looking ahead- odds of 13 in a row?

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looking ahead- odds of 13 in a row?

Post: # 736314Post saint08 »

I know, one game at a time etc etc...but can we for a second just dream a little, take the lid off and ask which are the biggest genuine risk games after collingwood?

ESSENDON , BRISBANE LIONS ,MELBOURNE ,NORTH MELBOURNE CARLTON , RICHMOND ?

i thought carlton but after last night , not sure


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Post: # 736316Post Armoooo »

The next three are all genuine threats, Collingwood, Essendon and Brisbane are all very good on their days.


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Post: # 736317Post Winmarvellous »

Collingwood first. They are the biggest threat going to us til then. Then Essendon I believe. Have the run and carry to break down our defence, and usually play pretty well against us. Carlton can still turn up on their day, but I think we still have their measure. Should win the rest comfortably.


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Post: # 736319Post saint08 »

Winmarvellous wrote:Collingwood first. They are the biggest threat going to us til then. Then Essendon I believe. Have the run and carry to break down our defence, and usually play pretty well against us. Carlton can still turn up on their day, but I think we still have their measure. Should win the rest comfortably.
I reckon essendon will have little hope against our current round 6 squad.


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Post: # 736408Post saint66au »

Oh hell...nothing like getting a touch ahead of ourselves..

ANY game is a potential loss..its that kinda season...we could lose to Melbourne on the GC as easily as Geelong if we dont bring the right attitude and our opponents play well.

How many Carlton fans would have travelled up to Cararra last night expecting a rout? Cocky in the apparent knowledge that Freo away from Subi are rubbish?

I heard someone say after the game last week "well anything less than a 10 goal win against the Pies is a loss really now we've rolled the Doggies so easily"

Dangerous thing complacency....even among supporters :-)


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Post: # 736430Post saint08 »

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Post: # 736530Post Teflon »

essendons kids bodies will crumble under our pressure. Carlton needs Murphys, Gibbs, Stevens put under blow torch.

Collingwood CAN match that...for how long is the question.

Hawks/Cats (and maybe Lions ast home) are the sides IMHO that physically can stand up to that pressure. Cats have shown they can dish it out too.


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Post: # 736535Post Saintschampions08 »

Teflon wrote:essendons kids bodies will crumble under our pressure. Carlton needs Murphys, Gibbs, Stevens put under blow torch.

Collingwood CAN match that...for how long is the question.

Hawks/Cats (and maybe Lions ast home) are the sides IMHO that physically can stand up to that pressure. Cats have shown they can dish it out too.
I'm so sick of hearing this hype about Essendon's 'speed' and how fast they are.

Essendon are terrible. They play well once a month, have virtually no consistent performers and have finished 13th, 15th, 12th and 12th last year, after finishing 8th in 04.

The reason they're terrible?

2004 -

National 1 14 Angus Monfries Essendon 79
National 2 30 Andrew Lee 5
National 3 46 Henry Slattery Essendon 59
National 4 60 Paul Thomas 8
Pre-Season 1 6 Ty Zantuck 9
Rookie 1 11 Ryan Bain 0
Rookie 2 27 Benjamin Jolley 4


2005 -

National 1 7 Patrick Ryder Essendon 59
National 1 19 Courtenay Dempsey Essendon 17
National 3 39 Father/Son Jay Neagle Essendon 10
National 3 50 Samuel Lonergan Essendon 24
National 5 66 Austin Lucy 0
Pre-Season 1 4 Scott Camporeale 19
Pre-Season 2 10 Chris Heffernan 26


2006 -

National 1 2 Scott Gumbleton Essendon 5
National 18 Priority Leroy Jetta Essendon 25
National 2 20 Tom Hislop Richmond 7
National 3 36 Alwyn Davey Essendon 26
National 3 42 Bachar Houli Essendon 16
National 3 47 Kyle Reimers Essendon 18
Pre-Season 1 2 Malcolm Michael 37


with the 2007 and 2008 picks being similar.

None of those players are of any real quality (exception of possibly Monphries and Ryder [i don't rate him]).

Essendon would turn into the next Richmond if they didn't have enough money.


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Post: # 736549Post fingers »

Once again - everyone take a breath and let's get past collingwood before we think about anyone else.


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Saintschampions08 wrote:
Teflon wrote:essendons kids bodies will crumble under our pressure. Carlton needs Murphys, Gibbs, Stevens put under blow torch.

Collingwood CAN match that...for how long is the question.

Hawks/Cats (and maybe Lions ast home) are the sides IMHO that physically can stand up to that pressure. Cats have shown they can dish it out too.
I'm so sick of hearing this hype about Essendon's 'speed' and how fast they are.

Essendon are terrible. They play well once a month, have virtually no consistent performers and have finished 13th, 15th, 12th and 12th last year, after finishing 8th in 04.

The reason they're terrible?

2004 -

National 1 14 Angus Monfries Essendon 79
National 2 30 Andrew Lee 5
National 3 46 Henry Slattery Essendon 59
National 4 60 Paul Thomas 8
Pre-Season 1 6 Ty Zantuck 9
Rookie 1 11 Ryan Bain 0
Rookie 2 27 Benjamin Jolley 4


2005 -

National 1 7 Patrick Ryder Essendon 59
National 1 19 Courtenay Dempsey Essendon 17
National 3 39 Father/Son Jay Neagle Essendon 10
National 3 50 Samuel Lonergan Essendon 24
National 5 66 Austin Lucy 0
Pre-Season 1 4 Scott Camporeale 19
Pre-Season 2 10 Chris Heffernan 26


2006 -

National 1 2 Scott Gumbleton Essendon 5
National 18 Priority Leroy Jetta Essendon 25
National 2 20 Tom Hislop Richmond 7
National 3 36 Alwyn Davey Essendon 26
National 3 42 Bachar Houli Essendon 16
National 3 47 Kyle Reimers Essendon 18
Pre-Season 1 2 Malcolm Michael 37


with the 2007 and 2008 picks being similar.

None of those players are of any real quality (exception of possibly Monphries and Ryder [i don't rate him]).

Essendon would turn into the next Richmond if they didn't have enough money.
If they play well once a month they have done well to win 4 in 7 weeks.


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saint08 wrote:
Winmarvellous wrote:Collingwood first. They are the biggest threat going to us til then. Then Essendon I believe. Have the run and carry to break down our defence, and usually play pretty well against us. Carlton can still turn up on their day, but I think we still have their measure. Should win the rest comfortably.
I reckon essendon will have little hope against our current round 6 squad.
Just remember we haven't seen our side play in over a week... form can trend in either direction... and as much as I would like to think the Saints are going to bring their A game every week history tells us it is almost impossible to do...

I wouldn't underestimate Essendon or anyone else if the Saints had a bad day, and hell - if Geelong can have a bad day (at the worst possible time) then anyone can.

Having said that... the Doggies performance over at AAMI suggests that we held off some real quality opposition last week.

As for Essendon's win over the Hawks, it was a great effort but the stats demonstrate how ravaged Hawthorn's back line is. Clarko was rotating players like crazy through the defence in an effort to stem the flow. They are in real trouble at the moment.

Let's just see what shape our Sainters are in tonight before we start looking too far ahead.


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