Ladder drop

[WellardSaint]

Pies beat Giants.
Bulldogs beat Hawks.
We'll drop to 10th spot and won't recover from there.
The only certain win is in Perth on 24 July, and even that one is dicey

[desertsaint]

a dicey certainty? i think we're certainly dicey. always said making the eight would be a good result given our draw. amazing how our draw is continually harder than our position warranted. a hit like our games are wedged in as an after thought once the afl and the bigger clubs are happy with their lot.

[Waltzing St Kilda]

Another plane trip next week as the Pies enjoy yet another game at the G.

[SunnyErnie]

Pies beat Giants.
Bulldogs beat Hawks.
We'll drop to 10th spot and won't recover from there.
The only certain win is in Perth on 24 July, and even that one is dicey

Seriously, stop being the voice of doom

[B.M]

Didn’t you say we’d smash Essendon

You must be a child?

[Bruce G McAbee]

There are some big games next week, where a win can lift us up a couple of spots, or down and out of the 8.
We will see if Friday night was a glitch, or the beginning of a very disappointing 2nd half of the season.
We could win most games from here until the end and just as likely win none.
Isn't it fun being a St.Kilda supporter.

[SunnyErnie]

Didn’t you say we’d smash Essendon

You must be a child?

No I did not

[SaintPav]

Another plane trip next week as the Pies enjoy yet another game at the G.

Yep. Ridiculous

[Teflon]

Another plane trip next week as the Pies enjoy yet another game at the G.

Yep. Ridiculous

It is but when you can’t beat a bottom 2 side on your home deck in a club milestone game does it really matter ???

[SaintPav]

Another plane trip next week as the Pies enjoy yet another game at the G.

Yep. Ridiculous

It is but when you can’t beat a bottom 2 side on your home deck in a club milestone game does it really matter ???

Nope.

[Yorkeys]

Perhaps if 4 points count?

[WellardSaint]

Bulldogs are 2% lower than us.
A loss to Swans by more than 5 goals, and they beat Hawks by more than 5, and we drop to 10th.
Think about it

[B.M]

We’ll finish 9-10th

That’s about how good we are

[bangaulegend]

Pies beat Giants.
Bulldogs beat Hawks.
We'll drop to 10th spot and won't recover from there.
The only certain win is in Perth on 24 July, and even that one is dicey

By then West Coast will be almost back to full strength & if they are I doubt we will beat them especially in WA

[bangaulegend]

We’ll finish 9-10th

That’s about how good we are

Fair call I can't see us finishing any higher on current form anyway

[WellardSaint]

Pies beat Giants.
Bulldogs beat Hawks.
We'll drop to 10th spot and won't recover from there.
The only certain win is in Perth on 24 July, and even that one is dicey

By then West Coast will be almost back to full strength & if they are I doubt we will beat them especially in WA

I hope McGovern is still out.
The WCE coach was on Ch7 Perth a few nights ago, talkin about his broken ribs, and wasn't sure whether he'd be right before rd 23.

I really hope we can win here in Perth, only cos I haven't seen many wins in Perth

[WellardSaint]

We’ll finish 9-10th

That’s about how good we are

Fair call I can't see us finishing any higher on current form anyway

I think our good wins this yr came from our guys playing outta their skins.
Maybe they realised just what's required to win, and they've dropped back to their comfort zone of ignoring team-first.
It's all too hard.

[Yorkeys]

At least they are bringing us down one or two rungs at a time. From the short time up high though the Essendon episode felt like it was the ladder giving way, paint falling, losing the brush and the tarp dragging away - with a major clean up required. But perhaps it was just one of those step backwards we always seem to have/need.

Ratts observed in his presser that it could be a mild case of group incompetence on the night to be rectified by a strong dose of wtf are you all up to, or a sign of deep rooted structural problems (paraphrasing in the interests of clarity).