- Mar 16, 2014
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Sons of the Suns
So, I kinda have a soft spot for the expansion teams. Partly it’s because I hate dead-head stupidity of League (Union is a good game though), partly because I have no historic hatred of them and so I end up hoping they win against the vileness of Carlton, the repugnance of West Coast, the mendacity of Essendon and slipperiness of Richmond. And then they get raided for their best players like a Middle Eastern country with too much oil gets done by the USA. Generations have come and gone and they still haven’t won anything. This week we’re facing the sons of the suns.
And Gold Coast seem to be coming slowly good. And by good I mean average. They probably won’t make finals – again – but next year, right? Poor bastards.
But they’re a decent team and they have talent: Rowell and Anderson in the middle, Witts in the ruck, Lukocious and King in the forward line, Ballard in the back. They have talent everywhere you look. But their bottom six players aren’t within a mile of ours. And their game plan relies on contest-to-contest brutality.
They’re competitive but missing a few pieces.
The Might Magpies
We’re now missing only one top-22 player. No, not Bianco you flighty Magpies! De Goey. Well, two if you count Sidebottom, apologies. Otherwise, we’re in perfect shape as we come into the last third of the year.
I still think we should be managing our players more and rotating fringe players in and out of the senior team/sub vest. This because we’re likely to get a few injuries on the run home and second because we need to protect the elder statesmen (Elliot, Pendlebury, Adams, etc), the elite (Moore, Daicos) and we need to look to the future.
But we’ve nothing to worry about. Not this week either.
Sure, it’s on Gold Coast’s home deck. Sure, they’re improving. Sure, they’ll worry us for little patches. But if we show up, we’ll win.
No changes foreseeable this week.
The Washup
Pies by 23 points as we come into the Gold Coast like Desert Storm, raze their Legoland suburb by the beach to the ground and leave with 4 points worth of football oil. Gold Coast will be our modern-day colony for yet another year.
So, I kinda have a soft spot for the expansion teams. Partly it’s because I hate dead-head stupidity of League (Union is a good game though), partly because I have no historic hatred of them and so I end up hoping they win against the vileness of Carlton, the repugnance of West Coast, the mendacity of Essendon and slipperiness of Richmond. And then they get raided for their best players like a Middle Eastern country with too much oil gets done by the USA. Generations have come and gone and they still haven’t won anything. This week we’re facing the sons of the suns.
And Gold Coast seem to be coming slowly good. And by good I mean average. They probably won’t make finals – again – but next year, right? Poor bastards.
But they’re a decent team and they have talent: Rowell and Anderson in the middle, Witts in the ruck, Lukocious and King in the forward line, Ballard in the back. They have talent everywhere you look. But their bottom six players aren’t within a mile of ours. And their game plan relies on contest-to-contest brutality.
They’re competitive but missing a few pieces.
The Might Magpies
We’re now missing only one top-22 player. No, not Bianco you flighty Magpies! De Goey. Well, two if you count Sidebottom, apologies. Otherwise, we’re in perfect shape as we come into the last third of the year.
I still think we should be managing our players more and rotating fringe players in and out of the senior team/sub vest. This because we’re likely to get a few injuries on the run home and second because we need to protect the elder statesmen (Elliot, Pendlebury, Adams, etc), the elite (Moore, Daicos) and we need to look to the future.
But we’ve nothing to worry about. Not this week either.
Sure, it’s on Gold Coast’s home deck. Sure, they’re improving. Sure, they’ll worry us for little patches. But if we show up, we’ll win.
No changes foreseeable this week.
The Washup
Pies by 23 points as we come into the Gold Coast like Desert Storm, raze their Legoland suburb by the beach to the ground and leave with 4 points worth of football oil. Gold Coast will be our modern-day colony for yet another year.
