Do you think we will make the finals?

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Do you think we will make the finals?

Post: # 1087285Post Cairnsman »

Seeing as though this weeks game has been labelled an early elimination final I thought it would be interesting to do a poll and find out how many posters think we will make the finals.

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Post: # 1087288Post saint tash »

Cairnsman wrote:Seeing as though this weeks game has been labelled an early elimination final I thought it would be interesting to do a poll and find out how many posters think we will make the finals.

Yes or No responses
Yes if we win.

Yes, but harder if we lose.


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Post: # 1087289Post GrumpyOne »

No - Which will probably be a blessing because we would get done like a dinner against the likes of Collingwood, Geelong or Hawthorn, either of whom we would probably meet in the first week.

Good rest, early preseason, experience in young players, and we would be flying next year.


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Post: # 1087290Post SainterK »

Yep, but that has much to do with other teams not really staking their claim either....the likes of Essendon, Richmond and Freo all faltering, will all help our cause I reckon.

I just still have this strange feeling that Gardi will make an Ottens like return, our midfield will improve significantly as a result, and the boys hit form running into September....but with a bigger trick bag given some recent positional moves

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Post: # 1087292Post St. Luke »

I sort of hope not. We've limped into the season. Reload for 2012

That said, I do think we'll make the finals. We need to find consistent form. You see flashes of brilliance, but the engine just won't idle smoothly, let alone rev freely.


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Post: # 1087294Post desertsaint »

it's a yes from me. cone fifth - knock out west coast, carlton, and geelong. get smashed in the gf - win in 2012!


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GrumpyOne wrote:Collingwood, Geelong or Hawthorn, either of whom we would probably meet in the first week.
So you anticipate if we do make the finals, we'd actually get top 4??...

Yes, IMO we will make the finals, bottom half of the 8, and win our first final against a WC, Essendon or Swans....

Can't see us progressing further than the semi's, unless we run into Carlton who we'd have a strong chance against if they were coming off a first final loss to the Pies or Cats...

Win that... So I'm thinking prelim??...

We may run into the Cats there, who we should've beaten round 1, who we match up well against, and have a good record over... It's doable...

That takes us to the GF against the Pies...

Aside from the GF replay last year, our finals record over the Pies is outstanding... We've owned them for years...

Realistically, that silly replay rubbish should never have happened... Its a Grand "Final" (singular), so it should have been extra time, which would've kept our outstanding finals record agaisnt the Pies up...

Looks like we'll be Premiers this year... :lol: :wink:


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Sobraz wrote:
GrumpyOne wrote:Collingwood, Geelong or Hawthorn, either of whom we would probably meet in the first week.
So you anticipate if we do make the finals, we'd actually get top 4??...
No, but with our luck in finals we are bound to get one of them. :(


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Post: # 1087298Post markp »

Yes.

I concur with SainterK's strange feeling, and I'll add my own... the filth will stumble when it counts and be denied.

We'll be the wildest of wildcards.


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Post: # 1087299Post Sobraz »

GrumpyOne wrote:
Sobraz wrote:
GrumpyOne wrote:Collingwood, Geelong or Hawthorn, either of whom we would probably meet in the first week.
So you anticipate if we do make the finals, we'd actually get top 4??...
No, but with our luck in finals we are bound to get one of them. :(
Bring it on...

Imagine anyone of those teams' horror if they slipped to 5th, then got knocked out by a spluttering Saints... :lol:


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Post: # 1087301Post saintspremiers »

No, regardless of if we win against
Footscray.

Injuries will bite us in the bum IMO.


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Post: # 1087302Post GrumpyOne »

Sobraz wrote:
GrumpyOne wrote:
Sobraz wrote:
GrumpyOne wrote:Collingwood, Geelong or Hawthorn, either of whom we would probably meet in the first week.
So you anticipate if we do make the finals, we'd actually get top 4??...
No, but with our luck in finals we are bound to get one of them. :(
Bring it on...

Imagine anyone of those teams' horror if they slipped to 5th, then got knocked out by a spluttering Saints... :lol:
I'll have what you're having. :lol:


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Post: # 1087303Post stinger »

maybe..... :wink: 8-)


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NO and no for the next 5 years


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NO and no for the next 5 years


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Post: # 1087308Post degruch »

Yep...called it early (not hard I guess) and stand by it.


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Post: # 1087310Post saintdooley »

no


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Post: # 1087324Post plugger66 »

If we dont we have even less hope next year. I am hoping we can.


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Post: # 1087328Post Junction Oval »

Yep, if we beat the Doggies. No if we don't.

Bottom four will give us a tough match, which we will lose, but great experience for the young guys who play - a "sniff of September finals footy." :P


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Post: # 1087343Post SaintPav »

clarky449 wrote:NO and no for the next 5 years
So exactly like Melbourne? No finals from 2007-2010 with maybe a chance this year. Hope not.


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Post: # 1087364Post gringo »

I think we will get in the 8 but can't predict how far on current form. This was sounding like a positive thread for a minute.

I don't subscribe to the no finals for 5 years crap.Too good a core to not get back up and some handy additions lately.


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Yes, I think we'll make the finals. If we keep playing like we have been in the last few weeks, if we keep "improving", which is RL's mantra at the mo, then I'm sure we will make the finals, simply because we will be and are a better team than WC, Freo, Melbourne, Richmond, and others.

In 2012 we will be a better team than we are in 2011. It ain't all gloom and doom!!!


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Post: # 1087375Post saintdooley »

SaintPav wrote:
clarky449 wrote:NO and no for the next 5 years
So exactly like Melbourne? No finals from 2007-2010 with maybe a chance this year. Hope not.
its a yes or no answer. he doesnt need to explain himself.


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Post: # 1087381Post evertonfc »

I'm starting to think we will make it.

But that is of little interest compared to what our focus must be.

Play the kids.

Play the kids.

Play the kids.

Play the kids.

Play the kids.

That is all.


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Post: # 1087389Post White Winmar »

Yes. Yes we will.


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