10 hours ago, Rogue said:

I liked this post, but then I realised it might not have been sarcastic. Oops.

Last season we had seven wins from 22 games. Right now we're five wins from 10 games, and are playing far better footy. I'm shocked at how negative some people in this thread are.

 

 

That quote is an extreme example but most fans are used to be handed out piecemeal success mixed with regular mediocrity and are rightly anxious with the hard draw coming up given the inconsistent  and quite alarming defensive play especially against sides we should be beating if improvement is genuine and sustained. It is a fair projection that we may only win 2 or 3 games for the remainder of the season unless we become more consistent. Our 5 wins so far could just be the vagaries of statistical variation. History suggests that we fall away away alarmingly in the second half of recent seasons. Not time yet for back slapping. Time for keeping the pressure on.  Personally I will not be convinced we have improved until we claim a couple of  big scalps to ensure we at least  match the wins of the first half of the season.

Edited June 1, 20169 yr by america de cali

9 hours ago, Rogue said:

I liked this post, but then I realised it might not have been sarcastic. Oops.

Last season we had seven wins from 22 games. Right now we're five wins from 10 games, and are playing far better footy. I'm shocked at how negative some people in this thread are

Don't worry, if we somehow manage to roll the Hawks this week we'll be on the verge of a premiership dynasty again.

12 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Don't worry, if we somehow manage to roll the Hawks this week we'll be on the verge of a premiership dynasty again.

I agree with this. But I also think that there is merit in the argument that we haven't seen a big enough sample size of performance to really gauge quite where we are at. Of the remaining 12 games, we play 5 of the top 8 sides including the Hawks twice. We also have another Etihad appointment against the Saints, an away game against Port and 50/50 games against the Pies and the Blues. These are the games that will really define our season and we have been poor at taking these chances in the past (Geelong last year and Adelaide the year before notwithstanding). We will need to play consistently good football in the back half of the year to get close to 10 wins which I think would be the par expectation for many pre season.