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RudeBoy
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SwansWay wrote: | I don't get where all the negativity is coming from. Our form really hasn't wavered all that much. What's hurting us is not just the guys on the sidelines but the KPP in-game injuries that have seen us down important rotations in most of the past 8 games. If we can finish a game with the 22 we started with, that makes a HUGE difference.
Would you rather be Geelong sitting outside of the 8? They're certainly not acting like their season is over. Or have the run home that Sydney, Port or Melbourne has?
Remember it doesn't matter who is in the top 4 right now but in three weeks time. Does it suck that we lost to the Swans? ABSOLUTELY! But not the end of the world.
All we need is for West Coast and Richmond to win the rest of their games too. |
I've been super optimistic all season, and we are still playing committed football, but my fear is we've now had one too many injuries to key players, especially in defence. As for our form, we've now lost 3 of our last 4 games. In any one's language, that is not good form. Football is results driven and on that score we have been failing - due to injuries, not effort or coaching.
My view is that we are almost a 50/50 proposition in all our remaining 3 home and away games. We could still win them all and climb back into the top 4, or we could find ourselves missing finals altogether.
But if we can make the finals (anywhere in the 8 will do me) and get some of our key players - De Goey, Treloar, Moore, Aish, and maybe even Goldsack - up and going, then we are still capable of going all the way and pinching the flag. The problem is, I doubt most of these players will be available and in good form. As it stands, all we can do is hope. |
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tbaker
Joined: 02 Jul 2018 Location: Q19 Southern Stand MCG
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win 3 games: we finish 3-4
win 2 games: we finish 5-6
win 1 game: we finish 7-8
win 0 games: we finish 9-10
It's in our own hands...take it one week at a time _________________ I find your lack of faith disturbing |
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Jezza
2023 PREMIERS!
Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Location: Ponsford End
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^ That sounds about right. I'm still confident we'll play finals, but it depends where we finish at the end of the home and away season. _________________ | 1902 | 1903 | 1910 | 1917 | 1919 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1935 | 1936 | 1953 | 1958 | 1990 | 2010 | 2023 | |
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Joined: 26 Sep 2013 Location: We prefer free speech - you know it's right
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tbaker wrote: | win 3 games: we finish 3-4
win 2 games: we finish 5-6
win 1 game: we finish 7-8
win 0 games: we finish 9-10
It's in our own hands...take it one week at a time |
Think we can miss winning one game too due to our fairly mediocre % _________________ All Aboard!! Choo Choo!!! |
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Piethagoras' Theorem
the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk
Joined: 29 May 2006
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All these permutations do my head in. Just win, win, win! _________________ Formally frankiboy and FrankieGoesToCollingwood. |
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BazBoy
Joined: 11 Sep 2014
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Currently members of the 48 club—four clubs jockeying to not slip _________________ I'm not arguing--just explaining why i am right |
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Skids
Quitting drinking will be one of the best choices you make in your life.
Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Location: Joined 3/6/02 . Member #175
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It's as tight as a Nuns purse isn't it!?
We held on last week and we're playing for 2nd spot
Anyway, win tonight and set up for a big last 2 rounds, knowing we'l be playing finals footy!
It's been too long Collingwood, it's there for the taking.
GO PIES!! _________________ Don't count the days, make the days count. |
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Skids
Quitting drinking will be one of the best choices you make in your life.
Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Location: Joined 3/6/02 . Member #175
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Charlie Dixon .... GONE! _________________ Don't count the days, make the days count. |
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MightyMagpie
Joined: 04 Jun 2013 Location: WA
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Skids wrote: | It's as tight as a Nuns purse isn't it!?
We held on last week and we're playing for 2nd spot
Anyway, win tonight and set up for a big last 2 rounds, knowing we'l be playing finals footy!
It's been too long Collingwood, it's there for the taking.
GO PIES!! |
Winning tonight ain’t enough for the 8 without other results going our way. _________________ All We Can Be |
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BazBoy
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Exactly cos the members of the 44 club are breathing down the 48 ,s neck
Goddam jungle out there girls and boys _________________ I'm not arguing--just explaining why i am right |
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What'sinaname
Joined: 29 May 2010 Location: Living rent free
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Port suffered three injuries. Dickson, Ryder and some other flog. _________________ Fighting against the objectification of woman. |
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MightyMagpie
Joined: 04 Jun 2013 Location: WA
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What'sinaname wrote: | Port suffered three injuries. Dickson, Ryder and some other flog. |
His name is Mr Houston. _________________ All We Can Be |
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Skids
Quitting drinking will be one of the best choices you make in your life.
Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Location: Joined 3/6/02 . Member #175
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McGovern.... GONE!! _________________ Don't count the days, make the days count. |
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What'sinaname
Joined: 29 May 2010 Location: Living rent free
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MightyMagpie wrote: | What'sinaname wrote: | Port suffered three injuries. Dickson, Ryder and some other flog. |
His name is Mr Houston. |
Care factor is zero.
He's a Port flog. |
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Skids
Quitting drinking will be one of the best choices you make in your life.
Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Location: Joined 3/6/02 . Member #175
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MightyMagpie wrote: | Skids wrote: | It's as tight as a Nuns purse isn't it!?
We held on last week and we're playing for 2nd spot
Anyway, win tonight and set up for a big last 2 rounds, knowing we'l be playing finals footy!
It's been too long Collingwood, it's there for the taking.
GO PIES!! |
Winning tonight ain’t enough for the 8 without other results going our way. |
Win tonight... we won't miss the 8... believe it. _________________ Don't count the days, make the days count. |
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