Premiership Contenders?

[SydneyRox]

5-0 for the first time since 1998.

Beaten Fremantle and Hawthorn, two top 4 touted teams.

Havent been able to field a solid full strength team yet.

Beat Adelaide at home and Essendon at Ethiad and we can go into the bye 11-0

A second half of games that includes GC, GWS, Brisbane.

Even better - if we really are a chance, games against Carlton, Collingwood, Geelong and Hawthorn to finish the season to prime us up for finals glory.....

[stew42]

a)Booyeah, we are doing very well atm.
b) I'll be pumped when we are back to full strength
c) I wouldn't call Freo a top 4 touted side, seeing where Geelong and Collingwood are at the moment...
d) Our second half is farily awful...
At worst, I could see us getting sixth, at best, minor premiers.

[ossie85]

I apologise to the Swans for underestimating them. Looking at their list, I have no idea why I did!

Swans and Eagles undefeated? Perhaps a return to 2005-06?

[TheMailman]

Just look at our next 6 matches:

Adelaide, Richmond, Melbourne, St. Kilda, WB, Essendon

Theoretically we could be 10-1 or 11-0 after the first 11 matches.

Then the next 6 includes GWS, St.Kilda, Brisbane and Gold Coast....

That's another 8-10 easily winnable matches for Sydney. Obviously where in the top 5-6 will be defined by how we play Carlton, Geelong, Collingwood and WC.

Hawthorn was a good start. Plus we didn't even have Mumford

[CrowsFan]

Adelaide to win next saturday night!! Although I am going to the game so chances are it's just going to pour with rain and the Crows will only score 2 goals (Tippett to score 13 behinds)

[SydneyRox]

Well CF, Adelaide are another one surprising a few. Start of the season we would have marked Adelaide at the SCG an easy win.

Now it is gonna be tough. I still think we will have the talent to get over you and the crowd will bring us home if it is a close one.

[ossie85]

Swans, Eagles, Crows, Dockers.

Hmmm... I believe it was those 4 teams in a top 4 about 6-7 years ago.

[SydneyRox]

Yeah really interesting how after the last 3-4 years where teams outside melbourne couldnt make the 8 let alone top4. Now we have 3 in top 4 and they all look like hanging around

[Cicjose]

after round 18 your fixture goes pearshaped

[TheMailman]

after round 18 your fixture goes pearshaped

Not really

look at the last head to head margins

vs Geelong (+13)

vs Hawthorn (+ 37)

vs WB (+ 39)

vs Collingwood (-6)

vs Carlton (-34)

Doesn't look so hard to me. Carlton was the only team there we couldn't beat on the day.

[SydneyRox]

That is where it gets interesting - We could be 18-0 by then.

Games against Geelong, Collingwood, Carlton and the Hawks will really show us if we are contenders at the right time of the year.

[My Chumps]

Couldn't be prouder of the boys after Sunday, but I'll take it one game at a time, starting with Adelaide this weekend.



Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves boys  ;)

[TheMailman]

NO!

We will look back at this thread in wonder  :P

[Capper]

*puts lid back on*

ok lets all settle down and not get ahead of ourselves here. Yes we are on fire, played well on the weekend and have a decent draw.

Let the cliches fly....

Lets take a week at a time
A week is a long time in Footy

[Justin Bieber]

I'm thinking of putting money on Josh Kennedy to win the brownlow. Thoughts?