Melbourne won 4 of 9 games against the final top8, St.Kilda and Bulldogs won 3 of 11 and Hawthorn 4.5 of 11.
Got to go Melbourne over Hawthorn. The loss to Carlton and Goldcoast show 12th was about right.
But...
Westcoast 4 of 9, Essendon 3 of 8, Sydney 5 of 8, Port 2 of 9
Of 5th - 8th seems Port are the pretenders - 12 of 13 against bottom 10. Gold medal performance for down hill skiing.
Adelaide 7 of 10, Geelong 4.5 of 9, Richmond 4 of 8, GWS 6.5 of 11
Adelaide the team to beat