Make the 8 and anything can happen

[GreyCrow]

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		W	L	D	%
1.	Geelong	19	4	0	122.6%
2.	Sydney	18	5	0	130.7%
3.	Port Adelaide	17	6	0	113.0%
4.	Collingwood	16	5	2	109.6%
5.	Essendon	16	6	1	106.9%
6.	GWS	15	8	0	114.8%
7.	Brisbane Lions	14	8	1	110.8%
8.	Western Bulldogs	12	11	0	113.1%
9.	Melbourne	12	11	0	108.1%
10.	Gold Coast	11	12	0	102.8%
11.	Fremantle	10	12	1	102.6%
12.	Adelaide	10	12	1	101.9%
13.	Carlton	10	13	0	98.3%
14.	West Coast	10	13	0	89.9%
15.	Hawthorn	7	16	0	86.0%
16.	St Kilda	5	18	0	87.4%
17.	Richmond	2	21	0	66.3%
18.	North Melbourne	0	23	0	64.3%

 

[GreyCrow]

Ok hadnt realised Carlton were so low

Maybe its me or maybe its them

 

[aabp1978]

If we are 3-9-1 after the next 3 weeks, Nicks won’t make it to the bye.

It will be 4-8-1. Will beat Richmond, but lose to WC and Hawks. Think we finish with perhaps 7-8 wins.

 

[kirky]

It will be 4-8-1. Will beat Richmond, but lose to WC and Hawks. Think we finish with perhaps 7-8 wins.

Nah, we are better than our record suggests. We are now the 10th best attacking side (after being the 18th attacking side after Round 6) and are the 5th best defensive side. When you consider our draw to date we are making progress.

We should win the next two so 6-6-1 before Sydney.

We have a number of winnable games in the run home at home - Bulldogs, Saints and Hawks plus possible Showdown.

Now think the two games against the Sydney sides either side of the bye will determine our season.

 

[WetCrow1991]

Nah, we are better than our record.

We should win the next two so 6-6-1 before Sydney.

We have a number of winnable games in the run home at home - Bulldogs, Saints and Hawks plus possible Showdown.

Now think the two games against the Sydney sides either side of the bye will determine our season.

 

[aabp1978]

Nah, we are better than our record suggests. We are now the 10th best attacking side (after being the 18th attacking side after Round 6) and are the 5th best defensive side. When you consider our draw to date we are making progress.

We should win the next two so 6-6-1 before Sydney.

We have a number of winnable games in the run home at home - Bulldogs, Saints and Hawks plus possible Showdown.

Now think the two games against the Sydney sides either side of the bye will determine our season.

Was proven very wrong today. Genuinely thought a 50:50 game after the way the Eagles played the week before.

 

[kirky]

Was proven very wrong today. Genuinely thought a 50:50 game after the way the Eagles played the week before.

Well after the first three rounds our form line hasn’t been bad at all with the worst loss being 15 points to Melbourne.

The one thing you do know is this side doesn’t roll over. The issue is can they grow to be a top 4 team and challenge for a flag. That is the big ???

 

[WetCrow1991]

Well after the first three rounds our form line hasn’t been bad at all with the worst loss being 15 points to Melbourne.

The one thing you do know is this side doesn’t roll over. The issue is can they grow to be a top 4 team and challenge for a flag. That is the big ???

Under the current coaching staff, no.

 

[1990crow]

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Poster is not wrong. Beat Sydney and GWS and season can turn.
Will it? Doubt it.

 

[Billy_01]

Just an unfortunate season tbh. Port are in 3rd and haven’t looked all that much better than us.

 

[George Kramer]

Nah, we are better than our record suggests. We are now the 10th best attacking side (after being the 18th attacking side after Round 6) and are the 5th best defensive side. When you consider our draw to date we are making progress.

We should win the next two so 6-6-1 before Sydney.

We have a number of winnable games in the run home at home - Bulldogs, Saints and Hawks plus possible Showdown.

Now think the two games against the Sydney sides either side of the bye will determine our season.

We drew against Lions, Hawks won easily, they aren’t going to be an easy game

 

[PCORF]

Just an unfortunate season tbh. Port are in 3rd and haven’t looked all that much better than us.

Have played well at home and have had a pretty easy away draw. North last weekend, only needed to play 50% to cruise to that one.

 

[kirky]

We drew against Lions, Hawks won easily, they aren’t going to be an easy game

Absolutely it won’t be easy but if we show the same intensity as the Collingwood game we should prevail.

 

[kirky]

Just an unfortunate season tbh. Port are in 3rd and haven’t looked all that much better than us.

We will get a better idea with Port with them playing Carlton this week.

Over the next few weeks, teams in the 8 start playing each other.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Absolutely it won’t be easy but if we show the same intensity as the Collingwood game we should prevail.

Just need to not start in cripplingly embarrassing fashion then spend the whole game playing catch up

 

[BACCS]

Of course De Goey plays his only game in 2 months against us and is the match winner...

 

[Mattrox]

10 players under 50 games. 2 players still in the 50s.....

We are acting like the coach is the main issue. Clarko and Simpson not doing that great .... Not saying mistakes haven't been made, but this take is massively over played on here.

We are the 5th year into a rebuild from the ground up. Talking about making the 8 seems nonsense.

However, given the closeness and competitiveness that we have been against genuinely good sides, suggests some improvements over the next few weeks could just give us a crazy chance. I think the coaches writing that off now sends the wrong message.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

The % ladder is interesting.
Bottom 5 clearly bottom 5.
Bulldogs & Dons clear outliers.
Now we just need to start winning the close games!

1 Sydney 150%, 1
2 Bulldogs 120, 11!
3 Port 117, 3
4 Melbourne 117, 4
5 GWS 115, 5
6 Adelaide 113, 12
7 Brisbane 112, 13
8 Geelong 110, 6
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9 Fremantle 110, 9
10 Gold Coast 110, 10
11 Collingwood 107, 7
12 Carlton 105, 8
13 Essendon 104, 2!
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14 St Kilda 90, 15
15 Hawthorn 83, 14
16 West Coast 71, 16
17 Richmond 62, 17
18 North 56, 18

 

[kirky]

The % ladder is interesting.
Bottom 5 clearly bottom 5.
Bulldogs & Dons clear outliers.
Now we just need to start winning the close games!

1 Sydney 150%, 1
2 Bulldogs 120, 11!
3 Port 117, 3
4 Melbourne 117, 4
5 GWS 115, 5
6 Adelaide 113, 12
7 Brisbane 112, 13
8 Geelong 110, 6
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9 Fremantle 110, 9
10 Gold Coast 110, 10
11 Collingwood 107, 7
12 Carlton 105, 8
13 Essendon 104, 2!
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14 St Kilda 90, 15
15 Hawthorn 83, 14
16 West Coast 71, 16
17 Richmond 62, 17
18 North 56, 18

Just on Essendon and Bulldogs - Essendon haven’t belted the crap out of any side (even tho they have played the bottom 5 sides) whilst Bulldogs have belted St Kilda, West Coast and Richmond and gave Gold Coast a touchup as well (won by 7 goals) to inflate their %.

So Essendon’s ladder position is overinflated in my opinion - they have beaten 7 of the bottom 8 sides (which inc us). Their only top 8 scalp is GWS and they have lost/drawn with the 3 other top 8 sides.

 

[George Kramer]

Have the posters who think we are a chance done a ladder predictor? We’ve got no chance

 

[GreyCrow]

We are the 5th year into a rebuild from the ground up. Talking about making the 8 seems nonsense.

I do love the backtracking going on

Start of the season we had multiple posters say '' we did make the 8 last year'' now the backtracking of going into a 6th year and counting

FMD

 

[adelaidecrows]

I do love the backtracking going on

Start of the season we had multiple posters say '' we did make the 8 last year'' now the backtracking of going into a 6th year and counting

FMD

Excuses. Bring back the days when we actually had high standards as a club.

 

[Viva la Mattner]

Have the posters who think we are a chance done a ladder predictor? We’ve got no chance

Correct, even if everything goes our way we still are a game short
Essendon fiasco, draw and shitting bed last 2 mins vs Pies cost us
oh and not turning up the first few weeks

Add in the injuries to key players : Thilthorpe, Murray, Pedlar, Worrall , Rankine ... it really has become a wasted season

 

[Twist_of_Lemon]

Excuses. Bring back the days when we actually had high standards as a club.

 

[George Kramer]

Correct, even if everything goes our way we still are a game short
Essendon fiasco, draw and shitting bed last 2 mins vs Pies cost us
oh and not turning up the first few weeks

Add in the injuries to key players : Thilthorpe, Murray, Pedlar, Worrall , Rankine ... it really has become a wasted season

It’s worse than wasted, we will most probably have wasted Tex’s final decent year, we will finish high enough to miss out on the elite mids in this draft.