Sixth on the ladder .... are we going higher

let's make it easier for those who like to use the ladder predictor.

Where are we at the bye please?

We've got Carlton, Adelaide, Bulldogs & Collingwood before the bye.

Realistically we could be 8-4 heading into the bye. 

After the bye we have Port, Saints, Fremantle & Bulldogs.

So realistically we could be 11-5 after that stint.

Cliche but I am not looking past this week. Carlton will be up and about after their win, and they always trouble us.  Bloody annoying it is.

Let's just do one day at a time. Life is many days, to quote TS Eliot.

Edited May 13, 20187 yr by dieter

11 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

Cliche but I am not looking past this week. Carlton will be up and about after their win, and they always trouble us.  Bloody annoying it is.

If we crush Carlton like we did Gold Coast, I’ll be finally ready to admit we have matured and turned the corner...

...until we play Adelaide. 

Being a Melbourne supporter is just really convoluted...

14 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

Cliche but I am not looking past this week. Carlton will be up and about after their win, and they always trouble us.  Bloody annoying it is.

On the flip side, I'm stoked they've got a win on the board heading in to this week's game.  I'd be nervous as all hell if they were 0-8 that we would fall over and give them their first win of the year.  Thank goodness the Bombers did it for us.

I see us anywhere between 4th and 7th heading in to the bye.

It really depends how the players view rounds 6 through 9.

We could be looking at 11 and 5 if we realize that these four weeks are/were a brilliant chance to get into form and get confidence. By no means were the opposition going to lie down but they aren't/weren't going to push us like a Richmond did.

The match against Adelaide will be very instructive. The last time we went into a game where we went in with an opponent who was viewed as an equal or better, we collapsed into a heap.

Edited May 13, 20187 yr by Colin B. Flaubert
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If we win the next two will finish top 4, you can take that to the bank. 

Surely they’re not making us play the Saints again? They can pack up and go home and just allocate the 4 points for the rest of the teams that were due to play them. 

1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Sixth on the ladder .... are we going higher

let's make it easier for those who like to use the ladder predictor.

Where are we at the bye please?

As long as we make the eight i'll be wrapped.  I heard someone on radio say today that if you're in the eight after round 9 you stay (or something like that!).

21 minutes ago, Rusty Nails said:

As long as we make the eight i'll be wrapped.  I heard someone on radio say today that if you're in the eight after round 9 you stay (or something like that!).

That’s got to be rubbish.

1 minute ago, Nasher said:

That’s got to be rubbish.

No idea just quoting what was mentioned.  In this article it is going as low as Rnd 7 so Rnd 9 must be a little more secure for those already in i would think.....

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-2016-is-the-final-eight-already-done-and-dusted-20160502-gokd93.html

After round 5 we were 2-3 with a % of 89.

We really took care of business the last three games. Must keep it going.

The joy of being a supporter is imagining ... what if....... turn for the bye at 8-3 and we can dream.

Just imagine finishing fourth and playing the Tiges at the MCG in that first final.

Living week to week is what the other teams do. Time perhaps to think like the entitled ones !!

14 minutes ago, Rusty Nails said:

No idea just quoting what was mentioned.  In this article it is going as low as Rnd 7 so Rnd 9 must be a little more secure for those already in i would think.....

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-2016-is-the-final-eight-already-done-and-dusted-20160502-gokd93.html

The link you provide is two years old. I appreciate your research but I think it is out-dated. Melbourne has improved significantly since then. Just look at the last 3 matches this year (2018) with wins over St Kilda, Essendon and Gold Coast - especially given Melbourne now on Saturday has equalled the AFL record of inside fifties. And we smashed the Suns by 69. Go Dees!

5 minutes ago, Obmik said:

The link you provide is two years old. I appreciate your research but I think it is out-dated. Melbourne has improved significantly since then. Just look at the last 3 matches this year (2018) with wins over St Kilda, Essendon and Gold Coast - especially given Melbourne now on Saturday has equalled the AFL record of inside fifties. And we smashed the Suns by 69. Go Dees!

you think we've improved? our game style is way more consistent and we are showing we beat teams below us, but i still think that our near win against adelaide two years ago in adelaide and our win at the G against the hawks showed the way that i wish we could play every week. that side would beat our current side for sure.

5 minutes ago, Rocky said:

you think we've improved? our game style is way more consistent and we are showing we beat teams below us, but i still think that our near win against adelaide two years ago in adelaide and our win at the G against the hawks showed the way that i wish we could play every week. that side would beat our current side for sure.

Agreed. Those two games were indeed highlights. But aren't you forgetting Melbourne's triumphant victory last year over Adelaide at the Adelaide oval? Also, I was there at the G when we rolled the Hawks in the last quarter (in the game you mention). I can't remember a more satisfying win against the Hawks in my whole life. I couldn't speak for three days for yelling so much in that game. Come on Rocky, the signs are good, jump on, Dees are on FIRE!

Dieter - it was James Joyce, the Irish writer. He said “Life is in many days...”.

T. S. Eliot was a British born poet, playwright and critic who changed his nationality to become a US citizen. As a side note he also dropped the Anglican Church for Roman Catholicism.

I don,t believe he barracked for the Dees though.

2 minutes ago, Obmik said:

Agreed. Those two games were indeed highlights. But aren't you forgetting Melbourne's triumphant victory last year over Adelaide at the Adelaide oval? Also, I was there at the G when we rolled the Hawks in the last quarter (in the game you mention). I can't remember a more satisfying win against the Hawks in my whole life. I couldn't speak for three days for yelling so much in that game. Come on Rocky, the signs are good, jump on, Dees are on FIRE!

yes, i did think of the adelaide game last year too.. and the west coast one with t-mac's goal. just not sure that this current style will win the big games? i am a little worried.. i was at the hawks game too. when oliver pirouhetted around 3-4 hawks with a sublime handpass and oliver got crunched by rioli.. great game. still the best i've attended, i agree. and it was the sam weideman's first too! yeah yeah... i'll believe it when they start to convert all these inside 50's ?

33 minutes ago, Obmik said:

The link you provide is two years old. I appreciate your research but I think it is out-dated. Melbourne has improved significantly since then. Just look at the last 3 matches this year (2018) with wins over St Kilda, Essendon and Gold Coast - especially given Melbourne now on Saturday has equalled the AFL record of inside fifties. And we smashed the Suns by 69. Go Dees!

I'm not sure what you mean by outdated.  It's just an article that references what was being said on radio commentary today...which is now / today / current....according to the commentators.  I have no idea where they sourced it.  There is nothing in my posts which mentions MFC performance in 2016 in relation to anything about the final eight being settled by round 9.  Jumping at shadows.

How is it that we elect to play the Crows in Alice Springs and return to Melbourne off a six day break to face the Bulldogs at Etihad? To rub salt in the wound they will have a nine day rest.  Peter Jackson has done amazing job but the NT experiment is a blot on his CV.How is it even imaginable that we elect to promote the game yet can't negotiate a favourable fixture? Staggering!

We have three losses, to 1st, 3rd and 5th.

That kind of suggests we are in the right spot on the ladder.

But I still feel like there's more to be gained. Despite our three recent wins being against out of form teams, there have been genuine signs that we are functioning better structurally. If this 'soft' period has given us a chance to play ourselves into form, then hurrah and carry on!

The real danger is that the team will start getting thirsty for a bit of bathwater...

3 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

Cliche but I am not looking past this week. Carlton will be up and about after their win, and they always trouble us.  Bloody annoying it is.

We'll smash 'em

 

1 hour ago, Rusty Nails said:

I'm not sure what you mean by outdated.  It's just an article that references what was being said on radio commentary today...which is now / today / current....according to the commentators.  I have no idea where they sourced it.  There is nothing in my posts which mentions MFC performance in 2016 in relation to anything about the final eight being settled by round 9.  Jumping at shadows.

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   1 hour ago,  Nasher said: 

That’s got to be rubbish.

No idea just quoting what was mentioned.  In this article it is going as low as Rnd 7 so Rnd 9 must be a little more secure for those already in i would think.....

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-2016-is-the-final-eight-already-done-and-dusted-20160502-gokd93.html

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34 minutes ago, Obmik said:

We'll smash 'em

 

The way we have dispatched team the last few weeks, you're probably right.

The next step was to beat teams below us and we are doing it comfortably. 

Its almost at that stage now when our talent is so immense and geling together that we should feel confident each week of smashing any team.