Round 4-7 Recap: We are Who We are.

And who we are is 'average'.

Firstly, apologies for the absence of posts, but hopefully they will return with a degree of regularity. Do I think that I have so much power that by not posting anything for a month, the Eagles simply folded in response? No, no I don't.

For you see, it's all in the fixtures. How foolish do those commentators look, who after 1 win over the Bulldogs, declared us Top 4 certainties? I thought it was crazy then, it still seemed crazy after 3 wins against minnows and it has been proved crazy now.

Let's recap a horror month shall we?

- A thrashing by the Cats in which we were held goalless for 3 quarters. I know injuries blah blah blah.
- A solid effort against an excellent Port side (but a loss nonetheless at home).
- A loss against (honest to God) the Blues after leading by 4 goals with 10 minutes remaining. This happened folks. It wasn't a bad dream. I mean it was, but it actually happened. A living nightmare perhaps.
- A Derby loss...on which I can't really commentate as I was 'playing' archery (...?)

I saw snippets of the Derby. This is what I gleaned from those snippets- WASTERS!!! We kicked plenty of points. It was mainly in the second quarter. Naitanui looked angry for some reason.

The point is though, we are a 'decent side'. We are capable of playing finals, but not of testing any of the top 4 teams when the pressure is on. The good news is: there are a swathe of mediocre teams this year. The bad news is: there are a swathe of mediocre teams this year and as such we may miss finals.

Is it time to panic? Not really. Unless you believed we were a chance to do anything significant this season, in which case please proceed to panic. If you're like me, you sort of expected this team. The season is young, things may improve, things may deteriorate. 

Winter is coming, and our next 3 opponents are GWS, Collingwood and North Melbourne. I can see us going anything from 2-1 to 0-3. Interesting times ahead.