Provided injuries are not a concern, I tend to agree.
Finally, a postive thread!!!
I am starting to get sick of the "Kouta blasts Pagan" thread. Same arguments over and over.
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| Author: | Barack Obama [ Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:55 pm ] |
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With a new coach: Judd: Stevens back: Improvement in all our kids and now, "THAT DRAW", we will be playing finals football again in 2008 in my opinion. |
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| Author: | Mil Hanna [ Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:03 pm ] |
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Provided injuries are not a concern, I tend to agree. Finally, a postive thread!!! I am starting to get sick of the "Kouta blasts Pagan" thread. Same arguments over and over.
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| Author: | Donstuie [ Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:06 pm ] |
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Personally I expect a finish in the 10-12 bracket, with finals in 09. But hey, they're more than welcome to prove me wrong, and even if they finish 8th and get hammered in the first week, it'll be invaluable experience and fuel for the following year. So if we can make the finals, the development will speed up incredibly. I expect that a) Finish just outside the 8, and make the 8 in 09 or b) Finish in the bottom end of the 8 in 08, with top 4 a possibility in 09 |
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| Author: | Virgin Blue [ Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:13 pm ] |
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Really depends on ruck and defense. We need Hampson and Aisake to have an influence soon, and we need Setanta to start playing excellent footy as a defender. |
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| Author: | Humpers [ Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:24 pm ] |
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After looking at our fabulous draw, i think we are greater than an even chance to make the finals providing Judd, Stevo and Fev can stay healthy. |
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| Author: | billc3 [ Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:26 pm ] |
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Virgin Blue wrote: Really depends on ruck and defense.
Mmm...given we have neither, that may be a problem. Look we are not top rung...yet, and the middle 5-12 will depend on injuries etc. We could end up anywhere in that bracket. Add injuries to a developing side and we could end up lower..but let's hope it's an honourable 12-15th not becuase we continuously get flogged! |
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| Author: | SA Blue [ Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:29 pm ] |
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There are still some glaring deficiencies in our team that will be exposed by the top sides. Defence and ruck being the main two areas. Both of these areas really depend on the new breed standing up, as many of the Woods kids did this year. We now have a strong midfield and potent forward line, so that will wins us games. Hopefully we can learn how to win again and really get some spirit going. IMO, realistically 10 - 12th. |
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| Author: | magic [ Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:55 pm ] |
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if teams are as even as they were last season..(besides Geelong)...we might go close to 8th... |
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| Author: | Elwood Blues1 [ Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:08 pm ] |
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10 -12th......no CHF, no established ruckman, and a backline that is very young and lacking size. Apart from Fev we dont have a settled goal to goal line and you add an inexperienced coach and I think playing finals is going to be a tough ask even with Judd, Stevens etc... |
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| Author: | Jarusa [ Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:11 pm ] |
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With few injuries, we will sneak into 4th spot. |
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| Author: | TheGame [ Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:26 pm ] |
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If Ratten can sort out the backline in one summer we're every chance but it will be a hell of a task after Pagan developed one regular defender (Thornton) in 5 years. |
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| Author: | Donstuie [ Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:31 pm ] |
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TheGame wrote: If Ratten can sort out the backline in one summer we're every chance but it will be a hell of a task after Pagan developed one regular defender (Thornton) in 5 years.
Although I still expect our backline to be statistically one of the worst (at least) in the league, I do feel that Ratts' gameplan will certainly benefit them more than DP's and we'll see some good development from blokes like Anderson, Jamison and Bower. Just imagine how demoralising it must've been for them to see the frequency with which opposition midfielders get to run towards them with 0 pressure from our mids. I expect Ratts to promote more accountability from our mids and a plan of attack that won't leave all our players in one half of the ground like this year. |
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| Author: | ryan2000 [ Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:35 pm ] |
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I think so............. We effectivly have 2 new superstar recruits in Judd & Stevens (who we badly missed)! I noticed a much better team in the 2nd half of the year (post-pagan) and one that will only go up next season. I don't see a finish of 6th-8th out of the question. But if we were to finish 8-10th i still be pretty bloody happy, considering the crap we have been through! Wins...........i just want wins.......... |
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| Author: | mjonc [ Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:06 pm ] |
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Could of told you we would make the finals pre-Judd. We have a full back in Jamo to take us there!! |
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| Author: | phoenix johnson [ Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:12 pm ] |
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Elwood Blues1 wrote: 10 -12th......no CHF, no established ruckman, and a backline that is very young and lacking size. Apart from Fev we dont have a settled goal to goal line and you add an inexperienced coach and I think playing finals is going to be a tough ask even with Judd, Stevens etc...
Agree on all your points. If we finish outside the 8 then that will be a massive improvement especially given the holes we have in our team i.e. no standout CHF, backline is young etc |
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| Author: | SparkyBlue [ Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:29 pm ] |
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FINALS08 Get on the moth--fu----- bandwagon! 
...one more thing, if anyone has even the slightest hope that we will make the finals next year - BUY A MEMBERSHIP! - because I want every single last person on this forum at that first final, to see first hand the RESURRECTION OF THE MIGHTY BLUES! 
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| Author: | sideshow bob [ Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:46 pm ] |
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reckon we should consider tanking |
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| Author: | Car17on [ Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:55 pm ] |
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SparkyBlue wrote: FINALS08 If that means booking the month off work to spend in Melbourne, I won't mind at all! Get on the moth--fu----- bandwagon! ...one more thing, if anyone has even the slightest hope that we will make the finals next year - BUY A MEMBERSHIP! - because I want every single last person on this forum at that first final, to see first hand the RESURRECTION OF THE MIGHTY BLUES! Donstuie wrote: Personally I expect a finish in the 10-12 bracket, with finals in 09. But hey, they're more than welcome to prove me wrong, and even if they finish 8th and get hammered in the first week, it'll be invaluable experience and fuel for the following year. So if we can make the finals, the development will speed up incredibly. Sounds like a plan!
I expect that a) Finish just outside the 8, and make the 8 in 09 or b) Finish in the bottom end of the 8 in 08, with top 4 a possibility in 09 |
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| Author: | blueboysean [ Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:13 pm ] |
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What's all this fuss about a CHF? Name me four sides that have two power forwards playing FF and CHF respectively. It seems to me that era of football has passed. You want a really big guy, a sorta big and quick guy, a really quick guy, and the rest kinda depends on the team IMO. Geelong have Mooney, Ottens and Nablett, but is Mooney really a CHF? Brisbane this year had Brown and... no one really stands out. St Kilda had Gehrig and Riewoldt Freo had Pavlich and Tarrant (he doesn't really count though, does he? Hawthorn have Buddy, Roughead, and then Williams when fit, sometimes Croad, Boyle, etc. We have Fev, Fish, Waite + Harts - in terms of big guys in the forward line, I think we're fine. Waite isn't a gorilla but he moves like a gazelle. |
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| Author: | Megaman [ Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:15 pm ] |
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sideshow bob wrote: reckon we should consider tanking
all-aboard!! 
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