Freo’s record vs top 8 teams this season

[The Feeder Club]

Maybe wait until the season pre finals games are finished and the 8 is finalised and then make a judgement.
The ladder position of the opposition is meaningless until it actually matters and that’s who you are playing in the finals.

If they corrected the bloody fixture and made everyone play everyone else in the first 17 games, we might be able to make a better judgement by about this time.
We're about to play the best team by far for the second time this year, old mates Port and Brisbane that sit in the 8 haven't played themm once yet

 

[mattis117]

All of a sudden we have three wins vs the top 8, shows how lame this stat is

 

[raffrox]

JLo haters will have to find another stat now I guess.

 

[chaosball32]

Made this post with the sole intention of being made to look like an idiot. As you can see it worked as intended. Reverse psychology, checkmate atheists.

 

[Freomaniac]

Yes when we beat Melbourne they were in the top 8. When Brisbane win tonight, as of tonight we have beaten a team in the top 8.
I get it and there is an asterisk against what our ladder position actually means, but it's a weird season

It is gonna be a tight season again. A 2 or 3 game gap between 5th to 12th or even 14th

 

[Freomaniac]

JLo haters will have to find another stat now I guess.

I am not a J Lo hater. It is hard to make finals.

 

[oldgoat]

Over half way through the season and our record vs top 8 teams stands at 0-1-3. 0 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses.

The 1 draw being against Collingwood, and the 3 losses coming against Carlton, Port, and Sydney.

With us playing Sydney in Sydney this weekend, the far and away best team in the league right now, and our 2 key defenders for the game having a combined 10 or so games between them, that records looks likely to extend to 0-1-4.

The only team with a worse record against top 8 teams this season is North, who stand at 0-0-7. Freo and North are the only 2 teams yet to beat a current top 8 team this season.

You can make arguments against this saying we were robbed against Carlton, we lost by 3 points to Port, and the unfortunate circumstances of Cam McCarthy’s sudden passing meant we never stood a chance against Sydney. You could say we’ve only played half of the top 8 and still haven’t played Essendon, GWS or Geelong. You could say the fluctuant nature of the top 8 renders this stat meaningless, for example Melbourne were 4th when we played them but thanks to us handing them a 92 point smacking they dropped all the way down to 10th.

Or you can say that we are a team who struggles to handle the pressure of the best teams in the league, whether that be physical or mental pressure. You could say we are just making up the numbers in the 8 and if we do make finals our poor record against top 8 teams will become apparent. You could say that our gameplan and often negative style of play doesn’t bode well against more structured and experienced teams.

You could say that we are 5th so clearly we are doing something right, or you could say that given the nature of how tight this season is (only 2 wins separating 3rd and 13th) that it’s hard to get a grasp of how good we actually are, and despite being 5th still aren’t taken seriously because we haven’t beaten a good team yet.

Genuinely interested to hear your thoughts about this. Is it a glaring red flag, or a meaningless stat?

Looks like another boring, useless, misleading, nonsensical, meaningless stat this afternoon.
Nine out of ten experts predicted us a bottom four team at season start...how's that for a stat?
YOKAI
Signed
Pollyanna and the Fanbois.

 

[oldgoat]

...and yet I genuinely think we could beat everyone currently in the 8 except Sydney. Weird season.

We're in fulsome agreement Kapow...
We can beat any team in the top eight!
Just need to get on with it...all the time remembering...how easy it is to lose to any team, any time, any where!

 

[girt187]

All of a sudden we have three wins vs the top 8, shows how lame this stat is

Current 8
Sydney - beat
Carlton - should of beat but got f***ed
Fremantle - can’t beat yourself
Essendon - haven’t played yet
Collingwood - Drew
Brisbane - Beat
Bulldogs - Beat
Giants - Haven’t played yet

It’s a terrible stat

 

[Taylor]

JLo haters will have to find another stat now I guess.

They will have plenty of time, a top four finish would be quite an extension for him

 

[Schauermann]

This really is not an easy statistic atm. We have 2 now in Sydney and Brisbane for sure at the end of this round. And Brisbane were not even top 8 contenders a month ago. Could be 4 with Dogs and Suns as well with some unlikely result. Melbourne are out and not look likely to go back in. Us beating a top 12 team most likely will push a team out of the 8. Ladder positions are really pushed around atm.

 

[Joao]

Normally at least 6 of the top 8 are well entrenched by now. This year it is just Sydney that have looked the part all year.

 

[Freomaniac]

in 2024, it was 3 wins and 8 losses