Craig_Bradley wrote:
My old man was in a pessimistic mood like a lot on here, writing off our top four chances after our third loss of the year. He was looking over the fixtures for the Coasters and the Hawks, basically saying they'll win 7-8 each and we'll get stuck in Perth in week two of the finals ... if we even make it that far.
So - a little perspective.
The top four over the past four years have looked like this in terms of points:
2010 - 70, 68, 62, 56
2009 - 80, 72, 60, 60
2008 - 84, 68, 62, 52
2007 - 72, 60, 60, 56
Moral of the story is - with 9.5 wins already on the board and 9 games to go - we need 5 wins to push past the 14 wins barrier and, if recent history is worth anything at all, we'll finish top four. We need 5 out of 9. It's not a huge ask.
Plus, we have five games against bottom eight teams to go - Tigers, Dogs, Bombers (feels good!), Roos and Saints. Plus winnable games against the Hawks and the Dees. So whilst injuries and fatigue are a bit of a concern, it's still so much ours to lose. In fact, if we drop any of those games, it will be well and truly our fault.
Just trying to make those glasses look half-full, after a rough 24 hrs.
A win against the Tigers this week and we'll be back in the groove!
Post of the week.
Seriously
No it is not as this year with the addition of the GC you have that extra easy beat if you look at the ladder as it stands now Hawthorn play 7 games against the bottom 4 sides and WC play 6 - we only play 4
so the two teams we are fighting for in the top 4 effectively have been given a 8 point and 12 point head start and the competition is not as strong and you can also say that WC play the 5th Bottom side twice in the bulldogs
Our double games are against Coll - Ess - Rich Melb- Stk -Syd - all teams that are vying for a spot in the 8
60 - points may get you top four but I would say it will be most likely 62 or 64 to be sure
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