Ladder predictor 2023

[Jezza]

Revised ladder prediction.

1. Collingwood
2. Brisbane Lions
3. Port Adelaide
4. Melbourne
5. Carlton
6. St Kilda
7. Sydney
8. Western Bulldogs

[Pies4shaw]

My name is Chris Scott. I still have Geelong finishing second.

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Just swap Melbourne and Port the rest looks right

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I’ve done the prediction thing
If we lose v Essendon then we have a better chance on playing port at mcg if we win then it’s dees
Could it be entertaining the thought of closely losing the game Friday night in order to ensure we play port
If we end 2nd we play port 1st we play Melbourne
Port at mcg is a true home ground advantage where we play Melbourne there is none
I think brisbane now top 2
Like to be on the opposite side of the finals draw of Carlton and Melbourne as well
Do not want to face Carlton at all
If we do it’s their turn to end our season be in the finals
I think Carlton are scary
So too brisbane
Collingwood only won those early games when things didn’t matter now come to the crunch and we start losing
August has been a horrible month to say the least
I think also Sydney have got back their 2022 mojo as well

[David]

First of all, even if tanking were a good idea to begin with, there’s no way to assuredly engineer the outcome you’re suggesting: it’s still possible that either Port or Melbourne could finish 3rd or 4th, and will still be possible on Friday night (unless Port win and Melbourne lose today).

It’s also still possible for Carlton to finish 6th or even 7th, too, so it would be quite ironic if we deliberately lost and then ended up on the Melbourne/Carlton side of the draw anyway.

Regardless, a far bigger priority for me than who we play next week is that we enter the finals with some good form. We haven’t had a good run in recent weeks, and I can’t help but feel that the thing we need most is a solid win to get some confidence back. The rest of the ladder can sort itself out – and if we’re going to win the flag this year, we’re probably going to have to play the same three teams in some order anyway.

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My order is as follows i hope its the cse:

week 1 qf mcg v port
week 3 prelim mcg v melbourne
week 4 grand final v brisbane

or

week 1 qf mcg v melbourne
week 3 prelim mcg v port
week 4 grand final v brisbane mcg

[Pete 70]

A little part of me died yesterday when Carlton qualified. (And I hate when people go on about how good they are - they’ve had 10 years of early draft picks). I think they’ll lose to Giants next week (the form side of the comp) and then hopefully they are bundled out by the Giants or Swans week 1.

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Carlton are this ever inflating giant balloon since 9 rounds ago that they keep getting bigger and bigger.

Huffing and puffing to try to play Pies again

[perthmagpie]

Geelong will be the danger from 9th in September.

[BazBoy]

Here’s one for the books

Collingwood & Essendon - a loss. (Really hope not). We end on 68 points

Saints & Melbourne —a draw. Melbourne end on 66 points

Well can happen

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I miss not seeing the cats in the finals and so the umpires can orchestrate another flag for them
Now they can orchestrate it for Carlton and Sydney instead

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AFL dream GF this year is carlton v sydney
or brisbane v blues or sydney

they would like brisbane there and play either blues or swans

afl will be hoping we make a semi final exit.

some how they would like port there as well.

but its brisbane v sydney for mine

[Pete 70]

Go Freo then Dees most likely third. Would love to see Giants smash blues twice

[Pies4shaw]

[David]

Eagles beating Bulldogs today means only one top 8 spot is up for grabs, and it’s between the Bulldogs and the Giants. Bulldogs make it if they beat Geelong and Carlton beat GWS; in all other scenarios, they miss out.

Interesting to see where the top four settles after the two other games today. Melbourne vs Hawks is close, and Freo vs Port just started.