Finals

[liz]

Assuming we don't make top 4, the teams I would like to play from most preferred to least preferred.

St Kilda
West coast
Melbourne
Bulldogs
Essendon

My list would be

Brisbane
Gold Coast
Fremantle
...
Port
Richmond
Adelaide
GWS
Hawthorn

[aardvark]

I think someone (hopefully us) will beat GWS in the GF. They will however win it in 2018.

[ScottH]

So where do the naysayers/non-believers sit now?
Still in a precarious position, but not far away from the 8.
The next 5 games will tell the story. Win 4 and surely everyone will be back on board?

TheSaneIsCured

[gazza]

somebody p[ease remind me how the finals are played. who plays who????

[longmile]

swans play dees

[barry]

I think someone (hopefully us) will beat GWS in the GF. They will however win it in 2018.

Not if Kelly leaves.

Their window it's quite narrow

[aardvark]

somebody p[ease remind me how the finals are played. who plays who????

Attachment 2042 I hope this opens.....

[Hotpotato]

Who will be the AFL's Fav Fairytale this Finals series to go all the way and feel the (umps) love, as it won't be Sydney.
I'm thinking The Tigers but possibly Dees.

[707]

Has to be the Dees, last flag 1961/2 ish so now that Dogs were gifted their BIG moment last year the Dees are next cab in the rank unless the AFL want an early dividend and GWS get the golden run.

Be interesting to see how much orange support there would be in a GF. If you had a GWS membership I assume you could get GF tickets easily? Or are the number of tickets allocated to the club a ratio of membership totals?

[liz]

Tigers, for sure. I know the Dees have the longer drought but think of the size of the Tiger Army. Also, the Dees seem like a side on the rise, a team with some substance behind their improvement (which they ought to have, given how long their rebuild has taken). I don't find the Tiger charge quite so convincing, not on a sustained basis, anyway. They've had a great season but the make-up of their squad makes me wonder how sustainable it will be, and the unconventional structure of the side (all those small forwards) means they are more likely to be "worked out" in the off-season, much as the Dogs have been (to some extent) this year.

Plus, if Dusty is lured away to another club their paucity of class beyond their top few players will be horribly exposed, I fear.

[707]

I unconvinced about Richmond, their class falls away quite sharply and their bottom 5-6 are ordinary. Had the advantage of a soft draw this year courtesy of their low 2016 finish. Have played the four powerhouse sides 5 times this season for one win against GWS, when GWS were undermanned and playing poorly. When the wick gets turned up Richmond don't rise with it. Plus they will be carrying a huge monkey of finals failure, some of it embarrassingly so like Carlton elevated from 9th in 2013, Windgate debacle against Port in 2014. Would love to get Richmond second week of finals but I think that honour will fall to the equally inept against powerhouses Port.

Melbourne have more depth and class but probably a year too early?

Still think it's whoever has the most luck from here out of Crows, GWS & us.

[CureTheSane]

TheSaneIsCured

Easily rectified