ace wrote: ↑Thu 30 May 2019 6:58pm
We are outside the 8 because of percentage.
Finals football is not out of the question.
But our boys can't afford to lose to opponents around them.
This weekend is the beginning against Port
But winning most the games against Adelaide, Brisbane and Fremantle will be crucial.
And no slips ups to inferior teams especially away games against Gold Coast, North & Sydney..
Finishing 6 is not out of the question.
But then Geelong, Collingwood, GWS, Richmond and West Coast await in the finals.
We only play 2 of them in the run home.
Richmond at Marvel, Geelong at the cattery and Adelaide over there will be nightmares.
Gold Coast in Townsville and Sydney in Sydney and North in Hobart are must wins away.
We need 8 wins from 12 games will ensure finals otherwise it will be percentage deciding.
At Marvel unless indicated otherwise
Our draw
11 Port in China
BYE
13 Gold Coast in Townsville
14 Brisbane
15
Richmond
16 North Melbourne in Hobart
17
Geelong at Cattery
18 Western Mongrels
19 Melbourne
20
Adelaide in Adelaide
21 Fremantle
22 Carlton at MCG
23 Sydney in Sydney
An excellent post Colleague, if I may say so. For what it's worth, I see 7 POTENTIAL wins from the remaining fixtures: Port Adelaide, Brisbane, North Melbourne, Dullbogs, Melbourne, Fremantle, Carlton.
Geelong at the Cattery is a real LONG shot.... (But I always live in hope)
Adelaide at Adelaide Oval............ same story
Sydney (at present) can't take a trick at the SCG.... BUT by round 23?????
Richmond and Gold Coast (in Townsville) are the games that I feel could go either way, depending on our start!
I'm still in "one game at a time" mode and haven't even considered the prospect of Finals footy. A solid second half of the season with several more wins under our belt, while maybe not giving us "september action" could still however provide a good springboard for 2020.