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AFL 360 asks if Melbourne can make the 8?

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On 4/19/2016 at 7:30 AM, Petraccattack said:

I did it (Bailey Ladder predictor) and it came down to the Demons and Cats game in round 23 being for a spot in the 8. 

Loser goes home.. How sweet it would be if it turned out that way and we eliminated them on their turf in the final round while making the finals for the first time in 10 years. 

Not dissimilar to 1987 at the Western Oval.  One of my very favorite moments in MFC history!

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    11 hours ago, AdamFarr said:

    Interesting. Missed tonight's episode. I usually watch Monday nights. I wonder if they got some heat on social media...

    As long as we keep winning, we will be taken more seriously, as will be the concept of making the finals...

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    It's pretty funny that Whateley has totally backed away from it within the space of a week.

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    On 19 April 2016 at 9:06 AM, nutbean said:

    Pretty simple to me.

    On our day we should be able to beat anyone.

    Cold hard logic ( on a limited data - 4 matches)

    If the below teams play at 100% or we allow them to play at 100% they should beat us. ( this is based on first 4 rounds of this season so certain teams that were highly rated prior to the season have come back to the pack)

    Hawthorn, West Coast, Adelaide, North, Bulldogs, Sydney.

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    Teams I consider us competing with for ladder position - Suns, Giants, Fremantle ( prior to the season I had them down as a much better team), Cats, Richmond

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    Teams I think we should beat ( if and this is the big if  - we must turn up to play  - note Essendon game) - Saints (better than I thought) , Blues, Brisbane, Collingwood, Port (unsure about them - normally a competitor but have looked horrible), Essendon.

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    So by my reckoning, if we continue to play well and beat the teams we should beat and do well against our "competitors"  we will end up anywhere from 7th - 13th.

    We have lost to a team (just) that most would have considered a loss ( North ). We beat a competitor in Giants, Beat a team we should beat in Collingwood and lost to a team we should have beaten in Essendon (ugh).

    The huge if  - how we play. We need to beat teams that we should beat.

     

    Yes, in reality if we are to get in the eight we will have to beat one or two of the elite teams as the Dogs and Tigers did last year. We will have to too. If we do, then watch out

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    On 4/20/2016 at 10:46 AM, Undeeterred said:

    And unlucky to lose to North.

    Why do people always take the pessimistic view of this?

    We won. And then lost against North. It doesn't matter how the opposition play. In the end, what counts is whether we played well enough to get across the line. And we did.

    Im not negative just reading this team very well

    we will not make the finals this year

    Im sticking to my 10 wins

    Crawl before we can walk.

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