Final 8 Prediction

brewster · **Joined:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:09 pm **Posts:** 26

I know its early days, but i think we all honestly believe we can make it into the final 8 this year.
Who are we going to replace to climb at least 3 spots from last year??

Will the tigers and lions climb with us?

Who will drop out of the 8?
Roos?
Dogs?
Swans?
Saints?

My guess for the final 8 is ...

I would be really interested to hear what those on TC think will be the final 8

Isn't it nice to dream this time of the year :grin:

Navy Blue Horse · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:39 pm **Posts:** 15848

Swans will fall out IMO. Hard to say re the others. Remembering that last year you could throw a blanket over 4th to 10th, anything is possible. Injuries could/will play a massive part. eg. take Revolt out of the Aints and you'd think they're sure to miss.

cecil89 · **Joined:** Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:54 pm **Posts:** 2506

Crows & Swans will drop out i think. I'd have:

Cats
Hawks
Saints
Blues
Magpies
Dogs
Lions
Kangaroos

mjonc · **Posted:** Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:49 pm

Guys feel free to add to our predictions thread also:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=23513

Blue Sombrero · **Posted:** Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:24 am

Cats
Hawks
Pies
Saints
Dogs
Lions
Tigers
Blues

TheBluesMuse · **Joined:** Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:27 pm **Posts:** 5269

If we are pretty much injury free, if Jamo and Bower can develop into the good defenders we hope they will if Gibbs and Murphy can play consistent roles in our midfield and Yarran, Eddie and Fisher kick some goals we could be top 4.

I'm in a particularly optimistic mood today and the above is the most I could ever hope for.

bluebeard · **Posted:** Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:27 pm

We have to win the close ones to go higher than 6th.

But I cant see us going lower than 8th.

If...we win against:

Saints
Crows
Roos
Bummers (once at least)
Pies (once at least)
Tigers (once at least)

We will make the top 4 (me thinks)

My prediction?

Cats
Hawks
Dogs
Tigers
Blues
Port
Saints
Pies

Freo
Bummers
Crows
Lions
Roos
WCE
Swans
Dees

The_Cranium · **Posted:** Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:31 pm

depending on injuries etc we could finish anywhere between 3 and 10 IMO.

I think we will make it.

assuming every key player was stay stay fit etc my 8 would be

Geelong
Hawthorn
Collingwood
St Kilda
Carlton
Bulldogs
Adelaide
Richmond

windy · **Posted:** Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:35 pm

Here is what the (other) AFL Captains said. Who am I to disagree?

Carlton (15)
Geelong Cats (15)
Hawthorn (15)
Western Bulldogs (14)
Collingwood (12)
Port Adelaide (10)
St Kilda (nine)
Adelaide (six),

Brisbane Lions (four)
Richmond (four)
North Melbourne (three)
Sydney Swans (three)
Essendon* (one)
Fremantle (one)
Melbourne (nil)
West Coast Eagles (nil)

Blues Clues · **Joined:** Sat Sep 09, 2006 2:01 pm **Posts:** 2099

Curious why so many have Pies above us. Is it based on their draw only?

We beat them twice last year by circa 5 goals, running away both times.

Will they "improve" more than us from 2008? Do their younger players have more upside than Murph, Gibbs, Kreuzer, Jamo, Bower, Grigga etc?? Judd should be better in 2009 too! Houla and Hadley virtually new recruits in 2009.

Not on, we'll finish above them (and beat them twice again!).

J-Top · **Joined:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:25 pm **Posts:** 73

Cats
Hawks
Saints
Dogs
Magpies
Lions
Port
Blues

bondiblue · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:18 am

1. Geelong
2. Hawthorn
3. St Kilda
4. Carlton
5. Collingwood
6. Footscray
7. Port Adelaide
8. North Melbourne

BlueMelanie · **Joined:** Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:16 pm **Posts:** 116

1. Geelong
2. Hawks
3. Doggies
4. BLUES
5. Adelaide
6.Saints
7.North
8.Fremantle

BM

SurreyBlue · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:32 am **Posts:** 10081

Geelong
Hawthorn
Carlton
Western Bulldogs
StKilda
Port Adelaide
Adelaide
Brisbane

The_Cranium · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:46 pm

Blues Clues wrote:

Curious why so many have Pies above us. Is it based on their draw only?

We beat them twice last year by circa 5 goals, running away both times.

Will they "improve" more than us from 2008? Do their younger players have more upside than Murph, Gibbs, Kreuzer, Jamo, Bower, Grigga etc?? Judd should be better in 2009 too! Houla and Hadley virtually new recruits in 2009.

Not on, we'll finish above them (and beat them twice again!).

There is no doubt that we've got them covered. Our Midfield shits on theirs and they have no answer for Fev. More importantly, our backline seems to match up really well against their forward line. Having said that, they have the measure of St. Kilda, Essendon*, Freo, Brisbane, and tend to break even with North and a few others.

We, on the other hand, whilst taking steps against the 'bogey' teams, I wouldn't mark us down as sure things against them all just yet. And it is for this reason that I have them ahead of us on the ladder, but let's hope we get to meet them in the finals because we would smash them. It would be @#$%&! excellent. :thumbsup:

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