How Many More Wins Left In The H&A?

[KT31]

I did the ladder predictor and I am looking at a total of 17 wins and top two

Did the predictor myself, finish top two if we are fair dinkum.

[Bulldog4life]

I did the ladder predictor and I am looking at a total of 17 wins and top two

Me too. Doesn't it feel good.

[Bulldog4life]

I think people here respect your views and input enough to roll with the the flow.
We can't all be cheerleaders

Speak for yourself G. I love cheerleading.

[Axe Man]

Speak for yourself G. I love cheerleading.

The outfit really compliments your legs too!

[The Bulldogs Bite]

In doing a ladder predictor, what stands out is how damn close this competition is. At different stages I had Port, Brisbane and us on top so it's really going to come down to the wire.

Our percentage is key - highlights how big of a drop the game was v Geelong and how important Sunday is v Eagles.

[1eyedog]

Melbourne have us, WC in Perth, Port in Adelaide and Geelong down there. Going to be tough for them. If Port beat Melbourne in Adelaide, looking at the draw, I have Port taking 4th spot and Melbourne 5th. Getting a Melbourne final against Port would be a dream come true.

[DOG GOD]

If Bris get a top 2 spot, they will be very hard to beat. We certainly don’t want to be going there for a prelim.

[azabob]

If Bris get a top 2 spot, they will be very hard to beat. We certainly don’t want to be going there for a prelim.

They are quick and traditionally front runners. If you hold them early and play tough, tight, contested football players like Cameron, Hipwood really struggle.

Will be interesting to see if that has changed in 2021

[bulldogtragic]

Updated: How many wins from here?

11-3 Current W/L
Huge percentage gap
2nd Ladder

4 Games at Marvel
2 Games in Victoria (Ballarat & MCG)
2 Games interstate (Gold Coast 16th, Tasmania 17th)

3 Games vs Top 8 Opponents (All in Melbourne: 2 x Docklands, 1 x MCG)
5 Games vs Non Top 8 Opponents - a game against each of the bottom 3 teams, plus 11th & 13th

Players to come back to fitness in the H&A:

Treloar
Dunkley
Martin
Wood
Vandermeer
Jong


Fixture:

Round 16 Sat 3 Jul 12:00pm Kangaroos Marvel Stadium - 18th
Round 17 Sat 10 Jul 12:00pm Swans Marvel Stadium - 7th
Round 18 Sat 17 Jul 12:00pm Suns Metricon Stadium - 16th
Round 19 Sat 24 Jul 12:00pm Crows Mars Stadium - 13th
Round 20 Sat 31 Jul 12:00pm Demons MCG - 1st
Round 21 Sat 7 Aug 12:00pm Bombers Marvel Stadium - 11th
Round 22 Sat 14 Aug 12:00pm Hawks UTAS Stadium - 17th
Round 23 Sat 21 Aug 12:00pm Power Marvel Stadium - 4th


Should be at least 17 wins.

[jeemak]

I'm ecstatic that we've won two of the toughest four weeks under duress many teams are likely to experience.

[bornadog]

Undefeated for remainder of the year

[bulldogtragic]

Dogs 2nd -

Round 16 Sat 3 Jul 12:00pm Kangaroos Marvel Stadium - 18th
Round 17 Sat 10 Jul 12:00pm Swans Marvel Stadium - 7th
Round 18 Sat 17 Jul 12:00pm Suns Metricon Stadium - 16th
Round 19 Sat 24 Jul 12:00pm Crows Mars Stadium - 13th
Round 20 Sat 31 Jul 12:00pm Demons MCG - 1st
Round 21 Sat 7 Aug 12:00pm Bombers Marvel Stadium - 11th
Round 22 Sat 14 Aug 12:00pm Hawks UTAS Stadium - 17th
Round 23 Sat 21 Aug 12:00pm Power Marvel Stadium - 4th

Six wins takes us to 17 wins. Beating Melbourne is 18 wins. Dropping one game somewhere only.


Dees 1st -

Round 16 GWS @ MCG
Round 17 PORT @ Port
Round 18 Hawthorn @ MCG
Round 19 SUNS @ Suns
Round 20 Dogs @ MCG
Round 21 WCE @ WCE
Round 22 Adelaide @ MCG
Round 23 Geelong @ Geelong

Five wins takes them 17 wins. Losing to Dogs, and two of Port at Port, Geelong at Geelong or WCE at WCE.

Even if they get to 18 wins. If we beat them and take care of business in the games around it, our superior percentage has up on top. That must be the goal now.

[Happy Days]

I'm ecstatic that we've won two of the toughest four weeks under duress many teams are likely to experience.

Yep. This was a huge danger period for us and we were a kick away from 3 wins. We're on and have better players than most teams' best players to come back in.

[jeemak]

Yep. This was a huge danger period for us and we were a kick away from 3 wins. We're on and have better players than most teams' best players to come back in.

I think a real challenge comes in the next few weeks. It's been a tough period for us and we've met the challenges, but leading up to it we showed some vulnerability albeit winning at times against lesser sides and I really want to see us stamp that out in the next few weeks.

If we relax this week we'll get a scare. If we do the same the following weeks we'll get rolled. We are a good side but we're not great yet, and we need to concentrate in each game we play otherwise we could drop one we shouldn't.

[bornadog]

I think a real challenge comes in the next few weeks. It's been a tough period for us and we've met the challenges, but leading up to it we showed some vulnerability albeit winning at times against lesser sides and I really want to see us stamp that out in the next few weeks.

If we relax this week we'll get a scare. If we do the same the following weeks we'll get rolled. We are a good side but we're not great yet, and we need to concentrate in each game we play otherwise we could drop one we shouldn't.

I doubt we pump North by 100 points again. They have tightened up their defense. I just hope we go in with a good attitude and not think it will be a walk over.