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[Purple Suit]

I did a ladder predictor on the AFL website.
Had us winning 5 more game to get to 14 wins in total.
Saints
WCE
Carlton
Hawks
Port

That would be a good effort from here based on everything we have seen so far this year and certainly can’t be accused of being a pessimistic outlook.

Still has us finishing 9th on percentage from the suns.
Would be the first team in history to miss out on finals with 14 wins.
The nepo babies final game of the season against Essendon after round 24 (postponed from earlier) would be the one that tips us out.

It would be the most dockery thing of all time. So it’ll probably happen

Are you not confident we can knock off the Swans?

 

[Madas]

Are you not confident we can knock off the Swans?

I think we CAN knock off anyone but the question is whether we bring the intensity of the GC game or the St Kilda game

 

[Lach72]

Are you not confident we can knock off the Swans?

Swans have Gulden and Papley back this week. Let’s see how that affects them before getting too confident

 

[poshman]

The production of the game itself has taken a massive dive this season. The number of times the camera is too zoomed in or they select the wrong camera for the time in the game was jarring.

Why go back to the essendon sub on the bench 3-4 times in the middle of live action? I don't watch too many non Freo games, has it been the standard this year?

 

[Randomizor]

The production of the game itself has taken a massive dive this season. The number of times the camera is too zoomed in or they select the wrong camera for the time in the game was jarring.

Why go back to the essendon sub on the bench 3-4 times in the middle of live action? I don't watch too many non Freo games, has it been the standard this year?

It’s gotten to the point where I’m beginning to wonder if the cameramen aren’t at the ground either

 

[gaskin]

It’s gotten to the point where I’m beginning to wonder if the cameramen aren’t at the ground either

They film what they are told to film.

 

[BStaff17]

The bloody AFL and there opening round debacle has ****ed up the ladder.

Gold coast and essendon both being out of kilter when it comes to games played is going to be so annoying on the run home

 

[poshman]

They film what they are told to film.

It is both the shot and the production that has gone down the drain. Switching away from active play to none shots?

The quality was terrible on Thursday night.

 

[poshman]

The bloody AFL and there opening round debacle has ****ed up the ladder.

Gold coast and essendon both being out of kilter when it comes to games played is going to be so annoying on the run home

And the bye being spread out so long. Round zero is nonsense! Spreading the bye over so many weeks is nonsense.

 

[mike91]

Yeah, but we will beat Brisbane too.
I have a feeling Collingwood game we will draw.

Collingwood make a mockery of us with limited players these days. They'll beat us at the G', without a single doubt.

We're a chance of finals, but our run home isn't as easy as people think, just like last season.

Hope I'm wrong, but I don't think we'll make it.

 

[Cesoir]

And the bye being spread out so long. Round zero is nonsense! Spreading the bye over so many weeks is nonsense.

Wait until we get a 19th team! If they can't organise an even number of teams how will they go with an odd number?

 

[Dockeroo]

Are you not confident we can knock off the Swans?

Well I can’t give us every 50:50 game?
I gave us the hawthorn game and that is a very marginal call.

I think we’ll do very well to win 5 of the remaining 9 games to be honest.

We are playing 3 of the best 4 sides in the league on the way home. There is very little margin for error and we already got away with one last week vs North.

 

[Madas]

I did the predictor and I’m feeling like it’s going to be 9th for us unfortunately
Might need some of the teams around us to fall away or somehow boost the percentage

 

[Mogumber]

I'm not all that pessimistic, we have good players coming back, so there will be competition for spots.
We can make the 8, but we need to really be ruthless, not Dockery

 

[Dockeroo]

I did the predictor and I’m feeling like it’s going to be 9th for us unfortunately
Might need some of the teams around us to fall away or somehow boost the percentage

It’s a weird season this year. All the top 8 seem to be stacking wins against the teams 10th and below.
Means 14 wins probably needed for finals now

 

[sansian]

The production of the game itself has taken a massive dive this season. The number of times the camera is too zoomed in or they select the wrong camera for the time in the game was jarring.

Why go back to the essendon sub on the bench 3-4 times in the middle of live action? I don't watch too many non Freo games, has it been the standard this year?

I thought exactly the same when watching on Thursday night. They did something similar so many times.

 

[ImperialPurple]

BT in his hyperbolic commentary about Vossy’s goal was great until he said ‘it’s not about you, it’s all about me’ (not word for word). Do you even know Patrick Voss BT?

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

I did a ladder predictor on the AFL website.
Had us winning 5 more game to get to 14 wins in total.
Saints
WCE
Carlton
Hawks
Port

That would be a good effort from here based on everything we have seen so far this year and certainly can’t be accused of being a pessimistic outlook.

Still has us finishing 9th on percentage from the suns.
Would be the first team in history to miss out on finals with 14 wins.
The nepo babies final game of the season against Essendon after round 24 (postponed from earlier) would be the one that tips us out.

It would be the most dockery thing of all time. So it’ll probably happen

Its certainly closer to pessimistic rather than optimistic given how we are playing haha

 

[south beach]

The production of the game itself has taken a massive dive this season. The number of times the camera is too zoomed in or they select the wrong camera for the time in the game was jarring.

Why go back to the essendon sub on the bench 3-4 times in the middle of live action? I don't watch too many non Freo games, has it been the standard this year?

Pisses me off too. Camera goes to bench in the meantime we kick a goal

 

[south beach]

Collingwood make a mockery of us with limited players these days. They'll beat us at the G', without a single doubt.

We're a chance of finals, but our run home isn't as easy as people think, just like last season.

Hope I'm wrong, but I don't think we'll make it.

Not so sure about Collingwood we should have beaten them by at least 5 goals with our mid field dominance and our forward entries. They are over hyped given all of the concessions and MCG advantages.

 

[Dockeroo]

Its certainly closer to pessimistic rather than optimistic given how we are playing haha

Yeah maybe, I’m not sure we are playing that well since the bye.
The last 2 weeks have been workmanlike efforts at best. We are banking the wins though and that’s all that matters at this stage.
We have had two really impressive performers in this little run - the wins pre bye against GWS and Gold Coast.

I maintain 5/9 would be a decent result from here on for this group.

6 out of 9 wins would mean 11 wins from our final 14 games. That’s the form line of a flag contender really, and I think it’s definitely optimistic to think we are a flag chance this year.

The ladder predictor is flawed in that someone in the 8 now will inevitably collapse and lose games unexpectedly (Carlton and ourselves good examples from late 2024 for example).

 

[Purple Suit]

Well I can’t give us every 50:50 game?
I gave us the hawthorn game and that is a very marginal call.

I think we’ll do very well to win 5 of the remaining 9 games to be honest.

We are playing 3 of the best 4 sides in the league on the way home. There is very little margin for error and we already got away with one last week vs North.

I agree with 2 of the best 3 but not sure why the Dogs have so much credit when we have already beaten them and they are lower on the ladder. With a bit of luck we will be full strength by then too.

We knocked off the Swans last year when they were flying, our team is playing a lot better than we did in Rd 2.

 

[s_wd6]

I agree with 2 of the best 3 but not sure why the Dogs have so much credit when we have already beaten them and they are lower on the ladder. With a bit of luck we will be full strength by then too.

We knocked off the Swans last year when they were flying, our team is playing a lot better than we did in Rd 2.

The last few times we’ve played dogs at marvel we’ve been destroyed

 

[Purple Suit]

The last few times we’ve played dogs at marvel we’ve been destroyed

One was off a bye though and we beat them in 2022. I recon it’s a 50/50 but maybe we drop it and beat the Hawks.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

I know it's the vent thread so carry on, but IMHO I think the Suns and Giants are more vulnerable than us.
I think we'll peak at the right time and finish 5th to 8th. We get some good teams at home so I'm confident we can get to 15 wins. Means we can drop 3 from here.