Prediction Show us ya ladder!

[BEaston]

 

[BEaston]

Easy peasy

 

[Libbaaaa]

As long as we don't end up playing Geelong in the first week of finals I'll be happy.

 

[Dog 36]

As long as we don't end up playing Geelong in the first week of finals I'll be happy.

If it was to happen I would show Kurt Russell's speech as Herb Brooks in the movie Miracle on Ice

Dogs USA

Cats Russia

 

[Doggy]

If it was to happen I would show Kurt Russell's speech as Herb Brooks in the movie Miracle on Ice

Dogs USA

Cats Russia

Nah ... Al Pachino Any Given Sunday

 

[Dog 36]

Nah ... Al Pachino Any Given Sunday

Miracle on Ice is perfect for a Cats game given their record against us.

 

[Lee]

I got us, blues, cats and crom all winning 2/3 games and making the 8.
Saints GWS, Syd, Ess all going 1/3 and throwing their season down the drain.

 

[Next Waiting]

As long as we don't end up playing Geelong in the first week of finals I'll be happy.

I'd be happy enough to take on Geelong in the first week at the G after a weeks rest.

Would make it a very special finals series if we won.

Sort of a risk big to win big. We have to beat them eventually. Let it be in the first week of (this) September.

 

[Unorth]

Squiggles projected ladder.

 

[CarnTheScray]

As long as we don't end up playing Geelong in the first week of finals I'll be happy.

What if we play Carlton, lead by 41 points at half time, then lose?

I would rather accept another loss to Geelong.

 

[Libbaaaa]

What if we play Carlton, lead by 41 points at half time, then lose?

I would rather accept another loss to Geelong.

Not me, fk Geelong.

 

[BulldogMuscle]

Too optimistic?

 

[Doggy]

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Too optimistic?

Haha. Just a bit

 

[my plums]

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Too optimistic?

I got us up to 2nd earlier in the week. We can do it!

 

[Norm De Guerre]

 

[Dogs 13]

 

[Next Waiting]

 

[manutd/dogs]

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Too optimistic?

I'm sick of the moaning, miserable pessimism on this board. We'll finish 2nd, easy. Have some faith, man!

 

[Bulldog rick]

I'm sick of the moaning, miserable pessimism on this board. We'll finish 2nd, easy. Have some faith, man!

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Spot on man and weightman can kick the winning goal after the siren from a 50m free kick.

 

[Next Waiting]

A really interesting stat from Dermie, of all people, on the telly last night.

He claims that no team since 1968 has lost 3 games in a row across July, August or September (very early September I assume and may include a losing qualifying finalist that lost its last 2 H&A games) and gone on to win the flag. That's 55 years which is a reasonable sample size.

If history repeats as it has done for the last 55 years we can rule a line through the following teams as being premiers

• Port Adelaide
• Adelaide
• Essendon

If Collinwood lose tonight, we can also rule a line through them. Same for Richmond.

If Collingwood (tonight) and Richmond (Sunday) lose, and the stat holds true, only the following teams can win this years premiership.

• Melbourne
• Brisbane
• Carlton
• Dogs
• GWS
• Geelong
• Sydney

With 3 rounds left, the above teams, apart from not making the 8, would have to do the following to eliminate themselves as premiership contenders on the basis of (recent) history

Lose the next 3 in a row

• Melbourne (or last 2 H&A plus QF)
• Brisbane (or last 2 H&A plus QF)
• Carlton
• Dogs
• Geelong
• Sydney

Lose the next 2 in a row

• GWS
• Saints

Lose the next game

• Pies
• Tigers

It's over already

• Port
• Essendon
• Adelaide

 

[dogwatch]

A really interesting stat from Dermie, of all people, on the telly last night.

He claims that no team since 1968 has lost 3 games in a row across July, August or September (very early September I assume) and gone on to win the flag. That's 55 years which is a reasonable sample size.

If history repeats as it has done for the last 55 years we can rule a line through the following teams as being premiers

• Port Adelaide
• Adelaide
• Essendon

If Collinwood lose tonight, we can also rule a line through them. Same for Richmond.

If Collingwood (tonight) and Richmond (Sunday) lose, and the stat holds true, only the following teams can win this years premiership.

• Melbourne
• Brisbane
• Carlton
• Dogs
• GWS
• Geelong
• Sydney

With 3 rounds left, the above teams, apart from not making the 8, would have to do the following to eliminate themselves as premiership contenders on the basis of (recent) history

Lose the next 3 in a row

• Melbourne
• Brisbane
• Carlton
• Dogs
• Geelong
• Sydney

Lose the next 2 in a row

• GWS
• Saints

Lose the next game

• Pies
• Tigers

It's already too late

• Port
• Essendon
• Adelaide

Meh ... records are there to be broken.
Nobody had ever won from 7th either. Until 2016.

 

[Dogs_r_barking]

I am really torn, I would love Geelong to miss the finals, but then if they do they will get a good draft pick, and they will go for mids. But if they make finals it could be 8th and they play against Carlton in an away final, which could be good too.

 

[Next Waiting]

I am really torn, I would love Geelong to miss the finals, but then if they do they will get a good draft pick, and they will go for mids. But if they make finals it could be 8th and they play against Carlton in an away final, which could be good too.

The Cats fate is in the Saints' hands before it's in ours. The Saints time to shine .....

 

[Libbaaaa]

Going to feel so dirty cheering for the Saints next week.

 

[bobs head soup]

I'm sick of the moaning, miserable pessimism on this board. We'll finish 2nd, easy. Have some faith, man!

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Love how you've got us beating GWS in the prelim and then Sydney in the GF. Ah, the memories.

Superb attention to detail.