Analysis T8 vs T8 - after Round 23

[IdiotBox]

Just looking back.... the current Top 8 teams were first assembled in Round 6. Since then, there has not been a single, even temporary, incursion by a bottom 10 club. The Top 8 was set in stone 11 rounds ago!

Rd 6 Ladder
NM 24 124.9
GE 20 174.7
SY 20 144.0
WB 16 155.8
GW 16 140.8
WC 16 130.4
AD 16 122.0
HW 16 91.8

 

[macmate]

its funny how first and 8th swapped..... seventh made its way up too

 

[IdiotBox]

I would have used the term 'poetic'.

 

[Blaze Storm]

Just looking back.... the current Top 8 teams were first assembled in Round 6. Since then, there has not been a single, even temporary, incursion by a bottom 10 club. The Top 8 was set in stone 11 rounds ago!

Rd 6 Ladder
NM 24 124.9
GE 20 174.7
SY 20 144.0
WB 16 155.8
GW 16 140.8
WC 16 130.4
AD 16 122.0
HW 16 91.8

So much for the "even season" huh?

 

[IdiotBox]

 

[Kil Phearns]

Hawks are 5/8 against top 8 sides, yes?

Geelong at 7/9 is more than a little scary. They're the biggest threat imo.

 

[Hawkk]

Hawks are 5/8 against top 8 sides, yes?

Geelong at 7/9 is more than a little scary. They're the biggest threat imo.

That round 1 game really stuffed our record against the top 8 didnt it

 

[IdiotBox]

 

[IdiotBox]

Better late than never?

 

[IdiotBox]

Crows the only side, so far, to not drop a game against a Bottom 10 team. Cats have managed that embarassing feat 3 times.

 

[Kil Phearns]

Nth haven't beaten a top eight side since Round 6...

 

[Hawkk]

Nth haven't beaten a top eight side since Round 6...

Hopefully they can start on Saturday. If North win we are almost guaranteed an MCG final week one.

Either 'away' to Geelong (if we lose to West Coast) or home to GWS / Sydney (if we defeat West Coast)

 

[tommyk72]

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Crows the only side, so far, to not drop a game against a Bottom 10 team. Cats have managed that embarassing feat 3 times.

Cats looking damn good. Crows looking vulnerable against top 8 sides (particularly top 4, which is 1 win from 4). Flat track bullies.

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Hopefully they can start on Saturday. If North win we are almost guaranteed an MCG final week one.

Either 'away' to Geelong (if we lose to West Coast) or home to GWS / Sydney (if we defeat West Coast)

A North win this Saturday would be ******* gold.

 

[IdiotBox]

North look like getting a swag of players back for this one (Higgins, Jacobs, Brown, Thompson...) and really, they need to give a yelp at some stage to have any credibility going into the finals.

 

[IdiotBox]

And, we're almost done...

 

[HODGEYROAD]

So in the wash up our record vs the Top 8 stacks up against anyone not named Geelong.

 

[IdiotBox]

So in the wash up our record vs the Top 8 stacks up against anyone not named Geelong.

and of course, had we beaten Geelong in rnd 1 we'd be level-pegging with them in this regard.

And, here is the final wash-up after all H&A games completed. Interesting how the top 4 reflect the better performed teams. North scrape in on percentage.

 

[tommyk72]

and of course, had we beaten Geelong in rnd 1 we'd be level-pegging with them in this regard.

And, here is the final wash-up after all H&A games completed. Interesting how the top 4 reflect the better performed teams. North scrape in on percentage.

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Interesting that:

1/ all of the top 8 played two bottom 8 teams twice, with the exception of GWS, WCE and Dogs. Pretty even.
2/ Both hawks and Sydney only lost 1 game to the bottom 8, but 4 to the top 8.
3/ Geelong only lost 2 to the top 8 but 3 to the bottom 8. Fallible when not switched on?
4/ Crows lost 6 to the top 8 and NONE to the bottom 8. Maybe not as strong for finals as people think?

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Interesting that:

1/ all of the top 8 played two bottom 8 teams twice, with the exception of GWS, WCE and Dogs. Pretty even.
2/ Both hawks and Sydney only lost 1 game to the bottom 8, but 4 to the top 8.
3/ Geelong only lost 2 to the top 8 but 3 to the bottom 8. Fallible when not switched on?
4/ Crows lost 6 to the top 8 and NONE to the bottom 8. Maybe not as strong for finals as people think?

It Suggests that the top 4 will be the 4 teams that are still around on Preliminary Final weekend.

 

[Kil Phearns]

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