Unofficial Preview Essendon can still make the Top 4

[Call Me Cake]

However, in order for it to work, the games highlighted in green must happen.

Games highlighted in brown have no bearing on the chance either way.

This means,

• Essendon must beat North Melbourne, Carlton and Richmond.
• Geelong and Hawthorn must beat Sydney.

Drop a game, and we don't deserve the 4th spot.

 

[VelvetSledge]

I can not fault your optimism, I really can't.

 

[lamaros]

Hawks have to best pies too.

 

[Call Me Cake]

Hawks have to best pies too.

Well then I guess Collingwood must win all 3 of their games too.

In that case, if they do, it will be down to percentage.

But who's more likely to go 3-0, Hawthorn or Collingwood? It can't be both.

 

[Atavistic]

Can you really see us beating North? Maybe in the 1st half of the year we would have been able but not now.

 

[yodellinhank]

We can win the flag if we don't drop any games. Not going to happn though, is it?

 

[gO_bOmBeRz]

Going to be a very tough ask. Really can't see Sydney dropping out of the top 4. Would be ecstatic if we managed to finish 5th.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

**** it, we can do it. We have the ability. Gonna take a massive turn around though.

 

[BomberWatson]

It's over boys, yesterday surely showed that.

 

[Doss]

We have the ability, but we aren't in any sort of headspace to make it even remotely likely right now.

 

[GandalfTheDon]

This also relies on the AFL not holding our points in limbo. What's more likely? Us winning our last 3 games, or the AFL giving sanctions to us that don't please the brain dead, toothless public?

 

[Coldacre]

it's August. we wouldn't beat the Crib Point 3rd's at the moment.

 

[frenchfri12]

I thought the same guy posted 5 times, but it was 5 diffrent guys.

 

[raskolnikov]

Top four is out of the question. Fifth against an eigth placed Port would be good though. Should put us through to the second week.

 

[lamaros]

Top four is out of the question. Fifth against an eigth placed Port would be good though. Should put us through to the second week.

If we can't make 4th we can't make 5th.

 

[Chiz]

I had to run my ladder simulator over 100 times before it had us finishing in 4th. Even if we manage to win all three games it's unlikely the other results will all go our way. We seem destined to finish seventh with an elimination final up against Richmond or Collingwood.

 

[Xavier Menzies]

Still a reasonable chance to make the top 4, what a miracle would be needed

 

[eth-dog]

If we can't make 4th we can't make 5th.

Yes we can. Win the remaining 3 games and we're definitely a chance

 

[theboxmike]

We have the ability I really want our boys to turn it around and show we can play our best footy at the end of the year.

 

[Tassieboy]

We'll either show up and win or get smashed today, unlikely to be a hard fought loss.

 

[Call Me Cake]

Hawks beat Pies.

Blues beat Tigers.

90% of it is all down to us now.

 

[The Prosecutor]

Win our games and 5th would be the worst case.

Need Sydney to drop their games to Geelong (@ Geelong) and Hawthorn (@ ANZ) for the top 4 to open up.

 

[Call Me Cake]

Everything else was going right for us except for our own efforts.

In that case, we don't deserve the 4th spot.

5th and below is all that's on offer now.