Our best is yet to come..

[dread and might]

Originally posted by timthefish
unjuries, or a lack thereof, .

I thought unjuries would be a lack thereof.......



seriously though, the "premiership window" is still open for maybe a year, maximum 2. I'd like to see us get into the top 4 without relying on results to go our way from round 20 onwards.

[timthefish]

Originally posted by dread and might
I'd like to see us get into the top 4 without relying on results to go our way from round 20 onwards.

i'd like to see that too, but if has to be with results going our way, then i'll take that as well. actually, i don't really mind how we get to the mcg at the end of september.

[timthefish]

Originally posted by dread and might
[B]I thought unjuries would be a lack thereof......./B]

fixed

[Triple B]

Originally posted by ScottH
I thought Cousins, Judd Kerr and Embley/Hansen killed us in the first qtr. Oh, and most of the rest of the game. Thats why we lost.

And Barry Hall, Darren Jolly, Jude Bolton, Leo Barry (need I go on) have possibly their worst games of the season.

How the f did we only lose by a point. Remains one of the great mysteries.

I'm serious, how did we get so close ??

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by BBB
And Barry Hall, Darren Jolly, Jude Bolton, Leo Barry (need I go on) have possibly their worst games of the season.

How the f did we only lose by a point. Remains one of the great mysteries.

I'm serious, how did we get so close ??

WC's lack of a forward line. We were on the precipice for most of the second quarter. I had a view that if the lead stretched to 6 goals we were finished. While it remained no more than 5 we had a chance to come back. They had plenty of chances to bury us and failed. With a decent forward line they would have been 7-8 goals up at half time.

The second half was a combination of factors I think:

- They struggle to kick goals against decent defence at the best of times but really wilt badly when the pressure is on. They kicked just two goals in each quarter of the second half and they were a struggle to get.

- We started to run and they tired after dominating in the first half. How much they were dominating is shown by the stats. We didn't play fantastically well - 4 goals per quarter is good but not spectacular - but given WC's inability to kick goals, it meant a close outcome.

- We had a few effective cameos that converted opportunities into goals, which is what WC could not do. Davis in the third qtr is an example.

[nat]

Did Lynch kick like 2 out on the full?

[i'm-uninformed2]

Originally posted by swans_premiers
Just watched the whole thing....3 things come to mind.

1: Malceski is a gun
2: Buchanan is a gun
3: It still @@@@ing hurts..

Errr, he might have snapped a nice goal and agree, he has potential, but Malceski was MIA most of the day. Overwhelmed by the big day, sorry to say. Don't let the hype get the better of judgment.

[AnnieH]

Hang me now.
I think we've seen the best.
We'll be very, very lucky to make the GF next year.

[janem]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by NMWBloods
[B]WC's lack of a forward line. We were on the precipice for most of the second quarter. I had a view that if the lead stretched to 6 goals we were finished. While it remained no more than 5 we had a chance to come back. They had plenty of chances to bury us and failed. With a decent forward line they would have been 7-8 goals up at half time.

Have WC traded or done anything to rectify this for next year. I don't recall seeing much about what they have done with their list apart from Garidiner.

[nat]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by janem
[B]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
WC's lack of a forward line. We were on the precipice for most of the second quarter. I had a view that if the lead stretched to 6 goals we were finished. While it remained no more than 5 we had a chance to come back. They had plenty of chances to bury us and failed. With a decent forward line they would have been 7-8 goals up at half time.

Have WC traded or done anything to rectify this for next year. I don't recall seeing much about what they have done with their list apart from Garidiner.

No, they are all so hung up on 'the unit'.. they think he's the answer to all their forward line dramas.

[janem]

Originally posted by Annie Haddad
Hang me now.
I think we've seen the best.
We'll be very, very lucky to make the GF next year.

Don't say that Annie. I've just upgraded to Premiership Club!!

[AnnieH]

Originally posted by janem
Don't say that Annie. I've just upgraded to Premiership Club!!

All right, I won't say it anymore (today).

I like to think of Premmy Club like an insurance policy. Gotta have it "just in case". Besides, you might be lucky. Our pressie might be something better than the crappy radio that didn't work that we got this year.

Fingers and toes crossed sister!!!

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
We had a few effective cameos that converted opportunities into goals, which is what WC could not do. Davis in the third qtr is an example.

I don't think I have ever seen Nick Davis wind up and follow through like he did on that kick. It really was a good goal.

[hammo]

I don't know about the best being yet to come, but with a good run with injuries we should definitely be contenders again in the next couple of years.

West Coast and Sydney are likely to be challenged by the Dockers, Dogs and maybe the already depleted Crows in the next two years. Overall I have faith that our elite players (Hall, Goodes) should ensure we are right up there again.

The key is to introduce a few more youngsters as we've done in recent years. Thornton and Schmidt are the two I'd expect to step up in 2007 and possibly our first rounder from tomorrow. Nathan Brown, if we are lucky enough, would be ready to play in his first year.

[janem]

Originally posted by Annie Haddad
All right, I won't say it anymore (today).

I like to think of Premmy Club like an insurance policy. Gotta have it "just in case". Besides, you might be lucky. Our pressie might be something better than the crappy radio that didn't work that we got this year.

Fingers and toes crossed sister!!!

I agree.
My girls and I were lucky enough to get to both Grannys without a guarantee and am more than happy to pay for the insurance policy.
Read that the pressie is going to be a backpack this year. Not much can go wrong with a backpack. Can it?!!