I'm no doubt 'intoxicated' with optimism after the Queen's Birthday triumph, and went with 13.  I'll stick with that and enjoy it until at least next Sunday arvo, when a the beginning of a 'hangover' is a very real possibility.

I reckon we beat the lions, saints, and blues. 

The rest are 50/50 winning three of those I think gets us into finals 

I would appear that Josh Kennedy of the WCE variety might struggle to get up for next week.  Will miss this weeks game and apparently Is yet to train with that calf injury.  Very handy out.

7 hours ago, america de cali said:

50% of voters are selling us short. There is no reason to lack optimism this season. 

2 Words:

Hogan

Gawn

I continually said if we can scrape enough wins to be 50/50 by the time Hogan and Gawn got back, we would come home with a wet sail and make finals.

The fact we are 6-5, and Gawn and Hogan's returns are imminent, I don't see any reason we can't win 7 of the last 11 games. I don't fear any other side in the comp.

In saying that, of course it would be very Melbourne like to drop a few games to lesser opposition.

Deserve a "leap of faith" prize if your in the.57%

Outside of the gws and maybe the Eagles we probably have the most game changing players coming back for the second half of the season.

Gws quite frankly are scheduled scary with the players they have to come back in. Niknat is sorely missed at wc.

If Gawn and Hogan can find some form when they get back, look out!

If we can beat eagles this week and swans win again, the Friday night game against them at the MCG will be huge and a massive crowd, and maybe hogan back for it, but let's just stick with 1 week at a time 

9 minutes ago, brendan said:

If we can beat eagles this week and swans win again, the Friday night game against them at the MCG will be huge and a massive crowd, and maybe hogan back for it, but let's just stick with 1 week at a time 

Tough assignment coming up this week, but essentially another hoodoo to tick off the list. We can do it.

Pies, Dogs, Eagles and Swans

Four games getting harder each week.

I was expecting a win against the Pies and of the other three I thought our best chance was against the Dogs but nowhere near the margin we achieved.

Quietly confident against Eagles if our defence plays anywhere near as well as they did on Sunday against the Dogs. If the Eagles do a Geelong and kick 12 odd goals straight instead of the usual 6:6 we may struggle.

Then the Swans .....

That Port Adelaide percentage is very very high (worth a game to them almost).

 

30 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Pies, Dogs, Eagles and Swans

Four games getting harder each week.

I was expecting a win against the Pies and of the other three I thought our best chance was against the Dogs but nowhere near the margin we achieved.

Quietly confident against Eagles if our defence plays anywhere near as well as they did on Sunday against the Dogs. If the Eagles do a Geelong and kick 12 odd goals straight instead of the usual 6:6 we may struggle.

Then the Swans .....

That Port Adelaide percentage is very very high (worth a game to them almost).

 

If we can bring the same intensity for 4 quarters against the Eagles, especially starting in the midfield then I'm hopeful. However I worry about the size of the ground. I think Eagles could really hurt us on the rebound. We play Etihad and Adelaide oval so well as they are both quite skinny grounds in comparison, allows our zone defense to shift to either wing quickly. The Dogs just could not open us up on the rebound. Whereas Collingwood, last week were getting a lot more space around the ground.