carlton beating doggies

[henno]

with carlton vs adelaide next week at aami, the good news for us is that one of those teams (most likely whoever loses) will miss out on the 8
with both teams havign unfavourable draws


lets hope we beat crows in a couple of weeks

[perfectionist]

Dog Gone!

[maverick]

What an opportunity we wasted.
Doggies gone, hawks on the ropes, Sydney and Pies gone, and we lose that game, would almost have risen to no. 1 contender.....

[marksnsparks]

FFS, do the other 15 teams get together to work out who needs to beat who to butt f**k the Saints?

[JeffDunne]

FFS, do the other 15 teams get together to work out who needs to beat who to butt f**k the Saints?

Nah, I reckon we do a pretty good job of it on our own.

[marksnsparks]

FFS, do the other 15 teams get together to work out who needs to beat who to butt f**k the Saints?

Nah, I reckon we do a pretty good job of it on our own.

So very true...forgive me.

[degruch]

Carlton romp it in...another team up our arse and on fire now. Geez...do you reckon we could have f***ed ourselves up any better if we tried this weekend? We should thank our lucky stars, it looks like Port will lose Tredders and Salopek next weekend...we better win by 100 points!

[meher baba]

Sometimes I think this isn't so much a Sainters fan forum as a therapeutic tool for people who suffer pathological mood swings.

Last week most of the threads were suggesting that we were shoo-ins for the top 4. This week, posters are bemoaning the fact that some of the teams below us won games.

Take a good hard look at yourselves. We are on 9 from 17. If we win 4 out of the last 5 we'll be doing something we didn't do last year: playing finals footy.

If we can't win 4 of these games, we don't deserve to be in the finals.

So it's not the end of the world as we know it.

[m_m]

great game

[maverick]

[quote="meher baba"]Sometimes I think this isn't so much a Sainters fan forum as a therapeutic tool for people who suffer pathological mood swings.

Last week most of the threads were suggesting that we were shoo-ins for the top 4. This week, posters are bemoaning the fact that some of the teams below us won games.

Take a good hard look at yourselves. We are on 9 from 17. If we win 4 out of the last 5 we'll be doing something we didn't do last year: playing finals footy.

If we can't win 4 of these games, we don't deserve to be in the finals.

So it's not the end of the world as we know it.[/quote

Top 4's gone begging, and probably a GF as well, pie in the sky stuff maybe, but with everyone else falling down around us, very much on the radar...

Would have to win every game from here on in now, that to me is pie in the sky stuff...

[desertsaint]

2nd to 7th all lost - just reinforces the fact that there is GEELONG, then there is up to 11 other clubs that are all beatable if not fully switched on.
Then there are the four basketcases...one of whom we unfortunately lost to!

If we lose to port or freo it's most unlikely we'll make the eight - but given how even it is it's not impossible.

[Otiman]

Last week most of the threads were suggesting that we were shoo-ins for the top 4. This week, posters are bemoaning the fact that some of the teams below us won games.

For what it's worth, I think we're a better chance at top 4 than at this time last week.

[nicko016]

Well what I've learnt from this week is that unless you're Geelong you are going to have to put with a certain level of incosistency and see your side drop easy games. Based on that it is so hard to predict what is going to happen because no one other than Geelong has the consistency to win all the games they should.

[Otiman]

Hands up who got 8/8 tips this week?

[bobmurray]

Our impact in the finals will be minimal...is it worth making the 8 only to get dumped in week 1....

[degruch]

Hands up who got 8/8 tips this week?

2/8! First time under 6/8 this season!!!

[WayneJudson42]

Our impact in the finals will be minimal...is it worth making the 8 only to get dumped in week 1....

Agree. Let's start tanking right away and build for next year.

I take it that you'll volunteer to tell the playing group that they are wasting their time?

Didn't think so.

[bigred]

Sometimes I think this isn't so much a Sainters fan forum as a therapeutic tool for people who suffer pathological mood swings.

Last week most of the threads were suggesting that we were shoo-ins for the top 4. This week, posters are bemoaning the fact that some of the teams below us won games.

Take a good hard look at yourselves. We are on 9 from 17. If we win 4 out of the last 5 we'll be doing something we didn't do last year: playing finals footy.

If we can't win 4 of these games, we don't deserve to be in the finals.

So it's not the end of the world as we know it.

We dont deserve to be there anyway. Lets finish fourth and have Geelong beat the suitcase out of us.....

Sounds like a plan.

[ststevos]

another thing st kilda could not do

[The Saintsational Man]

another thing st kilda could not do

Dude....11 in a row.....

That's all that matters.

[WayneJudson42]

Did anyone miss the results last weekend?

On any given day...

Naah. F*** it. Let's pack it in for the year.

After round 22, if we are there, then we deserve to be there becoz we won enuff games.

If we don't, then we don't.

[Dan Warna]

Our impact in the finals will be minimal...is it worth making the 8 only to get dumped in week 1....

we've proven we can beat sydney, north, Hawks, carlton, etc over the past 18 months.

we lost a game we should have won, thats done and dusted we must look ahead.

If we do make the finals who do we meet? probably Sydney or collingwood, two teams we can beat.

After that? dogs or Hawthorn most likely.

Really aside from Geelong we have the form and the talent to beat any side in the competition, with the exception of Geelong.

we lost because 1. we didn't play to the standard we set the previous month, 2. in a 3 goal game a 20 free kick advantage to the WCE was also decisive.

As for Geelong, an awesome side yes, but, they are starting to get some injuries. the best team in the competition atm, but if they turn up to the finals missing 3 or 4 quality players And 3 or 4 back up players, they will be back in the pack IMO.

did 20 free kick advantage = 3 goals, yes, but we shouldn't have let them get that close anyway.

[The Saintsational Man]

Our impact in the finals will be minimal...is it worth making the 8 only to get dumped in week 1....

we've proven we can beat sydney, north, Hawks, carlton, etc over the past 18 months.

we lost a game we should have won, thats done and dusted we must look ahead.

If we do make the finals who do we meet? probably Sydney or collingwood, two teams we can beat.

After that? dogs or Hawthorn most likely.

Really aside from Geelong we have the form and the talent to beat any side in the competition, with the exception of Geelong.

we lost because 1. we didn't play to the standard we set the previous month, 2. in a 3 goal game a 20 free kick advantage to the WCE was also decisive.

As for Geelong, an awesome side yes, but, they are starting to get some injuries. the best team in the competition atm, but if they turn up to the finals missing 3 or 4 quality players And 3 or 4 back up players, they will be back in the pack IMO.

did 20 free kick advantage = 3 goals, yes, but we shouldn't have let them get that close anyway.

Agreed.

We'll bounce back.

[Quixote]

Last week most of the threads were suggesting that we were shoo-ins for the top 4. This week, posters are bemoaning the fact that some of the teams below us won games.

For what it's worth, I think we're a better chance at top 4 than at this time last week.

Just did the Ladder Predictor, had us dropping the Collingwood game but winning the other four.

We finished in 4th.



We do still have a pretty good run home.

This is how it came out.


1 Geelong 22 21 1 0 2481 1701 145.86 84
2 Hawthorn 22 17 5 0 2323 1927 120.55 68
3 W Bulldogs 22 15 6 1 2402 2042 117.63 62
4 St Kilda 22 13 9 0 2062 1995 103.36 52
5 Sydney 22 12 9 1 2072 1821 113.78 50
6 Nth Melb 22 12 9 1 2060 2084 98.85 50
7 Collingwoo 22 12 10 0 2288 2023 113.10 48
8 Bris Lions 22 12 10 0 2205 2113 104.35 48

9 Richmond 22 11 10 1 2224 2237 99.42 46
10 Adelaide 22 11 11 0 2026 1959 103.42 44
11 Carlton 22 11 11 0 2147 2207 97.28 44
12 Essendon 22 9 13 0 2098 2420 86.69 36
13 Port Adel 22 6 16 0 2006 2197 91.31 24
14 Fremantle 22 5 17 0 1908 2112 90.34 20
15 Melbourne 22 4 18 0 1759 2488 70.70 16
16 WestCoast 22 3 19 0 1699 2434 69.80 12

[Dan Warna]

we'll lose to freo as well

they are a very good side when it doesn't matter.

Collingwood is more winnable than Freo by us tbh.

that said, I'd rather be in the 8 and in with a chance than 9th.