How many more can we win this season?

[mohannair]

Looking at the current form of every team, here is my prediction for us for the rest of the year.

There will be some upset which may push us into the 8.

What do you think?




Round 14 :- against Suns WIN
Round 15 :- against Freo WIN
Round 16 :- against Tigers LOSS
Round 17:- against Dons LOSS
Round 18:- against Swans LOSS
Round 19:- against Port LOSS
Round 20:- against Eagles WIN
Round 21:- against Demons WIN
Round 22:- against North WIN
Round 23:- against Tigers LOSS

[Milne]

Need to win 13 to guarantee finals but feel like we will fall just short unless consistency improve. Will need a scalp or two

[mohannair]

Need to win 13 to guarantee finals but feel like we will fall just short unless consistency improve. Will need a scalp or two

You may be right Milne, also % is our enemy

[mohannair]

Did I go bit early and say we will win against Suns....
the way we played in first half is slightly better than Auskick

[Con Gorozidis]

We are in the 8.
I think we will finish 7th, 8th or 9th. 10th at absolute worst.

[repta]

12 wins should make it.
We need tho beat the tigers at least once by my calculation
wins
Freo
WC
Ess
North

Losses
Sydney
Melb
Port

Leaving the saints having to beat the tigers at least once

[SaintPav]

Beating Freo over there will be tough.

I think they will be able to shut us down.

[BigMart]

3/4

[The Fireman]

making the finals ? wont be pretty if we do...I'm torn.

[Linton Lodger]

Need to win 13 to guarantee finals but feel like we will fall just short unless consistency improve. Will need a scalp or two

12 will get you there this year. Perhaps even 11 with a decent percentage.

[saintspremiers]

We will win 4 more for the year to finish on 11 wins and finish Tiger 9th

[Linton Lodger]

If we win 5 of our last 9 we'll probably play finals. If we don't we're undeserving anyway.

A bit of perspective here, does anyone think we can win the Premiership? If not, then why is it so important that we play finals? The Premiership is there for the taking for GWS, the only thing stopping them is more injuries or them choking. Geelong could pinch it off them because they have the know how of about 6 Premiership players. Sydney I fancy are coming from too far back. Adelaide are no chance.

Sure, finals games would be a good experience for the players that haven't played finals footy, however not so much if you're polaxed. Isn't our priority the building of a Premiership list? In our quest to play finals we basically leave Paddy, DMac, Rice, White, Hickey and Steele or Dunstan playing for Sandy. I reckon we have gotten carried away with impatience and expectations based on 12 wins last year. 12 wins with 4 automatic wins against Carlton & Essendon.

Don't get me wrong I'd like us to make the finals and would be happy, however our List Management should be first priority.

[Sainternist]

Play it one week at a time. I don't see any point in reading tea leaves. A team's fortunes fluctuate on a weekly basis.

All I'm going to be thinking about is our next game against the Dockers in Perth at this stage.

Go Saints!

[SaintPav]

making the finals ? wont be pretty if we do...I'm torn.

You need to live more in the present, dude.

[Con Gorozidis]

If we win 5 of our last 9 we'll probably play finals. If we don't we're undeserving anyway.

A bit of perspective here, does anyone think we can win the Premiership? If not, then why is it so important that we play finals? The Premiership is there for the taking for GWS, the only thing stopping them is more injuries or them choking. Geelong could pinch it off them because they have the know how of about 6 Premiership players. Sydney I fancy are coming from too far back. Adelaide are no chance.

Sure, finals games would be a good experience for the players that haven't played finals footy, however not so much if you're polaxed. Isn't our priority the building of a Premiership list? In our quest to play finals we basically leave Paddy, DMac, Rice, White, Hickey and Steele or Dunstan playing for Sandy. I reckon we have gotten carried away with impatience and expectations based on 12 wins last year. 12 wins with 4 automatic wins against Carlton & Essendon.

Don't get me wrong I'd like us to make the finals and would be happy, however our List Management should be first priority.

Agree with that.

From my point of view the flag odds are:

GWS 65%
Crows 15%
Demons 5%
Swans 5%
Port 5%
Cats 5%

Everyone else = 0%.

[saintspremiers]

Well f*** me dead.

We haven't played finals since 2011 and some on here aren't excited with the prospect of us playing a final - even if we got flogged.

I reckon there may be a tear in my eye come the day we next play our first final in at least 6 years and the anthem is played.

[Sainternist]

Well f*** me dead.

We haven't played finals since 2011 and some on here aren't excited with the prospect of us playing a final - even if we got flogged.

I reckon there may be a tear in my eye come the day we next play our first final in at least 6 years and the anthem is played.

+1

Making the finals would be a significant achievement this year. We're right in the hunt so why capitulate our hopes just yet?

[saintbob]

Looking at the current form of every team, here is my prediction for us for the rest of the year.

There will be some upset which may push us into the 8.

What do you think?




Round 14 :- against Suns WIN
Round 15 :- against Freo WIN
Round 16 :- against Tigers LOSS
Round 17:- against Dons LOSS
Round 18:- against Swans LOSS
Round 19:- against Port LOSS
Round 20:- against Eagles WIN
Round 21:- against Demons WIN
Round 22:- against North WIN
Round 23:- against Tigers LOSS

I think you're over rating Richmond and Essendon

[chook23]

Will be lucky to win 3 more.
Easily could be 2.

[Bernard Shakey]

Three!

[casey scorp]

making the finals ? wont be pretty if we do...I'm torn.

Getting matches into young players is good for their development.

Getting finals into players is good for their development too. Let them feel the pressure, the weight of expectation and the disappointment of losing or the thrill of winning!

[SemperFidelis]

Well f*** me dead.

We haven't played finals since 2011 and some on here aren't excited with the prospect of us playing a final - even if we got flogged.

I reckon there may be a tear in my eye come the day we next play our first final in at least 6 years and the anthem is played.

+1

And another. For God's sake let them play one with Roo and Joey.

[shrodes]

making the finals ? wont be pretty if we do...I'm torn.

Getting matches into young players is good for their development.

Getting finals into players is good for their development too. Let them feel the pressure, the weight of expectation and the disappointment of losing or the thrill of winning!

+1, it's not even about our performance, it's about giving the team the taste of the pressure and atmosphere of finals footy. They'll need it if we're ever going to win the big one as we're not going to go from out of the 8 one year to grand final the next.

[samuraisaint]

Looking at the current form of every team, here is my prediction for us for the rest of the year.

There will be some upset which may push us into the 8.

What do you think?




Round 14 :- against Suns WIN
Round 15 :- against Freo WIN
Round 16 :- against Tigers LOSS
Round 17:- against Dons LOSS
Round 18:- against Swans LOSS
Round 19:- against Port LOSS
Round 20:- against Eagles WIN
Round 21:- against Demons WIN
Round 22:- against North WIN
Round 23:- against Tigers LOSS

I think you're over rating Richmond and Essendon

I'm with you Bob - Tigers and Bombres extremely gettable at Etihad. We'll win one of those.
The rest of Mohannair's predictions I agree with though. Still think we are most likely to win 12, and finish ninth or maybe tenth on percentage.

[bigcarl]

The next five - Freo away, Tigers, Essendon, Swans away, Port away - are going to be tough.

Not convinced that we are good enough, but if we do make it, based on that draw, we can win it.