Predictions first 5 rounds - How many wins

[bornadog]

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[azabob]

I went 2 wins - Saints and Lions.

As soon as the fixture dropped it appeared a very very tough start to the year.

Nothing has changed my mind and I wouldn't be surprised to see us one and four.

[Happy Days]

Five. Dees all hate each other and are irredeemably busted, Saints suck, Lions will be bored to death by Dunk’s chat on the plane over, Tigers suck, Power suck.

Light work.

[Grantysghost]

0 and 5 and the naysayers naying.

That's a tough start, I reckon Saints and Lions we will win. Melbourne too.

Tigers we never beat, Port will be hard at home.

3-2.

[bornadog]

Ever the optimist I went with 5, but could easily drop a few.

[Axe Man]

I can't see 5-0 or 0-5 being likely.

2-3 or 3-2 the most probable for mine but hoping for 4-1. 1-4 would be disappointing after the positivity of pre-season.

Where is the option for 0 wins for Dog God? ;)

[Mofra]

I chose 3 wins;St Kilda, Richmond and Port - I don't 'trust' them to perform. They might, but you couldn't bank on it.

Melbourne are having an incredible pre-season and the Lions look primed. They worry me

[Matjoh]

We've been poor starters for a while [bar '21 but 3 of those were v teams finishing bottom 3] so Im going 2. Saints, port. Dees and lions look pretty strong and we're often ordinary v tigers, but could maybe snatch the tigers one.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

So the stats so far a classic bell curve wirh my 3 as the most frequent.
Tough start but we will get better and our fitness will hopefully peak just before finals.

[Rocket Science]

One win, because forming new chemistry takes time but more pressingly, how on earth can you trust us?

[ratsmac]

I went with 5, why not. If there is ever a time to be optimistic it's in Feb!

Melb- They are due for a shocking season.
Saints- If we can't beat them pack it up.
Lions- Us against Dunks at home, we'll win
Tigers- Too old too slow. Bolton scares me though.
Port- We've just won 4 in a row to start the season, we aren't stopping now!!

[GVGjr]

I think we are 3 wins perhaps 4 in the first 5 weeks. Great platform to build upon.

[Happy Days]

So I actually had a proper look at the draw. In the first six rounds we cop:

- 4 finals teams, 2 top 4 teams from last year
- a 5 day break in round 3 against Brisbane
- both of Richmond and Melbourne at the MCG
- an away game against Port in Gather Round when everyone else gets a neutral game (or the Crows which is even softer)
- a 6 day break before Freo in Perth, coming between consecutive interstate trips

What the hell. Whose dog did we run over?

[MrMahatma]

So I actually had a proper look at the draw. In the first six rounds we cop:

- 4 finals teams, 2 top 4 teams from last year
- a 5 day break in round 3 against Brisbane
- both of Richmond and Melbourne at the MCG
- an away game against Port in Gather Round when everyone else gets a neutral game (or the Crows which is even softer)
- a 6 day break before Freo in Perth, coming between consecutive interstate trips

What the hell. Whose dog did we run over?

6-0 baby!

[jazzadogs]

1 is a disaster.
2 sets us up to be sneak into the 8 again.
3 says bottom half of the 8, but comfortably.
4 or 5 says top 4.

I think 2 or 3 is most likely, but it's a tough start to the year.

[JanLorMill]

5 from 5 hopefully

[Go_Dogs]

5 wins cos why not.

If we’re a serious side we need to be 4-1, 3-2 a pass mark.

[Mavericks]

I am hoping for 4.

Dees, Lions, Saints and Power are wins

Tigers is 50/50. Hardwick like Scott seems to have the wood on Bevo

[Testekill]

I'm leaning 3 wins to start off the season.

[Dazza]

Expecting 2. 4+ would set us up very well.

[Bulldog Joe]

I am looking at 5 zip or 4-1 with Tigers the loss.

Dees - bad blood a few swapped players. Bont primed Lobb/Jones to show why we recruited them Weightman to outperform Pickett win by 40 plus.

Saints - We are just better.

Tigers - Only worry is Bevo apart from 21 never wins first 3 and Tigers have beaten us the last few years even we play better. But time to put them in their place.

Brisbane - Our deck. UP YOURS DUNKS.

Port - When we are up and about we don't lose to Port anywhere.

[SonofScray]

We are going through the season undefeated, then winning the flag.

5 - 0 to start the year.

[1eyedog]

We are going through the season undefeated, then winning the flag.

5 - 0 to start the year.

Man what a ride that would be.

[bornadog]

We could be looking at zero from 5

[chef]

We'll be 0-6 most likely and round 7 will be the Harley Reid cup haha. Who saw that coming.

[Bulldog4life]

We could be looking at zero from 5

Wash your mouth out BAD.

[bornadog]

Wash your mouth out BAD.

All my predictions are usually the opposite :D

[hujsh]

3 from 6 given the fixture isn't terrible. Wins against Brisbane, Richmond and away against Freo are far from certainties and the one game we lost we'd have been very confident in looks to be a tougher match than most would have expected when the fixture was released. Hopefully we can convert this into some momentum with Hawks, GWS, Carlton, Adelaide (at home) and GC (away). Carlton and Adelaide the biggest danger games but GC could be dangerous too.

[jeemak]

I think the reality is they're all danger games and we can't take the foot off the pedal.

Reasonably satisfied with 3-3 after what has been a really difficult fixture to get the season going.

[hujsh]

I think the reality is they're all danger games and we can't take the foot off the pedal.

Reasonably satisfied with 3-3 after what has been a really difficult fixture to get the season going.

Yeah but we can't afford to lose to Hawks or GWS. Carlton or Adelaide would be understandable and GC would be frustrating but not a total shock (not that any loss would be a 'total' shock)

[jazzadogs]

1 is a disaster.
2 sets us up to be sneak into the 8 again.
3 says bottom half of the 8, but comfortably.
4 or 5 says top 4.

I think 2 or 3 is most likely, but it's a tough start to the year.

I stand by my old assessment. We were 2/5 and now 3/6 - if we make the 8 from here, I don't think it's comfortable.

We're not a top 4 team, that's for sure.

[SonofScray]

I stand by my old assessment. We were 2/5 and now 3/6 - if we make the 8 from here, I don't think it's comfortable.

We're not a top 4 team, that's for sure.

Agree, the margin for error is going to be very slim and it’s a frustrating scenario to staring at again, at least we’ve squared the ledger and have an opportunity to get in front of it now.