Let's say we lose the next two.

We will be 4-7.

After that we have four winnable games in a row at our new happy hunting ground, the MCG.

Collingwood
Essendon*
Richmond
St Kilda

Win these four and we are suddenly 8-7.

Seven rounds to go.

Sydney and Bulldogs at home.
Adelaide away.
Port and Kangaroos at home.
Brisbane away.
Hawthorn at home.

No more MCG games though.

Tough to win 4 of those seven. But if confidence is up anything can happen. Finals are not out of the question. If we do make finals as a result of winning 4 out of the last 7 games then we truly deserve to be there.

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THEY LIKE TO SEND UP!!!!!!!!

Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

If we win them all are we a shot at top 4?

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We'll win 4 more for the rest of the season. 2 of the G games and we'll pinch another 2 somewhere else.

We'd have to have a 100% list to chose from with Judd firing on 12 cylinders, and Fev kicking goals rather than shooting off his big mouth to even consider beating collingwood, Stkilda, North, Port, Brisbane etc etc.

8 wins for the year is just okay. If we got 10 I'd be happy....12 would be a miracle.

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8 wins is a launching pad to finals for 2009 IMO. Although the way the tables are turning a few of those last 7 are winnable.

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I would be happy with 8 wins.

Funny thing is, most of us would agree with 8-10 wins for the rest of the year, but watch what happens when we lose a game. Too many people will come on here and whinge! We are 5 years off, recruitment has been terrible, Ratten can't coach etc

I said 8 at the start of the year and I'll stick with it now. That's a solid improvement and we'll be knocking on the door loudly next year.

All sides will be in the eight.
If we are close enough to the eight we have it in our own hands.
If I hear one more person tell me we have an easy draw, I'll spew up.

The younger players will tire as the season goes on so our more mature players like Hadley Walker Setanta etc need to stay fit and on the park.

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There's so much I could say...

1AW on the park...................gee, I'd like to see that

Who the flower are you to say Ratten can't coach? Do you have any credentials to actually make a claim like this? What evidence is there to say he can't?

Did you actually read SA's post?

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And so while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing.

BTW I reckon we'll beat Essendon*, Richmond, and St Kilda (watched them on the weekend they were a disgrace) and should be a good shot at collingwood, although we might still have too many injuries for that game.

But for the other games we should have back Walker, Thornton, Hadley, Cloke, Jamo, Banno, etc and provided we don't get anymore injuries to important players I think we're lookin good.

It's a bonus if we can snag one against Geelong or Port, we did beat port last year.

hehe oops. My bad
Don't I feel like a dill.
Very sorry SA. I'll just go back to the corner

highly unlikely that we'll make the finals

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Wont make the 8, but Id get heaps of satisfaction beating St Kilda at the G!

WE HAVE AN EASY DRAW

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we genrally do/match up well against the dogs

A little bit off subject but just a question concerning ticket prices at the MCG. I booked seats for the Richmond v Geelong game - sat in the Ponsford Stand N34 (undercover) paid $33.85. Last Friday night we booked seats for the Collingwood v Geelong game - Ponsford Stand again M30 (not undercover) paid $43.85. Can anyone explain why the Collingwood seats were more expensive, when not as good? Just wondering how much we will be stung when we book for the Collingwood v Carlton game in Round 12.

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Yes MCG seems to be a happy hunting ground notwithstanding the Bumbers and Tiggers losses).

I'd say it's a 50/50 bet to make the finals. Seriously!

Anything can happen. Injuries, suspensions, form slip, form improvement, team gelling, player development can affect any team one way or another.

The bottom line is, whilst the current 8 look like they're set in stone for some, it's not an absolute, and history will tell you that change to the 8 between mid season and end is inevitable.

I don't think it matters who we play at either MCG or TD we have a chance to beat all teams. Hawks and Geelong are the tough ones of the lot. Who knows what'll happen against the Hawks in the last round. They are young and may tire or suffer injury to Franklin and Mitchell. We may have our best team in with a bit of momentum. Judd and Hadley may be playing at 95% rather than 80% fitness.

Even at our weakest period, we pushed WCE (when powerful) at Subiaco for 3 Q's of a game and this year we turned the table, same with Adelaide at AAMI (we should have beaten them and Chamberlain). We even beat PA at AAMI. Last year and the year before we pushed Swans till the last minutes...and that's when we giving away goals in red time.

We are getting better by the week. I don't care too much if we make finals or not, but I just can't dismiss the possibility of enjoying a purple patch at some stage. We did it last year, and we were nowhere near the team we are this year.

If 12 games gets us into the 8 (and our % isn't dire like in the past) we would therefore need 8 more wins from the remainder 13 games. This implies we can drop a maximum 5 games for the rest of the year. Whilst it doesn't seem plausible in May, it is moreso probable than it was in April and even moreso again than it was in March (refer to TC threads).

If we drop the Cats, Hawks, Swans, Dogs, Pies games and win the rest of them (not requiring a purple patch), then its a possibility. We may even meet those abovementioned teams during our purple patch.

I'm in the process of weighing up the chance of Finals footy for The Blues after the Cats game, so I can decide whether to put some money on them to make the 8, the very minute after the game.

No doubt in my mind we're on the way up and improving. Kids may tire, but we have Walker, Jamison, Hadley, Banno and possibly Houlihan (Anderson, Pfieffer and Edwards) to help recharge the batteries.

Hey maybe even Aisake may show some G & D to make the grade and shock us all.

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