The unofficial "Where is T&T?" who to root for thread

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

We have a break of 15 days

Nope. This rounds starts tomorrow and ends Friday. Compressed set of games coming up
We play Sunday

[azabob]

Nope. This rounds starts tomorrow and ends Friday. Compressed set of games coming up
We play Sunday

Exactly. A few posters on here have been caught out by that.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Exactly. A few posters on here have been caught out by that.

I was one of them til I got a text from the Bulldogs letting me know tickets were going on sale tomorrow. Thought it was a bit early for a 15 day break, then checked the fixture..
Its they bye you have when you're not really having a bye!

[Scraggers]

Nope. This rounds starts tomorrow and ends Friday. Compressed set of games coming up
We play Sunday

It was a 9 day break I thought, whilst the Eagles are coming off successive 4 day breaks??

[bornadog]

We'll know soon enough if we are still in the mix. Beat West Coast on Sunday and I reckon we make it. Some massive games between top 8 contenders in the last couple of rounds

Nope. This rounds starts tomorrow and ends Friday. Compressed set of games coming up
We play Sunday

Sorry about that, I heard on either the radio or TV we had a 15 day break.

My apologises Sedat.

[The Adelaide Connection]

Round 15 Roots:
SYDNEY to beat Melbourne
BRISBANE to beat Collingwood
GWS to beat Carlton* (*probably)
WC to beat Essendon (but get really banged up and cop 9 suspensions)✅
FREO to beat Richmond
ADELAIDE to beat Hawthorn (giving them belief for the next week against GWS)✅

I am no T&T, let me know if you think I am trying to pull the wrong roots.

Who knows if they are the right roots, but things are heading to plan. Adelaide could be half a sneaky chance to beat GWS next up at AO if GWS fluctuate to their worst (which they have been prone to do).

Essendon kept WC honest till the end of the game (rather than being blown away and letting them put a cue in the rack in a training run) and kindly likely ended their own season in the process. Good.

[The Adelaide Connection]

Richmond (currently on 38 points) follow tonights Freo game with a bye, Geelong, and Adelaide in their “grand final” likely at the AO.

If they lose tonight forget top four, they are a sneaky chance to miss finals. Back to their natural ninth habitat?

[HOSE B ROMERO]

Really don't know who i want to win blues/giants.


Carlton's remaining fixtures: Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane

GWS " " : Adelaide, Melbourne and St Kilda

Probably Carlton narrowly which would put them on 32 points.
But Carlton are my most hated team. This just isn't fair.

[bornadog]

Really don't know who i want to win blues/giants.


Carlton's remaining fixtures: Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane

GWS " " : Adelaide, Melbourne and St Kilda

Probably Carlton narrowly which would put them on 32 points.
But Carlton are my most hated team. This just isn't fair.

I can't root for Carlton

[jeemak]

I'm apricots deep into a Carlton win.

Hate em but they're also my second favourite team. I can't abide the Giants.

[HOSE B ROMERO]

I can't root for Carlton

I fully understand BAD. I feel dirty and if i was still a practicing Catholic, i would be first on my list at confession..

[bornadog]

I fully understand BAD. I feel dirty and if i was still a practicing Catholic, i would be first on my list at confession..

It doesn't matter at the end of day, hate both teams.

We must win three games.

I did the ladder predictor and even if we win three, the only threat was Melbourne if they won tonight.

[Bulldog4life]

It doesn't matter at the end of day, hate both teams.

We must win three games.

I did the ladder predictor and even if we win three, the only threat was Melbourne if they won tonight.

Melbourne's loss was a blessing. Now it is up to us.

[The Adelaide Connection]

Round 15 Roots:
SYDNEY to beat Melbourne ✅
BRISBANE to beat Collingwood ✅
GWS to beat Carlton* (*probably) ✅
WC to beat Essendon ✅
FREO to beat Richmond ❌
ADELAIDE to beat Hawthorn (giving them belief for the next week against GWS) ✅

Five from six and, probably most importantly, Melbourne and Collingwood lost. The GWS/Carlton game is debatable, but looking at each team's last few games I think it was more important that Carlton lost. This loss almost buries them.


1- Port Adelaide: (11-3) 44 points and 128.4%➡️
To come: North, Essendon, Collingwood

2- Brisbane: (11-3) 44 points and 117.7% ⬆️
To come: GC, Sydney, Carlton

3- Richmond: (10-4-1) 42 points and 123.6%⬆️
To come: Geelong, Adelaide

4- Geelong: (10-4) 40 points and 138.7⬇️
To come: Essendon, Richmond, Sydney

5- West Coast: (10-4) 40 points and 116.3%➡️
To come: WB, St. Kilda, North
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6- Collingwood: (8-5-1) 34 points and 110.1%➡️
To come: GC, Port
Notes: Bye this round, then an awkward game versus GC and then a likely loss to Port.

7- St. Kilda: (8-6) 32 points and 113.3%➡️
To come: Hawks, WC, GWS
Notes: Should beat the Hawks, but need them to lose the other two.

8- GWS: (7-6) 32 points and 102.8%⬆️
To come: Adelaide, Melbourne, Saints
An Adelaide win at AO will be high on the wishlist and then we probably still want them to win the other two which will likely knock Saints and Melbourne out of contention.

9- Melbourne: (7-6) 28 points and 108.2%⬇️
To come: Freo, GWS, Essendon
Notes: Likely beat Freo and Essendon, need GWS to knock them off.

10- Western Bulldogs: (7-7) 28 points and 100.1%➡️
To come: WC, Hawthorn, Fremantle
Notes: Three wins gets us there. WC will be missing Yeo, Shuey, possibly Kennedy and Natanui. Must win.

11-Essendon: (6-7-1) 26 points and 88.0%➡️
To come: Geelong, Port, Melbourne
Notes: Are probably already cooked, Geelong belting them this week should make it final. If all goes to plan and they lose the first two we want them to beat Melbourne in the catchup game.

12- Carlton: (6-8) 24 points and 97.1%➡️
To come: Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane
Notes: Season hangs by a thread. Likely win the next two, need Brisbane to finish them off.
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13- GC: (5-8-1) 22 points and 101.8%➡️
To come: Brisbane, Collingwood, Hawthorn

14- Fremantle: (5-8) 20 points and 86.4%➡️
To come: Melbourne, North, WB

15- Sydney: (5-9) 16 points and 83.6%⬆️
To come: Carlton, Brisbane, Geelong

16- Hawthorn: (4-10) 16 points and 80.5%⬇️
To come: Saints, WB, GC

17- North Melbourne: (3-11) 12 points and 76.3%➡️
To come: Port, Freo, WC

18- Adelaide: (1-13) 4 points and 60.0%➡️
To come: GWS, Carlton, Richmond

[The Adelaide Connection]

My Round 16 Roots (in likely order of importance):
WB to beat West Coast
Freo to beat Melbourne
Adelaide to beat GWS
Sydney to beat Carlton*
Hawthorn to beat St. Kilda
Geelong to beat Essendon*
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(games that won't directly impact our finals aspirations)
GC to beat Brisbane
North to beat Port

*Denotes roots that will kill off a team