjointed 20pt loss than after that diabolical showing that was round 1. We were so horribly embarrassed and exposed that the players have had nowhere to hide from the scrutiny and will come out red hot to atone. Not sure how polished or efficient theyāll be but theyāll win on effort and competitiveness alone.
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Yeah I think we will bounce back hard this week, itās maintaining intensity for any length of period Iām worried about.
Weāll win our Etihad games and thatās it.
Yeah I donāt think itāll be an issue this week, stringing together successive performances is of course far more uncertain. But a good showing this week on the back of last weekās disappointment could well be the tonic the playing group need. And Melbourne could be ripe for the picking I reckon. They are no less fragile than us and have just as many questions IMO.
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I thought the same before the bulldogs game last year.
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We were far worse last week than we were against Freo. In fact, last year is the perfect example of what Iām talking aboutā¦ Last year we played like pus in Round 1 but fell into a false confidence inducing win against average opposition. Round 2 we were poor but after the previous weekās result the players and club were able brush it off as an aberration. There is no hiding from last weekās result. It can only be confronted head on and only a fierce effort will atone for that performance.
I agree with all that and I hope youāre right.
I just think they could play worse. It would be difficult but it is possible.
As much as Iād like them to turn it around like they did against Geelong last year, I thought they would have had the necessary reassessments and honest conversations after the two abject jlt performances. Hopefully they have done so this week and they make changes which make a difference.