With the result of last night's game, it's a virtual certainty that Essendon will finish 12th and receive draft pick # 5. The Bombers cannot finish lower than 12th and given that the Blues have won an extra game and have a substantially higher percentage, they cannot fall lower than 11th. Ironical that the team that tanked in 2007 cannot achive anything by tanking their last two games this year. The draft order for 2008 therefore is:-

1 ?

2 ?

3 ?

4 ?

5 Essendon

6 ?

7 ?

8 ?

9 ?

10 ?

11 ?

12 ?

13 ?

14 ?

15 ?

16 ?

With the result of last night's game, it's a virtual certainty that Essendon will finish 12th and receive draft pick # 5. The Bombers cannot finish lower than 12th and given that the Blues have won an extra game and have a substantially higher percentage, they cannot fall lower than 11th. Ironical that the team that tanked in 2007 cannot achive anything by tanking their last two games this year. The draft order for 2008 therefore is:-

1 ?

2 ?

3 ?

4 ?

5 Essendon

6 ?

7 ?

8 ?

9 ?

10 ?

11 ?

12 ?

13 ?

14 ?

15 ?

16 ?

16 Geelong.

So I guess today we are playing to seal up picks 1 and 17 or not playing it would be i suppose.

A few more spots might become a bit clearer by the end of the weekend.

4 ?

5 Essendon - Hurley

6 ?

Lock it in Eddie

Lock it in Eddie

You can just about lock in mfc at 1, 17 & 19 after today.

16. melbourne

15. west coast

12. essendon

1. geelong.

16. MFC

15. WCE

12. Essendon

9. Tigers

4. North

3. Bulldogs

2. Hawthorn

1. Geelong

16. WCE

15. MFC

12. Essendon

9. Tigers

4. North

3. Bulldogs

2. Hawthorn

1. Geelong

16. WCE

15. MFC

For MFC to finish 15th, we'd have to beat the tiggies by 10 goals and WCE lose by 12 goals... not gonna happen.

Richmond playing for a possible finals spot. they beat hawks.... they are a better them than us

For MFC to finish 15th, we'd have to beat the tiggies by 10 goals and WCE lose by 12 goals... not gonna happen.

Richmond playing for a possible finals spot. they beat hawks.... they are a better them than us

wow i didnt think thats what had to happen with how many goals we had to win by and them to lose.

Richmond cant make the finals as St Kilda won last week.

The top 8 is set in stone

For MFC to finish 15th, we'd have to beat the tiggies by 10 goals and WCE lose by 12 goals... not gonna happen.

Or a more realistic scenario would be Melbourne winning by 3 goals and WCE losing to Geelong by 20 goals.

Or a more realistic scenario would be Melbourne winning by 3 goals and WCE losing to Geelong by 20 goals.

Exactly. That would result in WCE in winning the spoon too.

If Geelong don't beat West Coast by more than 100 points they will have done badly.

I have a feeling some of the Richmond players will be thinking: 'finals are over, who cares if we win, we're gonna finish 9th', and they might take their mind of the game a bit. Melbourne will be 100% committed to getting a win (which doesn't help us, but anyway). So I think there is a small but significant chance of a Melbourne win.

If Geelong win by 110 points +, I won't be able to sleep Saturday night.

Ideally for us we would love West Coast to get within 60 points against Geelong, so we can enjoy a win on Sunday.

Can now lock in Fremantle for pick 3 and Port for pick 4.

Well the all important draft order is almost settled.....

1. (Melbourne/West Coast)

2. (West Coast/Melbourne)

3. Fremantle

4. Port

5. Essendon

6. Carlton

7. Brisbane

8. Richmond

9. (Collingwood/St. Kilda)

10. (North Melbourne/Collingwood)

11. (Sydney/North Melbourne)

12. (St.Kilda/Sydney)

13. Adelaide

14. Bulldogs

15. Hawthorn

16. Geelong

Well the all important draft order is almost settled ...

Well actually, that's not right. The draft positions are decided after the grand final when the final positions are decided so it's ...

1. (Melbourne/West Coast)

2. (West Coast/Melbourne)

3. Fremantle

4. Port

5. Essendon

6. Carlton

7. Brisbane

8. Richmond

9. ???

10. ???

11. ???

12. ???

13. ???

14. ???

15. ???

16. ???

Well actually, that's not right. The draft positions are decided after the grand final when the final positions are decided so it's ...

Actually it's

1. (Melbourne/West Coast)

2. (West Coast/Melbourne)

3. Fremantle

4. Port

5. Essendon

6. Carlton

7. Brisbane

8. Richmond

9. ???

10. ???

11. ???

12. ???

13. ???

14. ???

15. ???

16. Geelong

:D

Really, well sorry my bad I always thought it was based on end of round 22 positions.

Either way Jaded is on the money, Geelong are home.

16 Geelong.

Actually it's

1. (Melbourne/West Coast)

2. (West Coast/Melbourne)

3. Fremantle

4. Port

5. Essendon

6. Carlton

7. Brisbane

8. Richmond

9. ???

10. ???

11. ???

12. ???

13. ???

14. ???

15. ???

16. Geelong

:D

:D

1. Melbourne

2. West Coast

3. Fremantle

4. Port

5. Essendon

6. Carlton

7. Brisbane

8. Richmond

9. ???

10. ???

11. ???

12. ???

13. ???

14. ???

15. ???

16. ???

I can't decide whether to I want Collingwood to lose this week, or go deep into September but not win the flag (so that their first pick is later in the draft).

1. Melbourne

2. West Coast

3. Fremantle

4. Port

5. Essendon

6. Carlton

7. Brisbane

8. Richmond

9. ???

10. ???

11. ???

12. ???

13. ???

14. ???

15. ???

16. ???

I can't decide whether to I want Collingwood to lose this week, or go deep into September but not win the flag (so that their first pick is later in the draft).

9. Nth Melb

10. Adelaide

...I think that's the right order...someone will correct me if its the other way around for these two sides.

9. Nth Melb

10. Adelaide

...I think that's the right order...someone will correct me if its the other way around for these two sides.

Yep, that's right HT. North finished lower than Adelaide on the ladder, meaning they finish 8th overall, Adelaide finish 9th.

1. Melbourne

2. West Coast

3. Fremantle

4. Port Adelaide

5. Essendon

6. Carlton

7. Brisbane

8. Richmond

9. North Melbourne

10. Adelaide

11. Collingwood

12. Sydney

13. ?

14. ?

15. ?

16. ?

17. Melbourne

18. West Coast

19. Melbourne

20. West Coast

16 Geelong.

Ha ha ... Wrong!!!