4 GWS
5 Western Bulldogs
6 Sydney
8 Geelong
10 Adelaide, Hawthorn
13 West Coast 21 Essendon
23 Port Adelaide
26 Melbourne, Fremantle
29 Collingwood, St.Kilda
34 Gold Coast
41 North Melbourne, Richmond
51 Carlton
251 Brisbane
Can’t decide if 21 is the shortest or the longest odds we’ll be all season, but I feel like its either one or the other…
8th Favourites. They having a laugh?
We are the great unknown, and there will be plenty of Essendon supporters willing to have a flutter on us, so the bookies need to have us covered.
Despite my rant in the GF thread, when I tell someone that I’m an Essendon supporter they either say something about drugs (not as often anymore) or “■■■■ you guys will be good next year”.
Except fark carlton supporters of course, but that’s my fault for talking to fark carlton supporters.
They are in for a bit of pain. They needed to push out some of the older blokes buy they spent alot of dangerfield. Now, he is worth 3 first round picks and they won on that deal, but I’m not sure they were at the stage where he would get them to a flag. I think they went for the hail Mary and fell short and probably shorter than they think.
There’s a reason we get weird odds in some areas and I’m not smart enough to figure out why. I think it’s something to do with how we are linked to everyone in every trade deal.
What do other readers think? Can you work it out for me? Or do I just walk around collecting ciggie buts in the gutter whilst ignoring winged gargoyles with oven mitts and the migraines I get from the headfuck that is us at the moment.
Help me.
If you look at that as a season ladder it’s about right I reckon. You can practically put a line through everyone from GC and below making the 8, the top 7 were finalists this year and we are in a pack of clubs fighting for the final spot. The only reason we are a bit higher in the pack of chasing clubs is the unknown of how the boys come back & probably a bit of recognition for how well the young’uns came alone this year.
That and the fact as someone mentioned earlier the bookies would want to protect themselves from early season betting optimism, until they can see some form.
I won’t be taking those odds, but if I can get something decent on us making the 8, I will depart with some hard earned. My “tell’im he’s dream’n” bet might be some sort of multi involving finals action, into McCluggage (if we get him) for the rising star, into Zerret for the brownlow. B)