Looking ahead ... the Path to September

[Lord Travis 10,793]

We should win another 3-4 unless the wheels fall off and the kids all tire out like at the end of last year. Top 4 is a pipe dream. I just want to make finals and then see what happens from there!

[beelzebub 23,390]

A couple of points for pondering

Should we account for Port , then cats and pidgeons will go amock  Some media numnuts wont know what to write...

I seriously wonder if the "Dusty" conundrum might start becoming a seriously unsettling distraction at Punt road. I can see their black and yellow wheels falling off .

The Druggies wax and wane. Blues a pest. Suns might surprise at home as Rocket gets urgent. Saints are sinners and the season has called their bluff.

Cat's wouldn't want another injury ( even if we do...for them )

Giants are beatable. 

Swans...dark horse.

Fascinating season.

[loges 6,767]

1 hour ago, brendan said:

No way we miss finals if we win 13 games, surely that has never happened before, teams have missed in past with 12 wins but no way with 13 if it happened now we would be the in luckiest club in the world 

Unfortunately this year I think we are the unluckiest club in the world.

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

Really think we can beat Port pretenders tomorrow. If that happens surely we can beat Norf and the Aints? GWS looks the only really hard one, but theyre very beatable. We should hit the finals running. The young team running out of steam as posted elsewhere is the great unknown..

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

My ladder predictor:

[beelzebub 23,390]

A funny old season. As it progresses there are more questions over more teams. 

Quite often by now the Eight is all but set, a few teams prepare for last gasp efforts and the rest begin List management !!

Still very much game on for 2/3 the comp

[PaulRB 6,432]

39 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

My ladder predictor:

Its pretty wild that there are only 2 wins separating 2nd place from 9th place!!!

Amazing season.

[Adam The God 30,617]

17 hours ago, Abe said:

If we win this week we are a fair chance at top 4. 

I reckon we can win 5/6 

should beat north given they're tanking

giants are very beatable. As are saints 

and you'd think we'd roll the lions and pies. No reason we can't win all 6 but realistically i think we will win 4 

Love it, mate. Hope you're right. Reckon we'll win 3 minimum and that should be enough to get us into the finals. Could win more.

[What 18,810]

3 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

My ladder predictor:

Hawks 11 wins,  crikey!

[Adam The God 30,617]

11 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

Hawks 11 wins,  crikey!

Pick 9 for St Kilda then haha. Suits me.

[In Harmes Way 7,840]

7 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

My ladder predictor:

Love to see who tosses the coin for Richmond in the PA/R'mond final in Adelaide.

[beelzebub 23,390]

3 hours ago, A F said:

Pick 9 for St Kilda then haha. Suits me.

I like it

[640MD 3,494]

8 hours ago, beelzebub said:

A couple of points for pondering

Should we account for Port , then cats then

Fascinating season.

absolutely  most even season for ....50 years.     no I can't remember one like this though winning those games in a rush and making the finals in '87 was very special. never forget the roar when geelong v hawthorn finished and we were at footescray.  then celebrated at the Rising Sun.    Go Dees

[Wrecker45 3,378]

Thanks for taking the time to do the ladder predictors above everyone but I'm putting a line through any of them that don't  have Richmond coming 9th.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

25 minutes ago, Wrecker45 said:

Thanks for taking the time to do the ladder predictors above everyone but I'm putting a line through any of them that don't  have Richmond coming 9th.

I have them eighth on percentage, could easily be ninth.

[beelzebub 23,390]

35 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

I have them eighth on percentage, could easily be ninth.

Like you i can see them at 8th. In a scenario i have us also at 5th

WE get to put them to the sword .

@wrecker45 thats pretty sweet

[Diamond_Jim 12,693]

Well.. the path looks a little wider after that great win.

Dare we dream of fourth spot?

With Essendon winning,  the other games so far this weekend have not handed us any breathing space but who knows what the remaining games have for us.

Great to be watching from the relative comfort of a good win but as I type our percentage is the lowest of any team in the 8.

Go Dees and keep those predictors coming !!

Edited July 22, 2017 by Diamond_Jim

[brendan 3,445]

Need GWS to beat Richmond 

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

I think that is the most important win of the season.

It makes cementing a finals spot much easier. If we can lock that in sooner rather than later then that would be ideal.

[Pates 9,680]

I'm usually one on the "one week at a time" but I have to say looking ahead we should be playing finals now. We also need to do what a lot of other teams have done, smash Brisbane. That's not being disrespectful to them (and honestly the upsets we've seen this season there are no gimmie games) but by that stage they should be checked out and weary, while we will need the %. 

North, Brisbane, and the Pies are all "should wins", Saints is a better than 50/50 as it's possible the they could also be trying to squeeze in, and GWS don't scare me but away from home they are a team to be reckoned with on their day. 

Honestly can see wins from all of them (wouldn't that be something!), but I see us finishing with 13 wins as I feel we will drop one somewhere and I'll jot GWS down as a loss to be conservative. 

But let's just see what happens. 

[What 18,810]

13 hours ago, brendan said:

Need GWS to beat Richmond 

Do we?  If The tigers win we will be just 4 points behind both them and GWS.

We have a game vs GWS to come that could get us into the top 4.

[Ted Lasso 19,549]

If we win 5/5 we probably finish top 4 

if we win 4/5 or 3/5 we almost certainly finish top 8 

i personally think we are good for wins against north, Collingwood, saints and lions 

14 wins and the giants game is very winnable as well. 

Richmond are a big chance to drop out of the 8 

dogs will come home with a wet sail and make it I think 

[JV7 2,375]

5 hours ago, Pates said:

I'm usually one on the "one week at a time" but I have to say looking ahead we should be playing finals now. We also need to do what a lot of other teams have done, smash Brisbane. That's not being disrespectful to them (and honestly the upsets we've seen this season there are no gimmie games) but by that stage they should be checked out and weary, while we will need the %. 

North, Brisbane, and the Pies are all "should wins", Saints is a better than 50/50 as it's possible the they could also be trying to squeeze in, and GWS don't scare me but away from home they are a team to be reckoned with on their day. 

Honestly can see wins from all of them (wouldn't that be something!), but I see us finishing with 13 wins as I feel we will drop one somewhere and I'll jot GWS down as a loss to be conservative. 

But let's just see what happens. 

Agreed, how many times over the past decade have we been on the receiving end of beltings towards the end of the year by sides running towards the finals... About time the roles are reversed

Edited July 22, 2017 by JV7

[brendan 3,445]

1 hour ago, Petraccattack said:

Do we?  If The tigers win we will be just 4 points behind both them and GWS.

We have a game vs GWS to come that could get us into the top 4.

I only say that because I want 1 of 2 things to happen 

1. Tigers go full Richmond mode and drop to 9th

2. They win a couple more games and we meet them in an elimination final

but I would take top 4 over both those scenarios 

[What 18,810]

1 hour ago, brendan said:

I only say that because I want 1 of 2 things to happen 

1. Tigers go full Richmond mode and drop to 9th

2. They win a couple more games and we meet them in an elimination final

but I would take top 4 over both those scenarios 

 

GWS beating the TIgers is the safer option for us, if we assume Top 4 isnt attainable..  and with Sydney coming like a freight train and GWS unlikely to give up their spot it might be a bridge too far. 

However theres no doubt GOody and the players have tremendous belief that we can beat anyone, anywhere any time and if with out full team getting close to being available we could end up slipping into the top 4.

Really, the GWS Richmond game might be a win for us either way it goes. A Tigers loss will increase our odds of making the 8, a GWS loss opens up the top 4.