After the conclusion of the H&A season, who will finish 9th? At this stage it would have to be out of Richmond, Geelong and Freo. I personally would have to unfortunately go with Freo, but stranger things have happened.
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Who will end up 9th?
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Thats abit old now dont you think. Even if we do i dont care as next year and beyond we will be better. However were a good show to make the finals which i am happy about.
Freo will finish 9th
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Richmond.
Geelong will make the finals, albeit only just.
Freo will miss out.
Geelong will make the finals, albeit only just.
Freo will miss out.
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Ninthlong this year.
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To be honest, I don't see Richmond coming 9th. They'll either go really well from here on and make the Top 6, or have a collapse and make the bottom 6. No in-between for them this year with Wallace.
Richmond and Geelong will battle it out for 8th and 9th...
The only tragedy is that Richmond and Fremantle can't both finish 9th. The battle for that spot is a true clash of the titans.
A rough form guide follows.
Richmond: the seasoned veterans of repeated success in 1996, 1998 and 2000, who are only just coming back into contention now. Have chosen an unusual strategy of falling well behind early, but then barnstorming back into the mix; which is the opposite of how their quest for football's most frustrating prize usually unfolds.
Fremantle: a team that seems to miss finals action by the narrowest of margins nearly every year, but amazingly has only a single 9th to its name. Surely they are due to add to that tally this year. Connolly has them humming like a true 'hot and cold, not quite on the mark' mediocrity. In short, they are playing like a team with '9th' written all over them. A bookie's favourite.
These two don't have it between them, though: there is a predictably determined Geelong bid from below, by a team that still has a number of veterans from its successful 9th-winning 2002 campaign. Complications abound with some unexpected but spirited efforts from Collingwood (2001 winners) and Sydney from above: 2 clubs who, four weeks ago, were thought to be well out of the running. Worth remembering, also, that Port Adelaide put a '9th' crown in the trophy cabinet on their very first year in the comp: so they know what it's like to knuckle down and win not-quite-enough when it counts.
Hawthorn have put two 9th-winning combinations on the field in the last decade, but a racing analogy for the Hawks in 2006 would be: Chalked up some solid wins on country tracks, but the step-up in class of this field seems too tough.
There is perhaps no harder award to win back-to-back in football, than 9th placing; and for most of this year, reigning holders the Bulldogs haven't looked able to break the hoodoo. But a few keen observers of the game are whispering that it still may not be beyond them; the Dogs are a team worth putting a quiet flutter on if you can get generous odds.
In summary, the end of this year is shaping up as an absolute treat for 9th-watchers.
A rough form guide follows.
Richmond: the seasoned veterans of repeated success in 1996, 1998 and 2000, who are only just coming back into contention now. Have chosen an unusual strategy of falling well behind early, but then barnstorming back into the mix; which is the opposite of how their quest for football's most frustrating prize usually unfolds.
Fremantle: a team that seems to miss finals action by the narrowest of margins nearly every year, but amazingly has only a single 9th to its name. Surely they are due to add to that tally this year. Connolly has them humming like a true 'hot and cold, not quite on the mark' mediocrity. In short, they are playing like a team with '9th' written all over them. A bookie's favourite.
These two don't have it between them, though: there is a predictably determined Geelong bid from below, by a team that still has a number of veterans from its successful 9th-winning 2002 campaign. Complications abound with some unexpected but spirited efforts from Collingwood (2001 winners) and Sydney from above: 2 clubs who, four weeks ago, were thought to be well out of the running. Worth remembering, also, that Port Adelaide put a '9th' crown in the trophy cabinet on their very first year in the comp: so they know what it's like to knuckle down and win not-quite-enough when it counts.
Hawthorn have put two 9th-winning combinations on the field in the last decade, but a racing analogy for the Hawks in 2006 would be: Chalked up some solid wins on country tracks, but the step-up in class of this field seems too tough.
There is perhaps no harder award to win back-to-back in football, than 9th placing; and for most of this year, reigning holders the Bulldogs haven't looked able to break the hoodoo. But a few keen observers of the game are whispering that it still may not be beyond them; the Dogs are a team worth putting a quiet flutter on if you can get generous odds.
In summary, the end of this year is shaping up as an absolute treat for 9th-watchers.
I think North will continue their good run of form, but fall over, and miss the finals on Percentage and finish in 9th!!
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