Can we finish 2nd or 3rd?

[Cheer Squad]

We're two-and-a-half games off third spot, and 3 games off second. There are 6 games to go.

Our remaining games:

Adelaide (SCG)
Bulldogs (Manuka)
Fremantle (SCG)
Geelong (ANZ)
Collingwood (Dome)
Brisbane (SCG)

We could reasonably expect to win at least 3 of these games - Adelaide, Fremantle and Brisbane.

Neither Hawthorn or the Bulldogs looked particularly convincing this weekend, so maybe we can win against the Bulldogs at Manuka.

Geelong - tough ask, should be a huge game. Collingwood - they have our measure, but don't have a good recent record at the Dome.

Hawthorn's remaining games:

Geelong (MCG)
Collingwood (MCG)
Brisbane (Aurora)
Richmond (MCG)
West Coast (Subiaco)
Carlton (Dome)

The Bulldog's remaining games:

Carlton (Dome)
Sydney (Manuka)
North (Dome)
Brisbane (Gabba)
Essendon (Dome)
Adelaide (AAMI)

Given the draw for each team, do we have a reasonable chance at finishing 2nd or 3rd?

[ScottH]

No.

[reigning premier]

No.

Gold...

And spot on.

No.

[hammo]

I'd be more concerned about us hanging onto fourth.

[swansrule100]

a 2 point win against 10th or whatever they are, it was a good hard fought out win with a bit of a comeback, but nothing much has changed between this week and last.

if we beat the dogs in 2 weeks then we can start worrying about top 3 or whatever perhaps.

[DST]

We will need four wins just to guarantee fourth spot.

Adelaide, Fremantle, Brisbane should go along way to getting us the wins, meaning we will need a win against the Dogs, Pies or Geelong.

I actually fancy our chances against Geelong, should they have not dropped another one by then. We have a history of knocking off the contender late in seasons at home.

Win the four and we will finish fourth and play Geelong at the Dome first up.

DST

[swansrule100]

i will be at the cats game with a mad geelong supporter so i hope we win. But nothing so far has given me any hope.

Geelong are the best side i have seen play ever. Thats only since about 1986 though.

[reigning premier]

Geelong are the best side i have seen play ever. Thats only since about 1986 though.

Typical Sydney band wagoner... what would you know????

[dendol]

no. But 4th is ours if we really want it.

having seen what geelong did to the 2nd best team in the comp this weekend and going on our own current form, can anyone really see us winning at ANZ in a few weeks time? Jumping the gun a bit, but I hope we put up a really good fight because if we can nail down 4th, we'll be facing them again 1st week of september. I'd like to go into that game with at least a tiny bit of hope...

The last 3 games of the season will tell us how we'll go in the finals.. win 2 of 3 and I can see at least a prelim

[swansrule100]

i was only 3 then, before that i think i had a carlton top forced on me

[ROK Lobster]

No.

What he said.

[573v30]

It's highly unlikely.

[Robbo]

I want Geelong to finish 2nd.

If they finish on top then we will have to play them in the first week of the finals, assuming we finish 4th. We would have a much better chance of beating the Hawks or Bulldogs.

[reigning premier]

Can some one dig up the thread from last year at about this time where we started talking about top two????

Don't know what's sadder. The thread itself or the fact that I remember it.

[Thunder Shaker]

We will need four wins just to guarantee fourth spot.

Adelaide, Fremantle, Brisbane should go along way to getting us the wins, meaning we will need a win against the Dogs, Pies or Geelong.

If we can knock off the Pies that will be the clincher.

And it's a pretty big IF.