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Prediction The Run Home- The next six Games and beyond
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I think GWS play the faster deck at Marvel better than what they will play at Ballarat imo
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It really has glossed over how bad we were in the first half of the season.
Though it would be a weird feeling not playing finals in a season where we smashed Sydney and Geelong at their ground.
The “home” game against the cats which we lost by 4 points has cost us big time.Losing to the bombers was the bad one though.
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The Cats game is the one. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Bont, Libba and Treloar have bigger games at the same time and we bottled it.
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Wish it was Kemp instead. I had no idea how Carlton were going to score and Kemp came in and looked like Curnow.
Battle & Wilkie will be a significantly tougher test than the insipid WCE defence.
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They might be back because they’re desperate but neither will be healthy and wouldn’t play any other week.
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Interesting to note that we've finished the season with a 120+% 5 times since 1955.
Hopefully this year makes 6, we're at 123.8 with a game left.
Those years were 1985, 1992, 2009, 2010 and 2021.
In every one of those years we have progressed at least as far as a PF.
Hopefully this year makes 6, we're at 123.8 with a game left.
Those years were 1985, 1992, 2009, 2010 and 2021.
In every one of those years we have progressed at least as far as a PF.
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#3 in total disposals
#3 in total marks
+4 Free kick differential
#7 for CP
#4 for UP
2nd last for turnovers conceded
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#3 in total disposals
#3 in total marks
+4 Free kick differential
#7 for CP
#4 for UP
2nd last for turnovers conceded
And yet we're still playing for a spot in finals this weekendSquiggle now says this
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Squiggle 2024
#3 in total disposals
#3 in total marks
+4 Free kick differential
#7 for CP
#4 for UP
2nd last for turnovers conceded
I live behind a national park so I will be going for a nice long walk if we lose
That's by far the most frustrating aspect. And it happens literally every year.And yet we're still playing for a spot in finals this weekend
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I feel our best is just about the best in the comp, and there are a few metrics are showing that. Most teams seem to have a decent gap between their best and worst, and we are no exception, we just may be more prone to one of those games (hence our ladder position). That’s the biggest concern both this week, and for finals.
I’m pretty frustrated that we’re not in yet, seems ludicrous that 13 wins and a percentage over 120 could still miss. But win and we’re in during the most open finals series in a while. Should be interesting.
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Squiggle now says this
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#3 in total disposals
#3 in total marks
+4 Free kick differential
#7 for CP
#4 for UP
2nd last for turnovers conceded
I'd like to think this is a completely impartial view.
We are expected to win. In fact, we are considered a 63% chance of winning according to a recent study conducted by students at RMIT. This alone terrifies me.
I've been somewhat estranged from footy since the third quarter of our match against Adelaide. While I definitely considered the possibility of us losing that match, I wasn't expecting us to rock up with the mindset a lot of our players had. It was so bizarre and gut wrenching to see so many Adelaide players easily breaking our tackles. It was un-Bulldog like and recent form would prove that was an anomaly. We pride ourself on defence and that starts in the contest. We are usually elite in this category but for whatever reason some of our players didn't rock up with the mindset they usually do. It's actually amazing to think we still had more scoring shots than Adelaide.
This may sound really bizarre considering we lost by 40 points, but if we brought our usual mindset and converted at even 50% (I.e. 13.14 instead of 9.18), we'd have easily won that game. Yes, Adelaide kicked 17.9 but I lost count how many of those goals came from their players easily breaking tackles we'd normally stick.
I don't know if my opinion was shared by others because I refused to read the review thread of that game.
Anyway, with that said, why are we expected to beat GWS this weekend?
I'm trying to rationalise why so many outsiders are pumping us up. Even though I've tried to escape the media talk over the past 11 days, it has found a way to expose me to it. I've heard numerous pundits say we're as good a chance as anyone. The post I've quoted is one of several graphs / opinion pieces I've been exposed to. Daniel Coyne from Champion Data says we're ranked 1st and 2nd in a couple of turnover to score stats (both for attack and defence) which he basically says is almost unprecedented.
I think for me to try to accept why we should be one of the main premiership fancies, we need to travel back to 2023. It's very easy to say we underachieved last year and most people weren't expecting us to make the eight this year. Now a lot are saying we are as big a premiership threat as anyone...
When I think back to 2023, it's possible we could have been as good as anyone if we didn't surrender so many of our leads.
Rd 23: We lost to WCE after leading at ¾ time by nine pts.
Rd 22: We lost to Hawthorn after leading by 20 pts during the second qtr.
Rd 20: We lost to GWS after leading by 33 pts.
Rd 18: We lost to Sydney after leading by 19 pts at ¼ time and leading by 3 pts at ¾ time.
Rd 17: We lost to Collingwood after leading at ½ time.
Rd 12: We lost to Geelong after leading at ½ time.
Rd 11: We lost to GCS after leading 20-0.
Rd 5: We lost to PA after leading at ¾ time.
Even if we win 4 of those 8 (still an average result considering), we'd have finished equal with Melbourne in fourth spot.
We are CLEARLY a lot fitter this season. We aren't giving up leads like we did last season. Is this a coincidence? I don't believe it is.
We've done well to rectify one of our weaknesses from last season. So most of it was already there.
In the match GWS beat us last year @ Ballarat, we had a commanding lead but we were hurt by in game injuries. That was just unlucky. We've improved since then.
Importantly, we smashed them earlier this year. It should have been a 10+ goal victory.
If we come with the right mindset, we SHOULD win this. Goal kicking accuracy could be our undoing, though.
Not usually an advocate of the Guardian but this article is spot on and coincidentally exactly my words (“good or bad Dogs”) after the first 5 or 10 minutes of play each week!
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