Is it that important to win this week?
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Is it that important to win this week?
I know its important to build our winning culture at our club, especially to instill it into our newer and younger players, and their is a nice cash incentive to win the NAB Cup. The other three remaining clubs would be pretty desperate to win this. For me i would rather know that we have vrtually a full fit list to choose from come Round 1. By no means am i saying that we dont try to win, but its a long season and i just want us to have the best possible preperation for it. Or do you think the best possible preperation is to win this comp (obviously didnt hurt Geelong too much). If that means fine tuning a few things in a praccy match next week with a stronger team its fine by me. Thoughts anyone?
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If only for the fact my husband has been a Dockers supporter for the whole time they have existed and last year ( after 20 years of marriage and attempted conversion to the Saints) decided that he really is a Saint and got membership and has dropped the Dockers.... YES WE HAVE TO WIN!!! 
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me too...always..always want to win.....never an exception.....doesn't matter what either...Spinner wrote:I want to win!
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100% agree and I think the coaching staff feel the same in leaving Roo and BJ out of the side. That illustrates p66's post in one fell swoop.plugger66 wrote:The most important thing this week is noinjuries and the young guys do well. Anything else is a bonus.
Would be nice to win, that's just human instinct.
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It only took my wife one week to swicth to the mighty saints, I don't know how you did 20 years!St Michele wrote:If only for the fact my husband has been a Dockers supporter for the whole time they have existed and last year ( after 20 years of marriage and attempted conversion to the Saints) decided that he really is a Saint and got membership and has dropped the Dockers.... YES WE HAVE TO WIN!!!
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Pros
Money, exposure (TV), bragging rites, smiles on saint supporters faces for another week, successful use of game plans
Cons
Media hype, expectation
Seems to me the pros are more tangible but the cons can become a mind game if you let it.
Money, exposure (TV), bragging rites, smiles on saint supporters faces for another week, successful use of game plans
Cons
Media hype, expectation
Seems to me the pros are more tangible but the cons can become a mind game if you let it.
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Well would sorta take a win but wont be dissapointed if wee lose.
A couple of reasons
1) Whole family are Bulldog supporters and I would like to see the Dogs win something. We have won it twice in the past 5 years. This means the Dogs have won something and we can concentrate on winning what is rightfully ours - the flag.
2) The final will be in Freo, meaning the Dogs have to travel and we probably wont.
So all in all wouldn't mind losing, but will take a win.
A couple of reasons
1) Whole family are Bulldog supporters and I would like to see the Dogs win something. We have won it twice in the past 5 years. This means the Dogs have won something and we can concentrate on winning what is rightfully ours - the flag.
2) The final will be in Freo, meaning the Dogs have to travel and we probably wont.
So all in all wouldn't mind losing, but will take a win.
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I would love to win this week. I do feel Freo will be up for it though whereas we have our eyes on another prize.
I would love much more to eradicate the dogs the following week in comprehensive, dismissive, jaw-droppingly brutal style the following week. Something along the lines of what Brisbane did to us in the '04 (?) semi.
I would love much more to eradicate the dogs the following week in comprehensive, dismissive, jaw-droppingly brutal style the following week. Something along the lines of what Brisbane did to us in the '04 (?) semi.
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I'm getting concerned about the dogs.
There was absolutely nothing in our prelim against them last year. Though we were the best team all year, i felt disappointed we didn't convincingly enter the grand final. We scraped through because the dogs missed some crucial shots at goal. Likewise we lost the grand final because of that..
Anyway, not really keen on playing the dogs yet. There's something far more important to worry about.
The dogs are everyones ladida pretty special sentimental favourites. They're so poor and tortured so the sympathy rains down on them. I will never have pity for them, they are a threat to our chances and must be treated with equal brutality.
Don't really want the saints taking tonight too seriously. Just have some fun, it's pre-seasons. Lets see a few Milney bananas, a few Goddard 300m 9 pointers, but a win isn't too big of a deal.
There was absolutely nothing in our prelim against them last year. Though we were the best team all year, i felt disappointed we didn't convincingly enter the grand final. We scraped through because the dogs missed some crucial shots at goal. Likewise we lost the grand final because of that..
Anyway, not really keen on playing the dogs yet. There's something far more important to worry about.
The dogs are everyones ladida pretty special sentimental favourites. They're so poor and tortured so the sympathy rains down on them. I will never have pity for them, they are a threat to our chances and must be treated with equal brutality.
Don't really want the saints taking tonight too seriously. Just have some fun, it's pre-seasons. Lets see a few Milney bananas, a few Goddard 300m 9 pointers, but a win isn't too big of a deal.
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