As in where we were sitting 2 weeks ago, with Geelong and WBD in the next fortnight? It seems expectations were a little overhyped if we were thinking we had anything “locked” especially with how close everything was around us.
That said, there’s still a good chance that we’re deep in the battle for the bottom half of the 8. If I run the ladder predictor with our any upsets except Essendon beating Sydney at Docklands this week, then at the end of Round 22, with games against GWS and Collingwood to come we’d be in 6th, percentage behind 5th placed WBD. If we lost to Sydney we’d be in 9th. It’s kind of a meaningless exercise, because there will be upsets, but what it shows is that we’re still in amongst it, if we can turn it around. Which is not much different to where we were a fortnight ago.
That is so funny coming from you…let’s be honest, as soon as we are a point down in any game, you “throw the toys out of the cot”
For anyone to imply that we were a lock for 5th or 6th spot (at any time this year) is just absurd…coming from you…well, the farking world has turned inside out!
I acutally i had us pushing for finals pre season. the club was in termoil last season and not a true reflection of the team so I wasnt surprised to see us pushing for finals in 2023
I said i could see us going 4-0 and was laughed at. well we went 4-1 so my prediction was almost correct.
Well no ■■■■
He was picked up super cheap and fills a need without spending major draft capital
No overly surprising he isn’t making you go
“Wow how good is he”
We also brought in guys like Clarke and Mutch, and tried to nab Brodie and Dunkley. It’s not like we’ve just not tried at all.
Does Brodie have a defensive bone in his body though? Fremantle obviously don’t particularly rate him, he currently can’t get a game in a team that is what, 15th on the ladder?
I think the bigger issue is that with it looking increasingly like Draper and Ridley will miss the rest of the season, and the way we lost to Bulldogs & Geelong, that there may be little point to making finals. If we scrape in and get beaten, even a close loss, I for one would question if we achieved much for the season. Especially if 2 less wins might move us from 8th into the good draft pick range.
