Carlton can STILL make Final 8 (don't shoot me)

missnaut · **Posted:** Thu Sep 10, 2020 1:36 pm

Not sure what would be funnier, making them this year at the expense of Essendon* or making them in 2013 at the expense of Essendon*

bondiblue · **Posted:** Thu Sep 10, 2020 1:46 pm

SurreyBlue wrote:

jim wrote:

Been on the predictor. If the Dogs, Giants and Dees lose one then we have to beat Adelaide well, a close win won't likely do, and Brisbane (ouch...good luck) and we get in. We need to get the percentage to around 102%. Then we get a trip to Perth.....oh yay.

Tough ask but it's good that we are somehow still playing for a finals spot 2nd last match. Somehow keep hanging in. We should be near entrenched but hope we learn from that.

We can beat Brisbane.

I have a good feeling bout that game too SB.

Possibly Simmo's last game

Outside chance to get into the finals or results in round 16 may have a papers stamped.

Pennt drops on 4 qtr effort.

Teague picks a team in form.

TDK has his break through game :wink:

Reading jim's post re Bradbury above motivated me too.

CK95 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 10, 2020 3:46 pm

Our defence can hold Brisbane's attack I reckon. Not that I'm getting ahead of myself or anything

Paddycripps · **Joined:** Mon Jun 01, 2015 5:55 pm **Posts:** 4435

CK95 wrote:

Our defence can hold Brisbane's attack I reckon. Not that I'm getting ahead of myself or anything

Ha we haven't even won the penultimate game yet

Seriously though you are doing a wonderful service mate well done

CK95 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 10, 2020 4:40 pm

Not sure what I've actually done mate but I'll take it :lol:

Blue Vain · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:35 am **Posts:** 17951

CK95 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:36 pm

Does St K losing help us

CC1961 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:37 pm

CK95 wrote:

Does St K losing help us

Absolutely.
Now they are motivated to beat GWS next week as we'll need them to do.

SurreyBlue · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:32 am **Posts:** 10479

CC1961 wrote:

CK95 wrote:

Does St K losing help us

Absolutely.
Now they are motivated to beat GWS next week as we'll need them to do.

CK95 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 11, 2020 4:31 pm

Angus Brayshaw in for surgery...

Donstuie · **Posted:** Fri Sep 11, 2020 4:42 pm

We basically need to win our final two games, and for Collingwood & Melbourne to lose theirs.

We need a miracle.

jezzarules · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:09 pm **Posts:** 5851

Donstuie wrote:

We basically need to win our final two games, and for Collingwood & Melbourne to lose theirs.

We need a miracle.

We need no more than one of Collingwood, Melbourne, GWS & Bulldogs to win both their games.

CC1961 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:44 pm

jezzarules wrote:

Donstuie wrote:

We basically need to win our final two games, and for Collingwood & Melbourne to lose theirs.

We need a miracle.

We need no more than one of Collingwood, Melbourne, GWS & Bulldogs to win both their games.

Good effort at portraying it more pithily guys.

However, in consideration of the detail I posted here...

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=36993&start=83

...the more accurate one-line representation would be that we need EACH of Melb, GWS, Footscray to lose ONE each and to have a 2nd bite at the cherry - Collingwood to lose both.

Sadly for us, whichever of those first three wins twice gets in and we don't.

CFC8795 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 11, 2020 7:07 pm

Thanks for being such a realistic optimist CC1961. Sounds all very straight forward to me.
Who will we be playing in the first week of the finals again? :garthp:

CC1961 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 11, 2020 7:15 pm

I just KNOW you're being cheeky...

However - 1st week finals, sadly Richmond unless they win tonight, in which case WC.

shudder... a trip to Perth?

BUT, if the plan goes OK AND Collingwood loses both - we'll be 7th playing St.Kilda 6th.

I like that option better!

CFC8795 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 11, 2020 7:17 pm

Love your work CC1961. Saves us all trying to get our head around all the permutations.
I hope you will be able to say “I predicted this” :thumbsup:

(When we make the 2020 finals)

CC1961 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 11, 2020 7:22 pm

CFC8795 wrote:

Love your work CC1961. Saves us all trying to get our head around all the permutations.
I hope you will be able to say “I predicted this” :thumbsup:

Thanks mate.

My head is just full of all sorts of crap - stuff like this just kind of ooozes out.

Coz, I'm a never-say-die until Mad-Monday lifelong Carlton tragic.

and i REMEMBER when we were better than this!

We crept in back in 1945 and pulled it off - time enough to do it again.

Paddycripps · **Joined:** Mon Jun 01, 2015 5:55 pm **Posts:** 4435

So, what do we want to happen today?

jezzarules · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:09 pm **Posts:** 5851

For this week at least it's in our own hands because us losing to Adelaide is the only result which puts it out of reach before next week

CC1961 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2020 8:47 am

Paddycripps wrote:

So, what do we want to happen today?

GWS to win by the slimmest possible margin keeps them in % range for us.
(They are +11 points, we are -28)
Hence we need to really belt Adelaide for a change)

We'll need St.Kilda to beat them next week - they have incentive now after losing to WC.
That match is Friday night so we'll know where we stand with them before we play Brisbane.

Melbourne winning is I believe the worse alternative as we'd have to pray for Essendon* to beat them the following week.
One way or the other they both have to lose one game.

It's a case of who we think we can count on more - St.Kilda or Essendon* - I know, Shit choice.

Carlton can STILL make Final 8 (don't shoot me)

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