Can Richmond still be a contender this season?

[gavaniacono]

Some pretty big losses this year. We had 2 monsterings in 2017. Lets see how things pan out.

 

[roacheee]

Sorry what are Collingwoods losses “like this”???

you just jinxed your season

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

The more the season pans out the more I’m leaning towards a Giants v Eagles GF.
If we make finals and win one I’d be pretty happy under the circumstances.

 

[Shazza_]

if we loose the next 2 we're cooked ! must win at least 1

adelaide with their umps and boo crowd will be very hard to beat next week in sa . we are now their grand final and their second biggest rivalry

 

[tony__montana]

So over the next 5 weeks we play

Cats home
Crows away
Saints Docklands
GC Metricon

I think we need to go 3-1 to have a realistic shot at top 4, 2-2 will pretty much see us guarantee a finals spot with our run home.

Theoretically we should look at Lambert, Jack, Nankervis, Ross, Short all being ready or very very close to being ready at the end of that block.

To borrow a line from Dimma - next 5 weeks are big boy month for the tiges

 

[mad_tiggy911]

Can't believe we're gonna win the flag again so soon.

We rebuilt in 1 season while the Blues are forever in a rebuild.

 

[TigerTime_89]

Best Case:

		W	L	D	%
1.	Geelong	19	3	0	141.8%
2.	GWS	17	5	0	133.7%
3.	West Coast	16	6	0	115.7%
4.	Collingwood	15	7	0	121.1%
5.	Richmond	15	7	0	108.5%
6.	Adelaide	13	9	0	107.7%
7.	Fremantle	12	10	0	105.4%
8.	Brisbane Lions	12	10	0	101.1%
9.	Port Adelaide	11	11	0	104.6%
10.	Hawthorn	11	11	0	102.4%
11.	Essendon	11	11	0	101.3%
12.	Melbourne	10	12	0	90.8%
13.	St Kilda	9	13	0	87.7%
14.	North Melbourne	7	15	0	88.7%
15.	Sydney	7	15	0	87.2%
16.	Western Bulldogs	7	15	0	86.1%
17.	Gold Coast	4	18	0	69.7%
18.	Carlton	2	20	0	74.1%

QF1: GEELONG v Collingwood 96K


QF2: GWS v West Coast 20K
EF1: RICHMOND v Brisbane Lions 85K
EF2: ADELAIDE v Fremantle 52K

SF1: Collingwood v RICHMOND 97K
SF2: WEST COAST v Adelaide 59K

PF1: GEELONG v West Coast 72K
PF2: GWS v Richmond 24K

GF: Geelong v GWS 96K

We then go on and win in 2020

 

[MagpieMilitia]

Comedy is all in the timing.

Oh dear. All good things come to those who wait.

 

[theyellowsash]

Still relatively confident in my pick of not making finals

 

[Sir_Rancelot]

We won't make finals
I think our biggest problem is that the club has become way too complacent.
We need to shake things up a bit down at the club.

 

[Zoom]

Oh dear. All good things come to those who wait.

Brave going early again lol

 

[fightingfury]

Nope not this year

 

[MagpieMilitia]

Brave going early again lol

I get 3 days of glory now

 

[muzhogg]

Oh dear. All good things come to those who wait.

So brave.

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Injuries have destroyed any sense of continuity...

 

[roacheee]

Oh dear. All good things come to those who wait.

Ask dom sheed

 

[juss]

Cooked. But the improvement in depth is obvious and will serve us well moving forward.

 

[tony__montana]

Probably won’t contend now but will still play finals.

 

[SavDog23]

Making a Prelim would be a great result atm.

 

[HTT]

Next week is must win. Go to the bye 8-5.
I’d seriously consider bringing in some fresh faces this week for whoever is most tired. Our guys are spent from playing above themselves.

 

[tony__montana]

Next week is must win. Go to the bye 8-5.
I’d seriously consider bringing in some fresh faces this week for whoever is most tired. Our guys are spent from playing above themselves.

Chol, Bolton and Broad should be certainties based on vfl today. Weller too will be in the mix

 

[prodigy1311]

It’ll be a great effort to make the 8 n win a final! The window is almost shut! Oh well atleast we got one...!

 

[tugga]

Best case scenario now is to finish 5th or 6th and get a home final.
We will likely go to the bye at 7-6 with a percentage of 90.
We really needed our bye to be this weekend.
Blessing in disguise is we have gotten games into young players which will fast track their development.
I still think we can be contender in 2020.
If we win a final this year it will be a huge effort considering our circumstances.
I think we may just miss the 8 though.

 

[Lsta062]

Winning a Premiership this year would beat 2017’s Premiership. Would be so satisfying to shock like that in the finals.

 

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

We're finally seeing how bad some of these players actually are, its beautiful to watch, makes the 2017 premiership more satisfying