The trouble with St. George Illawarra

[Old Timer]

4th with 4 weeks to go, no chance of missing the 8. I'm looking forward to the next month. If you want to give up thats your call mate.

You are kidding aren’t you?
If we lose 4 and Tigpies win 4 where do we sit then?
Having lost 4 from 5 and recent history showing that we are not good at closing out the end of a season we could still miss the 8.
Your optimism at times borders on hubris

 

[blacksafake]

4th with 4 weeks to go, no chance of missing the 8. I'm looking forward to the next month. If you want to give up thats your call mate.

I’m not giving up, I always support them no matter what. We may be 4th with 4 to go but we are on very shaky ground & not looking like firing. I’m also looking forward to the next month.
Go the Dragons

 

[Bests Golden Boots]

4th with 4 weeks to go, no chance of missing the 8. I'm looking forward to the next month. If you want to give up thats your call mate.

"No chance of missing the 8" that's it we are gone, book your end of season trip for four weeks from Sunday

 

[Gareth67]

May the Lawd hear his prayers

Hello Drag Queen, nice to hear from you once again. Just to let you know that it is not our Mary that is on his stubby little knees in his pajamas with his hands clasped together, but we .

 

[R&WTILLIDIE]

“When you’re going great, probably not going as good as people say, and when you’re going bad, you’re probably not going as bad as people say. That’s how footy works,” McGregor said.

it all makes sense now. My faith in McGregor has been restored.

 

[Crush]

You are kidding aren’t you?
If we lose 4 and Tigpies win 4 where do we sit then?
Having lost 4 from 5 and recent history showing that we are not good at closing out the end of a season we could still miss the 8.
Your optimism at times borders on hubris

Mathematically possible but come on OT. We will be playing finals football. I just hope we finish inside the top 4 and give ourselves a big chance.
Go Dragons.

 

[Bests Golden Boots]

4th with 4 weeks to go, no chance of missing the 8. I'm looking forward to the next month. If you want to give up thats your call mate.

I really hope we win them all and steam into the finals in 2nd or 3rd.
Will we? On recent form and history, proberbly not.

 

[Crush]

I really hope we win them all and steam into the finals in 2nd or 3rd.
Will we? On recent form and history, proberbly not.

I know you do BGB. Most of us do hope we steam into the finals.
Fire up, it isn't over just yet. We will bounce. We are too good a team not to swing back into some kind of form from here.
One month to hit our straps, it starts Saturday night.

 

[ouryears]

"No ones bagging the coach"

Crush seriously, look at his record over the past 4 yrs.
He is a proven loser.

What are you seeing that no other human sees?

 

[Dennis Papaioannou]

When the season is over and you have missed out again. Thats when. Not when you are 4th with a month of footy to go.

You and I have a lot in common.
We saddle up every weekend hoping for the best and rolling with the punches.
I find it a little harder to have a "glass half full" attitude these days like you do.
I am one of many on this forum that admire your optimism which seems to be unwavering regardless of what transpires.
All will be revealed in 2 stages.
Next 4 weeks
Semis

 

[ouryears]

I know you do BGB. Most of us do hope we steam into the finals.
Fire up, it isn't over just yet. We will bounce. We are too good a team not to swing back into some kind of form from here.
One month to hit our straps, it starts Saturday night.

We have no backline mate.
No game plan, no method, no strategy, little speed, nothing, we open up like a can of sardines, we have no mental fortitude.

Little skill, lack of desire to win.

Gonski crush.

More chance of Marilyn Monroe sleeping next to you tonight

 

[Crush]

You and I have a lot in common.
We saddle up every weekend hoping for the best and rolling with the punches.
I find it a little harder to have a "glass half full" attitude these days like you do.
I am one of many on this forum that admire your optimism which seems to be unwavering regardless of what transpires.
All will be revealed in 2 stages.
Next 4 weeks
Semis

I get it, I'm not an idiot and if we continue the slide over the next month I too will rip in, trust me.
But I am hanging in there with the optimism for now. We can turn this around with the likes of Hunt and Widdop in our team.

 

[Saint_JimmyG]

What’s that caveat about resting on ones laurels?

 

[The Damo]

You are kidding aren’t you?
If we lose 4 and Tigpies win 4 where do we sit then?
Having lost 4 from 5 and recent history showing that we are not good at closing out the end of a season we could still miss the 8.
Your optimism at times borders on hubris

Out of curiosity- what would you say the chances of us losing all 4 are? And the tigers winning all 4? Under 5%, over 50%?
Personally I think the odds of us winning 4 are better than losing all 4, and hugely better than the tigers also winning all 4 - is that hubris?

 

[redandwhite4evr]

After reading another journalistic masterpiece by the Illawarra Mercury, it occurred to me that we have a coach who does not have a true grasp of reality.
To my dismay, this is what I read.
"It’s a scenario that seemed unthinkable even a month ago, but McGregor said his side’s belief hasn’t wavered despite the recent run of outs.

“When you’re going great, probably not going as good as people say, and when you’re going bad, you’re probably not going as bad as people say. That’s how footy works,” McGregor said.

“When you create what we did, we led the comp up until a month ago and we’re the only team that’s been in the top four [all season], I understand the [scrutiny].

“It’s good because we’ve built that. No one else had built it for us, we’ve built in ourselves and we’ve proven to anyone and everyone that we can beat any side. It’s important we finish what we started, and we’re in a position to do that.”

We are still talking about leading the comp and being in the top 4....
I will avoid posting how I feel but rather open for comment.

It's called spin- politicians use it every day. Mary has added a delusional disorder to his extensive list of shortcomings.

 

[Old Timer]

Out of curiosity- what would you say the chances of us losing all 4 are? And the tigers winning all 4? Under 5%, over 50%?
Personally I think the odds of us winning 4 are better than losing all 4, and hugely better than the tigers also winning all 4 - is that hubris?

Your earlier statement “we will be playing semis” is indeed hubris.
You make no allowance for the fact that history shows we have repeatedly failed at this part of the season nor the fact that the Tigpies have proven hard to beat and are improving.
IMO far more chance of us losing 4 than winning 4

 

[Crush]

Your earlier statement “we will be playing semis” is indeed hubris.
You make no allowance for the fact that history shows we have repeatedly failed at this part of the season nor the fact that the Tigpies have proven hard to beat and are improving.
IMO far more chance of us losing 4 than winning 4

You know Damo and I are different posters right?

 

[st penguin]

“When you’re going great, probably not going as good as people say, and when you’re going bad, you’re probably not going as bad as people say. That’s how footy works,” McGregor said.
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Not sure what the big deal is here. This is fairly common saying (albeit expressed clumsily here)

 

[st penguin]

 

[Old Timer]

You know Damo and I are different posters right?

Not so sure some days