Hard to see us getting close to winning any game at the moment but it would be ironic if we ended the careers of two opposition coaches in the space of a month
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The only thing in our favour is we've played top 9 sides so far based on the current ladder - Carl, Dogs, Syd, Melb, Freo and now Geelong. Playing Adelaide and Essendon is a drop down in class and confidence levels.
Adelaide has lost after a showdown the past 3 times but they won 6 straight after a showdown prior to that. I think the WA derby affects Freo and the Eagles moreso than the SA showdown.
Crows - no Dangerfield is another injury blow for them. They've been struggling to put a decent score on the board like us - 72, 55, 41, 75 and 62. Both sides haven't scored 80 points or more so far this year. If we get a strong start against them as we did against Freo it will make things interesting. Mind you our record at Footy Park is rubbish unlike Subi recently.
Hawks - they won't have to worry as much about not having a ruck division against us compared to other sides. Similarly their weak defence is up against our weak forward line. We just don't have the players in positions to expose their weaknesses.
Bombers - their no defence gameplan suits us because it doesn't put us constantly under pressure meaning we don't cough up the ball so readily. No coincidence our best effort and best skill level by far last year was against Essendon. It'll be a question if we can sustain enough pressure on them to force them into mistakes. So far we've struggled to even sustain pressure for even two quarters.
Port - no chance. We'll get flogged by 10 goals plus.
We may have to wait until R16 (North) or R18 (Adel at the 'G) to get our first win
