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shwany
Joined: 12 Mar 2013
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5th or 6th may not be such a horrible position to finish this year.
Top 2 is definitely out of the question with top 4 nearly just as far out of reach.
Given that either Fremantle port Adelaide or sydney will most likely finish in the top two I think I much rather finish 5th and play a Gold Coast, Adelaide, essendon side etc first week then playing a side who lost and traveled interstate the week before.
Our best is still equal to the best of the top 4. Cloke is back to his best if we can get a settled side with Sidebottom, Reid and Maxwell in it we can still be a force, look how quickly it turned around for the swans there's no reason why it can't happen for us.
Despite the round 1 game we havnt had a realy horrible loss, our losses this year against Geelong, adealide, western bulldogs and hawthorn were no where near as frustrating as some of the games last year.
I get the feeling with this team and the young talent one day it's just going to click it may be later this year or next year but there are realy good signs.
Langdon and frost have been amazing.
Seedsman looks the goods, there's something about him.
Jamie Elliot is getting better and better each week.
Grundy is going to be a star, he is only 20 years old, no other second year ruck man has come close to where he is at.
History has shown pendles and swan always improve dramatically on the second half of the season, beams is finally getting a good run, Sidey should come back in strong and cloke has kicked 11 goals in two weeks.
This years comp is the most even in memory, there's not much difference teams 1-7. If your a bit off you lose.
An easy first round game against an interstate team and avoiding hawthorn or freo in the second week would be ideal and could be a strong possiblty.
I've given up on top 4 but there is do much to look forward to in the next couple of months. Let's finish 5th in red hot form and defy history in September! |
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Didaksgoal 
Joined: 12 Mar 2004
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Yours and Inkling's positivity is commended during this time, but..............if we could some how make the final 8, and win a final, that'd be gold for where we are this year. We are 7-10 on the ladder at the end in my honest two eyed Collingwood vision.
We are young and old, and nothing in-between.
2015 is no grand final.
2016 / 2017 a good chance.
This year and next is a grit the teeth time for Collingwood. |
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Beast
Joined: 26 Oct 2011
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woftam 
I used to be undecided, but now I'm not so sure.
Joined: 28 Jul 2008
Location: Carum Downs, Vic
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| No offence shwany, but you aren't exactly reliable with your predictions. In fact you are never even close. |
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ANNODAM
Rebel Heart Tour - The Forum, Los Angeles 27/10/2015.
Joined: 02 Jul 2007
Location: Eltham, VIC.
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Everyone keeps saying we will have a chance in this year or that, but fail to add how our older brigade will be close to retiring age...
Anyone over the age of 25yo now will be too old by then...
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Pies4shaw 
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| woftam wrote: | | No offence shwany, but you aren't exactly reliable with your predictions. In fact you are never even close. |
One more of his threads and we should probably start thinking about who we should take with the number 1 pick.  |
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Stupied
Joined: 14 Mar 2013
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| woftam wrote: | | No offence shwany, but you aren't exactly reliable with your predictions. In fact you are never even close. |
Usually Shwany's threads end up being a mozz. If he keeps this up we won't even make finals  |
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Monco Matt 
Do it to THEM before THEY do it to YOU
Joined: 28 Apr 2009
Location: Sittin, Drinkin, Reloadin & Waitin
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Just a guess but shwany sounds like one of those club plants that were doing the rounds last year, the ones who join recently and speak only of excessive positives. Everything is really great for now and the future, don't worry about how bad we look when we lose coz we will turn it on in September from anywhere. No true Collingwood supporter can be that positive in the face of reality.
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Darkstranger
Joined: 06 Jun 2012
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I'll leave you with this
Are we not too far away? or are we just to far back? |
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Darkstranger
Joined: 06 Jun 2012
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I'll leave you with this
Are we not too far away? or are we just too far back? |
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Dave The Man 
Joined: 01 Apr 2005
Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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Semi’s at Best
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Damien 
Me Noah & Flynn @ the G
Joined: 21 Jan 1999
Location: Croydon Vic
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| Didaksgoal wrote: | Yours and Inkling's positivity is commended during this time, but..............if we could some how make the final 8, and win a final, that'd be gold for where we are this year. We are 7-10 on the ladder at the end in my honest two eyed Collingwood vision.
We are young and old, and nothing in-between.
2015 is no grand final.
2016 / 2017 a good chance.
This year and next is a grit the teeth time for Collingwood. |
I agree with others that a finals win this year is probably not a bad result in reality. But I strongly disagree that next year should not be a legitimate pop at it if our development can continue to track positively.
We should have at least half a dozen of our emerging brigade hitting their best years in footy next year eg: Elliot, Faz, seeds, Langdon, Marley, Keefe etc..
We need them to be up and about when we'll be looking at a downturn potentially in some of the ageing brigade eg: Swanny, Harry
I disagree that there is nothing between the young and the old. Beams, Pendles, clokey, Reid, Sidebottom etc have a lot of footy still to play.
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Didaksgoal
Joined: 12 Mar 2004
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| Damien wrote: | | Didaksgoal wrote: | Yours and Inkling's positivity is commended during this time, but..............if we could some how make the final 8, and win a final, that'd be gold for where we are this year. We are 7-10 on the ladder at the end in my honest two eyed Collingwood vision.
We are young and old, and nothing in-between.
2015 is no grand final.
2016 / 2017 a good chance.
This year and next is a grit the teeth time for Collingwood. |
I agree with others that a finals win this year is probably not a bad result in reality. But I strongly disagree that next year should not be a legitimate pop at it if our development can continue to track positively.
We should have at least half a dozen of our emerging brigade hitting their best years in footy next year eg: Elliot, Faz, seeds, Langdon, Marley, Keefe etc..
We need them to be up and about when we'll be looking at a downturn potentially in some of the ageing brigade eg: Swanny, Harry
I disagree that there is nothing between the young and the old. Beams, Pendles, clokey, Reid, Sidebottom etc have a lot of footy still to play. |
If we could play a final and win it this year, that'd be great. Could we snag a flag next year?, absolutely we could, but I just think we're a couple of years away yet........but I still have hope, just like every game, every year.
Go the Pies! |
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SuperStar Beams
Joined: 25 Sep 2009
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Were not as equal as the top 5 however we are better than the teams below us who are more inconsistent then us even at the moment.
i think we should finish 6th have a home final and get to the semis. |
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rand corp
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
Location: south east asia
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| The 2014 flag will be won out of the current top 4 for mine, probably the current top 3 (Hawks, Port, Swans). Suns are the big improvers this year and we don't seem to have made a great deal of ground. See us finishing 5 to 8 and hope we can at least win a final. |
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