AFL 2023
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i dunno yet. 12 wins should get you in. The Crows have Sydney at home and then West Coast. Win both and that's 12. they also have a pretty good percentage
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2023:
i dunno yet. 12 wins should get you in. The Crows have Sydney at home and then West Coast. Win both and that's 12. they also have a pretty good percentage
I'd just gone off the reporting that the Crows needed to win to stay in.
Haven't really worked out the permutations and need to have a closer look at who's playing who between us and 48 points.
But the following will have a big influence:
A win to either Essendon v Giants guarantees one if them at least 48.
Geelong v St Kilda another big swing
Melbourne beating Swans last round would help.
Will have to support Collingwood v Essendon as well.
Less difficult supporting Blions v St Kilda
Edit: Cats v Bulldogs
Bulldogs also have the gimme v Weagles
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NicNat gone
Riewoldt goneNeither surprising, but jesus some guns and stalwarts have hung them up this year
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2023:
i dunno yet. 12 wins should get you in. The Crows have Sydney at home and then West Coast. Win both and that's 12. they also have a pretty good percentage
I'd just gone off the reporting that the Crows needed to win to stay in.
Haven't really worked out the permutations and need to have a closer look at who's playing who between us and 48 points.
But the following will have a big influence:
A win to either Essendon v Giants guarantees one if them at least 48.
Geelong v St Kilda another big swing
Melbourne beating Swans last round would help.
Will have to support Collingwood v Essendon as well.
Less difficult supporting Blions v St Kilda
Edit: Cats v Bulldogs
Bulldogs also have the gimme v Weagles
Some of those drawn games may prove costly at the end for some of those teams
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If the lions are going to do anything this finals series
Cam rayner needs to play like this every week until the end of the season
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The Lions have become a bit of a bogey team for the Pies. They’ve now won their last 6 against the Pies.
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Wow, a couple of crackers today.
Suns were absolutely dominant in the first qtr against the Blues and got out to a 40 point lead. But then lost by less than a goal.
Swans were on cruise control up by plenty against the Crows and then Crows went nuts. Swans held on by a point.
My mob made the Cats look pedestrian but our accuracy let us down. I’ll take a 33 point win any day of the week, but felt we should’ve won by 50+ the way we played.
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One round left, and it's pretty clear.
Collingwood will finish top 2 no matter what happens this week. They play Essendon, who can't make the 8
Brisbane can finish anywhere from 1st to 4th, and they host the Saints
Port can jump to 2nd and host the Tigers
Melbourne can also jump to 2nd and are away to Sydney.
That's the top 4, lose and you will drop down. Imperative for Brisbane to host their final.Carlton won their 9th straight, and host a desperate GWS in the last round. Even a loss will see them hosting a final
Saints are in.
Sydney aren't in yet, but they have the best percentage of the chances, so they just need to avoid getting flogged this week
GWS and the Bulldogs are the other teams pushing to get in. The Bulldogs have to go to Geelong and must win. GWS just need to match the Dogs' result (and they play last so will know what they need to do).Geelong and Adelaide dropped out with their losses (Crows are feeling very cheated)
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Carlton in the eight, what a time to be alive. Good win against the Suns when it's clear we weren't at our best.
Hard to pick who wins the flag from here. I can't see a team from outside the top four winning it. I'd probably back Brisbane at this point if they can finish second and stay at home until the GF.
Collingwood looking very shaky, can't be great for confidence heading into September.
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swannies with 6 on the trot, couple of close ones but winning at the right end of the season
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@Kiwiwomble said in AFL 2023:
swannies with 6 on the trot, couple of close ones but winning at the right end of the season
Carlton and Sydney just continuing to win while others fell in a heap really changed that ladder aye?
Just on form you have to say the top 5 are the only ones capable of winning it.
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@mariner4life i love the fact geelong have missed finals and sydney have just snuck in, yes teams like collingwood are on top and also did really well last year...but its not a completely predictable
Giants have gone from 16th to 8th, St Kilda 10 to 6, Port 11 to 3
whats even better is the change during the season, bombers, dogs and cats have all dropped out since the mid point of the season (R12)...so ya cant give up as it s long season
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it has been a bloody good H&A season
even a team like Hawthorn, that only won 7 times, beat both Collingwood and Brisbane
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@barbarian said in AFL 2023:
Carlton in the eight, what a time to be alive. Good win against the Suns when it's clear we weren't at our best.
Hard to pick who wins the flag from here. I can't see a team from outside the top four winning it. I'd probably back Brisbane at this point if they can finish second and stay at home until the GF.
Collingwood looking very shaky, can't be great for confidence heading into September.
If they are in the game come the final 10 minutes, even with the injuries, I don’t think anyone will want to play them.
Finals involving the the Pies aren’t played at Marvel so there’s one upside for them!
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2023:
Crows are feeling very cheated
Seems pretty accepted that it didn’t hit the post. I kind of think the ump's not calling that unless it did clip the post. Am interested in what the Swans players reckon if that's been reported.
Crows CEO giving it both barrels though.
Shame as a couple of those results we needed above went our way.
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Home and away done and dusted
Collingwood had the minor premiership wrapped up by quarter time on Friday, as Essendon capped off a dogshit 2nd half of the year by getting pasted.
Brisbane remained 2nd by beating the Saints despite kicking 18 behinds
The Bulldogs got themselves to 8th for 24 hours by beating the Cats
Port and Melbourne won to stay 3rd and 4th respectively.
And thus it came down to the last game of the season. Carlton showed up long enough to get Curnow the Coleman, then went home, allowing GWS to beat them pretty comprehensively. At one point late in the last the Giants had actually got themselves to 6th and a home final, but a couple of late Carlton goals pushed them back to 7thNow everyone gets a week off before finals.
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Daniel Rich announced his retirement yesterday. Genuinely top club man. Dropped himself to the twos this year so the coach didn't have to.
I'm going to miss the players on the mark handballing to Daniel on the run, who then smacks a left footer 60m for a goal.
