Ladder Predictor

[Annoyedsaint]

Not beyond the realms of possibility we could be outright 8th in two rounds time.
ALL reliant on beating Adelaide this week. Opens right up for all sides outside the 8 if we did. However if the Crows win it's likely all over for all sides based on what I can see with the fixtures.

We have the best run home after this week all be it Sydney away last game. Can still lose one after this week and still be ahead of everyone else in 8th come round 23.

No ridiculous results required either for it to happen (other than winning interstate.....)

[The_President]

Not beyond the realms of possibility we could be outright 8th in two rounds time.
ALL reliant on beating Adelaide this week. Opens right up for all sides outside the 8 if we did. However if the Crows win it's likely all over for all sides based on what I can see with the fixtures.

We have the best run home after this week all be it Sydney away last game. Can still lose one after this week and still be ahead of everyone else in 8th come round 23.

No ridiculous results required either for it to happen (other than winning interstate.....)

The Adelaide game this week is a genuine 8 point game.
Port have the easiest draw out of everyone remaining, but they need to beat Essendon this week.

One thing in our favour is that Port/Adelaide/Dogs/Freo/Hawks all seem to verse at least one of eachother across the remaining games, which is great for us.

We just have to keep winning.

[Dis Believer]

The way I se it, if form holds, the winner of Adelaide and us this week is likely to make the 8, all other permutations become too complex, but based on the draw, that is what I see as the outcome.....

And it will be an early knockout, with no real progress into the finals. However, for our list, the experience would be invaluable.....

[The_Dud]

I think the Carlton game looks a lot more difficult now than it did a few weeks ago.

[Annoyedsaint]

I think the Carlton game looks a lot more difficult now than it did a few weeks ago.

Of course, but I'd rather that than going to Geelong or West Coast in Perth type games.

[SaintPav]

Playing in Adelaide. Fun facts:

We haven't beaten the Crows in Adelaide since 2009.

The last time we won in Adelaide was in 2010.

We have never won at the Adelaide Oval.

[Saintmatt]

I think the Carlton game looks a lot more difficult now than it did a few weeks ago.

Absolutely. In some ways - I feel it boils down to whether Kreuzer plays. He always plays very well against us and whilst RoMa has turned into a gun; Kreuzer has been that kind of player for years (i.e. an OK tap but great around the ground and able to push forward and kick a goal) - albeit, injury prone. I think the rest of our players match up really well against Carltoon and we love the expanses of the MCG .

I still think Adelaide this week is the killer. It feels like we're either going to roll them or, they'll realise that so many of their careers on the line that they'll extract the digit. Can't see Betts not being recalled this week either. I'd love to win this week and put their sh!t of a fake club into turmoil. If Adelaide were to lose - Snowtown would go into absolute meltdown.

[terry smith rules]

Not beyond the realms of possibility we could be outright 8th in two rounds time.
ALL reliant on beating Adelaide this week. Opens right up for all sides outside the 8 if we did. However if the Crows win it's likely all over for all sides based on what I can see with the fixtures.

We have the best run home after this week all be it Sydney away last game. Can still lose one after this week and still be ahead of everyone else in 8th come round 23.

No ridiculous results required either for it to happen (other than winning interstate.....)

exactly

yes we have to win all 4 but as you say the other results don't have to be ridiculous

exciting times

[barneyboyz]

I think the Carlton game looks a lot more difficult now than it did a few weeks ago.

Absolutely. In some ways - I feel it boils down to whether Kreuzer plays. He always plays very well against us and whilst RoMa has turned into a gun; Kreuzer has been that kind of player for years (i.e. an OK tap but great around the ground and able to push forward and kick a goal) - albeit, injury prone. I think the rest of our players match up really well against Carltoon and we love the expanses of the MCG .

I still think Adelaide this week is the killer. It feels like we're either going to roll them or, they'll realise that so many of their careers on the line that they'll extract the digit. Can't see Betts not being recalled this week either. I'd love to win this week and put their sh!t of a fake club into turmoil. If Adelaide were to lose - Snowtown would go into absolute meltdown.

We do have a habit of playing teams in to form

[Sanctorum]

Playing in Adelaide. Fun facts:

We haven't beaten the Crows in Adelaide since 2009.

The last time we won in Adelaide was in 2010.

We have never won at the Adelaide Oval.

These stats augur well for the Saints, records are meant to be broken and the way our team is playing right now, with renewed belief and great team spirit the players will fancy themselves to pull off an upset on Adelaide Oval. The Crows have some real talent but have an ageing team (2nd oldest after Geelong); Saints defence has stood up really well and there is plenty of firepower up forward so it is not impossible for them to beat the Crows.

[WellardSaint]

The timing is good, because we lost AR, first game was a gritty win against a top 8 contender, second game proved to the squad that the first win wasn't just a honeymoon pressure release, and they can actually dominate and expose a team on turnover.

This interstate game, the squad has renewed vigour and will be looking forward to going next level.
They might want to exorcise the demons of China

[terry smith rules]

So if you think we might win all 4 and other results go the right way then ......

The $17 for St Kilda to make the 8 looks mighty juicy.

Would at least pay for your first week ticket.

[saynta]

Some expert is sprouting that the brown baggers can make the finals with ten wins as it has been done before.

[StPeter]

A big problem this year has been to beat teams above us on the ladder.

All our wins have been against teams below us or around the same mark at the time we have played them.

And of course we rarely win away from Melbourne.

[kosifantutti]

So if you think we might win all 4 and other results go the right way then ......

The $17 for St Kilda to make the 8 looks mighty juicy.

Would at least pay for your first week ticket.

Better bet big to cover that flight to Brisbane.

[terry smith rules]

So if you think we might win all 4 and other results go the right way then ......

The $17 for St Kilda to make the 8 looks mighty juicy.

Would at least pay for your first week ticket.

Better bet big to cover that flight to Brisbane.

What about Essendon at the g

[shrodes]

If we make the finals do we have to honour Richo's trigger clause?

[kosifantutti]

So if you think we might win all 4 and other results go the right way then ......

The $17 for St Kilda to make the 8 looks mighty juicy.

Would at least pay for your first week ticket.

Better bet big to cover that flight to Brisbane.

What about Essendon at the g

We’ll play interstate eventually if we keep winning.

[SAINT-LEE]

Love it! Be positive and hope for the impossible.
But be real and don't get all negative when the truth of how far apart we are from the 8 comes to roost.
Crows will smash us mercilessly this week....But I sure hope I'm wrong.

[StPeter]

We can only wonder where we might have finished on the ladder if the China game had been a real home game instead of the debacle it was.

[Annoyedsaint]

Not beyond the realms of possibility we could be outright 8th in two rounds time.
ALL reliant on beating Adelaide this week. Opens right up for all sides outside the 8 if we did. However if the Crows win it's likely all over for all sides based on what I can see with the fixtures.

We have the best run home after this week all be it Sydney away last game. Can still lose one after this week and still be ahead of everyone else in 8th come round 23.

No ridiculous results required either for it to happen (other than winning interstate.....)

exactly

yes we have to win all 4 but as you say the other results don't have to be ridiculous

exciting times

Don’t need to necessarily win all 4.
If we won this week we could possibly afford to drop 1 depending on other results.
Other than this week we have a favourable draw compared to the others.
As I said, it all relies on this week for it all to be in play.

[axcellence]

With Port winning, it’s almost all over.

Only way is for Port to drop one game and saints to win all 4. Very unlikely now.

[kosifantutti]

Worth noting that even if we had beaten Adelaide, Sydney and Carlton we would have most likely missed out on percentage. Needed about 50 point wins in all three games as it turned out.

Still we have beaten two teams who finished in the 8, including the in form Bulldogs.

[asiu]

can somebody do next years for me



i’m bored already

cricket season sucks