Jump to content

Where will the Dees finish after round 24? 149 members have voted

  1. 1. Where will the Dees finish after round 24?

Please sign in or register to vote in this poll.

Featured Replies

I have no idea where we will finish. I never get these things right.

Given the state of our list with injuries etc we would need a lucky run for the rest of the season and McAdam and Billings to star. A couple of young players step up like McVee last year and with luck we might finish in the 8.

 
19 hours ago, DubDee said:

what’s next?

Trac joins the mormons and leaves?

Imagine if Jack Viney joined the Mormons.

He'd go around knocking on people's doors and tell THEM to  @!#**&% off.

 
  • Author
33 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Imagine if Jack Viney joined the Mormons.

He'd go around knocking on people's doors and tell THEM to  @!#**&% off.

Knocking?

Quick hip and shoulder and he'd be inside your house in a flash!

The loss of Gus has made me rethink that we will finish top 8 and not top 4.

Thanks Maynard .

Interesting that's where the poll is now.


After round 24 we'll finish at the MCG, having just crushed the faltering reigning premiers in front of the season's biggest crowd and taken their spot in the top 4 thanks to an eight game winning streak.

Rnd17 on goes; Eagles, Bombers, Dockers, Giants, Bulldogs, Power, Suns, Magpies.

The first half of this season will be tough but even a 50% win rate will be enough to let us launch into a relatively soft late draw.

2024 will be like 2000 if there was no Essendon.

  • 2 weeks later...
  • Author

Reupping this thread.

Anyone who want to put their flag in the ground about where we will finish the 2024 home and away season AHEAD of round one has three days to do so. 

Current data:

116 members have voted and the prediction ladder looks like:  

  1. 5th to 8th - 44 votes: 39.29%
  2. Top 4 - 43 votes: 38.39%
  3. Missing finals - 25 votes: 22.32%
 

I know we’re a pessimistic bunch but 22% voting to miss finals surprises me.

i voted top 4 originally and im sticking with that.

I always think us at our best is better than anyone. And I’m generally glass half full that we’ll be at our best.

So my guesstimate is minor premiers with a three game gap to second place.


5 minutes ago, Boots and all said:

I am supremely confident of a top 4 finish, driven by an injection of youth and class. 

Salem to the guts.

Billing's delivery.

Youth knocking on the door.

Oliver returning.

The last week has definitely increased the mood. 

16 minutes ago, roy11 said:

Salem to the guts.

Billing's delivery.

Youth knocking on the door.

Oliver returning.

The last week has definitely increased the mood. 

All of the above and I'm not discounting a couple of players staying at the Club after they finish playing.

We have pretty well the best FB aand FF and the best Ruckman in the  comp that are ready to pass on a heap of knowledge to their understudies. Their understudies are moving up with experience quickly. 

I didn't see anything in any of the matches played so far that resembled our discipline, our finesse or variation.

If that's what it looked like, then that's what it is.

I say top 4and nothing less and i don't want to touch on 2 prime reasons stirring everyone who supports these players and this Club, and me.

 

 

Haven't really seen a prediction thread so I thought I would throw a few darts at the wall without too much thought.

1. Brisbane
2. Melbourne
3. Collingwood
4. GWS
5. Carlton
6. Port
7. Bulldogs
8. Adelaide
9. Freo
10. Sydney
11. St Kilda
12. Gold Coast
13. Geelong
14. Kangaroos
15. Essendon
16. Richmond
17. Hawks
18. West Coast

Premiers: Melbourne (biased of course)

Runners up: GWS

Wooden Spoon: Eagles

Brownlow: Daicos

Rising Star: Sanders

Melbourne BnF: Petracca

 

Freo and Sydney are two I'm unsure about. Can see a world where they're both in the 8 but equally I wouldn't be surprised to see them fall further than I have them here.

Edited by Nascent

On 20/02/2024 at 22:47, binman said:

The corresponding pies and blues footy forum poll is:

Top 4: 100%

5th to 8th: 0%

Missing finals: 0%

Winning flag: 100%

Geez, I might be barracking for the wrong team. These results are how I feel about the Dees… every year. 😅


15 hours ago, Nascent said:

Haven't really seen a prediction thread so I thought I would throw a few darts at the wall without too much thought.

1. Brisbane
2. Melbourne
3. Collingwood
4. GWS
5. Carlton
6. Port
7. Bulldogs
8. Adelaide
9. Freo
10. Sydney
11. St Kilda
12. Gold Coast
13. Geelong
14. Kangaroos
15. Essendon
16. Richmond
17. Hawks
18. West Coast

Premiers: Melbourne (biased of course)

Runners up: GWS

Wooden Spoon: Eagles

Brownlow: Daicos

Rising Star: Sanders

Melbourne BnF: Petracca

 

Freo and Sydney are two I'm unsure about. Can see a world where they're both in the 8 but equally I wouldn't be surprised to see them fall further than I have them here.

That's pretty much as I have it.

Impressed with our improved delivery into the forward line against Carlton and the scoreline could have looked even more dominant if Fritsch and JVR kicked with their normally elite accuracy.  If we can win enough games early and then build towards finals without the consistent injuries we had last season, I think we are right up there again.  Yes we've lost Gus, but we played almost half the season without Clarry last year and still managed.

Will be interesting to see if Collingwood can back up again. They have the oldest list in the comp and with Scott Pendlebury (36 at the start of the season), Steele Sidebottom (33), who are still pretty key.  I think their come from behind mode of winning games is confidence based and could set them up for the wheels to fall off completely if they loose a few on the trot.  They now also have to well and truely deal with being the hunted every week and let's see how the deal with that.

Brisbane have a good opertuity to finish in top, through having the biggest home ground advantage of all the contenders.

Edited by Rodney (Balls) Grinter

GWS and the Blues were 14th and 15th at round fifteen last year and everyone now has them as top 4/ serious flag chances? either or both could easily miss finals 

Top 4 without a worry. Firstly i have watched the "PRACTICE" game against the Tigers 4 times and I bet the Dees coaches never once worried about the scores, what was evident was the way they moved the ball forward lower and fast ,then we move forward to the Blues game and that "PRACTICE" was on show with great ball forward use. low with purpose.  Our forward line is not as poor as the doomers believe . I thought the marking was strong from our main  forwards and with the inclusion of Mc Adams, Billings and up and comer Windsor , the kicking into our forwards will improve.     GO DEES

We were banged up coming into finals last year, and then performed poorly right across the ground (but most obviously in front of goals) in both finals and yet still expected scores had us ahead by 3 goals in both games.

The pessimists somehow see finishing in the top 4 for the third year straight as the annomaly and the scoreboard result of the two finals as the norm.  Bizarre.

Top 4 for me unless we are crueled by injuries.  Our best is still the best.


I'd guess we will set our year up very similar to last season where everything is built towards hitting our best form in the finals. 

if we're healthy i am confident we will be playing in a prelim at least.

  • Author

Top 4 surging! 

Suggested headline and sub header for the media:

  • DEES FANS DEEMAND SUCCESS
  • STUDY SHOWS HALF OF DEES FANS EXPECT TOP 4 FINISH

Headline and sub header media run with:

  • DEES FANS DEELUSIONAL 
  • AGAINST ALL LOGIC STUDY SHOWS HALF OF DEES FANS EXPECT TOP 4 FINISH

 

 
3 hours ago, Dwight Schrute said:

I'd guess we will set our year up very similar to last season where everything is built towards hitting our best form in the finals. 

if we're healthy i am confident we will be playing in a prelim at least.

Please don't mention the "L" word


Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

Featured Content

  • NON-MFC: Round 05

    Gather Round is here, kicking off with a Thursday night blockbuster as Adelaide faces Geelong. The Crows will be out for redemption after a controversial loss last week. Saturday starts with the Magpies taking on the Swans. Collingwood will be eager to cement their spot in the top eight, while Sydney is hot on their heels. In the Barossa Valley, two rising sides go head-to-head in a fascinating battle to prove they're the real deal. Later, Carlton and West Coast face off at Adelaide Oval, both desperate to notch their first win of the season. The action then shifts to Norwood, where the undefeated Lions will aim to keep their streak alive against the Bulldogs. Sunday’s games begin in the Barossa with Richmond up against Fremantle. In Norwood, the Saints will be looking to take a scalp when they come up against the Giants. The round concludes with a fiery rematch of last year's semi-final, as the Hawks seek revenge for their narrow loss to Port Adelaide. Who are you tipping this week and what are the best results for the Demons besides us winning?

    • 10 replies
    Demonland
  • CASEY: Geelong

    There was a time in the second quarter of the game at the Cattery on Friday afternoon when the Casey Demons threatened to take the game apart against the Cats. The Demons had been well on top early but were struggling to convert their ascendancy over the ground until Tom Fullarton’s burst of three goals in the space of eight minutes on the way to a five goal haul and his best game for the club since arriving from Brisbane at the end of 2023. He was leading, marking and otherwise giving his opponents a merry dance as Casey grabbed a three goal lead in the blink of an eye. Fullarton has now kicked ten goals in Casey’s three matches and, with Melbourne’s forward conversion woes, he is definitely in with a chance to get his first game with the club in next week’s Gather Round in Adelaide. Despite the tall forward’s efforts - he finished with 19 disposals and eight marks and had four hit outs as back up to Will Verrall in the second half - it wasn’t enough as Geelong reigned in the lead through persistent attacks and eventually clawed their way to the lead early in the last and held it till they achieved the end aim of victory.

    • 0 replies
    Demonland
  • REPORT: Geelong

    I was disappointed to hear Goody say at his post match presser after the team’s 39 point defeat against Geelong that "we're getting high quality entry, just poor execution" because Melbourne’s problems extend far beyond that after its 0 - 4 start to the 2025 football season. There are clearly problems with poor execution, some of which were evident well before the current season and were in play when the Demons met the Cats in early May last year and beat them in a near top-of-the-table clash that saw both sides sitting comfortably in the top four after round eight. Since that game, the Demons’ performances have been positively Third World with only five wins in 19 games with a no longer majestic midfield and a dysfunctional forward line that has become too easy for opposing coaches to counter. This is an area of their game that is currently being played out as if they were all completely panic-stricken.

    • 0 replies
    Demonland
  • PREGAME: Essendon

    Facing the very real and daunting prospect of starting the season with five straight losses, the Demons head to South Australia for the annual Gather Round, where they’ll take on the Bombers in search of their first win of the year. Who comes in, and who comes out?

      • Clap
      • Thanks
      • Like
    • 212 replies
    Demonland
  • NON-MFC: Round 04

    Round 4 kicks off with a blockbuster on Thursday night as traditional rivals Collingwood and Carlton clash at the MCG, with the Magpies looking to assert themselves as early-season contenders and the Blues seeking their first win of the season. Saturday opens with Gold Coast hosting Adelaide, a key test for the Suns as they aim to back up their big win last week, while the Crows will be looking to keep their perfect record intact. Reigning wooden spooners Richmond have the daunting task of facing reigning premiers Brisbane at the ‘G and the Lions will be eager to reaffirm their premiership credentials after a patchy start. Saturday night sees North Melbourne take on Sydney at Marvel Stadium, with the Swans looking to build on their first win of the season last week against a rebuilding Roos outfit. Sunday’s action begins with GWS hosting West Coast at ENGIE Stadium, a game that could get ugly very early for the visitors. Port Adelaide vs St Kilda at Adelaide Oval looms as a interesting clash, with both clubs form being very hard to read. The round wraps up with Fremantle taking on the Western Bulldogs at Optus Stadium in what could be a fierce contest between two sides with top-eight ambitions. Who are you tipping this week and what are the best results for the Demons besides us winning?

    • 273 replies
    Demonland
  • PODCAST: Geelong

    The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 7th April @ the all new time of 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we dissect another Demons loss at Kardinia Park to the Cats in the Round 04. Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show. If you would like to leave us a voicemail please call 03 9016 3666 and don't worry no body answers so you don't have to talk to a human.

    • 62 replies
    Demonland