One-Eyed Richmond Forum
Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on February 01, 2016, 04:44:44 AM
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The past two years we've blown any chance of a top 4 finish, and avoiding an elimination final, thanks to terrible starts to the season. In 2014, we were infamously 3-10 before flying home with 9 straight wins; while last year, we were 2-4 before clicking into gear.
You'd hope this year there will be some effort to hit the ground running early on so we aren't playing catch up again 'only' to finish 5th-8th.
So do you think we will get off to a flyer in the first month?
1. Carlton @ M.C.G.
2. Collingwood @ M.C.G.
3. Adelaide @ Etihad
4. West Coast @ Subiaco
5. Melbourne @ M.C.G.
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Could be / should be 4-1 minimum
But reckon we will be 3-2
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Anything less than 5-0 will be a disappointment. Ty Vickery to kick 10 against the Pies.
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West coast will be tough.
Collingwood and Adelaide are danger games.
Carlton and Melbourne should be percentage boosters ( but probably won't be )
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If all players play according to an expected level of a team determined to finish top four and win finals then I would expect the team to be 5-0 after five rounds.
Barring injury to Rance or Deledio or Maric or Reiwoldt or Cotchin. If we lose any one of these key players I think we'd struggle to make the eight.
A realistic expectation would be 3 wins.
However, taking into account the culture of mediocrity that we now call "the skata cycle" plop plop plop™ (used by permission), I am also expecting or wouldn't be surprised with a 1 win 4 loss opening.
Let's just hope we beat the cheating scum round one!
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Anything less than 3 -2 and Hardwick should be sacked...
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Predicting 3 wins 2 losses
Wins
Carlton
Collingwood 50-50
Melbourne 50-50
Losses
Adelaide
West Coast.
Collingwood and Melbourne are not gimmies. If we can beat all of the three mentioned, plus either of Adelaide or West Coast we would have improved.
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Predicting 3 wins 2 losses
Wins
Carlton
Collingwood 50-50
Melbourne 50-50
Losses
Adelaide
West Coast.
Collingwood and Melbourne are not gimmies. If we can beat all of the three mentioned, plus either of Adelaide or West Coast we would have improved.
As Adelaide doesn't have dangerfield anymore surely we'd be favourites?
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As long as we are having a go the results dont matter
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As long as we are having a go the results dont matter
The question is though, how much of a go do you think is acceptable or not acceptable? :whistle
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The past two years we've blown any chance of a top 4 finish, and avoiding an elimination final, thanks to terrible starts to the season. In 2014, we were infamously 3-10 before flying home with 9 straight wins; while last year, we were 2-4 before clicking into gear.
You'd hope this year
1. Carlton @ M.C.G. - Win
2. Collingwood @ M.C.G - 50/50
3. Adelaide @ Etihad - Win
4. West Coast @ Subiaco - Lose
5. Melbourne @ M.C.G - 50/50
Should be 3 and 2 possibly 4 and 1.
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Just before i leave ya all.
we will be 1 and 4.
Thank Geez we play Carlton in the first 5 rounds.
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Just before i leave ya all.
we will be 1 and 4.
Thank Geez we play Carlton in the first 5 rounds.
where are you going clawski?
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Just before i leave ya all.
we will be 1 and 4.
Thank Geez we play Carlton in the first 5 rounds.
Mate you have just wrecked yourself
Someone put this quote in their signature for more future poos and giggles :clapping
More delusional than Jackstar this guy
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Claws getting soft if he's only giving us 1 win.
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Claws getting soft if he's only giving us 1 win.
:lol
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Just before i leave ya all.
we will be 1 and 4.
Thank Geez we play Carlton in the first 5 rounds.
12 months ago you also predicted ( optimistically) that Richmond would finish in 14th position.
Do you still stand by that post ?
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4 wins, 1 loss
I'm hoping/tipping something will click this year with the players.
I have a feeling the group is actually starting to believe they are good enough. Where in years gone by they just hoped they were.
Bring on footy, even the pretend stuff is good enough for now.
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Just before i leave ya all.
we will be 1 and 4.
Thank Geez we play Carlton in the first 5 rounds.
Mate you have just wrecked yourself
Someone put this quote in their signature for more future poos and giggles :clapping
More delusional than Jackstar this guy
Wrecked myself pppffftt.
The only delusion going on around here is people penciling in wins when there is nothing to support the notion.
Carlton - win. every side in the comp will pencil this one in.
Collingwood. Is clearly a 50/50 game and could go either way, this is based on recent history and mainly the first time we played them last yr when they were up and about.
That game was a lottery until the final siren, we just happened to be in front when the siren went. They dropped off as their year went on and we ended up with an easy win in the replay. I think they have added a fair bit more to their team than we have in the off season. How anyone can pencil this game in as a certainty is beyond me.
Adelaide - after the way they made us look second rate in an important game last year, people are totally deluded if they think they can just pencil this game in.The only saving grace is its in Melbourne and they have lost PD making it a more even contest.
WCE - Well its a loss they have gone past us like we are standing still.
Melb- They have beaten us the last two times.They make games a slug fest and dont allow us space they know how to beat us again this game is 50/50 at best.Melbourne have heaps of talent and sooner or later that talent will come to the fore.
Yep i have just wrecked myself but the reality is we could easily be 1 and 5 and that is not so much a reflection on us as it is a reflection on how even the comp is becoming.
No wonder you guys get so angry and butt hurt when we lose your expections are in ga ga land.
Yep i can make outlandish statements like us being 1 and 4 and i dont give a poo what slant nuffies like you put on them. i can a make a good case for those statements because there is a big element of truth and common sense to them.
I will stick with the 1 and 4 prediction just for the reaction i get from you lot.
Just before i leave ya all.
we will be 1 and 4.
Thank Geez we play Carlton in the first 5 rounds.
12 months ago you also predicted ( optimistically) that Richmond would finish in 14th position.
Do you still stand by that post ?
Im used to peoples funny takes and distortions on my posts, but im sort of 100% sure the context last yr was we could easily finish as low as 14 but the range was somewhere from 7th to 14th because i felt the competition was so even.Why i expect posters to show a little integrity and honesty is beyond me for the simple reason it is yet to happen on this site.
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Hmm lets take it a step further we could be as low as 3 and 9if we lose the 50/50 games or lose just two or three players.
We have a castle but i know the fear for all is the castle is built on sand.
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OMG
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im gunna be optimistic and say 14th. :whistle
That was your bold prediction for Richmond in 2015 Claw.
No mention of 7th -14th.
St Kilda ended up finishing 14th with 6.5 wins. We won 15.
It's entertaining when trolls start playing the victim.
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im gunna be optimistic and say 14th. :whistle
That was your bold prediction for Richmond in 2015 Claw.
No mention of 7th -14th.
St Kilda ended up finishing 14th with 6.5 wins. We won 15.
It's entertaining when trolls start playing the victim.
I don't disagree but if you want communal closure on your point you'll need to include the original quote