Melbourne - because they have stuff all injuries.
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It looks like I need to reword my question - would you prefer that we had beaten Melbourne, Geelong and Richmond but lost to Collingwood and Carlton instead, or stick with our current season.
Argument would be that losing to contenders shows that we can't beat the other teams at our level, and they are the ones we have to beat in September.
But losing to lesser teams maybe exposes poor concentration, a side that lacks the killer punch.
I think I prefer our season where we have put away the poor sides, and competed in every game even when we have lost.
Starting to feel like 08, 09 under Eade.
3 scenarios for me-
We are good enough and in the right circumstances we beat the best teams when it counts
We aren’t good enough and lose when it counts.
Things derail from here with injury and pandemic disruptions. I’m thinking it’s this one
I reckon we have 5 wins left in us.
Too many injuries to key players, very likely about to go on a 2 loss skid which will impact confidence/form.
I think we will get to 17 wins .
Our percentage helps us get top two IMO .
From a ladder pov you'd rather beat the other contenders as those are the old "8 point games".
I'm pretty content though with how things have panned out though. We have shown what we are capable of against the lesser sides and have shown enough to belive we can beat the good sides as well. If we were getting blown away by the good sides I'd be a bit more down.
Even allowing for us to be beaten by West Coast and Melbourne....chance we might still win either or both...I have us second on the ladder predictor with 17 wins....on percentage.
I think I had us losing to all of Freo, Geelong and WCE though winning against Melbourne so we're on track with how I thought we'd go to this point on balance.
The run Home
The Western Bulldogs have been ranked as having the 14th most difficult run home across the league, according to Champion Data.
Despite having to face four current top-eight sides, five of the Bulldogs’ final nine games are scheduled to be played in Melbourne.
Currently halfway through a seven-day hotel quarantine in Perth in preparation to meet West Coast at Optus Stadium on Sunday, the
Bulldogs will return to Melbourne and host two back-to-back home games at Marvel Stadium.
Hawthorn has been ranked as having the most difficult run home, while reigning premier Richmond statistically has the most advantageous.
WESTERN BULLDOGS FIXTURE R15-23
Round 15 vs West Coast, Optus Stadium
Round 16 vs North Melbourne, Marvel Stadium
Round 17 vs Sydney, Marvel Stadium
Round 18 vs Gold Coast, Metricon
Round 19 vs Adelaide, MARS Stadium
Round 20 vs Melbourne, MCG
Round 21 vs Essendon, Marvel Stadium
Round 22 vs Hawthorn, UTAS Stadium
Round 23 vs Port Adelaide, Marvel Stadium
CLUB FIXTURE DIFFICULTY
(R15-23)RANK Hawthorn +7.0 1 St Kilda +5.4 2 North Melbourne +4.1 3 Gold Coast Suns +3.8 4 GWS Giants +3.5 5 Melbourne +3.4 6 Adelaide Crows +3.3 7 Essendon +0.5 8 Fremantle +0.2 9 Collingwood -0.5 10 West Coast Eagles -0.9 11 Port Adelaide -1.3 12 Sydney Swans -2.7 13 Western Bulldogs -3.1 14 Geelong Cats -3.2 15 Brisbane Lions -5.1 16 Carlton -7.1 17 Richmond -7.4 18
* Ranking indicates hardest-to-easiest.
It’s sucks Geelong & Brisbane have soft draws too. I hope the loss last Friday doesn’t impact the final ladder.
Only one interstate travel after this one is handy. Maybe the after could swing it to the MCG or Etihad since it’s against the Hawks.