Finals predictions

[alscotoz2]

Apologies if this is already in motion, and delete if necessary. Just read this article and it's not a bad summary even allowing for the ifs and buts.

Hawks finally in the eight; which team blew it? Finals equation for every AFL contender with two rounds left

Hawks finally in the eight; which team blew it? Finals equation for every AFL contender

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I think we will play cats in victoria in first week... hopefully in Melbourne CBD... either ground would be fine.

 

[M Malice]

3rd or 4th is fine with me, IMO we are a huge chance to beat either of the likely top 2 Cats(MCG) or Swans(SCG) and snag a home Prelim.

FWIW I just did a ladder predictor and this is my first week finals prediction >

QF-

Swans v Port.
Cats v Lions.

EF-

Giants v Blues.
Bulldogs v Hawks.

 

[Nunez]

3rd or 4th is fine with me, IMO we are a huge chance to beat either of the likely top 2 Cats(MCG) or Swans(SCG) and snag a home Prelim.

FWIW I just did a ladder predictor and this is my first week finals prediction >

QF-

Swans v Port.
Cats v Lions.

EF-

Giants v Blues.
Bulldogs v Hawks.

Third is perfect in terms of a run.

Get through Geelong and the toughest opponent we may have is Hawks in the prelim. We should beat them at home.

Also would mean a run of:

MCG
Gabba
MCG
Gabba
MCG

Perfect.

 

[Elixuh]

Going on most probable outcomes presuming we win the next two...
Port or Geelol in week one (anywhere) would be fine with me.
I think people are wrong to write-off the Swans so quickly, they'd be my third choice.

If we don't win the next two and host an EF...
GWS, Freo and Dogs matchup the worst for us IMO.
Hawthorn would be a who knows. We haven't played them at the Gabba in years and they don't have finals experience as a group.
Carlton not worried, lol.

 

[Tom14]

As much as I am certain this is the weakest cats line up we've seen in years, still wouldn't want to see them in a final. They'll always be excellently coached and won't lose the game - we'll have to actually win it.

 

[jjami15]

If we do match up with Cats expect them to request it be played at GMHB.

 

[M Malice]

If we do match up with Cats expect them to request it be played at GMHB.

If there are no Melbourne clubs with hosting rights in the first weekend of finals I would expect the AFL to decide it must be played at the MCG.

 

[Dalions]

I am the same; I can’t believe some are saying it’s an ideal match up when we’ve lost to them the past few times we’ve played them. Perhaps it’s a way to convince themselves that throwing away second spot wasn’t the disaster it is.

Beating them in an away Final would be a thing of beauty though wouldn’t it?

 

[Squizz89]

100% it would.

Could be wrong but would the last time we played the Cats at the MCG be the 2004 PF when we should have had it at the Gabba but for the VFL screwing us over?

Played them there in the prelim in 2022. At least on paper we did. Dunno if the players actually rocked up though.

 

[martinson]

I don't care at all who we play.

What's important is that we win the next 2 and get Top 4.

Can't see us winning it from 5th or 6th. Possible but very unlikely.

 

[haystark]

Interesting to see the AFL reporters still see us finishing top four

 

[M Malice]

Interesting to see the AFL reporters still see us finishing top four
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That is the exact order I came up with in my post #2.... which probably means it wont pan out that way.

 

[Crusha]

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FWIW I just did a ladder predictor and this is my first week finals prediction >

QF-

Swans v Port.
Cats v Lions.

EF-

Giants v Blues.
Bulldogs v Hawks.

FWIW I just did a ladder predictor and this is my first week finals prediction >

QF-

Swans v Giants.
Cats v Port.

EF-

Lions v Blues.
Bulldogs v Hawks.

 

[M Malice]

FWIW I just did a ladder predictor and this is my first week finals prediction >

QF-

Swans v Giants.
Cats v Port.

EF-

Lions v Blues.
Bulldogs v Hawks.

That is sad, IMO it will be extremely difficult for us to beat 3 of Port, Cats, Giants, Swans in 3 consecutive weeks after dispatching of the Blues.

 

[Crusha]

That is sad, IMO it will be extremely difficult for us to beat 3 of Port, Cats, Giants, Swans in 3 consecutive weeks after dispatching of the Blues.

Still under the "influence" of last weeks performance.
Ask me to do again later in the week ...... I may have recovered by then.

 

[PattyKwasagun]

FWIW I just did a ladder predictor and this is my first week finals prediction >

QF-

Swans v Giants.
Cats v Port.

EF-

Lions v Blues.
Bulldogs v Hawks.

Did you have us losing a game, or Giants, Cats and Port all winning both their remaining games?

I'd be shocked if Freo dropped both their games against GWS and Port - surely they'll win at least one of those two.

 

[DreadBat5701894]

Did you have us losing a game, or Giants, Cats and Port all winning both their remaining games?

I'd be shocked if Freo dropped both their games against GWS and Port - surely they'll win at least one of those two.

Cats in 2nd indicates the former

 

[FeastOrFamine]

Amazing how detrimental that one poor game has now had on our season and potentially premiership chances. No doubt the players are of the view that they’ve got plenty of opportunities in the future as they’ve believed since 2019.

I'm just glad that we're in a position to finish in the top 4 after such a slow start to the year. I don't think that one down effort after spending the last two months salvaging our season is justification to say that the players believe they've got plenty of opportunities remaining. I would be almost certain that none of them are taking any of these opportunities for granted.

 

[Lion_LegacyXL]

Hoping that finishing 3rd or 4th would be a blessing in disguise given how wasteful we've been at home.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

I have us 4th. Port slipping up against Freo

 

[M Malice]

With Jack Payne, Bruce Reville and Eric Hipwood

30

Eric Hipwood

Age

28

Ht

204cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.0

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

2.6

2star

M

3.9

4star

T

1.3

3star

G

1.5

5star

D

11.1

3star

K

8.4

3star

HB

2.7

2star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.1

2star

G

1.1

5star

D

10.6

3star

K

8.4

4star

HB

2.2

2star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

2.4

5star

likely to be available would this be our best side for finals?

Brandon Starcevich

4

Brandon Starcevich

Age

26

Ht

188cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.2

2star

K

6.5

3star

HB

2.6

2star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

185.3

3star

D

9.5

2star

K

7.3

3star

HB

2.3

2star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.1

3star

MG

187.9

3star

D

8.6

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

1.4

2star

T

1.8

4star

MG

181.2

3star

, Jack Payne, Dayne Zorko

15

Dayne Zorko

Age

36

Ht

175cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.4

5star

K

13.2

5star

HB

8.2

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

6.0

5star

MG

440.5

5star

D

14.0

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.0

3star

M

2.0

2star

T

5.0

5star

MG

291.0

4star

D

16.4

4star

K

9.8

4star

HB

6.6

4star

M

5.2

5star

T

6.6

5star

.
Darcy Wilmot, Harris Andrews

31

Harris Andrews

Age

29

Ht

200cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.8

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.6

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

151.7

2star

D

17.0

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

8.0

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.0

3star

D

9.8

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

4.8

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

1.6

4star

MG

94.0

2star

, Ryan Lester

35

Ryan Lester

Age

33

Ht

190cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.9

4star

K

7.9

3star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.7

4star

MG

170.4

3star

D

10.3

3star

K

5.8

2star

HB

4.5

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

1.5

2star

MG

140.7

3star

D

12.6

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

5.8

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

0.6

3star

.

Oscar McInerney

46

Oscar Mcinerney

Age

31

Ht

205cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.1

2star

K

4.1

2star

HB

3.9

3star

CL

1.4

4star

HO

14.3

5star

D

6.9

1star

K

4.1

2star

HB

2.7

2star

CL

1.9

4star

HO

16.4

5star

D

7.6

2star

K

4.0

2star

HB

3.6

3star

CL

0.4

3star

HO

11.2

5star

, Lachie Neale

9

Lachie Neale

Age

32

Ht

177cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

27.0

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

15.5

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.7

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

28.3

5star

K

13.9

5star

HB

14.4

5star

M

4.6

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

12.0

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

7.4

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

1.0

3star

CL

0.4

3star

, Josh Dunkley

5

Josh Dunkley

Age

28

Ht

191cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.8

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

11.3

5star

M

4.3

4star

T

5.8

5star

CL

3.2

5star

D

20.7

5star

K

7.0

3star

HB

13.7

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

5.3

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

14.2

4star

K

7.2

3star

HB

7.0

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

4.0

5star

CL

1.4

4star

.
Hugh McCluggage

6

Hugh Mccluggage

Age

27

Ht

187cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.3

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

7.9

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.0

5star

CL

2.2

4star

D

19.0

4star

K

12.0

5star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

2.0

4star

D

13.2

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.8

4star

CL

0.6

3star

, Jarrod Berry

7

Jarrod Berry

Age

27

Ht

193cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.4

4star

K

8.5

3star

HB

8.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

4.2

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

17.0

4star

K

9.4

4star

HB

7.6

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

5.1

5star

CL

2.9

4star

D

10.6

3star

K

4.4

2star

HB

6.2

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.8

5star

CL

0.8

3star

, Jaspa Fletcher.

Charlie Cameron

23

Charlie Cameron

Age

31

Ht

180cm

Wt

76kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.1

3star

K

8.4

3star

HB

3.7

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

3.2

5star

G

1.5

5star

D

9.6

2star

K

7.9

3star

HB

1.7

1star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.7

3star

G

1.9

5star

D

9.6

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

4.2

4star

M

1.4

2star

T

3.4

5star

G

1.2

4star

, Eric Hipwood

30

Eric Hipwood

Age

28

Ht

204cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.0

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

2.6

2star

M

3.9

4star

T

1.3

3star

G

1.5

5star

D

11.1

3star

K

8.4

3star

HB

2.7

2star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.1

2star

G

1.1

5star

D

10.6

3star

K

8.4

4star

HB

2.2

2star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

2.4

5star

, Cam Rayner.
Kai Lohmann, Joe Daniher, Zac Bailey

33

Zac Bailey

Age

26

Ht

181cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.7

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

5.9

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

CL

0.9

3star

D

12.9

3star

K

7.3

3star

HB

5.6

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.4

3star

CL

0.7

3star

D

13.4

4star

K

6.6

3star

HB

6.8

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

2.8

5star

CL

0.6

3star

.

Will Ashcroft, Callum Ah Chee

4

Callum Ah Chee

Age

28

Ht

182cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.8

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

5.9

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.9

4star

G

0.5

3star

D

11.1

3star

K

7.7

3star

HB

3.4

2star

M

3.1

3star

T

2.7

4star

G

0.1

3star

D

9.4

3star

K

4.4

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

3.0

5star

G

0.8

4star

, Logan Morris, Shadeau Brain. Sub- Bruce Reville.
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Who else would be under consideration?

Conor McKenna if he can get back to his best?
Harry Sharp for some pace and gut run?
Jaxon Prior has played the last couple of games?

 

[lionsrules]

Remember guys gws play dogs in Ballarat for the final round. With that in mind and freo winning last week imo, I have is 3rd and the afl having the QF with the cats at the MCG…. Unless Ross lyon can weave some magic this weekend against the cats

 

[Lion_LegacyXL]

Remember guys gws play dogs in Ballarat for the final round. With that in mind and freo winning last week imo, I have is 3rd and the afl having the QF with the cats at the MCG…. Unless Ross lyon can weave some magic this weekend against the cats

Sydney losing both their last 2 games to Essendon & Adelaide isn't out of the question either. A little unlikely but I feel like there's a few twists left in this season. The top 2 may not be set yet.

 

[jumbojet]

Think it’s important who we meet in the finals rather than where we finish. Sure to be an easier side of the draw. Let’s hope we are on it.

 

[On the quiet]

With Jack Payne, Bruce Reville and Eric Hipwood likely to be available would this be our best side for finals?

Brandon Starcevich, Jack Payne, Dayne Zorko.
Darcy Wilmot, Harris Andrews, Ryan Lester.

Oscar McInerney, Lachie Neale, Josh Dunkley.
Hugh McCluggage, Jarrod Berry, Jaspa Fletcher.

Charlie Cameron, Eric Hipwood, Cam Rayner.
Kai Lohmann, Joe Daniher, Zac Bailey.

Will Ashcroft, Callum Ah Chee, Logan Morris, Shadeau Brain. Sub- Bruce Reville.
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Who else would be under consideration?

Conor McKenna if he can get back to his best?
Harry Sharp for some pace and gut run?
Jaxon Prior has played the last couple of games?

If we played Hawthorn or GWS ( no Riccardi), I would consider adding some further speed off CHB and whilst he has been solid all year, Lester who usually gets the 4th or 5th forward would be my out, with possibly McKenna or Answerth included.