Someone has already written that August hasn't been our happiest month of the year and it has continued with us 0/2 from August 2003.

The Hawks came to play and we were off a bit and that was that.

There is still a little bit of time left for us to hit our trough and then rise again.

Say we lose to the Lions but defeat the Pies and Demons - we could go into the finals as the darkhorse, which is how we have played our best footy this season.

Adelaide didn't finish off 1998 too flash and lost their first final before knocking us, the Bulldogs and Roos off.

Of course the AFL has since changed the rules so if that happened again, Adelaide would have be eliminated after that loss.

We will make the finals - even if we limp into 8th place and from there anything is possible.

The only issue which has been so kind to us all year and now looks like hurting us is injuries. Guess that is where depth of player list comes into it. A team like the Lions with their better periphery players or as Rohan loves to say 'ability to bat deep' has gotten over their bumpy patch and is now in the process of getting their stars back.