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Johnno75
Joined: 07 Oct 2010
Location: Wantirna
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| Post subject: Re: We still cant beat teams in the 8!!! |  |
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3 wins vs teams out of 8, 2 losses vs teams in the 8.
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So when do you calculate the ladder position before or after or just to suit your argument?
Brisbane was in the top 4 before we played them and are now out courtesy of our thumping win but it was essentially an 8 point game for us as we would have been 2 wins behind had we lost. It was the same situation when we played Richmond.
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Pies2016
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The aim of all clubs who believe their premiership window is genuinely open, is to be playing their best footy at the business end of the season.
For mine, in such an even competition, it’s all about just staying ahead of the win loss ratio until around the bye round. All clubs then review where they’re at and plan a strategy to best set them up for a tilt at finals.
I’m not overly fussed who beats us or who we beat in the first half of the season, as long we continue to show more wins than losses along the way.
Given our tough draw for the first month, I would happily take 3 wins from the first 5 games anyway ( and only a kick away from 4 from 5 ) |
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Joined: 05 May 2010
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| Rd10.1998_11.1#36 wrote: | | April is always the best time to start these sort of threads. If the trend continues, you can say what a genius you were, If it doesn't happen, it's well buried & forgotten by the time you've actually played all the other teams |
i did this same thread last year and turned out to be a genius. Actually, most of the time i turn out to be a genius. Actually this time, i happened to notice the Eagles got into the 8 on percentage and the lions were 9th on percentage and i noticed it was happening again. I expect that this year we will beat a lot of the top 8. We are much stronger this year than last. Last year we only got good late in the season and just happened to hit form in the finals.
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Wokko 
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| Same problem as last year except beating top 8 teams during the finals and making the GF. Stupid thread. |
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K
Joined: 09 Sep 2011
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| Pies2016 wrote: | The aim of all clubs who believe their premiership window is genuinely open, is to be playing their best footy at the business end of the season.
For mine, in such an even competition, it’s all about just staying ahead of the win loss ratio until around the bye round. ... |
But it's all about injury & fitness management. If you fall behind, you have to burn yourself out catching up. (e.g. Swans 2017 starting 0-6 and making finals, where they collapsed.) If you're well placed, you can manage the players physically. |
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Joined: 05 May 2010
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| Wokko wrote: | | Same problem as last year except beating top 8 teams during the finals and making the GF. Stupid thread. |
you're funny.
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Mossi 
Joined: 20 May 2002
Location: Vittorio Veneto TV Italy
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| Well it seems to be the trend! Well if we beat the Bombers on Thursday. They will drop out of the eight, and we still won't have beaten anyone in the eight! Unless the Tigers or Brizzi win and come in! |
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doriswilgus
Joined: 16 Jun 2005
Location: the great southern land
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| Now we have beaten someone in the 8.Richmond are up to third! |
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K
Joined: 09 Sep 2011
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| Why are idiots still losing to Richmond? |
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Joined: 05 May 2010
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| doriswilgus wrote: | | Now we have beaten someone in the 8.Richmond are up to third! |
I knew it was going to be hard to undervalue that Richmond win for too long!!!
By the way, we have now lost to a team outside the 8 for the first time in 2 years!!!!
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David 
I dare you to try
Joined: 27 Jul 2003
Location: Andromeda
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| E wrote: | | K wrote: | | If we wanted to take this stuff seriously (I assume you don't) we'd judge the "8" on what David calls the "form ladder" (power rankings). |
oh my god. David's form ladder. Easily the dumbest thing I have ever seen. The most meaningless analysis I have ever seen. does anyone actually read it?
Its like someone keeping track of our best 22 and simply adjusting it each week to select the 22 named each Thursday evening....
maybe the only thing to rival it for total stupidity is the inxs88 supposed "analysis" of each player every week.... Where in about two thousand words, he is able to give us as much interesting information as we get from a scan of the best players list in the game summary..... |
Given your taste in suitable thread topics, I’m going to take this as a compliment.  (And I like inxs’s player rankings, too.) But if shitposting is more your thing, go right ahead. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Johnno75
Joined: 07 Oct 2010
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This win won’t count either as the dopers will be out of the 8 by the end of round.
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inxs88
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The redundancy of this thread should mean it's put out to pasture.
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Rd10.1998_11.1#36
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Joined: 18 Jul 2018
Location: Sevilla, Spain
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Joined: 05 May 2010
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| Rd10.1998_11.1#36 wrote: | Our record against the top 8 is now 2-1, with our only loss against the clear ladder leaders
Our record against the bottom 8 is now 2-1, with our only loss being against the reigning premiers
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We still cant beat a top four team though (to really break through to the upper echelon). Beating up on the 7th and 8th teams seems to be the improvement this year over last.
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