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Emu
We will lose probably 2 of the next 3 & possibly not even be in the 8 heading into the bye
They way we currently play is ******* pathetic
Not as pathetic as your posts lately
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We will lose probably 2 of the next 3 & possibly not even be in the 8 heading into the bye
They way we currently play is ******* pathetic
We will lose probably 2 of the next 3 & possibly not even be in the 8 heading into the bye
They way we currently play is ******* pathetic
I can't see us losing another game this year so I think top 4 is a lock.
So out of a bad case of insomnia, i had a play with the Ladder predictor. Basically i found out that, our run home is laughably horrendous compared to the other teams in the 8 & not only is it looking near impossible to make the top 4, Its hard to see us finishing better than 6th, but most likely 8th!
Even with us getting to 15 wins, my predictor had us finishing 8th! wtf!
Basically, our run home is deplorable, while every other team in the top 4 has the softest run you could dream up....
Our run home includes...
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The Lions twice including the Gabba
Geelong
Eagles at subi
Giants in Sydney
Dockers at Subi
Suns @ Metricon
5 interstate games in the final 13 - we actually play every interstate team this year away, except Sydney & Adelaide.
I had as doing a very healthy 10 out of 13 - which based on our injuires and the high amount of interstate games and quality opponents, would be a great effort.
Even with that, i had us finishing 8th!
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This big issue i had was all the other top 8 teams have real soft runs home, or at least have a nice spread home advantage games against similar quality teams. This is obviously just a predictor, but i would be intrigued to see if anyone else has attempted this and what results you see. I did not do these games with "margins" - so looking at it we really need to make sure we bury some of our crapper opponents to get our percentage higher - and hope teams like Sydney or the Eagles maybe drop a few games they would expect to win.
Its hard to imagine 15 wins only earning you 8th, but looking at the state of the bottom 8 teams, its also hard to imagine any of them getting any real run going to cause any real trouble
This clash against the Lions this week is actually incredibly important - its a swing game for us to make up room on a team which look likely to finish top 4. With 2 games at Subi we really need this one so then we can possibly just split the WA games - its hard to imagine us winning both especially since our record over there against WCE is pretty poor.
The 3 losses i had us were Lions @ Gabba, Eagles @ Perth & Geelong
Our run home isn’t that bad apart from the Brisbane at the Gabba and West Coast in Perth games. In fact, I think it’s one of the easiest runs home from what I know. If we hit form in the second half like we did in the previous years (and get players back from injury), I think going 16-6 is still a possibility. That would be dropping the West Coast and Brisbane games and winning the rest. 16-6 can land us outside of the top 4 still so percentage is important.
I don’t think that 1st - 7th will have a record of 16-6 and better because there are probably going to be some upset losses along the way for teams just like we dropped games that we were probably expected to win. They also still have quite a few games against each other.
I did it and had us at 3rd
Bulldogs
Melbourne
Tigers
Cats
Port
Lions
Eagles
Swans
Prelim vs cats bestI did it and had us at 3rd
Bulldogs
Melbourne
Tigers
Cats
Port
Lions
Eagles
Swans
For the sake of their 1st round pick, hopefully they don't make it that farPrelim vs cats best
There is nothing wrong with our run home.