THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
Second elimination final
Brisbane v Richmond at The Gabba, 7.20pm AEST
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Second qualifying final
Melbourne v Sydney at the MCG, 7.50pm AEST
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
First qualifying final
Geelong v Collingwood at the MCG, 4.35pm AEST
First elimination final
Fremantle v Western Bulldogs at Optus Stadium, 6.10pm AWST
We will play Friday night and Papley can play!!!
Good stuff.
Assuming the Cats beat Collingwood:
- if we beat Melbourne, our preliminary final will be against Collingwood, Fremantle or the Bulldogs;
- if we lose to Melbourne we have to play the winner of Richmond-Brisbane in a semi final, then Geelong in the prelim.
The second path is considerably more difficult.
That first game against Melbourne has ginormous stakes.
If we win vs Melbourne, we only need to win the next two.Originally Posted by MattW
if we lose vs Melbourne, we have to win the next three.
It is always harder if you lose the first qualifying final, regardless of who the opponents are, as you have to win one more game after week one of the finals.
Last edited by Maltopia; 22nd August 2022 at 12:00 AM.
Agreed.
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Richmond: Their recent form has been excellent. Since the end of April, they've won 11 games, drew one and lost four. Those four losses have been by a total of 15 points. I would not want to meet them in a semi final.
Brisbane: We have only beaten them once in the past four years (by 31 points in round 1 last year). I want to avoid them too.
So we must defeat Melbourne. I would rather have a finals series where we play the other top four sides than meeting any of the bottom eight.
Here's why. The form of top four sides against the other top four sides:
Geelong: Sydney (L 30), Collingwood (W 13), Melbourne (W 28).
Melbourne: Sydney (L 12), Collingwood (L 26), Geelong (L 28), Collingwood (L 7).
Sydney: Geelong (W 30), Melbourne (W 12), Collingwood (W 27).
Collingwood: Geelong (L 13), Melbourne (W 26), Melbourne (W 7), Sydney (L 27).
It's possible to produce a form ladder for the top four sides. Accounting for Melbourne playing Collingwood twice by making these worth half as much as the other games, the form ladder for the top four sides looks like this:
Sydney 3-0
Geelong 2-1
Collingwood 1-2
Melbourne 0-3.
So yes, we must defeat Melbourne - if we do, we shouldn't fear anyone else.
"Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final
Thanks for this ..
I meant to include this image
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Figure out where Max Gawn is , and don’t kick it anywhere near that pack.
We need to pray that Brisbane somehow beat Richmond! I really don't want to meet them in a final if we lose to Melbourne!
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Lots to play here with the week off it really opens up for teams from 5 to 8 to make some serious impact . Having said that I think our young side needs this weeks break , we looked a bit tired off the shorter break .
I have no doubt the reason a few years back we targeted players with leg speed was for playing at the MCG . We have a perfect mix of inside and outside grunt and elite skills .
Whatever happens it’s going to be a cracking final series and we’re right in the mix
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It’s a good outcome we are playing at the Granny venue.
No need for hard training over the next 11 days, just lots of running and weaving. Players getting run down from behind wouldn’t happen if they didn’t run in a straight line.
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