Lucifers Hero 40,729 Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) Good summary by Roos. Always makes sense. The table showing top 8 vs top 8 wins/losses is enlightening. We are 0 wins.4 losses. The worst record is Collingwood: 6 losses 1 win. Sydney not much better with 5 losses and 2 wins. The media aren't talking of them as down hill skiers. Sydney I can understand as they have the runs on the board. But talking the Pies up when they have done worse than us. Sheesh!! Edit: Delete references to Sydney - thank you to 'General Malaise' post below Edited August 9, 2018 by Lucifer's Hero 1 Quote
General Malaise 209 Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 19 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said: The worst record is Collingwood: 6 losses 1 win. Sydney not much better with 5 losses and 2 wins. Other way around. It's 5 wins, 2 losses. 2 Quote
Sir Why You Little 37,458 Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 Like last week, we must concentrate on starting well. Quote
DubDee 26,675 Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 It's hard not to get excited when you hear Roosey talking us up. You now he wouldn't do it if he didnt really believe it and who would know better? The top analysis is rubbish, the 8 changes each week. make it a contender list of top 11 teams and we've done alright 2 Quote
Gator 18,053 Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 Roos understands the evolution of the team. Many posting on the Goodwin thread would do well to heed his views. Naturally, they won't/can't. 6 1 Quote
Guest Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) Occasionally, negativity gets confused with being world weary yet wise. That isn't necessarily the case. Of course your observations should be backed up by facts but these can be selectively applied as most things in life are ambiguous. There is a tendency with some to overstate the negative while totally ignoring the upside. Roosy has been a great judge of this team's success by being realistic when we are down (as opposed to just plain negative) and positive when genuine improvement has been there. There have been few times where his judgement about us has been completely off the mark. Edited August 9, 2018 by Colin B. Flaubert Quote
Tony Tea 2,816 Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 3 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said: The worst record is Collingwood: 6 losses 1 win. Sydney not much better with 5 losses and 2 wins. The media aren't talking of them as down hill skiers. That's because the media is too busy talking up Collingwood as potential premiers. Even when the Pies lose, they win. 2 Quote
Fork 'em 7,052 Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 Pies winning sells more papers. And they have convincingly beaten us in our last 2 meetings. Having said that the collingwood supporters I know think they're cooked. Quote
Superunknown 4,246 Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 5 minutes ago, Fork 'em said: Pies winning sells more papers. And they have convincingly beaten us in our last 2 meetings. Having said that the collingwood supporters I know think they're cooked. The Pies supporters I know are worse than MFCSS. Quote
BenJamin on Deesy St 805 Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 The funny thing is (and the line that will be trotted out), if we beat the Swannies this week, we still wouldn’t have beaten a team in the top 8 - as they will have dropped out! Quote
praha 11,267 Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 31 minutes ago, Ben E said: The funny thing is (and the line that will be trotted out), if we beat the Swannies this week, we still wouldn’t have beaten a team in the top 8 - as they will have dropped out! we'd have beaten them when they were in the top 8. that is how the stat is calculated. Quote
Thrice 216 Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 19 minutes ago, praha said: we'd have beaten them when they were in the top 8. that is how the stat is calculated. Nope, Ben's right. We beat North Melbourne and Adelaide (first time) when they were both in the 8. It is calculated on the top 8 as it stands right now. Indeed, the wins against those two are the reason they aren't in the 8. (The less said about the Cats the better). 2 Quote
Cards13 9,117 Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 2 hours ago, Fork 'em said: Pies winning sells more papers. And they have convincingly beaten us in our last 2 meetings. Having said that the collingwood supporters I know think they're cooked. Most Pies supporters are cooked already.. 1 Quote
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