To show how close things have been this year I have borrowed this post from the PA make Kochie cry thread:
Yes, I tried the same thing, it is also around the margin, a 46 point win by us which would give us the same number of wins and percentage as we had last year and finished 7th.
Ironically this time Melbourne will get to glide into the 8 on percentage even if they lose their last 3 matches for the year and have beaten no one in the 8, where we can still finish level on games with them, having beaten 4 of the top 8 and maybe 2 of the top 4 and finishing between 9th and 12th.
To show what a strange season it is, Swans will make the top 4 if they beat the Hawks at the SCG next week and two days ago we were talking about us slipping in ahead of them on percentage into the 8.
A crazy year where a poor game or simply how the AFL have rigged the draft can completely change the outcome.