Why are the Demons still so piss weak in 2018?

[Bulldog Joe]

And out of nowhere they pull a win in Perth out of their arses and all but cement their spot in the 8. They'd have to shit the bed even worse than last year to miss out now.

With Port Adelaide the only side out of the 8, who can reach 13 wins, Melbourne cannot be displaced.

Port would need to beat Essendon and gain a 400 point win/loss advantage to get ahead of Melbourne.

Melbourne play GWS for the right to a home final.

[Topdog]

Darling went down early and no Kennedy.

[craigsahibee]

With Port Adelaide the only side out of the 8, who can reach 13 wins, Melbourne cannot be displaced.

Port would need to beat Essendon and gain a 400 point win/loss advantage to get ahead of Melbourne.

Melbourne play GWS for the right to a home final.

Possibly against GWS. This could shape to be a cracker of a game considering Home ground Advantage is up for grabs and GWS could grab a double chance.

[GVGjr]

Fair effort by the Dees. Not quite as bad as the opening post indicates

[boydogs]

Fair effort by the Dees. Not quite as bad as the opening post indicates

They've responded well after their close losses this year, it's really galvanised them

[Dry Rot]

Fair effort by the Dees. Not quite as bad as the opening post indicates

Disagree. Cats are woeful.

In fact, I should start a thread titled Why are the Cats so piss weak? IRRC, 3 years now of woeful Cats finals performances.

[Bulldog Joe]

Disagree. Cats are woeful.

In fact, I should start a thread titled Why are the Cats so piss weak? IRRC, 3 years now of woeful Cats finals performances.

Geelong have given away picks to get mature players, creating a long tail.

[Dry Rot]

Dees have been lucky being in the weaker side of the draw.

Should beat crappy Hawks without Stratton, but won't win a PF.

[Twodogs]

Dees have been lucky being in the weaker side of the draw.

Should beat crappy Hawks without Stratton, but won't win a PF.

Every year we get seduced into believing the team that won the elimination final will roll over the top of the team that lost the qualifying final but the difference in quality between the teams that finished 5-8 and the teams that finish 1-4 usually tells. I wouldn't be awarding Melbourne any more wins just yet.

[GVGjr]

Dees have been lucky being in the weaker side of the draw.

Should beat crappy Hawks without Stratton, but won't win a PF.

Perhaps not but they aren't a bad side and are certainly not weak

[Topdog]

Yeah they've grown up a bit over the last month. They'd have lost that game 2 months ago

[Grantysghost]

Harmes in that negating role has been fantastic. Couple that with Brayshaw, Viney who is built for finals they're a decent side as unlikeable as they are ( apparently dogs players most hated opponent ) . Has any player turned it around like Tom McDonald. Average defender into gun forward. Not sure I've seen it before.

[westdog54]

Viney is a damned good footballer. Composed, hard at it, light on his feet and a beast in the contest. I'd forgotten how much his very presence improves that team.

Seeing the forward line lift in Hogan's absence has been impressive as well.

This team are growing on me. They'll just fall short against the Eagles but it'll be a cracking game.

[bornadog]

One thing about the Dees is they can kick a big score

[Twodogs]

Momentum is everything in footy and everything is falling Melbourne's way at the moment.