Finals: yeah or nah?

[Tiger2709]

Solid analysis. I'm very confident that if we finish 8th, then we'll make finals

Not always

Essendon Bombers out of 2013 AFL finals

Essendon will not play in the 2013 finals over the club's controversial supplements program.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Rocco sifreddi]

Beat the bears and we are on bigtime

 

[takethepowerback]

We'll make it. The old firm have got that grit and determination back.

 

[Siberiantiger]

Goals from free kicks (Rounds 1-14)

33 Western Bulldogs

27 Port Adelaide, North Melbourne
26 Carlton

24 Adelaide

21 Essendon, West Coast, Brisbane
20 St Kilda, Fremantle
19 Geelong, Sydney, GWS Giants

16 Collingwood, Melbourne
15 Gold Coast

12 Richmond
11 Hawthorn

It'd be easier if Jack could get a few.

 

[bradydaw91]

12 wins and a draw would probably mean we scrape in. It's a pretty even comp.

Yep and a mid table logjam means that 12.5 wins likely gets you in.

 

[Vassp]

its a tale of two teams, pre mini no chance, after mini anything is possible.

 

[BF Tiger]

So we have now won the last 3 in a row. Will we make finals or will some of the early season issues come back to bite us? Our remaining games: lions (A), Sydney, WCE (A), Hawks, Melbourne, Dogs (A), Stkilda (A), North, Port (A).

LWWWLWWWL

Our best could see us match the the Lions, Dees and Power. Our worsts sees us drop some wins.

We'll need other results to go our way. In short we'd like the top four to just keep winning and the bottom three to spring some upsets on thgose teams around us.

Ideally Port are locked into first or second come the last round.

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

Finish 8th and play the Bombers in 5th.
Please make it happen!

 

[tora tora tora]

Not as simple as that, in this competition teams are always improving, if you don’t improve or you stagnate, you go backwards. If we’re relying on a last dance type scenario we are no chance bc cotch and Reiwoldt aren’t getting better. The only way we do some Damage is from the improvement of players like Ross, Miller, Ryan, HRS, clarke, Cumberland, Sonsie, Mj etc. The positive is that even though our two brightest lights last year cumbo and Sonsie have fallen off, improvement has come almost unexpectedly from Ryan, Miller, Ross, Mansell and Clarke. If cumbo and one of
Coulthadd/mj can also force their way in, then im Feeling pretty bullish

Mini has been conservative in selection policy. Hardly a change. No unforced changes I don't think.
If Ryan is injured it'll be interesting to see how we replace him. Pickett maybe and Miller to KPF.
Hopper will walk straight back in as will Lynch.
On form Hugo should be out. Maurice wasn't great either. I think Mansell might be ahead of MRJ for that spot.
Hopper back in the 22 is actually a negative to the fwd line balance. Hopper for JG would be ideal. But JG seems undroppable

See what happens with injury replacement between now and end of the season.
There's usually one or two per game

 

[daird]

Not sure if this has been mentioned in the thread already, but the last time we were in ninth at this point of the season was 2019 and we all know what happened there.

 

[Groupie_]

Not sure if this has been mentioned in the thread already, but the last time we were in ninth at this point of the season was 2019 and we all know what happened there.

no big sexy but

if we had him I'd back us in for top 4

 

[daird]

no big sexy but

if we had him I'd back us in for top 4

Yeah good point. I wonder if the butcher of Punt Road has finished amputating Lynch's leg yet.

 

[Growapair]

We need to win all the expected games - WC, North, Hawks, - all the 50/50 games - WB, Sydney, Saints - and then win one of - Bris, Melb, Port.

I think our destiny is in our own hands.

Just win them all.

That is what premiership sides do!

 

[Groupie_]

Yeah good point. I wonder if the butcher of Punt Road has finished amputating Lynch's leg yet.

its a long process

 

[archer the tiger]

Yeah good point. I wonder if the butcher of Punt Road has finished amputating Lynch's leg yet.

He's about to put Patrick Duffy on his leg Scuzzlebutt style!

 

[Coach_Required]

no big sexy but

if we had him I'd back us in for top 4

No Rance. He was our big sexy back then.

Best.

 

[banana_bus]

Scats make finals now with their bullshit draw. Going to have to hope 2 of the other 4 above us slip up so we can be a chance.

 

[Ctl]

Scats make finals now with their bullshit draw. Going to have to hope 2 of the other 4 above us slip up so we can be a chance.

have to hit 13 wins now

 

[banana_bus]

have to hit 13 wins now

Yep Dees ****ed us royally.

 

[Big Unit 30]

Between the draw the Essendon choke and Lynch out for what looks like the season I think we just miss out

 

[banana_bus]

Pies are going to **** us here

 

[Groupie_]

Pies are going to * us here

u underestimated the umpies

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Have to win one of the Marvel games.
And one of dees/Lions or Port games too guarantee finals.
Otherwise one Marvel and cross our fingers other results go our way..

 

[banana_bus]

u underestimated the umpies

Jeez they lifted late

 

[richoplzbreed]

We play WB and Saints at Marvel stadium. We have the 7th worst record there overall winning only 40% of the time. WB win there 52% of time and Saints 56% of the time. Melbourne and Carlton are the only Vic teams with a worse record there and they've been putrid for the majority of the time since the stadium was built. We generally lose winnable games against poor opposition there so I can't see us getting enough wins. That Essendon loss will come back to haunt us.