The ideal run to the finals

[Sanecow]

My wish list for the remainder of the regular season:

1. Sydney win their remaining games, no injuries.

2. Adelaide, West Coast and Saints all drop at least one game before the finals (Adelaide / West Coast play each other so we are pretty well guaranteed a loss by one of them).

[liz]

Re: The ideal run to the finals

Originally posted by Sanecow
My wish list for the remainder of the regular season:

1. Sydney win their remaining games, no injuries.

2. Adelaide, West Coast and Saints all drop at least one game before the finals (Adelaide / West Coast play each other so we are pretty well guaranteed a loss by one of them).

Would be nice.

I went to the Dome on Friday night to see the Saints Geelong game (with a Saints fan). It's a long time since I've watched a game live as a neutral.

Saints were not particularly impressive. Geelong were dreadful (apart from Scarlett, who played a blinder on Gehrig). At their best the Saints are a very very good team but I still reckon they think they're better than they are. A lot of their play was very indirect and half their team was pretty half-hearted.

[Dave]

But is it better coming 5th and getting a home final 1st up, or coming 4th and having to travel to Perth for potentially a much harder game that, if lost, makes you play another game anyway and takes a higher toll on the team?

If you can follow that!

[barry]

The ideal scenario is that WC drop a couple, and Adelaide keep wining, such that the round 22 clash between the two is a battle for top spot meaning a bone crunching affair, then we (if 3rd or 4th) play them the week after.

[BonBon]

Re: The ideal run to the finals

Originally posted by Sanecow
(Adelaide / West Coast play each other so we are pretty well guaranteed a loss by one of them).

Yeah but who do you reckon will win that one?

[robbieando]

Originally posted by Dave
But is it better coming 5th and getting a home final 1st up, or coming 4th and having to travel to Perth for potentially a much harder game that, if lost, makes you play another game anyway and takes a higher toll on the team?

I rather go into a match in week one with a double chance rather than a home game and as we saw last year that home ground advantage in week 2 if we lose week 1 is worth its weight in gold.

I say get in the Top 4 and hope for the best.

[Thunder Shaker]

Our game against the Roos in round 21 is crucial. The Roos also play the Saints in round 20, so hopefully the Roos will drop that one. The Roos have been lucky in the last fortnight but on the bright side they have only won by 6 and 4 points so our modest 20-point and 21-point wins have been percentage boosters by comparison.

With luck, the Saints will beat the Roos, we will beat the Lions and then we beat the Roos. We would then have our top four spot sealed up by the time we meet the Hawks.

[Go Swannies]

Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
Our game against the Roos in round 21 is crucial. The Roos also play the Saints in round 20, so hopefully the Roos will drop that one. The Roos have been lucky in the last fortnight but on the bright side they have only won by 6 and 4 points so our modest 20-point and 21-point wins have been percentage boosters by comparison.

With luck, the Saints will beat the Roos, we will beat the Lions and then we beat the Roos. We would then have our top four spot sealed up by the time we meet the Hawks.

Or if the Roos beat the Saints then lose to the Eagles and we win all of ours, we'd be in third.

[j s]

Originally posted by Go Swannies
Or if the Roos beat the Saints then lose to the Eagles and we win all of ours, we'd be in third.

And go back to AAMI again

[Schneiderman]

Originally posted by j s
And go back to AAMI again

Which we are a better chance to win than at Subi.

[liz]

Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
Our game against the Roos in round 21 is crucial. The Roos also play the Saints in round 20, so hopefully the Roos will drop that one.

Why not trust our boys to win all three, which will guarantee top 4. In which case we're better off if the Roos beat the Saints, as that will leave 3rd place to us.

We have some sort of chance of beating Adelaide in a QF at AAMI. I reckon we have a lower chance of beating them there in a PF after they've had a week off. We have almost no chance of beating WC at Subi in either a QF or PF.

[Sanecow]

Re: Re: The ideal run to the finals

Originally posted by BonBon
Yeah but who do you reckon will win that one?

WC. The local fans I talk to are a little scared of Adelaide but Adelaide in Perth aren't particularly frightening IMHO. A loss by the Eagles would mean the wheels have well and truly fallen off.

[giant]

Re: The ideal run to the finals

Originally posted by Sanecow
(Adelaide / West Coast play each other so we are pretty well guaranteed a loss by one of them).

They could tie.

[Sanecow]

Re: Re: The ideal run to the finals

Originally posted by giant
They could tie.

Thus "pretty well" guaranteed.

[giant]

Re: Re: Re: The ideal run to the finals

Originally posted by Sanecow
Thus "pretty well" guaranteed.