Prediction Our Chances in the 2019 finals

[Merlins Revenge]

It would be such a monumental achievement if we made finals. We looked dead and buried not long ago. It would mean so much to me as well, as I was in China in 2016! I missed out on the dream of seeing the Doggies win a flag at the G with my family, and I’m not sure if I’ll ever get that moment back.

As it stands, my wife and I will be moving to Melb around early to mid September (Depending on how long her visa takes to clear). Some crazy part of my brain is whispering “It’s happening again! The doggies are about to embark on another climb to a flag!” and I might be able to actually go this time!

The odds may be forever against me, the dogs and the perennial battler, but I’ll always believe we can make it

 

[Mattdougie]

Percentage will kill us in the end I think

Well that and losing to Carlton and the suns.

 

[SharkMeister4]

Making finals would be a great lift for this list, but not likely we could make a serious dent with some pretty looming issues, with an inexperienced spine and patchy goal kicking. that being said, I think opposition players will look at the current position of the dogs, with an incredibly young list with some clear areas of improvement and think that they could make an instant impact in putting us into finals contention. Even if we miss finals but get to a competitive position, players that were otherwise sitting on the fence may see us as the place with the greatest chance at success. couple that with a tonne of cap space and its feeling pretty positive to be a doggies fan

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

This is me being optimistic

Richmond won't like that

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

This is me being optimistic

So we have to win it from 8th - np

 

[AjsGuns]

historically 12 wins gets u finals? so we need to win 4/6. Our percentage is pretty bad though..

 

[go the dogs]

If we win the next 2 essendon and Adelaide i think we make it. Port Adelaide and Bombers to miss if that's the case.

We just need either port or freo to knock over the bombers.

 

[Substance]

We can win all 6 and forget percentage. It will come down to us dominating a qtr, and kicking 6 goals or 1.6

 

[ScragCity]

I get what you're saying, and there is some truth to it, but I don't think it's that simple. I think we cause the other team to look poorer because of the level of pressure our guys have been applying the last few weeks, as well as the intensity the game is being played at. This really takes it out of you - it's part of the appeal of the quick handball hot potato strategy we've adopted, in that it forces the opposition to constantly chase while our guys are relatively stationary. This saves our energy for the quick bursts, while also tiring the opponent. Tired legs means poor goalkicking.

I don't think it's just "luck" that we've come up against Collingwood, Port and Geelong sides that all looked to be underperforming. I think that was more to do with us having control of the game and having it played on our terms, rather than just getting lucky and having 3 top team at their worst

When other sides kick poorly it's bad luck but when we do it it's because we suck...

 

[charcoalchicken]

I think we miss, finishing 10th or so, i think were playing finals next season, we are starting to slowly turn it around

 

[Mattie2016]

A few teams are looking ragged and with injuries mounting all around us, we may just do a Steve Bradbury and skate past a few to the finish line. Will finish with 13 wins and a percentage of around 110%.

We have four games 'home' which we will win - St Kilda, Fremantle, Essendon (Marvel) and Adelaide (Ballarat). And expect us to defeat a depleted GWS without most of its midfield. We defeated Brisbane earlier in the season and will fancy our chances again, though that is one which we may drop, if any.

With Morris, Liberatore, Gowers, Jong, Wallis and Daniel all available this week, our side is going to be hard to beat. I predict we win 5 of the remaining 6 and will finish 6th or 7th. I doubt anyone would want to face us in the finals then...

 

[Leon]

Geez, in my previous post I forgot about playing Brisbane at the GABBA.

We’d be doing bloody well to beat them there.

 

[Wocka]

A few teams are looking ragged and with injuries mounting all around us, we may just do a Steve Bradbury and skate past a few to the finish line. Will finish with 13 wins and a percentage of around 110%.

We have four games which we will win at Marvel - St Kilda, Fremantle, Essendon and Adelaide. And expect us to defeat a depleted GWS without most of its midfield. We defeated Brisbane earlier in the season and will fancy our chances again, though that is one which we may drop, if any.

With Morris, Liberatore, Gowers, Jong, Wallis and Daniel all available this week, our side is going to be hard to beat. I predict we win 5 of the remaining 6 and will finish 6th or 7th. I doubt anyone would want to face us in the finals then...

Adelaide is in Ballarat

 

[fred cook]

If we win the next 2 essendon and Adelaide i think we make it. Port Adelaide and Bombers to miss if that's the case.

We just need either port or freo to knock over the bombers.

Let’s hope Port play the bombers after a loss not before a win


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[Dogs_R_Us]

Geez, in my previous post I forgot about playing Brisbane at the GABBA.

We’d be doing bloody well to beat them there.

I’m going, I’ll get them over the line

 

[Next Waiting]

I'm not entirely convinced by the Lions as a genuine contending proposition. Can make and win a final.
Trying to find the right description. I dont find them imposing enough or (at this stage the capacity to be imposing enough) to win it all.

Oddly perhaps, and even though we are not certain to make finals, if we do make it I think we have the players to impose under finals heat and win the lot.

 

[Werewolf]

I just had a crack at the ladder predictor. With us only dropping the Brisbane and GWS games and reasonable selections in all other games, have us sneaking into the top 8 after defeating the Crows in the final round. Then we win the premiership from 8th

 

[Merlins Revenge]

Hogan and Sandilands suffered injury setbacks. Could both be out for the year, so that’s huge for our chance against Freo.

 

[Doggy]

Hogan and Sandilands suffered injury setbacks. Could both be out for the year, so that’s huge for our chance against Freo.

Sandi has barely played anyway

 

[X_box_X]

Our 2016 premiership team was renowned for dominating possession. This dropped off dramatically in 2017 and 2018.

It seems we are back to our best, as this ladder indicates.

 

[X_box_X]

There's a lot we're doing poorly, but also a lot of things we are continuing to do well. Continuing to be one of the more disciplined teams in the competition and winning more free kicks than our opposition continues to be a strength of ours.

I would have liked to have posted that ladder last week prior to the Melbourne match.

 

[fronkalicious]

Who should we be hoping wins tonite (aside from the draw)??

 

[Werewolf]

Who should we be hoping wins tonite (aside from the draw)??

Adelaide for sure. Essendon are more likely to miss out and we can replace them if we win enough games.

 

[Mattdougie]

Who should we be hoping wins tonite (aside from the draw)??

Who ever loses has to be the game we set ourselves for if we win the games we should. I think the bombers have a harder run in and t would make me sick if they ended our year

 

[Distinctive_]

Think our finals hopes rely on Essendon.
Need them to lose against 3 of Adelaide, Collingwood, port and freo

Then we’d need to beat the bombers ourselves, and win at least 3 more other games.

I’d say we can do it, just unfortunately will depend on the result of other teams games