Goodbye Season 2024

[chef]

Carlton
Geelong(A)
Sydney(A)
Melbourne

Our next month is brutal. Stick a fork in us.

[1eyedog]

Port were always getting up for this at home.

[Grantysghost]

Carlton
Geelong(A)
Sydney(A)
Melbourne

Our next month is brutal. Stick a fork in us.

Yes, next year it is.

[GVGjr]

It's getting increasingly harder to believe this team can do something positive in the finals and I think I've been upbeat on our chances this year. We've just fluffed our chances in the games that could have gotten this season on track.
We don't really need to change our approach as we are developing some of the younger players but to me our forward while capable of some brilliance is just too inconsistent

[bulldogtragic]

Yes, next year it is.

Been saying that a bit in recent years. Just need luck and nothing else to rectify things.

[Testekill]

We have to be perfect from here to stand a chance in the finals.

[merantau]

We don't have the depth needed to cover injuries and cover for our very good players when some of them have a bad day. Put Jones, Weightman, JJ and Smith in that side and we are much better but we are still wide of the mark, IMO.

[Eastdog]

Going to be really tough now. That fixture is mighty difficult to make the 8 but we are still in the hunt at this moment in time.

We have been consistently inconsistent and that is not a good trait to have if you want to be a successful team.

[merantau]

Going to be really tough now. That fixture is mighty difficult to make the 8 but we are still in the hunt at this moment in time.

We have been consistently inconsistent and that is not a good trait to have if you want to be a successful team.

It is so weird. Three weeks ago we smashed the Dockers by 50 points. Since then they've beaten the Suns at home by a couple of goals, gone to Sydney and beat them by a point and yesterday smashed the Tigers. They are now 3rd.

We've had a bye, beaten an improved North and been monstered by Port who, the week before, fell in by a point against St Kilda who we slaughtered by 13 goals earlier in the year.

[Grantysghost]

It is so weird. Three weeks ago we smashed the Dockers by 50 points. Since then they've beaten the Suns at home by a couple of goals, gone to Sydney and beat them by a point and yesterday smashed the Tigers. They are now 3rd.

We've had a bye, beaten an improved North and been monstered by Port who, the week before, fell in by a point against St Kilda who we slaughtered by 13 goals earlier in the year.

And got hammered by the Lions last time out at home by 14 goals.

[merantau]

And got hammered by the Lions last time out at home by 14 goals.

Indeed. We have been awful on too many occasions for my liking. But we have been very good too at times.

[bornadog]

Indeed. We have been awful on too many occasions for my liking. But we have been very good too at times.

If you look at the 8 (right now), we have beaten 3, lost to 4 and haven't played 1 (blues). 2 losses were close, Geelong 4 points and Swans 14 points, and two losses a blow out

[Scorlibo]

This loss hits different for mine. Just about every other significant loss this season there's been a saving grace. Eg. Melbourne playing a game before us in Round 1, poor goalkicking against Essendon, two down on the bench for a half of footy against Sydney, injury depleted against Brisbane.

But yesterday there's not one facet of our game or peculiarity in circumstance that if changed would result in a win. We were just terrible in every respect. The team needs to regroup and have a strong week on the track to turn things around. It's not season over because we know our best football is at the standard.

Carlton
Geelong(A)
Sydney(A)
Melbourne

Our next month is brutal. Stick a fork in us.

It feels like this year we're playing every team at the wrong time.

We get 2x games against post-bye-North.
Geelong on an unbeaten streak early in the season, and again after they've had their patch of shockers.
Melbourne's looking like turning things around before we play them again.
We played Hawthorn at the start of their winning streak.

Only game where I feel like the timing favoured us was the Giants. Super tough draw this year.

[mjp]

Yes, next year it is.

To quote you:

Woah woah take that frown and turn it upside down MP!

I know everyone seemed to have Jedi mind-tricked themselves into think Port were no good and we were just gonna win, wins in Adelaide just don't happen too often.

We're EXACTLY where "we*" thought we would be going into this week.

(* - We are people who understand that beating PA in Adelaide is very hard and that other teams on the ladder have to play games as well...and some of them win (Essendon) and some of them lose (Gold Coast, Collingwood).

It's not over yet.

[Grantysghost]

To quote you:



I know everyone seemed to have Jedi mind-tricked themselves into think Port were no good and we were just gonna win, wins in Adelaide just don't happen too often.

We're EXACTLY where "we*" thought we would be going into this week.

(* - We are people who understand that beating PA in Adelaide is very hard and that other teams on the ladder have to play games as well...and some of them win (Essendon) and some of them lose (Gold Coast, Collingwood).

It's not over yet.

Port are no good and we should have done better!
I stand by it.