I ended up with;
St Kilda 164% 88pts
Geelong 137% 80pts
Collingwood 117% 60pts
Adelaide 113% 60pts
Brisbane 110% 56pts
W. Bulldogs 120% 52pts
Carlton 108% 48pts
Essendon* 99% 44pts
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Hawthorn 96% 44pts
Port 91% 40pts
then the rest...

Week 1 Finals;
St Kilda v Adelaide
Brisbane v Essendon*
W. Bulldogs v Carlton
Geelong v Collingwood

I had the pies finishing 3rd playing geelong the first week. Saints up against the dogs as 1st and 4th, Adelaide V Essendon* as 5th and 8th and Brisbane V Carlton as 6th and 7th

mind you i did mine prior to sunday, so i think that may now be hawthorn 8th. interestingly if we won first week with mine and pies lost to geelong as would be expected we'd play collingwood 2nd week. that would be awesome... first time since 1988 i believe

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Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.

according to my tips, we're probably better off losing our last game against adelaide, losing to them could potentially see them go in the 4 and bulldgos slip out to 5th. beating could see them remain in 5th spot, and the doggies stay in the 4. i think it's quite obvious we'd be a much bigger chance of beating the dogs, especially given the results of our past 3 games against them.

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Hmmm? What you may find is that we may have to win it just to make the 8...

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"Truth, for the tyrants, is the most terrible and cruel of all bindings; it is like an incandescent iron falling across their chests. And it is even more agonizing than hot iron, for that only burns the flesh, while truth burns its way into the soul"     — Lauro Aguirre

That takes the tanking concept to a potentially new level.

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

that's why i started my post with according to my tips

and to BS, exactly what i was thinking

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Everyone looks good in Navy Blue

But if we do beat them in the last round, don't we just prove that we are able to beat them? I am a little confused

Beating the Crows at Etihad is a much different story to beating them at AAMI, so I think the benefit of playing the Dogs instead, is that the game would be played in Melbourne (most likely at Etihad) rather than in Adelaide.

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The turning of the tide, falling in behind
Pretending not to find, the questions in my mind
The shining of the day, the old familiar way
Follow the road where it leads
And all the way we will sing...