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I think itâs almost a certainty if we beat the doggies this week. Massive game for them too, they really have to best us to have any chance imo.
My predicting skills tell me the 8 is almost set now
Will beat the doggies like the saints, Joey to kick five and be in front in the Coleman race. Lose to carlton as Casboult slots one from 50 after the siren. Scrape past the crows. Lose to the suns, as Gazza racks up 40+ touches and Lynch kicks a bag. Just beat the dockers to have an elimination final against Sydney, only to have Rohan outmuscle Gleeson in the goalsquare and kick the winner in the dying seconds.
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Kennedy will romp the Coleman in. Heâs a machine, but sadly that wonât save the Eagles
Iâm not sure I want port or Sydney the first week interstate
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3 teams vying for the 1 spot. Weâre focussing on the Dogs but the Eagles are a major threat even though their away games are against the Saints and Giants with their last home game against the Crows (who may have sewn up top spot by then and not too fussed about the result). Actually, the Dogs have a lot of winnable games too. I guess the good thing is Essendonâs fate is in their hands. Go Bombers!
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So youâre saying in so many words that Ambo-aside, the best 22 is the actual 22?
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Iâm trying not to put everything into this Doggies game because if we lose Iâll be too shattered.
Realistically we need to win 3 out of our remaining 5 to make finals.
We can drop the Doggies and Crows game and still make it. In fact, dropping those games would probably prevent us dropping one of our winnable games (Carlton, Suns, Freo).
That being said, I so want to beat the DoggiesâŚand Carlton so that the last 3 rounds arenât a massive amount of pressure.
Just focus on beating the dogs, and hope a few other results go our way to help out.
The bulldogs have torn us apart the last few times we have played them, i want payback.
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I canât believe that everyone thinks Gold Coast game is a certain win.
Forget Carlton or Freo. I canât see us winning this one.
â â â â all the other games bar this week⌠we get it done against the reigning premiers our belief will contue to build.
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Depends if Abeltt is playingâŚthey canât get near it with him out of the sideâŚ
Not sure if others have noticed but thereâs a conviction from some of the press about Essendon playing finals. I think theyâve picked up on the vibe. They sense momentum building, mainly because Essendonâs best is so dynamic. Get past the Dogs and a few more will want tickets to the Bomber train.
3 wins in a row for the first time since 2014 ⌠wouldnât it be great if the boys get on a roll having broken that duck? It feels like theyâll be up for the challenge this week.
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Agreed about the Suns.
After the Sydney game, I thought we had a mix of Wâs, Lâs and 50/50âs for the rest of the season-
Wâs - Brisbane, North, Carlton and Freo.
50/50âs - Collingwood, Saints, Doggies and Suns.
Lâs - Adelaide.
I thought weâd get the 4 wins and (conservatively) 2 of the 50/50 games. Which would get us 6 wins and 48 points (which should be enough for finals).
Right now, weâve actually won more of the 50/50 games than the Wâs. Happy to drop off the Suns game if we win against Carlton, Freo and Doggies/Crows.
Weâre in the 8 now, and play 3 of the remaining 5 games against bottom 5 teams, who are all going to be playing with the draft order in mind.
Only 1 game against a top 8 side.
We sure as fark should be making finals from here.
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people overrate the dogs.
The premiers?
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The come from 7th and have an arm chair ride from the umpires premiers. Yes, theyâre not awesome.
Anyway, should we make finals youâd only want to avoid Sydney and Adelaide. The rest of them are as useless as us.
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THEY HAVE A FUNNY BANNER GUY!!11!!1!!
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In the past 10 years, they still have a flag and we donât. Deserved or not.
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