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Is it time to panic?
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Agree with Mr B. The losses have stung but not for as long. And I didn’t care as much that we lost to the Cats. I hated watching it but it hasn’t stuck like prior years.
the rules have changed and we haven’t. It worked against the dogs but I don’t rate them. If we get our best side on the park we are the best side in it but it will be a Herculean task from outside the top 4. I’d really like to see a bit more sophistication going forward. And leaving defence. The hand pass to short to bomb it long is not working. Houli getting match fit and back to form is crucial.
the rules have changed and we haven’t. It worked against the dogs but I don’t rate them. If we get our best side on the park we are the best side in it but it will be a Herculean task from outside the top 4. I’d really like to see a bit more sophistication going forward. And leaving defence. The hand pass to short to bomb it long is not working. Houli getting match fit and back to form is crucial.
There's a bye before the finals start.
If we've got a full list of fit players to choose from, then we're as good a chance as anyone to win the flag from anywhere. Doggies won four finals to win their flag. We played four finals last year to win the flag, actually losing to Brisvegas in the first final was the perfect opportunity for us to get extra game fitness into a few of the blokes who'd had very interrupted seasons.
AFL players thrive on the consistency of playing games each week, the new pre finals bye enhances the chance of teams from 5 to 8 going deeper into finals slightly because they don't cop the second bye that the winners from the top four get before the prelim.
We have things to tidy up no doubt, but this season is a real marathon and we just need to hit our straps by round 18 or so. This could be a season a team wins from the bottom part of the top 8. I can really see Demons and Bulldogs falling away as the season wears on. The team peaking at the right time will take it out, and that could still well be us!
It’s uncanny how much you look like Phil ( porno moostaka ) are you related ?
people quickly forget , though Phanto took all the glory for the signatures we all know who the brains of the operation was
People are carrying on like “well we’ve won 3 flags and I’m happy.”
But 2021 presents a unique, once in a lifetime opportunity. We may never get another chance to win 3 in a row. We would be the first team in over 60 years to win 4 in 5.
We will have many years of joy watching replays of flags already won and the memories and memorabilia that comes with that. But I’m not ready for this story to be over yet. We have history to create
As for panicking, I am not panicking yet. History shows we can recover. But I am concerned. I am starting to question the hunger. And I’m not sure if we have the energy to win 7-8-9 games in a row on the backend again to make the top 4.
But 2021 presents a unique, once in a lifetime opportunity. We may never get another chance to win 3 in a row. We would be the first team in over 60 years to win 4 in 5.
We will have many years of joy watching replays of flags already won and the memories and memorabilia that comes with that. But I’m not ready for this story to be over yet. We have history to create
As for panicking, I am not panicking yet. History shows we can recover. But I am concerned. I am starting to question the hunger. And I’m not sure if we have the energy to win 7-8-9 games in a row on the backend again to make the top 4.
Well said Ian. Everyone here still wants to win the flag again this year for the reasons you've outlined. Hopefully players & footy dept has the hungerto create that history too.
The major difference is that we won't burn Punt Road Oval down if we don't.
I am not questioning the hunger, the fact is that our depth now does not run as deep, (maturity wise), and our young kids are just not the top echelon of talent afforded to clubs with the high draft picks.
For all the talk of play the kids, play the kids, it shows that we will still basically need a full compliment of 2020 Premiership side to be any chance for a threepeat and it will need to be done from outside the top 4 IMO.
Here is a really insightful view from Leppa on where he thinks the Tige's are at:
Crunch Time Full Show (08/05/2021)
Gerard Whateley, Sam Edmund, Daisy Pearce and Justin Leppitsch present Crunch Time
player.whooshkaa.com
