Defending or winning a title?

[hammo]

It's bizarre the @@@@ they come up with sometimes.

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"We are not defending a title; we are trying to win a title. What's happened has happened and we are trying to win a new title.

[573v30]

We won the flag last year, of course we're defending the title...

[ScottH]

2005 AFL Premiers.

2006 AFL Premiers,

Different titles. Thus winning a new title.

[Sanecow]

Originally posted by ScottH
2005 AFL Premiers.

2006 AFL Premiers,

Different titles. Thus winning a new title.

Nice try but sadly 0/10.

[AnnieH]

Originally posted by Sanecow
Nice try but sadly 0/10.

I agree with ScottH. Different team. Different year. Different circumstances. Different title.

Considering that for the last three years Roosey has been saying "let's just take it one week at a time", saying now that we are "winning another title" (IMO) sort of puts it in the same category as taking it "one week at a time". The way I'm reading it, saying we're "defending our title" (in this context) is a little arrogant .... and Roosey's never (well, hardly never) been arrogant!!

Every game is very different from the last. Gorge on as many past stats as you want ... they mean jack when you're lining up for "next weeks' game".

[Sanecow]

I understand that there may well be subtle psychological differences in approaching an attempt to win a title vs attempting to defend one but they are defending the AFL Premiership whether they like it or not. Keep the mind games in-house.

[Schneiderman]

Originally posted by Sanecow
I understand that there may well be subtle psychological differences in approaching an attempt to win a title vs attempting to defend one but they are defending the AFL Premiership whether they like it or not. Keep the mind games in-house.

LOL. That coming from someone who actually took offense to a pretty irrelevant comment.

[ROK Lobster]

So does that mean we are still "the hunted"?

[Sanecow]

Originally posted by Schneiderman
LOL. That coming from someone who actually took offense to a pretty irrelevant comment.

[alison.z]

defend/win - i'm happy with both

[hammo]

If we are defending premiers we must be defending something?

[swantastic]

Originally posted by hammo
If we are defending premiers we must be defending something?

Isn't it the reigning PREMIERS.IMO we are here trying to win a premiership,not defend a prem its 2006 not 2005 therefore a new title.

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by hammo
If we are defending premiers we must be defending something?

and trying to win a new title as well. I see both together as relevant.

[is2SWaNz]

Defending or not, it's different. You can't defend the flag every year, it's just winning another flag and claim the title for that year.

Every year is different, and every year only comes once, which means you can only claim it once and it's gone forever. 2006 will cease to exist, and we're in a great position to claim the 2006 title, not defending the 2005 flag. That was last year, it's gone.

[Carolyn]

We're doing both. We're defending the title by winning it.