More chance than plain history shows

Thinline · Post: # 1131539Post **Thinline** » Mon 05 Sep 2011 9:42am

dragit wrote:As unrealistic as it may be, we still need to treat this as our last real shot at a flag for awhile, I heard Joey saying that the pressure is off this year and that it's a bit of a free swingâ€¦ that may be partly true but you'd hope they don't just expect to make top 4 next year, there could easily be 8 better sides than us next yearâ€¦

Great effort to make it back from where we were, but now we need to throw absolutely everything at itâ€¦ we know what it's all about, let's "roll up our sleeves and get to work"!

Yep. Leave nothing behind to regret.

SainterK · Post: # 1131606Post **SainterK** » Mon 05 Sep 2011 10:37am

InkerSaint wrote:It's going to be an interesting weekend, 12-13 degrees and rain, and our game is the only one under a roof.

That could impact the other games though, WCE is very tall...and maybe not used to playing in the rain?

Geelong and Hawks both love wet weather footy, so I could still see that one being pretty tight.

Carlton probably has more of an opportunity to win now with harder/seasoned bodies than Bombers?

What a cracker weekend of finals

gringo · Post: # 1131616Post **gringo** » Mon 05 Sep 2011 10:43am

As long as half of each other team is decimated by serious injuries so we get an easy run I don't care about the others, just keep rollin Saints.

AnythingsPossibleSaints · Mon 05 Sep 2011 11:08am

History is history. If you're in it you can win it. It may be harder if you're lower down, but who cares? That will just make it even more of an achievement if you pull it off. They may be called "finals" but they're still just 4 games of footy. I'm pretty sure we can win 4 games of footy.

SainterK · Post: # 1131640Post **SainterK** » Mon 05 Sep 2011 11:08am

AnythingsPossibleSaints wrote:History is history. If you're in it you can win it. It may be harder if you're lower down, but who cares? That will just make it even more of an achievement if you pull it off. They may be called "finals" but they're still just 4 games of footy. I'm pretty sure we can win 4 games of footy.

Rd 25

samoht · Post: # 1131650Post **samoht** » Mon 05 Sep 2011 11:28am

History shows -
An inverse mathematical relationship exists between our (chances of) success and our Riewoldt-centricity.

AnythingsPossibleSaints · Mon 05 Sep 2011 11:29am

We can call it whatever we like, but it's still just 4 games of footy. It will take an incredible effort, with a hell of a lot of hard work, but when does winning a premiership not involve all that? This year we also have the added benefit of little to no expectations on our shoulders, which may have weighed us down in the past two years. We have nothing to lose, lets just go out there and win!

Winmar7Fan · Mon 05 Sep 2011 11:30am

[quote="SaintPav"]The firts half againts Carlton is a pretty good indication of where we sit against the teams above us. We will be very lucky to make a prelim and I'd be pretty happy with that. Anyway, this weeks game will be hard enough.[/quote]

The funny thing is I'm sure everyone involved in all 8 clubs are thinking exactly the same.

samoht · Post: # 1131662Post **samoht** » Mon 05 Sep 2011 11:35am

A couple of ifs ..

If our bottom 6 players and top 6 players perform to the best of their ability and Schneider our barometer delivers and we kick straight - we will win the flag.

AnythingsPossibleSaints · Mon 05 Sep 2011 11:39am

IMO the most important thing is that we play as a team. None of this leaving it to one or two to carry us over the line s***.

desertsaint · Mon 05 Sep 2011 11:46am

Feel great. No pressure, anything from here is a bonus.
Like to see jack, ben, and armo get a final win under the belt.
Like to see walsh in as well.
Happy with one out of two.

Cairnsman · Mon 05 Sep 2011 12:09pm

InkerSaint wrote:It's going to be an interesting weekend, 12-13 degrees and rain, and our game is the only one under a roof.

Hey it would also appear that the other big advantage we've got this year is if we make it to the prelim the team we will be playing will be coming off a bye.

Rosco · Post: # 1131690Post **Rosco** » Mon 05 Sep 2011 12:19pm

SainterK wrote:
InkerSaint wrote:It's going to be an interesting weekend, 12-13 degrees and rain, and our game is the only one under a roof.
That could impact the other games though, WCE is very tall...and maybe not used to playing in the rain?

Geelong and Hawks both love wet weather footy, so I could still see that one being pretty tight.

Carlton probably has more of an opportunity to win now with harder/seasoned bodies than Bombers?

What a cracker weekend of finals

once we get past the swans hopefully the damp weather will take it's toll on geel/hawks and they will come out sluggish. they've got an extra day though, don't they?