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2 hours ago, worldwideweb_demon said:

Desperate or not, there is no way in hell I'm cheering for the Pies. We either beat Eagles or I rather not make up the 8.

If Melbourne can't win, the only small satisfaction is seeing Collingwood lose.

Yep 100%. It makes missing finals even more unbearable knowing Collingwood is there.

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7 hours ago, MSFebey said:

If we lose next 2 and favourites win:

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Does anyone know the highest percentage of any team not to play finals?

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Posted (edited)
37 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Who do we have to beat to make the top 4 again??? ?

@Rod Grinter Riot Squad Still with me on the idealism despite all evidence to the contrary?

We beat WCE.
Port d Coll
GWS d Syd
Syd d Haw

GWS locked in 3rd with Coll/Haw falling out of the 4

Melb d Greater Resting Giants

It will require us again tip teams who are on our hammer and could knock us out of the 8 if we lose to WCE. Apologies to @SaberFang for more naive idealism! :)


 

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Posted (edited)
2 hours ago, deanox said:

Does anyone know the highest percentage of any team not to play finals?

StKilda in 2012 with 123% - I looked it up after the Hawthorn/Collingwood games as I knew with our run home, it was looming.

A thread was created on reddit a few days ago as the possibility has finally dawned on the entire competition.
 

 

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4 hours ago, johndemonic said:

StKilda in 2012 with 123% - I looked it up after the Hawthorn/Collingwood games as I knew with our run home, it was looming.

A thread was created on reddit a few days ago as the possibility has finally dawned on the entire competition.
 

 

Depressing, thanks dude.

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Nothing would be more Melbourne than, after missing finals last year by the narrowest margin in the history of the competition, missing finals this year with the biggest margin in the history of the competition.

I mean you just can't write this [censored]. 

How have they not made a TV movie special on us yet, I will never know.

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15 hours ago, worldwideweb_demon said:

Desperate or not, there is no way in hell I'm cheering for the Pies. We either beat Eagles or I rather not make up the 8.

If Melbourne can't win, the only small satisfaction is seeing Collingwood lose.

Any way to get finals experience into Oliver, Brayshaw, Gawn etc is worth while no matter how it plays out. And based on narrow losses recently to Port and Cats I am a believer that  a first final in Melbourne from 8th is winnable ( if Viney is back would help ).

In the absence of a home game this weekend I WILL be attending the Pies/Port game and I WILL be cheering the home team - and closely monitoring Jack Watts efforts just for interest.


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It is quite simple rally. We have to win 1 of the next 2 or we won't be playing finals.

Port play the filth and essenscum.  If the druggies lose to richmond then they won't be up to much for the last game. The filth are on the verge of collapsing but Buckley does do a great job in keeping them up. Port could win that as well but doubt it.

North will probably win their last 2 games. Adelaide won't be up for it this weekend and the saints are just stuffed.

Geelong will win both their remaining games  One of them by a lot.

I predicted 14 wins for the season so will stick with it until it's over. Silly me.

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3 hours ago, Jaded said:

Nothing would be more Melbourne than, after missing finals last year by the narrowest margin in the history of the competition, missing finals this year with the biggest margin in the history of the competition.

I mean you just can't write this [censored]. 

How have they not made a TV movie special on us yet, I will never know.

Maybe this IS. A tv show... and we just don’t know it...

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This article caught my eye:

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/cotchin-astbury-set-to-miss-bombers-clash-20180816-p4zxt1.html

Cotchin, Astbury and Prestia rested.  Butler and Lambert had ankle surgery and expected to be available for first final.  The pre-finals bye hasn't stopped teams resting players (just as Adelaide did in rnd 23 last year).  I guess that is the luxury of having top spot sewn up.

Bombers will like their chances of a win vs Rich this week.  If they win it will be a real show down with Port in their rnd 23 game.  

It is imperative we win a game and hopefully vs WCE this week. 

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21 hours ago, Gorgoroth said:

Maybe this IS. A tv show... and we just don’t know it...

Good morning, and in case I don't see ya, Good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight. ;)

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Essendon will make the finals this year and play Collingwood week 1. lock it in. Richmond have gifted them a win this week with the resting of their guns.

Meanwhile Port and Melbourne will be the laughing stock of the comp as per usual.

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I am trying to work out why North are not given much of a chance of making the 8. I think they will win their next 2 games and if we drop both ours they will make it. I just hope we can win one.

I picked North for the spoon as I did the druggies last year and they made the 8. Hope their is no curse on my predictions. ( I am often wrong anyway )

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3 minutes ago, dl4e said:

I am trying to work out why North are not given much of a chance of making the 8. I think they will win their next 2 games and if we drop both ours they will make it. I just hope we can win one.

I picked North for the spoon as I did the druggies last year and they made the 8. Hope their is no curse on my predictions. ( I am often wrong anyway )

People probably assumed that Port or us would win 1. If North knock off Adelaide, they are a huge chance. They might pip Port on % if port beat Essendon.

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Gws have no chance of top 4 so should be easier to beat. Griffen our and Davis May be out too 

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Can anyone remember how the swap over occurs in the finals?

The winner of 5 v 8 plays loser of ?

The winner of 6 v 7 plays loser ?

Is there a real potential to play 

week 1 Geelong

week 2 Pies

week Hawks/Tigers

 

 

Posted (edited)
32 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

Can anyone remember how the swap over occurs in the finals?

The winner of 5 v 8 plays loser of ?

The winner of 6 v 7 plays loser ?

Is there a real potential to play 

week 1 Geelong

week 2 Pies

week Hawks/Tigers

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So many spots can still change we won't know until our GWS game next Sunday.  (We won't need to wait till the last game as neither North nor Saints can make finals?).

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On 8/11/2018 at 10:32 PM, Moonshadow said:

Not sure where we'll finish or who we play, but i reckon this mob are steadily developing an 'anywhere, anyone, anytime' mentality. 

Building to something special, certainly not complete, but not far away. Maybe not this year, but something is different this time. 

I believe.

I still believe!

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22 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

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So many spots can still change we won't know until our GWS game next Sunday.  (We won't need to wait till the last game as neither North nor Saints can make finals?).

Thanks, much appreciated.

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24 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

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So many spots can still change we won't know until our GWS game next Sunday.  (We won't need to wait till the last game as neither North nor Saints can make finals?).

5th is the spot to be!

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This is how I think it'll end up. 

If we win and Collingwood choke against freo (highly unlikely considering how they performed on the weekend) then we sneak into 4th.

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A hypothetical.....

We beat Giants next week and the Hawks beat the Swans.

If we were to beat Geelong and the Pies beat WCE in Perth. We could potentially play all our finals at the G if we we’re good enough to progress through.

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Port beats Essendon by 201 points (240-39)

Melbourne lose to GWS by 100 points  (160-60)

 

We would miss the finals by 0.1%

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1 minute ago, GCDee said:

This is how I think it'll end up. 

If we win and Collingwood choke against freo (highly unlikely considering how they performed on the weekend) then we sneak into 4th.

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I think the Pies will have the higher %. They play Freo while Hawks play the Swans.

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