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After a brief analysis of the 2014 draw I have extracted the following result:

Wins 10 - StKilda, West Coast, GWS, Carlton, Bulldogs, Port, Essendon, Bulldogs, Lions, GWS

Draw 1 - Collingwood

Loss 12

Gotta be the easiest draw we have ever had.

Come on Dees!

Sportsbet have us at $12 to make the eight.

Will 42 points be enough?

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I think 3-5 wins with a better percentage and some close loses. Plus harder and longer efforts. Now more consecutive blow outs.

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If you were an insider of the club, you wouldn't be putting any limits on what you can achieve.

As a supporter but someone who is not inner sanctum, I would say 9-10 wins would be a street better than what happened in 2013 and Roos should be considered for a knighthood if that happens.

Being pragmatic about it, I would give 5-7 wins with no major blowouts a pass mark.

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Second last with 2 wins!

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8-9 wins is the bottom line....The players should aim higher.

The players will be aiming to win every game. This is about predictions, not aspirations.


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After a brief analysis of the 2014 draw I have extracted the following result:

Wins 10 - StKilda, West Coast, GWS, Carlton, Bulldogs, Port, Essendon, Bulldogs, Lions, GWS

Draw 1 - Collingwood

Loss 12

Gotta be the easiest draw we have ever had.

Come on Dees!

Sportsbet have us at $12 to make the eight.

Will 42 points be enough?

Hey, you posed the question "where will we finish" yet you didn't make a prediction... come on, show some conviction to your cause :)

I think we will finish 10th at best and 12th at worst; it really all comes down to how we start the season... some early wins (first game in particular) will see the team's confidence soaring and more wins should follow, an early loss (first round in particular) and it will be "oh no, here we go again"... and after last year's debacle, it won't take too much to have them on their knees again.

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Anywhere from bottom half of the eight to the bottom ut my best guess would be 9th but I would not be surprised if we made it in the 8.

Why, because I rate both ends of the ground and think we have a defence that can match any forward line in the comp and a forward line that can kick wining scores. I also think the midfield has poentially improved significantly in the off season and is now capable of gettng enough ball. This imporvement has come from some targeted recruitment and will also come from improvements from players like Watts, Trengove, Viney (gonna be a star), Evans, Matt Jones, Blease, Tapscott etc now havng had a couple of seasons in a professional AFL development system (Misson etc). The other main improvement from last year will be a game plan that has buy in from the playing group, that is effectve, and can be executed by the players we have on the paddock. All this equals a competetive AFL team that will win games.

I think the sky is the limit, the only limiting factor being how long it takes for the team to be effective at implementing the game plan structures. I have confidence in Roos, Rawlings, Stone and co to get this done in quick time.

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Where will we finish NEXT YEAR ?????

I dont really care as long as there are no more INSIPID performances and as long as we are competitive in ever GAME !!!

All I want as a Melbourne supporter for now is to be able to hold my head high and look other supporters in the EYE and say

Watch out !! The DEES are on THE MARCH and we are only going to go from strength to strength from here on :)

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The players will be aiming to win every game. This is about predictions, not aspirations.

If that is the case we should win more than 8-9. Good.

Depends how well the players prepare. They will be fit.

But how strong is the single and collective strength of the mind(s)?

This is where any improvement will be.

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I agree. As it is exactly where we finished this year (as thread topic asks)

I think we should remane the thread as follows for pedantics

Where (question adverb introducing a direct or indirect question) will (used for forming the future tense of verbs that follow, but does not have a future tense of its own) Melbourne (in this context means the Melbourne Football Club Limited ACN 005 686 902) finish (to do the last part of something that is complete and in this context referring to the completion or end state of an AFL season) this (used as a determiner and in this context referring to the football season that has not been completed, ie 2012) Year (a period of 365 days or 366 in a leap year, may refer to a calendar year or financial year or in this context a football year that is not precribed or defined other than by the individuals notion of completion or commencement).

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I think we should remane the thread as follows for pedantics

Where (question adverb introducing a direct or indirect question) will (used for forming the future tense of verbs that follow, but does not have a future tense of its own) Melbourne (in this context means the Melbourne Football Club Limited ACN 005 686 902) finish (to do the last part of something that is complete and in this context referring to the completion or end state of an AFL season) this (used as a determiner and in this context referring to the football season that has not been completed, ie 2012) Year (a period of 365 days or 366 in a leap year, may refer to a calendar year or financial year or in this context a football year that is not precribed or defined other than by the individuals notion of completion or commencement).

In which case The Big Frog was on the money... however, if we were to ask about next year, I would still say 10th at best and 12th at worst.

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After a brief analysis of the 2014 draw I have extracted the following result

Wins 10 -StKilda,West Coast,GWS,Carlton,Bulldogs,Port,Essendon,Bulldogs,Lions,GWS

Draw 1 -Collingwood

Loss 12

Gotta be the easiest draw we have ever had

Come on Dees! Sportsbet have us at $12 to make the eight

Will 42 points be enough?

You lost me when you said we would beat West Coast, Carlton, Port and Essendon.

Take those teams out and you have 6 wins - I would be very happy with that. Provided we are competitive in most of our games (within 40-50 points) then I will be happy. No 100 point losses!

I see this as the best case scenario - I have no Idea what the Crows and West Coast are up to. Are they going to drop down soon or are they going to hang around the 8 for a bit?

Bulldogs are also a hard one to pick - have they got enough talent/youth to start climbing up the ladder?

12. West Coast?

13. Crows?

14. Melbourne

15. Lions

16. Bulldogs

17. GWS

18. Saints

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I think we should remane the thread as follows for pedantics

Where (question adverb introducing a direct or indirect question) will (used for forming the future tense of verbs that follow, but does not have a future tense of its own) Melbourne (in this context means the Melbourne Football Club Limited ACN 005 686 902) finish (to do the last part of something that is complete and in this context referring to the completion or end state of an AFL season) this (used as a determiner and in this context referring to the football season that has not been completed, ie 2012) Year (a period of 365 days or 366 in a leap year, may refer to a calendar year or financial year or in this context a football year that is not precribed or defined other than by the individuals notion of completion or commencement).

Far too much time on your hands.

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Come on, you pessimists.......it is November, the month of unbridled optimism.

Clearly we will play into late September, and surprise everyone!

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Don't really care how many wins we have or where we finish on the ladder,but it would be great if we went north of 5 wins for the season.

The major indicator for us will be percentage,70-90% should be our aim not the 50-60% we scrapped together in 2013.

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After a brief analysis of the 2014 draw I have extracted the following result

Wins 10 -StKilda,West Coast,GWS,Carlton,Bulldogs,Port,Essendon,Bulldogs,Lions,GWS

Draw 1 -Collingwood

Loss 12

Gotta be the easiest draw we have ever had

Come on Dees! Sportsbet have us at $12 to make the eight

Will 42 points be enough?

Bwahahahah!!! If we win 10 and draw with Coll in 2014, I'll bare my rrrse in Bourke St and run the length of the mall. I've heard of optimism, but let's show just a little realism. Beat WC, Carlton, Port or Ess and draw with Coll? No. If we win 5 or 6 and finish 14th we should be thrilled.

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