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Will Freo TANK?

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Assume North beat GWS.

By the time our game starts Freo will know what percentage they need to overhaul North.

Assume Freo are leading MFC.

Could well be that a BIG Victory over MFC may see Freo overhaul North on percentage to 7th spot.

Reward - road trip to MCG week one finals (to play Geelong).

Or,

they may still be able to "win" ie 4 to 5 goal victory and sadly, finish EIGHTH.

Reward - home final V Eagles ( recently beat them by 10 goals).

The die will be cast depending on North/GWS outcome and North's presumed margin.

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Assume North beat GWS.

By the time our game starts Freo will know what percentage they need to overhaul North.

Assume Freo are leading MFC.

Could well be that a BIG Victory over MFC may see Freo overhaul North on percentage to 7th spot.

Reward - road trip to MCG week one finals (to play Geelong).

Or,

they may still be able to "win" ie 4 to 5 goal victory and sadly, finish EIGHTH.

Reward - home final V Eagles ( recently beat them by 10 goals).

The die will be cast depending on North/GWS outcome and North's presumed margin.

If North smash GWS by say 100 points Freo can have a nice 7-10 goal win and achieve their destination.

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Why wouldn't Freo be hoping that Sydney beat Geelong first, which is a strong possibility? Then after that, Freo can come out and smash us by 10+ goals, again a strong possiblity?

Wouldn't that mean they finish 6th, Geelong 7th, and Freo play them in a home final in WA?

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You'd think Freo would want to play Geelong at the 'G' anyway, more time on the 'G' leading into finals is what Freo need,

plus I think they'd like the prospect of Sandilands going up against West, as opposed to Nick Nat and Cox.

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You'd think Freo would want to play Geelong at the 'G' anyway, more time on the 'G' leading into finals is what Freo need,

plus I think they'd like the prospect of Sandilands going up against West, as opposed to Nick Nat and Cox.

Getting experinece playing at the "G" is no good to you if you're bundled out in the first round.

I;m quite sure 99.9% of Freo supporters, players and the Club in general would prefer to play Geelong in Western Australia.

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Further to what Billy wrote, the other point about Freo not being able to overtake North if North [censored] GWS isn't quite correct, either.

As Freo have scored far less than North, a comparatively smaller win on Freo's part would have a larger impact on their percentage (i.e. they could beat us by less than NM beat GWS by and still move above them).

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If the Swans beat the Cats in the afternoon they'd be confident of finishing 6th as they and Roos would probably be able to gain the percentage over the Cats. Still the whole idea is presuming the Hawks beat the Eagles and the Pies beat the Bombers. Anyway I hope they tank because if we win we could move up past the Dogs and maybe Port by percentage!

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13 points is what the commentators think will be as much as freo can win by assuming their average score against eventuates. Will be interesting indeed!

I've just calculated North's percentage after their win over GWS as 112.49. That puts them marginally ahead of Freo's which is 112.36. I think that means that as long as Freo win, the margin won't matter.

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