Ideal result for final 6 games.

borderbarry · Tue 22 Jul 2008 3:58pm

We win all the remaining games except one and get into Final Four.
(One we lose is to Fremantle, providing they have beaten W.C.E., thus giving them 5 wins, and excluding them from PP at end of lst round. To get this result we could rest Roo, Max, Steve King, Ballsy, and maybe Sam Fish or Gram, and give Harvs minimum time on ground). We would then go into finals in an excellent position.

StSteven · Post: # 607961Post **StSteven** » Tue 22 Jul 2008 4:18pm

Where do I get what you are smoking?

howlinwolf · Post: # 607992Post **howlinwolf** » Tue 22 Jul 2008 5:15pm

Barry, while I'd love to see us finish 4th it may be better finishing 5th.
To meet the Cats in the first final wouldn't be any advantage over finishing 5th and playing 8th.

I'd have to be realistic and say a win over the Cats in week one would be unlikely. Then we've lost our top 4 advantage and a dent in the confidence.

Unless we could get to 3rd or 2nd I'm happier seeing us in 5th or 6th.
Lower than that and we could face Brisbane in Brisbane.

Probably too early to go this far with finals

HarveysDeciple · Tue 22 Jul 2008 5:33pm

Lets beat the eagles first

WayneJudson42 · Tue 22 Jul 2008 5:38pm

To meet the Cats in the first final wouldn't be any advantage over finishing 5th and playing 8th.

I recall this happening in week 1 '04 against the Lions. we got poleaxed.

I guess it wouldn't matter really. What's the diff playing them week 1, week 3 or in the granny?

saint66au · Post: # 608009Post **saint66au** » Tue 22 Jul 2008 5:42pm

To meet the Cats in the first final wouldn't be any advantage over finishing 5th and playing 8th.

Umm....how does " we lose and we are still in it" sound like as an advantage?

Never ever ever ever EVER devalue the double chance. Look at North last year. Smashed by Geelong in the first week yet came back and thrashed Hawthorn a week later

No such thing as "only playing 8th" in a final. Whole new ball game

bethb7 · Post: # 608037Post **bethb7** » Tue 22 Jul 2008 6:09pm

I think (and hope) we can win 5/6 maybe our only hurdle being collingwood then again I think we are defiantly good enough to beat them, I mean when we last met them we were in terrible form and we did only lose to them by 9 points. But lets take it one week at a time

gooner · Post: # 608047Post **gooner** » Tue 22 Jul 2008 6:30pm

It seems to me that (making a massive assumption) we and they win all our expected games it is playing Collingwood (round 20?) that will decide 4th or 5th.

4th and we presumably (but not neccessarily) will lose to Geelong and then probably play Collingwood.

5th and we will play 8th (Brisbane or North?) and winning that play Collingwood.

So it seems like Collingwood have a huge say in where we end up this year.
I for one am quietly confident as I think when we play our best footy we will beat them easily.

This was a little exercise called How Far Ahead Of Yourself Can You Get?

iwantmeseats · Tue 22 Jul 2008 6:35pm

Port ADL. are also a real bogey team for us. Thankfully its at the dome! Thats something.

StSteven · Post: # 608052Post **StSteven** » Tue 22 Jul 2008 6:38pm

Now that we will win this year's premiership.......do we need Fraser in form to win back to backs?

bigred · Post: # 608068Post **bigred** » Tue 22 Jul 2008 7:32pm

I dont give a flower who gets a priority pick.

Just keep winning. Ladder will look after itself.

That is all.

Saints Premiers 2008 · Tue 22 Jul 2008 7:47pm

no we win the remaining games....regardless of who needs rested...noone should need rested as they have all week for it

if they are injured then they dont play

this thread reeks of someone getting high and formulating a plan to get a flag...

fail

plugger66 · Post: # 608083Post **plugger66** » Tue 22 Jul 2008 7:51pm

Id love to know how anyone could come up with any GOOD reasons why 5th is better than 4th.

Saints Premiers 2008 · Tue 22 Jul 2008 7:58pm

plugger66 wrote:Id love to know how anyone could come up with any GOOD reasons why 5th is better than 4th.

love to know

obviously the poster is a douche

MC Gusto · Post: # 608105Post **MC Gusto** » Tue 22 Jul 2008 8:25pm

Win every remaining match

get into 4th

beat the cats

week off

Animal Enclosure · Tue 22 Jul 2008 9:06pm

Freo won't get a PP this year no matter what. The PP rule is now decided over 2 seasons. If they win less than 4.5 games two years in a row then they get the pick at the end of the 1st round.

4th is the charm... Geelong are beatable, just have to take your chances like Collingwood did & we had the chance to do.

Sainter_Dad · Tue 22 Jul 2008 9:10pm

Fourth means that if we lose to Geelong in the first week - we dont play them again until the Grand Final!!!!

linz · Post: # 608154Post **linz** » Tue 22 Jul 2008 9:56pm

Let's see what happened last year.

Didn't Collingwood nearly beat Geelong last year in the Preliminary final?
If it had; all this talk about fearing Geelong would be a furfy 'cause Collingwood would be the reigning premiers.

If (and it's a big IF), we finish 4th and play Geelong; we'll be playing them on equal terms on the day. How lucky is that (them with 21 wins and us with 15 max).
How sweet it would be to get a fortnights break from there. It would turn the entire competition upside down.

Another point to note. 4 weeks ago prior to our game against North; our flag odds were 100/1. We're now 12/1. Funny how things turnaround.

borderbarry · Tue 22 Jul 2008 10:05pm

Animal Enclosure, if you read original post you will see it says PP at end of 1st round. I called it PP because I cant think of what else to call it.

bigred · Post: # 608164Post **bigred** » Tue 22 Jul 2008 10:07pm

MC Euro Gusto wrote:Win every remaining match

get into 4th

beat the cats

week off

Sounds like a plan.

Bernard Shakey · Tue 22 Jul 2008 10:14pm

4th better than 5th even if we lose to Cats in first game.

Finish 5th and win, will probably come up against Swans in Sydney.

Top four craps on any other finish as we play in Melbourne (maybe even at Docklands).

bigred · Post: # 608184Post **bigred** » Tue 22 Jul 2008 10:22pm

Yeah what the hell..

Finish fourth.

Win the first week.

Second week off.

Win week three.

Win week four.

Settled.

wolfpup · Post: # 608204Post **wolfpup** » Tue 22 Jul 2008 10:38pm

if i have this right, sydney have to lose twice in the last 6 rounds and we have to win every game to finish 4th?

only other way would be a massive hawks slump in form.

anyways, my danger games for the last rounds are freo and port, and i feel comfortable in the rest of them

bozza1980 · Post: # 608342Post **bozza1980** » Wed 23 Jul 2008 12:18pm

wolfpup wrote:if i have this right, sydney have to lose twice in the last 6 rounds and we have to win every game to finish 4th?

only other way would be a massive hawks slump in form.

anyways, my danger games for the last rounds are freo and port, and i feel comfortable in the rest of them

Swans losing twice is not as suprising as it sounds.

They play the Cats, Doggies and Pies in the run home not to mention Adelaide who have beaten them 8 of the last 9 times (or close to) they have played.

The swans will lose 2 games, our top 4 hopes are in our hands, win and we make it.

thejiggingsaint · Wed 23 Jul 2008 12:23pm

"Ideal result"

Er, we keep our hats on our heads and stick to concentrating on THIS week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyone remember what happened in 05 between the win in Adelaide and the PF @ MCG??

"ONE GAME AT A TIME "