Can we make the 8 in 2023?

[FreoGirl]

it's going to be difficult, but they should have a crack

 

[Taylor]

There is currently one win difference between fifth and eleventh. We are currently sitting two wins outside the top four and two wins outside the bottom four.

Key eight point games against: Dogs, Swans, Geelong
Top four match ups: Brisbane, Port, Pies
Bot four match ups: WC, Hawthorn, Carlton

Three, three, three. Evens.

Sydney play basically just the eight point games for the rest of the year.
Gold Coast play the top five sides and one bottom four side.
Dogs have the same sort of run as us.
Adelaide have a softer run than us.
Essendon have a harder run than us.
Geelong have a tough run.

We need to keep winning obviously but the reality is that Essendon falling out the eight might be our best chance and we play both WC and Carlton who will have our game as their last big effort for the year.

We also have the worst percentage of our point group and that of those above, the 4th worst in the league so we are effectively a game behind due to that. We would need to belt the likes of WC and Hawthorn by hundreds of cumulative points to get into the conversation again there.

Losing those early ones cost us too much.

 

[DocT]

Realists 1.
Optimists 0.
No, we can't make the 8.
Thread done and dusted.

 

[mattis117]

Realists 1.
Optimists 0.
No, we can't make the 8.
Thread done and dusted.

Um, you know the opposite of optimist is pessimist right?

No it isn't OK to relabel pessimism as realism.

 

[King Tenz]

What are we, 7 wins, 9 losses right now? Need 13 wins to make the 8, so can only really afford one loss from here.

Nah, it's over. Got Collingwood, Port Adelaide and Brisbane to come. It's done.

 

[Taylor]

The only way we get to finals is to arrive with a resume that would scare every team we could come up against. That has to start with beating the Pies at the G.

.... so no, we aren't playing finals.

 

[Righteo]

I still maintained a skerrick of hope before today but ultimately most of us knew after round 2 that it wasn't going to be our year, much as we tried to deny it. We had the brief flicker of something with that little win streak but outside of that we've been pretty discombobulated. What makes it sting more is that we've had one of the best runs with injury in our existence but we couldn't make it count.

 

[King Tenz]

What makes it sting more is that we've had one of the best runs with injury in our existence but we couldn't make it count

Damn yeah, it does hurt more now that I think about it. I fully expect the injury curse to come back now over the next few years and really harm our chances at a flag

 

[MadMac]

 

[Wilksyy]

No we’re too young

Among other things. Like s**t

 

[Freomaniac]

Unlikely at this stage. We are on 7 wins.

We could actually notch up 10 wins and 13 losses and get bottom 4 lol

 

[DQ 4EVER]

No

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[Gaza99]

It's really early in the season to say it but if we are to make the 8 I think we have already used up our quota of dropped wins for the year.

Clubs definitely in the hunt for 7th/8th are: us, Tigers, Cats, Dons, Blues, Adelaide. Also, Saints could drop and Cats could and probably will push into the top 6.

Anyhow, games where we play teams competing for 7th/8th become the proverbial '8 point games'.

What's interesting is that our next 4 home games are all 8-pointers - Cats, Tigers, Dons, Blues. Can we win 4/4? If so we are well on our way to make good from our disastrous season start.

We already made the 8.

The bottom 8

 

[pK75]

We already made the 8.

The bottom 8

Watch us go on a winning streak now to finish 10th. Neither top or bottom eight

 

[Gaza99]

Watch us go on a winning streak now to finish 10th. Neither top or bottom eight

Probably better to get the operations and rest for the older lads and blood some new players in.

Fighting to gain a few spots doesn't seem worthwhile. The team needed to show fight when they were in contention not when it's over dead rubber

 

[Tonga Bob]

NARRATOR: no.

 

[Sweetback]

It’s over. Nothing about us right now suggests we will overcome our problems

 

[BigRang]

 

[DocT]

It’s over. Nothing about us right now suggests we will overcome our problems

Over, like over over, like everyone on Big Footy will be dead before Freo overcomes its problems over?

 

[88mph]

Next year is our year.

 

[TheLastCall]

Surprisingly still possible. Mostly due to all the draws.

Realistically No.

 

[Sweetback]

Over, like over over, like everyone on Big Footy will be dead before Freo overcomes its problems over?

Not quite at the existential crisis stage yet but why not?