Your Final 8 Prediction

[Bornadog]

Re: Your Final 8 Prediction

If we beat North then:

1. Geelong
2. Adelaide
3. Bulldogs
4. GWS
5. Sydney
6. Hawks
7. West Coast
8. North

If we lose to North then:

1. Geelong
2. Adelaide
3. GWS
4. Sydney
5. Bulldogs
6. Hawks
7. West Coast
8. North

[Ozza]

Re: Your Final 8 Prediction

There is going to be some upsets at different stages - If we can avoid being one of the teams that drop one to a lower ladder side - then we have a chance for top 4.

We need the likes of Port Adelaide, St.Kilda, Richmond and the Gold Coast (at home) to pinch a win here and there against top 8 sides (I didn't include Melbourne - as I don't think they are capable, they just go to water against the best).

Port to beat Hawthorn this Thursday night would be big.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Your Final 8 Prediction

With some big results, I have Hawthorn 1st & Dogs 4th. Qualifying final MCG, possibly Friday or Saturday night. Hopefully it's a reversal of 2008 in every sense.

[1eyedog]

Re: Your Final 8 Prediction

Sounds good. I don't want to go to Adelaide.

[hujsh]

Re: Your Final 8 Prediction

I have us losing 1 game (Cats at Skilled) but still finishing 6th/equal 2nd. That'd mean hosting the Eagles here.

It's really a case who blinks first and drops an easy and/or expected win now

[Ozza]

Re: Your Final 8 Prediction

I have us 5th, playing Port Adelaide.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Re: Your Final 8 Prediction

Impossible to predict. But the next 4 weeks are huge for us. Win all 4 and we are top 4. Win 3 we get top 4 or a home final. Win 2....7th and a possible elimination final on the road in Perth

[Bornadog]

Re: Your Final 8 Prediction

My New Prediction

1. Geelong
2. Adelaide
3. Bulldogs
4. Hawks
5. GWS
6. Sydney
7. West Coast
8. North

This is based on Richmond beating Hawks this week. If Hawks win, they go to top, we drop to 4th.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Re: Your Final 8 Prediction

My New Prediction

1. Geelong
2. Adelaide
3. Bulldogs
4. Hawks
5. GWS
6. Sydney
7. West Coast
8. North

This is based on Richmond beating Hawks this week. If Hawks win, they go to top, we drop to 4th.

Probably prefer the latter option anyway tbh. Adelaide in Adelaide? no way

[1eyedog]

Re: Your Final 8 Prediction

Happy to play the Dawks in Melbourne week 1. Pretty sure it's not going to be an 8 goal first quarter by them this year. Would be another magic march to the G this year against another Victorian team with 80k+ there.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Your Final 8 Prediction

My New Prediction

1. Geelong
2. Adelaide
3. Bulldogs
4. Hawks
5. GWS
6. Sydney
7. West Coast
8. North

This is based on Richmond beating Hawks this week. If Hawks win, they go to top, we drop to 4th.

Crows in Adelaide week one would be a massive challenge. Reckon we'd be a pretty good shot though.

I had a go at the predictor and had Hawthorn on top (18 wins), then 5 teams on 17 wins (including us, sitting 6th on percentage).
I conceded the Geelong game as a loss, but if we had've won that, we'd have ended up 1st.

Such a tight season with any slip up being very costly. Some of these top 4 aspirants will drop games they should, on paper, win. Hope like crazy it's not us.

As an aside, if we do win 5 of our last 6 and end up at 17-5, that will be our winningest h&a season of all time - a pretty great achievement in itself, especially given this squad clearly has plenty of development left in it.

[Bulldog4life]

Re: Your Final 8 Prediction

The good thing is that we are in the top 4 now. As long as we keep winning we will stay there. It is all up to us. We don't have to rely on other teams losing. Go dogs.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Re: Your Final 8 Prediction

The good thing is that we are in the top 4 now. As long as we keep winning we will stay there. It is all up to us. We don't have to rely on other teams losing. Go dogs.

Makes me nervous. I hope this team can reverse my pessimistic views.

[Bulldog4life]

Re: Your Final 8 Prediction

Makes me nervous. I hope this team can reverse my pessimistic views.

It's a good situation. I vividly remember over the last 40 years on many times hoping this team or that team will lose so we could sneak into the finals. That was being nervous

[boydogs]

Re: Your Final 8 Prediction

Not afraid of Adelaide away at all. If they get top 2 it's due to their soft draw not their ability

Would love to get GWS at home week 1. Might even be able to play it at Etihad