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> It would be lovely to be sitting 3 clear on top but as I predicted
> preseason any one of half a dozen sides could win at this point. No side
has
> won 3 in a row for 50+ years for a reason.
>
> It would have to be one of the most open runs home I've seen. Funny to see
> the Hawks do so well after coping so much shit in the media. Would have to
be
> just before we #%$@no-spam play them this week too.
I wouldn't call it wide open ... only teams really capable of winning it are
Port, West Coast, Brisbane & Adelaide (who are conveniently all in the top 4
at the moment, and will all stay there because they are easily the best 4
teams in the compotition).
I'm predicting a Port V West Coast Grand Final, with Port winners (forget
that 'chokers' tag and the Geelong loss- by September they will show how
good they really are).
Fremantle and Sydney are good teams and will probably win A final, but will
hit their peak next year or the year after and will have a crack at the flag
then.
Then there are Collingwood, Kangaroos, Essendon and Hawthorn ... who cares
which 2 of these 4 make it, simply neither are good enough to win, nor do
they deserve it.
Think it's funny how everyone has jumped on Collingwood's bandwagon after 2
straight wins against the 16th placed team and against a team travelling
back from Subiaco. 'Victoria's great hope'- yeah right ... not a hope. And
neither are the other 3.
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> I wouldn't call it wide open ... only teams really capable of winning it are
> Port, West Coast, Brisbane & Adelaide (who are conveniently all in the top 4
> at the moment, and will all stay there because they are easily the best 4
> teams in the compotition).
> I'm predicting a Port V West Coast Grand Final, with Port winners (forget
> that 'chokers' tag and the Geelong loss- by September they will show how
> good they really are).
>
> Fremantle and Sydney are good teams and will probably win A final, but will
> hit their peak next year or the year after and will have a crack at the flag
> then.
It's also possible to get to the finals and bomb out, plenty of sides have done
it. Given that the ladder is so close I'm not predicting anything at this point
including Sydney or Freo making it to the Grand Final. Not the *most* likely
but you never know, particularly with home finals.
> Then there are Collingwood, Kangaroos, Essendon and Hawthorn ... who cares
> which 2 of these 4 make it, simply neither are good enough to win, nor do
> they deserve it.
> Think it's funny how everyone has jumped on Collingwood's bandwagon after 2
> straight wins against the 16th placed team and against a team travelling
> back from Subiaco. 'Victoria's great hope'- yeah right ... not a hope. And
> neither are the other 3.
There is a chance that a Vic side could get an armchair ride to the Grand Final
with the MCC deal. Of course we could also see the all time lowest Prelim
crowd too. Something for members of the Cricketsaurus club to be proud of.
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Cat
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Tue Jul 8 08:29:19 UTC 2003
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"Cat" <MyRealEmailAddressIs@no-spam> wrote in message
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> > I wouldn't call it wide open ... only teams really capable of winning it
are
> > Port, West Coast, Brisbane & Adelaide (who are conveniently all in the
top 4
> > at the moment, and will all stay there because they are easily the best
4
> > teams in the compotition).
> > I'm predicting a Port V West Coast Grand Final, with Port winners
(forget
> > that 'chokers' tag and the Geelong loss- by September they will show how
> > good they really are).
> >
> > Fremantle and Sydney are good teams and will probably win A final, but
will
> > hit their peak next year or the year after and will have a crack at the
flag
> > then.
> It's also possible to get to the finals and bomb out, plenty of sides have
done
> it. Given that the ladder is so close I'm not predicting anything at this
point
> including Sydney or Freo making it to the Grand Final. Not the *most*
likely
> but you never know, particularly with home finals.
>
> > Then there are Collingwood, Kangaroos, Essendon and Hawthorn ... who
cares
> > which 2 of these 4 make it, simply neither are good enough to win, nor
do
> > they deserve it.
> > Think it's funny how everyone has jumped on Collingwood's bandwagon
after 2
> > straight wins against the 16th placed team and against a team travelling
> > back from Subiaco. 'Victoria's great hope'- yeah right ... not a hope.
And
> > neither are the other 3.
> There is a chance that a Vic side could get an armchair ride to the Grand
Final
> with the MCC deal. Of course we could also see the all time lowest Prelim
> crowd too. Something for members of the Cricketsaurus club to be proud of.
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> Cat
Seems strange to me that you consider a game at the MCG to be a walk up
Monty for a Melbourne side considering:
1) The amount of times all teams play there.
2) Who trains there. (Virtually no one)
3) There is no correlating sook over the grand final being a walk up Monty
for a Melbourne side.
Go figure?
Gilly
>
> GO LIONS!
>
> http://www.ratrobot.com/writing/art/ Piero Manzoni sold his own excrement
in
> tins and Britney Spears debut album went 12xPlatinum. Both of them are
canned
> shit but which one is art?
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> Seems strange to me that you consider a game at the MCG to be a walk up
> Monty for a Melbourne side considering:
>
> 1) The amount of times all teams play there.
> 2) Who trains there. (Virtually no one)
> 3) There is no correlating sook over the grand final being a walk up Monty
> for a Melbourne side.
Completely different crowd on GF day. For a week one or two game it would be
similar to a big regular season game i.e. 90% home team fans and only a
30% chance of victory for the visiting team if the teams are evenly matched.
The stats for finals other than the GF are pretty conclusive 70/30 for an
interstate game. It's a *huge* difference to go from 30/70 to 70/30 *and* have
to travel. The Victorian media have just discovered this makes winning the
next week all the harder.
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Cat
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Wed Jul 9 15:18:07 UTC 2003
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