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At the start of the season we on this site were aghast at how we were touted as wooden spooners and no hopers. (some Swans fans agreed - eating humble pie now in large slabs)
I kept the Herald Sun liftout which set out the prognostications of the so called experts.
Here is a summary of how wrong they were:
18 Journos
8 had us for the wooden spoon
13 had Hawthorn in the 8
9 had Geelong in the 8
Only 1 had the Kangaroos in the 8
No one had us in the 8
Everyone had Collingwood in the 8
11 had Melbourne in the 8
5 had Freo in the 8 - gutsy.
8 had the Bulldogs in the 8
Some of the Star Watches
Ryan Lonie
Cameron Bruce for the Brownlow!!!! because of his silky skills. The scribe forgot to mention that to have star quality you first need to be a little bit hard and also get the footy.
Guy Rigoni - Should be on stage at the Comedy Company.
Alan Didak - 3 of them nominated this dud.
Steve Johnson of Geelong (Steve who?) Gerard Healy produced this gem.
Dean Rioli - nominated by Scott Gullen who is coming a poor last in the tipping bar The Kiss of Death. Also forgot his fatness and tribunal recod.
James Kelly of Geelong
Corey Enright of Geelong
In todays paper the ones who had us last said they underestimated our list and coach. For mine more like didn't even look at or know our list. They just can't look past a hand full of so called stars when making their judgements.
They think year in year out that the likes of Neitz, Crawford, Hird, Buckley etc are going to get their sides to a GF. They forget about depth, improvement, quality of lists and evenness of teams and pre season injuries to key players. Michael Voss out last week shows just how fragile the tenure of any team is.
Only 1 scribe went out on a limb and left Essendon out of the 8. He gave the very reasons they are out of the 8.
Wonder what the end of the season holds.
Not a bad idea for next season to have a members poll pre-seaon to see who can best predict the ladder at the end of season. Could also throw in who will be the highest Swans voter in the Brownlow and for the trifecta the Brownlow medallist.
I kept the Herald Sun liftout which set out the prognostications of the so called experts.
Here is a summary of how wrong they were:
18 Journos
8 had us for the wooden spoon
13 had Hawthorn in the 8
9 had Geelong in the 8
Only 1 had the Kangaroos in the 8
No one had us in the 8
Everyone had Collingwood in the 8
11 had Melbourne in the 8
5 had Freo in the 8 - gutsy.
8 had the Bulldogs in the 8
Some of the Star Watches
Ryan Lonie
Cameron Bruce for the Brownlow!!!! because of his silky skills. The scribe forgot to mention that to have star quality you first need to be a little bit hard and also get the footy.
Guy Rigoni - Should be on stage at the Comedy Company.
Alan Didak - 3 of them nominated this dud.
Steve Johnson of Geelong (Steve who?) Gerard Healy produced this gem.
Dean Rioli - nominated by Scott Gullen who is coming a poor last in the tipping bar The Kiss of Death. Also forgot his fatness and tribunal recod.
James Kelly of Geelong
Corey Enright of Geelong
In todays paper the ones who had us last said they underestimated our list and coach. For mine more like didn't even look at or know our list. They just can't look past a hand full of so called stars when making their judgements.
They think year in year out that the likes of Neitz, Crawford, Hird, Buckley etc are going to get their sides to a GF. They forget about depth, improvement, quality of lists and evenness of teams and pre season injuries to key players. Michael Voss out last week shows just how fragile the tenure of any team is.
Only 1 scribe went out on a limb and left Essendon out of the 8. He gave the very reasons they are out of the 8.
Wonder what the end of the season holds.
Not a bad idea for next season to have a members poll pre-seaon to see who can best predict the ladder at the end of season. Could also throw in who will be the highest Swans voter in the Brownlow and for the trifecta the Brownlow medallist.
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