Certified Legendary Thread Sack Hinkley 13 - Another Crack At This

[longdonkey]

Judging by the new fixture, it looks like we've been given a nice sacking zone from round 8 to 17, I can see us being 4-3/5-2 before then so we would probably need to lose 5-6 of the 8 games leading up to the Brisbane game.

Bulldogs (H)
Showdown
Cats (H)
Dockers (A)
BYE
Giants (A)
Demons (H)
Sydney (H)
Carlton (H)
Lions (A)

Imagine being 0-4 at the bye - Hinkley would be toast

 

[PowerLil]

Imagine being 0-4 at the bye - Hinkley would be toast

He can't kick it for 'em.

 

[Steve Dore]

A tough draw is just the type of excuse Koch needs to extend Hinkley's contract at the midseason bye.

 

[Chewy316]

If we start slow (as late finalists often do) we will be in big trouble once the tough part of the draw starts.

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Port were also supposed to struggle through the final 5 games of this season, and instead they bloody went 5-0.

It is impossible to determine the difficulty of a schedule in terms of opponents when you consider the evenness of the competition from teams 1 through 13 can win any game on their day.

The key is looking at the schedule in terms of breaks between games that are less than 7 days, how many consecutive games away from Adelaide Oval, timing of the bye etc.

It's a very favourable draw when you consider they only have one 5 day break, some of the 6 day breaks are early in the season and against teams who were in the bottom 4 last year, and despite having 3 away games in a row late in the season, they never play two consecutive games away in consecutive weeks. Top it off with a period where they play 5 out of 7 games at home during the middle part of the season when it's a bit more of a slog, and outside of no friday night spots, it's hard to complain.