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The March to the finals- 2015.
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The Mole said:
Sorry mate, but a Pyrrhic victory is when you actually win (hence , victory) but the cost of winning is you pay a very high price.
I'm more afraid of finishing 5th than 4th.
4th and we play Freo over there with a double chance.
5th and we likely play North here in a knockout final.
4th and we can beat the Frockers and get a home Prelim.
5th and it's maybe goodnight.
4th and we play Freo over there with a double chance.
5th and we likely play North here in a knockout final.
4th and we can beat the Frockers and get a home Prelim.
5th and it's maybe goodnight.
How you take yesterday probably reflects on your expectations.
Some seem pleased that we can match the best teams and compete. IMO that's 2012/13 thinking.
We should expect more than to just compete at this stage we should be expecting to win those games.
Not much positive to come out of yesterday for me. Lost a game we should have won...nothing positive in that IMO
Some seem pleased that we can match the best teams and compete. IMO that's 2012/13 thinking.
We should expect more than to just compete at this stage we should be expecting to win those games.
Not much positive to come out of yesterday for me. Lost a game we should have won...nothing positive in that IMO
toby64 said:
No, we did much more than compete. We beat Freo all ends up for most of the game. We played the game tough and hard and locked the ball in. We held our own against Sandilands. We played the two rucks well. They hated it.
IF we kicked straight we win that game by 3-5 goals and we have a game plan that beats Freo home and away.
The days of competing well and honourable losses are far far behind us now. An honourable loss is when you play your guts out and do everything well and you still get beaten by the team with the superior talent who never broke out of a canter. That's not what happened yesterday.
You are right to say we should have won - but we played great in most areas and if you replayed that game five times we'd win it four out of the five times.
Not happy with the loss but happy where we are now and how much we can improve. Freo got lucky yesterday, not us.
poppa x said:
Geez poppa, don't worry about 4th or 5th conundrums, we've got to stay in the 8, that's the main objective atm.
Baloo said:
Going by Hula's predictions, if Freo and Hawks keep winning, we MUST and CAN win the next 5 and still make top 4 at 15-7.
If we lose to hawthorn Id expect Bulldogs to get 5th spot and we drop to 6th
If my guesses are correct North go 7th and adelaide go 8th.
Then we take on
Adelaide Suns Collingwood essendon North
Anything can happen but adelaide and North become 8 point games.
If my guesses are correct North go 7th and adelaide go 8th.
Then we take on
Adelaide Suns Collingwood essendon North
Anything can happen but adelaide and North become 8 point games.
Let's accept we lose to Hawks...therefore if we lose to the crows we will be fighting for dear life to hang onto a spot in the eight and make the finals.....if we lose to cores we will have to win all four games to ensure a final.....
Goddamn it's just never easy being a tiger fan s it
Goddamn it's just never easy being a tiger fan s it
If we don't win one of the next two we will most likely be sitting in 10th position. Makes the loss to Freeo even more frustrating. I have a feeling we will be in a play in final round 23 with North, winner makes the eight loser ninth
Relax people...arlobill said:
Firstly, since when did you need to win 14 games to play finals???
We are only 1 win off fourth, after WC thrashing the swans there's barely a % gap as well. We need to be competitive against the hawks and I'm confident we will get over the top of the crows and Ablettless suns. From there it's just a matter of where we slot into the 8. Would love to steal the swans spot as I'd hate another elimination final. Players like Edwards, Knights, Conca/C.Ellis I'd love to see fit and firing by finals time as they provide that poise and class we'be lacked in our most recent losses.
simply put..i think we are the third best team in the comp..BUT we are the worst team for coughing up certain wins..brainfades and stupidity are our undoing....we play like the last quarter against the saints..and like we stuffed up against free..we do that against hawks,,north..pies and crows..we aint plating finals...we need to get our hunger and act together TODAY.....we will lose to the hawks and watch the doubts and panic stations buttons get pushed...we lose to the crows and we be outta the eight
Don't forget Essendrugs knocked them off earlier this year!!! I know the Hawks are peaking at the right time but if they are 5% off and we are able to make the most of every opportunity then it is game on.
