Are we contenders in 2012?

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  • supersall
    On the Rookie List
    • May 2008
    • 122

    #61
    Originally posted by Lucky Knickers
    HEre's the ladder predictor http://www.afl.com.au/bailey%20ladde...6/default.aspx so you can play around.
    Ok, had a play, am not sure if it's just me, but if we win every game, we'll come in first (have never won a footy tipping comp!)
    I'm not arrogant, I'm right

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    • Dosser
      Just wild about Harry
      • Mar 2011
      • 1833

      #62
      Originally posted by supersall
      Ok, had a play, am not sure if it's just me, but if we win every game, we'll come in first (have never won a footy tipping comp!)
      Hmmm. You may be on to something.

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      • mcs
        Travelling Swannie!!
        • Jul 2007
        • 8168

        #63
        Originally posted by Vonsteinman
        Jones clearly doesn't think much at all. What does anyone who watches a couple of games each week, as well as highlights on the news, and keeps an eye on the ladder actually learn from this article. Absolutely nothing.

        How's this quote?

        "chances are Kennedy will burn out or get tagged into oblivion as winter progresses."

        Virtually his only attempt at providing any real "insight" and he gets it horribly wrong.

        In 2010 and 2011, Kennedy played his best football at the end of the season and there is no reason to think differently this year.

        As far as tagging him into oblivion, there might be the odd week or two where he is kept quiet but you cannot consistently tag out of the game a player that goes where he goes and gets the footy in the way that he does, without giving away plenty of free kicks.
        Haha that could almost pass as comedy gold.... awful journalist with no idea!
        "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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        • Nico
          Veterans List
          • Jan 2003
          • 11339

          #64
          Who is Alex Jones? Just another of the 5000 accredited AFL Journos.

          McVeigh is a veteran!!!!!
          http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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          • sharp9
            Senior Player
            • Jan 2003
            • 2508

            #65
            As I said earlier in this thread (I Think) I reckon we need a full forward...not just a ruckman as a second tall...1 minute into the Norf game and I was truly excited about out top four prospects... I excitedly turned to my mate....
            "Look we could use Gary Rohan as a full forward...tall, mobile, great kick, great forwardpressure chase and tackle, he's exactly what we.....oh ****...."

            End conversation
            "I'll acknowledge there are more talented teams in the competition but I won't acknowledge that there is a better team in the competition" Paul Roos March 2005

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            • wolftone57
              Veterans List
              • Aug 2008
              • 5857

              #66
              Originally posted by sharp9
              As I said earlier in this thread (I Think) I reckon we need a full forward...not just a ruckman as a second tall...1 minute into the Norf game and I was truly excited about out top four prospects... I excitedly turned to my mate....
              "Look we could use Gary Rohan as a full forward...tall, mobile, great kick, great forwardpressure chase and tackle, he's exactly what we.....oh ****...."

              End conversation
              Do not fret 'The Spang' is about to recommence training.

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              • nicko18
                Warming the Bench
                • Mar 2003
                • 213

                #67
                Reserving my judgement until after the hawks game and not getting at all carried away with our current 16 points.

                Statistically we've had the easiest run in the AFL through the first 4 rounds, only facing teams with a combined 88 premiership points last year - none of whom played finals footy. And we've been fading badly, winning all 4 first quarters, three 2Q, two 3Q and only one 4Q.

                The team with the toughest draw so far has been Richmond, having already played Carlton, Collingwood, Melbourne and Geelong. Dare I say with that sort of draw we'd probably be 1/4, and probably with a worse percentage than the Tigers 95%
                Last edited by nicko18; 25 April 2012, 11:16 PM.

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                • DeadlyAkkuret
                  Veterans List
                  • Oct 2006
                  • 4547

                  #68
                  Geez nicko, so we're worse than Richmond now?

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                  • johnno
                    On the Rookie List
                    • Apr 2008
                    • 1102

                    #69
                    I think so.

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                    • GongSwan
                      Senior Player
                      • Jan 2009
                      • 1362

                      #70
                      Bit of pessimism creeping in, I guess we'll have a better idea after Sunday, but even if we beat the Hawks by 100000000, melbourne media will be saying the Hawks had an off day blah blah, and in all possibility we could get beaten by Richmond, stranger things have happened
                      You can't argue with a sick mind - Joe Walsh

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                      • DamY
                        Senior Player
                        • Sep 2011
                        • 1479

                        #71
                        B.

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                        • jono2707
                          Goes up to 11
                          • Oct 2007
                          • 3326

                          #72
                          Gee we mustn't be very good, judging by the time the highly professional and qualified Melbourne media spends on us....

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                          • nicko18
                            Warming the Bench
                            • Mar 2003
                            • 213

                            #73
                            Originally posted by DeadlyAkkuret
                            Geez nicko, so we're worse than Richmond now?
                            just making the point we've had a comparable rails run and I'm not prepared to get carried away with the top 4 talk yet. Look if we belt hawthorn by 5-6 goals then I will start getting carried away. Teams like Richmond will be a yardstick of the finals fringe and the comparison is drawn for perspective.

                            At the end of the day you can only beat the teams put in front of you. I counted the freo/north games as 50/50 so expected a 3-1 start. We've done that and more but we have to play some contenders to see where were at

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                            • WeHaveTheGoodes
                              Suspended by the MRP
                              • Mar 2012
                              • 259

                              #74
                              I'm with nicko18.

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                              • The_Jam
                                On the Rookie List
                                • Sep 2011
                                • 36

                                #75
                                Perhaps this is me being optimistic, but North, Freo and Port are all much improved teams and I believe our victories over them are more impressive than last year?s ladder would suggest. But I accept your overall point.

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