We are not winning the close ones. We are not winnig at Docklands. We don't have any form on the road (even down the Princes Highway to Geelong).

We won't make the 8 this year.

If they can learn to start winning the close ones next year, learn to start winning at Docklands and develop some form on the road, then we will should make the 8 in 2011, the 4 in 2012, and the GF in 2013. They will keep improving up to 2015 (when Sculgove will be turning 24).

IF WE BEAT WESTERN BULLDOGS AND COLLINGWOOD

1st - Fremantle 24 130%

2nd - Geelong 20 145%

3rd - Collingwood 20 144%

4th - Sydney 20 124%

5th - St. Kilda 20 117%

6th - Melbourne 20 109%

7th - Port Adelaide 20 89%

8th - Carlton 16 118%

9th - Brisbane 16 103%

10th - Western Bulldogs 12 112%

11th - North Melbourne 12 78%

12th - Essendon 8 85%

13th - West Coast 8 83%

14th - Hawthorn 4 86%

15th - Adelaide 4 72%

16th - Richmond 0 49%

Ha nice one !!

A 9th to 12th finish would be the improvement I was hoping for this year to be honest after three years of hell and some top draft picks. 5th to 8th in 2011. Go Dee's.

Actually, I voted 9-12, I'd want to change that to 13-16. Tough run home, AAMI, Subi and Geelong trip (probably automatic losses), plus games against Saints, Blues, Sydney, Brisbane IN Brisbane. On paper that's probably max 7 max losses, and maybe 5 min. Still a very young, learning team. Might hit a real bump in the road midway. Or 3/4 way through. We're not there yet.

We'll finish 12th - 13th due to a tough draw from now on.

7 or 8 wins.

we are probably going to finish outside the 8.

10th would be ideal but less likely than 12 or 13th

mind you if we play the football that we played against brisbane, bulldogs and collingwood we could push a top 8 position, i just hope for consistent form.

Edited May 12, 201015 yr by Mad_Melbourne

We are not winning the close ones. We are not winnig at Docklands. We don't have any form on the road (even down the Princes Highway to Geelong).

We won't make the 8 this year.

If they can learn to start winning the close ones next year, learn to start winning at Docklands and develop some form on the road, then we will should make the 8 in 2011, the 4 in 2012, and the GF in 2013. They will keep improving up to 2015 (when Sculgove will be turning 24).

Looking at the bolded sections, I think the signs are looking good. We showed some pretty good form tonight for three quarters at a venue we'd never played on before. We won a close one by the narrowest possible margin. We showed some toughness when the game was taken away from us and kept fighting right to the end.

So are we on track at this point or ahead? Looking at my own predictions for the season I think we're pretty well on track, although the wins have not all come where I thought they would. There are some big danger games coming up for us that will no doubt skew those figures even further. I think we're going to need to knock off at least one more big fish to keep up with the hoped for/projected 9 or so wins. However, given that I initially (something like six months ago) said that 6 wins would be a bare pass with 7-8 being a pretty good season, we're looking pretty good.

big fish = Geelong... how good would that be, yummy

I still think 9th to 12th stands......

Yup. I have a sickening feeling in my stomach that we're going to be called ninthbourne...

I'll change that officially if, by some miracle, we end up 6-5. Going by that, we'd be on target for 6-5.

Otherwise, it's ninth at the best.

If the Dees play their fast running game top 8 is a definate and top 4 is possible.

They are a better side talent wise than colly wobble, just have less experience. If they were 5-2, which they should be supporters would me more positive. Collywobble has only just got the belief they can win against anyone, i believe the dees are quickly getting that. Scully, trengrove and grimes know they are winners, they are our fast relay team to pump the ball inside 50. There is a changing of the guard in AFL at the min and Melbourne is one of the new top sides. There was no difference in Melbourne and Collywobble when they both played, and they are talking the wobbles up as if they are the best side going around.

Go Dees Attack and win a flag in 2010,2011 and 2012.

I think they are capable of b/w 5 and 8, but my real cocern is their inconsistency and their ability to win the close ones. That's where I think last night might be a turning point. It showed they can do it particularly when they were headed in the last quarter. Against the pies and WB they were ahead for most of the last quarter and r

really only lost it in the last kick of the day. There were very goodsigns in Darwin. That win show a lot of guts and fighting spirit in very difficult conditions. It in my view is a key turning point in the maturing of this team.

Looking at the fixture:

We should win one of our next month (Geelong, Carlton, Collingwood, Adelaide).

Winnable games to come in rounds 15, 17, 19, 20, 22 (Essendon, Sydney, Richmond, Hawthorn, North all at the G).

Likely losses in rounds 14, 16, 18, 21 (Saints at Etihad, and Freo, Brisbane and Port all away).

So from that I think we're looking at about 9 wins; around 11th on the ladder.

26 posters have said we can finish between 1 and 8.

Umm.