They also had an easy draw compared us seeing the positions both teams finished last year. If we had their draw we'd have made top 4.
what? Brisbane twice, Essendon twice? Geelong twice (a little bit harder potentially but turned out we could spud it up as well as the bottom of the ladder teams). The only 'hard' teams you got twice were Richmond and Freo. Cry me a Rivers®, Quiv!!
Dogs got Brisbane, Melbourne, West Coast, St Kilda and Port twice- you could argue that Melbourne, StKilda >> Essendon and Geelong (since both teams beat us/drew with us), West Coast equivalent to Freo and the only point of difference being Richmond > Port...
not much easier than your own draw, is it?