Sometimes, even often, barry, (and this is one of those times), I enjoy your provocative pessimism. My question for you is: what are the "list holes" you would identify as needing plugging?
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I like it! There's a place for Eeyore. He's well loved despite his gloominess.
And I agree with others that beating the Eagles was our season highlight (not to mention a great afternoon at the footy) not round 23, although that was certainly festive and moving.
Agree that Dawson was a find but not a 'surprise packet'. Plenty of us were clamouring for him to be played and Jude Bolton identified him pre-season as a player who would break out and burst on to the scene.
Interesting review of us by ESPN. They got it pretty correct in my view.
AFL season 2019 grades for non-finalists
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We'll probably get a 1-2-2 fixture: 1 top 6, 2 7th to 12th, 2 13th to 18th. The haters won't let the AFL give us the 1-1-3 fixture that is more usual for a low finish.
We'll probably end up playing 2 of this year's bottom-6 sides twice next year - and the AFL will probably make sure it's Melbourne and Carlton (two sides that beat us this year).
If the Giants finish 7th (losing to Dogs week 1 is likely), that's one of our 7-12 sides. They'll probably make the other one Port just out of spite.
And the one top-6 side we play will probably be Geelong. So we would end up with a tough fixture despite finishing 15th (playing Geelong, Giants, Port, Melbourne and Carlton twice).
Yeah, I'm not optimistic about the AFL. They do everything the haters tell them to do. Just look how much spittle the haters were spraying when we were sitting on the bottom and looking like having the first pick. Apoplectic.
"Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final
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