I expect a top 4 finish, even with a few flaws, but every team has them and can patch them up.
In the end luck plays a part, but that is not an excuse.
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Home games for us against Vic sides
Round 8 v Carlton
Round 10 v St. Kilda
Round 11 v Melbourne
Round 16 v North Melbourne
Round 21 v Essendon
I'd prefer winning vs big crowds.
We've also proven that unlike Geelong etc we don't rely on crowds for money (of course since se still have a shit deal as far as I know) so may as well win what we can. Certainly prefer home games vs interstate teams over traveling.
That late season game v Essendon is becoming a bit of a tradition too. Like how we always seemed to play Carlton in the last round back in the '70s.
No Dogs games in Sydney. Disgraceful.
By far the biggest takeaway of the year, big clubs need big crowds to survive. They are completely dependent on favourable stadium deals, prime time slots, and mollycoddling from the AFL.
Sometimes a crisis actually shows the true fundamentals of an industry, unfortunately in the case of the AFL those fundamentals will be swept under the rug.