Get your hand off it. You've played GWS and Melbourne
AFL 2014 Ladder Predictions
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Get your hand off it. You've played GWS and Melbourne
Who gives a shite about beating Melbourne and GWS.... They won't make the eight anyway. Should prefer the number one pick as opposed to pick 4 or 5.
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Round 4 against Freo is our only trip west this season.
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Which is already a pretty good indication that we won't be winning the spoon like most people here predicted.
They won't be our only wins for the year either, I'd give us a pretty good chance of beating Adelaide at Etihad in a couple of weeks.
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nah' won't beat us next weekend mate. You thought Geelong would lose to your boys but they basically coaxed through that one and when it was time put the foot down, they did and it was game over. Sydney are in appalling form at the moment and it took a long time for Collingwood to finally find a way through in that one.
I wish I was as confident as you in beating the Pies this week! Definitely not a certainty and will be a tough matchup like always with them.
I said that did I ?
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Please do.
With all due respect, take away the drugs saga, and the Bombers were good enough to win 18 games. Previous seasons, were due to injuries, fair call on those season, but last season, without that saga, they would have finished 3rd or 4th.
Their list has more upside than, richmond, calrton, collingwood, and North. If they can stay out of ******* trouble, top 4 is a certainty.
Yes ple
Plugger, you need 4, at least 5 wins to avoid the spoon. So far you have 2. Its a good start. I don't think you will get the spoon, but its still possible.
I think Bulldogs might struggle tbh to get 5 wins.
ATM I'm backing either Bulldogs or Melbourne, Wishfully the Crows, and Brisbane. but its too early to call
Lol as a supporter of StK, we were a tad lucky in those two games. But in the Melbourne game, our team played better despite scoring shot difference. I wouldn't be surprised if we get the spoon, Melbourne might improve later in the year, GWS are improving, etc. It's too early in the year to conclude anything.
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Who everyone was jumping up and down over after they beat the Swans, one of the pre-season Flag favorites. Don't forget Melbourne was supposed to vastly improve this year, too.
Does every team vary in quality and form to suit the argument that we suck, or is it only those two?
They can't accept that you've clearly performed better than the Demons, GWS and probably the Bulldogs and other teams too, for some strange reason.
I hadn't really noticed Tom Hickey at all until Saturday, except when St. Kilda gave up a first rounder for some GC no name, but I was shocked by how good that guy was. Sensational game and he looks seriously talented. Very clean hands for a ruck, a few great taps, 3 goals, good marks, tackles- awesome. The Hickey and McEvoy trades both look great for the Saints. Hickey, Dunstan, Steven and Curren could be a terrific centre square combination for the next decade. You've got something to build off and I think we've all underestimated St. Kilda.
My attempt..
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It's 2am and I was a bit bored so I sat through the slogging task for the ladder predictor (slogging this early on in the season anyway) and figured I'd share my results.
Here's my top 8 from the preditions threads on March 12...
And here's what I came up with in the ladder predictor...
And here's the finals series...
So I haven't changed my opinions much. The only real change is swapping North and Port because I didn't believe Port were the real deal until last week, and I didn't accept that North weren't that good until the Bulldogs game. Needless to say Port's last quarter fitness scares me.
The bottom five will exchange wins against each other through the year, and ignoring the likely upset here or there, that's where all their wins will come from. I expect a few floggings later on for them, but I did see them being competitive through the year for the most part. As Port, West Coast and Gold Coast have shown in recent years, you can springboard nicely after bottoming out. Basically a practice run for these five for next year.
I thought I'd have Collingwood winning a couple more, in all honesty, and I could have botched the positions of 9-13, but I expect them in that group. And no, not taking the piss with Richmond, I actually thought they'd be where Collingwood are.
I can't lie, I took some liberties with the prelim-GF games, because Geelong getting revenge on Freo and then knocking off old mate Hawthorn SHOULD have been last year's finals series and I was ROBBED of it. But we'll see how it goes.
Other tidbits I came across while doing the home and away rounds:
- Geelong and Hawthorn undefeated when they meet in Round 5
- Geelong and Port undefeated when the meet in Round 6
- Port won't lose until they play Freo in Round 8
- Geelong and Freo to meet with 1 loss each in Round 9
- Had Geelong winning three games in a row by 100+ points in Rounds 16-18 (because I'm a sadist)
- Had three separate 100 point games in Round 18
- Hawthorn not losing again after Round 5 to lose two in a row to Freo/Geel
- Sydney beating Richmond and GC knocking off WCE to see GC make the 8 ahead of a Rich/WCE in Round 23
I stand by all this and I'll do the predictor again after Round 12 to see how I'm travelling.
Here's my top 8 from the preditions threads on March 12...
And here's what I came up with in the ladder predictor...
And here's the finals series...
So I haven't changed my opinions much. The only real change is swapping North and Port because I didn't believe Port were the real deal until last week, and I didn't accept that North weren't that good until the Bulldogs game. Needless to say Port's last quarter fitness scares me.
The bottom five will exchange wins against each other through the year, and ignoring the likely upset here or there, that's where all their wins will come from. I expect a few floggings later on for them, but I did see them being competitive through the year for the most part. As Port, West Coast and Gold Coast have shown in recent years, you can springboard nicely after bottoming out. Basically a practice run for these five for next year.
I thought I'd have Collingwood winning a couple more, in all honesty, and I could have botched the positions of 9-13, but I expect them in that group. And no, not taking the piss with Richmond, I actually thought they'd be where Collingwood are.
I can't lie, I took some liberties with the prelim-GF games, because Geelong getting revenge on Freo and then knocking off old mate Hawthorn SHOULD have been last year's finals series and I was ROBBED of it. But we'll see how it goes.
Other tidbits I came across while doing the home and away rounds:
- Geelong and Hawthorn undefeated when they meet in Round 5
- Geelong and Port undefeated when the meet in Round 6
- Port won't lose until they play Freo in Round 8
- Geelong and Freo to meet with 1 loss each in Round 9
- Had Geelong winning three games in a row by 100+ points in Rounds 16-18 (because I'm a sadist)
- Had three separate 100 point games in Round 18
- Hawthorn not losing again after Round 5 to lose two in a row to Freo/Geel
- Sydney beating Richmond and GC knocking off WCE to see GC make the 8 ahead of a Rich/WCE in Round 23
I stand by all this and I'll do the predictor again after Round 12 to see how I'm travelling.
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GWS beat Sydney in Sydney. What's your point?
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His point is being favourite doesn't guarantee a win.
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What have you seen so far this season to say Melbourne are better than St Kilda?
Nothing, and nor did I say Melbourne are better than St.Kilda. What I did way was that the bottom handful of teams all suck equally.
