croc11 wrote:Cove are obviously going very well at the minute - a very talented side but all the talk about them playing in the GF is great for all the other sides like Brighton, Happy Valley and Reynella because they have been in the Top 4 consistently over the past 5-6 years. Last year Cove were brilliant against the lower sides but seemed to lose the plot against all the top sides as they lost their structure quickly under pressure and relied on too few who all seemed to go missing. I would think that any talk of them playing off vs Morphett Vale is very premature to say the least. Lets wait until Cove have played Brighton, HV and Reynella before you start talking them up ... at the moment Cove are the best flat track bullies in the comp - their challenge is to do this against the big boys consistently. I have seen them this year and they (Cove) aren't too bad - certainly improved in a number of areas and their discipline is 100% better. But I would think that Brighton, HV and Reynella will all come storming home as well.
Any talk of certainties for the GF is absolute rubbish...its alright to place some odds but injuries, form, size and condition of grounds, and even the bloody weather play a huge part in September action...
Brighton won the flag in 2002 and played off and lost ($@#@) in 2004. In 2003 they should have easily been in the GF but not for injuries and suspensions that cost them....A few injuries to cove and even MVale could see them exit early in the final series...You only have to have down match in the prelim and you're gone....
GO BOMBERS......
