Take a look at the ladder

[ucanchoose 1,816]

If you look at the ladder and think about how all the teams that lost their first two games, tell me how many of those teams we can't beat. My guess is none of them. West Coast have shown a bit but two fourth quarter fade outs don't have me worried in the slightest. Essendon showed us that a fast placed game freo played like us on Saturday can beat them.

So without further ado to the fixture:

Richmond x2

North x2

Adelaide x2

Essendon (at MCG, home game)

West Coast (at MCG)

That's 8 wins. Maybe we lose one or two of those but win 2 or three of the other games. I don't want to get carried away with one game, but we showed something. Something very, very exciting!!

[Felix 92]

It is not going to be a given beating the above sides.

The boys still need to work hard for the win, dont expect a win because they are poor sides...

Round 2 Collingwood v Melbourne, what did the pies expect to do to the Dees that day?

[ucanchoose 1,816]

It is not going to be a given beating the above sides.

The boys still need to work hard for the win, dont expect a win because they are poor sides...

Round 2 Collingwood v Melbourne, what did the pies expect to do to the Dees that day?

I don't expect wins, but I do expect the same effort each week. If you expect to win in this league you'll get undone. I don't think that the pies expected to win you wouldn't select them in the side if they did. Complacency means losses

[Felix 92]

So without further ado to the fixture:

Richmond x2

North x2

Adelaide x2

Essendon (at MCG, home game)

West Coast (at MCG)

That's 8 wins.

I don't expect wins

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[ucanchoose 1,816]

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Ahh the selective cut and paster!!!

Time to get off the computer and be constructive with my life

[Felix 92]

its round two, dont get ahead of yourself. the young kids are still learning to play in the AFL.

[Hellaintabadplacetobe 4,294]

If you look at the ladder and think about how all the teams that lost their first two games, tell me how many of those teams we can't beat. My guess is none of them. West Coast have shown a bit but two fourth quarter fade outs don't have me worried in the slightest. Essendon showed us that a fast placed game freo played like us on Saturday can beat them.

So without further ado to the fixture:

Richmond x2

North x2

Adelaide x2

Essendon (at MCG, home game)

West Coast (at MCG)

That's 8 wins. Maybe we lose one or two of those but win 2 or three of the other games. I don't want to get carried away with one game, but we showed something. Something very, very exciting!!

Unlikely we`ll beat Adelaide over there, they have averaged 70 plus point wins for eons

Edited April 4, 2010 by Hell Bent

[The Russian 0]

If you look at the ladder and think about how all the teams that lost their first two games, tell me how many of those teams we can't beat. My guess is none of them. West Coast have shown a bit but two fourth quarter fade outs don't have me worried in the slightest. Essendon showed us that a fast placed game freo played like us on Saturday can beat them.

So without further ado to the fixture:

Richmond x2

North x2

Adelaide x2

Essendon (at MCG, home game)

West Coast (at MCG)

That's 8 wins. Maybe we lose one or two of those but win 2 or three of the other games. I don't want to get carried away with one game, but we showed something. Something very, very exciting!!

Yes, all those games are winnable but so was the game against Collingwood. With the same application and determination we should win most games we play. The reality, unfortunately, with a young team is we won't see it every week, at least not at the same level.

Edited April 4, 2010 by The Russian

[2014-Flag 0]

If you look at the ladder and think about how all the teams that lost their first two games, tell me how many of those teams we can't beat. My guess is none of them. West Coast have shown a bit but two fourth quarter fade outs don't have me worried in the slightest. Essendon showed us that a fast placed game freo played like us on Saturday can beat them.

So without further ado to the fixture:

Richmond x2

North x2

Adelaide x2

Essendon (at MCG, home game)

West Coast (at MCG)

That's 8 wins. Maybe we lose one or two of those but win 2 or three of the other games. I don't want to get carried away with one game, but we showed something. Something very, very exciting!!

I suggest we can also beat PA at TIO, The lions at the g, Swans at the G, Crows at the G, Blues at G. That makes 13 wins, just about in the 8.

Go Dees!

[Demon Tragic 0]

I think it's fair to expect that what was displayed on Saturday is the expectation. Nothing less. We know what we are capable of, we need to keep showing signs of improvement along with the desire we had on Saturday. It's fair to expect that if we do that, we can expect a few wins along the way, including a couple of surprises. No exceptions!

[DirtyDees DDC 176]

Judging by the reports and the stats, it was the senior players who lifted on Saturday, with good support from Grimes and McKenzie.

The big improvement came from Davey, Petterd, Jamar, JoelMac, Dunn and Moloney. These are the guys that need to reproduce that effort each week.

The stats indicate that Scully and Trengove were OK but not prominent, while other newcomers in Bennell and Strauss had less than 10 possessions each.

I was possibly more gutted after Saturdays match than the first round. We had a chance to beat Collingwood with a kick after the siren. My pacemaker would have needed new batteries.

This Sunday we play a side that will copp a massive bagging from their supporters and the Media. We could be facing a version of ourselves from last Saturday.

We may even go in as favourites for the first time in ages. I see this match as one of our 3 most important for the year (the other two are our only friday night match against the dogs and the day game against Carlton prior to the Queens birtday weekend. Both games are very important from a Marketing persective).

We need to prove that last Saturday was not a fluke.

If round two had been round one, these are the three things we would have learned:

North are now the worst team in history;

Petterd is a better key position forward than Kurt Tippett;

The Dees are second favourites for the flag.

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,777]

Probably 4 or 5 wins to be on the conservative side.

Last week I predicted 2 wins.

[titan_uranus 24,974]

Richmond twice. North twice. West Coast in Melbourne.

The rest are likely losses.