9th...NO WAY

[WA Tiger]

So ..ok, early days yes....but.....we just can't afford to finish 9th AGAIN...what would be the outcome if we did.

[Loui Tufga]

what would be the outcome if we did.

A great result, it would show we have improved enormously and will be a great stepping stone into the 8 next season.....

[Rodgerramjet]

So ..ok, early days yes....but.....we just can't afford to finish 9th AGAIN...what would be the outcome if we did.

It wouldn't really bother me if we finished ninth this year, because that would almost certainly guarantee playing finals next year, given that we would continue to improve. It wouldn't be like finishing ninth from years gone by this is a totally different cat.

[cub]

I'd spew

[Penelope]

we have played finals twice in the last 30 years.

On both occasions we finished 9th the year before. 

[dizza]

So ..ok, early days yes....but.....we just can't afford to finish 9th AGAIN...what would be the outcome if we did.

we'd have the p*ss taken out of us to no end!

[Hard Roar Tiger]

we have played finals twice in the last 30 years.

On both occasions we finished 9th the year before. 

We've finished 9th on 6 occasions so there are 4 other occasions and gone backs! I don't like those odds but I did back Descarado in the Caulfield Cup so you never know!
I'd rather start this decade with a spot in the 8 to keep our record of playing finals in every decade since the 50s

[Penelope]

one 9th finishes was after the first of our one year cameos in the finals, a stop off on the way down

the other three times they were the peaks of the upward trend, for whatever reason.


somehow i cant see this year being our peek and as we are in an upwards trend id take a 9th finish this year in a heartbeat.

[mat073]

This time last year I would of killed for ninth.

[WilliamPowell]

If we end up 9th I'd be rapted as it would mean we've improved alot on last years 6 wins which is what I want to see 

[Dubstep Dookie]

So ..ok, early days yes....but.....we just can't afford to finish 9th AGAIN...what would be the outcome if we did.

we'd have the p*ss taken out of us to no end!

Who cares what other people think. I'd take 9th over 10th.

[1965]

If we end up 9th I'd be rapted as it would mean we've improved alot on last years 6 wins which is what I want to see 

I'm sorry but "rapted" how much have you had to drink?

 

[TigerLand]

Does anyone think finishing outside the top 8 9th-11th is actually a better finish for us than a 7th or 8th?

I'm worried about the round 1 build up next year if we manage to make up the numbers in the finals series and have this juggernaut of expectations for next year.

I mean finals will be sensational but it may do us more harm then good?

Too negative?

[WilliamPowell]

If we end up 9th I'd be rapted as it would mean we've improved alot on last years 6 wins which is what I want to see 

I'm sorry but "rapted" how much have you had to drink?

 

Sadly nothing because today isn't a day for drinking even less so when one's been crook

So what should I have typed "oh" great one

[10 FLAGS]

Theres no point in not wanting to win games. Id like players like Deledio and Cotchin and Martin to get a taste of finals footy even if we go out straight away. Finals experience is important. We may only be 1 more draft away and certainly 2 from having the list we need to contend down the track.