Huge loss, not sure he will be replaced as easily as some are claiming. Probably one of our most consistent players, Saad is getting on and Doc's missed a lot of football.
Two players off in the first quarter, then a few spread out throughout the match.
Curnow shouldn't have even played. Took a big risk playing him, he was proppy for the past few weeks. But of course, Brad Lloyd's wisdom shone through.
The end result was a 28 point loss, not 128. Top 8 sides make the top 8. If Freo (or you for that matter) were good enough, you would've been there instead.
Well they're clearly not if they failed when it was most important - especially considering how it was done.
But they didn't finish top 4.
They went out in straight sets, as history shows.
Top 4 sides don't blow out in straight sets, they make a prelim or higher. Actual results matter more than hypothetical scenarios.
If if. It didn't happen though, so Melbourne had to play a SF and they lost. How does someone who was eliminated in the SF have a greater chance than a team who makes the PF and is highly competitive in it?
As for GWS, again, they didn't make the prelims. Choked massively in both finals - a top...
It is not incorrect. The context here is where a team finishes in that year.
A team who was super consistent in the previous year but fail to make a prelim the next, due to injury, form etc aren't a top 4 side that year because they didn't reach that far. If they were good enough in that year...
They didn't reach the final 4, none of what you say is relevant.
You have a greater chance at contending making a prelim than bundling out before it, might want to check your math there.
You either make the prelims or you don't. If a "top four side" reaches the finals and bombs in straight sets, they don't deserve to be called a top four side.
Brisbane didn't even finish top 4 in the regular H&A last year, but are classified as the top team that year because they won the...
The whole point of playing this sport is to get as far as possible.
Making top 4 is making the prelims or further, there's really no debate to be had here.
A team being in top 4 for most of the year and not even making the prelims is not a top 4 team, because... you guessed it, they didn't...
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