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this is the first brain teaser I've seen

I'm skeptical. I don't reckon there's any connection unless it's to do with the spelling of names or something.

All these people recognising that top 4 is in danger after I called it out 3 weeks ago and got called out for it. lolz How predictable.

I expected to be breaking into the top 4...in 2019....

That's fine. I agree that 4 games will do that. I, for one, see 3 wins 3 losses which puts us potentially 5th if we don't get our % up.

close thread. inside sources tell me he'll be close to top 10 material by draft time.

Yes, we can lose 2 but not 3. If we lose to Geelong, dogs and WCE in Perth (which is a big possibility) then we will finish on 64 points. I have Port winning 5 of the last 6 and beating Coll, GWS, stk, Carlton and Adelaide which means we tie on points. Yes, they could lose to stkilda but no more than we could lose to Hawks or GC.

Of course 4 wins gets us top 2. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. We haven't beaten Hawks or GC yet.

Oh, did we not lose to GWS? Now we are a 50/50 for 4th spot alongside Port. The highest % gets in. Assuming we beat hawks and Gold Coast.

Well I've got us dropping 3 games which according to my calculations puts us in 4th-5th spot and being tied with port on points so would need to beat them on % to get in. Time to get ruthless in the next 2 weeks. None of this 2-4 goal win crap. Blow them out of the water!

Well I think Oliver is a better play all round but petracca is the perfect guy to put on a half forward flank. Just like what they do with Danger and Dusty.

how the hell did we lose to adelaide. god they are so bad

why do you guys torture yourselves? Write him off.

agree. literally all the experts who speak to player managers and watch junior footy all say that he'll go top 20. More than happy to not hear the Mac Andrew name every again.

Picture this, Port surging back into the game, the home crowd roar becomes louder, the Dees player playing a bit more nervy, the umpires buying into the home crowd rants and raves, the game on the line in the 3rd quarter. Mcdonald goals! The pressure is alleviated and the bleeding stopped. A few minutes later, Mcdonald kicks another goal! Pressure starts going back on Port, Mcdonald's confidence through the roof. Next minute, Mcdonald sent to the bench. This is the most stupid coaching call of the night. I love how coaches try and be on the cutting edge of sport science with their rotations. How about sorting out our goal kicking inefficiency before getting fancy and keeping our good players on when they start lighting it up.

Completely agree. I noticed that too. One passage of play where Port goaled they say 'Port just took the game on, they were probably a bit lucky with not getting called holding the ball but they need to continue to take the game on'. How about changing the narrative and saying 'Melbourne stiff by a terrible call there. The umpires need to look out for that but Port took advantage of a bad call and kicked a goal'. I can't stand how they never address bad umpiring.

The 4th spot on the ladder will be between Melbourne and Port according to my calculations. And that will be decided by %. To be fair, I don't think its lack of endeavour as to why we never have big wins. It's just due to poor kicking for goal. every week. Another 14 behinds with about 3 shots that missed everything is a consistent story for us and we're going to kick ourselves out of a final unless we pay it the respect it deserves.

I lost complete trust in the AA selectors after May didn't make the squad last season. But Lever, Petracca and Oliver locks. Salem a 50/50. May a 50/50

No change. Goal kicking accuracy still a concern but it seems unfixable.

I'm also very happy to eat humble pie. I knew from the first 5 mins that we 'came to play'. I thought the goal on half time was going to bury us and change the momentum and it largely did in the 3rd quarter as they got back to within 7 point but we steadied and kicked 2 and that was pleasing. Still very poor goal kicking because we kicked about 4 goals from the goal square but we get a week to focus on it, AGAIN. Now please, good lord, please bring this pressure against the bottom 8 teams.

6: Petracca. 5: May 4: Oliver 3: Mcdonald 2: Hibberd 1: Pickett

Gawn - surged it forward Viney - a few errors Hibberd - won vital contests May - continued AA season Petty - marking with confidence Rivers - multiple brave efforts Salem - Poised when needed Lever - in his groove Langdon - important possessions late Brayshaw - has tidied disposals Harmes - Indecisive first half Oliver - Loves Adelaide Oval Petracca - Kicked the sealer Fritsch - A little patchy McDonald - Stopped Ports surge Brown - Goalless but handy Pickett - Tackles pressure returned Spargo - Handy early goal Jackson - One confident mark Jordon - Stuck to basics Hunt - Erased horrible experience Neal-Bullen- Willing but untidy Dr. D: Happily proven wrong Goodwin: Got players up

Brayshaw's tackle pressure is up but been pretty dumb giving 2 costly free kicks away. Needs to be a bit smarter but a good start. Charlie Spargo is so good at the toby Greene move.

I can't wait for the Ben Brown 5 possessions game only to have people roll out the 'he brought the ball to ground' bullish!t. which is code for doing nothing but drop marks.

I'd send Harmes straight to Butters. He is their most damaging player in my eyes and a real catalyst for his team with his cockiness