Your revised ladder prediction

[clive]

ninthmantle

[Eboue]

1. West Coast
2. Carlton
3. Hawthorn
4. Geelong
5. Collingwood
6. North Melbourne
7. Sydney
8. Fremantle

9. Adelaide
10. St Kilda
11. Essendon
12. Richmond
13. Bulldogs
14. Brisbane
15. Port Adelaide
16. Melbourne
17. Gold Coast
18. GWS

[Axel.]

Essendon 10th and 11th.

Happy for everyone to keep underrating us

Hard to predict them tbh.

Should have lost to North and came close to defeat against Port and GC...

[TakingthePapiss]

I don't think people are underrating you footycool, you're just overrating yourself.

EDIT: Having said that, you're going to struggle to not make finals (and get belted again in the first week) from 3-0.

[James Pattinson]

Essendon 10th and 11th.

Happy for everyone to keep underrating us

More like, being realistic.

North should have beaten you, Port should have beaten you and Gold Coast should have beaten you.

Carlton will beat you by 40+ next week and... THUD!

[Red Bear]

but they are 3-0, which is a handy base to build upon in a season, with a bit of improvement left in them.

Rather play shit and win games early than drop them and have to play catch up

Next two weeks will be interesting though, probably get smacked by Carlton but if we have decent fitness Collingwood could well be ripe for the picking

[Heppell]

I don't think people are underrating you footycool, you're just overrating yourself.

I really dont think 7th is overrating us tbh.

If people are saying Essendon are going to finish 10-11th then they are underrating us. If we do land up slipping that far below that I will be shocked as the matches we have won so far are match we would have lost in past year. 2012 Essendon is showing a lot more fight and while we have been far from convincing so far this season, we havent lost a match and have lots of improvement to come. If we manage to take the scalp of Collingwood or Carlton and heading into Round 6 4 wins and 1 loss then it would have been a great start to the season.

[Heppell]

More like, being realistic.

North should have beaten you, Port should have beaten you and Gold Coast should have beaten you.

Carlton will beat you by 40+ next week and... THUD!

Should have is a key word. At the end of the day they didnt, we have 12 points and head into an interesting two weeks.

Wouldnt suprise me if we get close to the Blues next week. We probably wont win but we are due for a decent performance after 3 below par matches.

[TakingthePapiss]

I really dont think 7th is overrating us tbh.

If people are saying Essendon are going to finish 10-11th then they are underrating us. If we do land up slipping that far below that I will be shocked as the matches we have won so far are match we would have lost in past year. 2012 Essendon is showing a lot more fight and while we have been far from convincing so far this season, we havent lost a match and have lots of improvement to come. If we manage to take the scalp of Collingwood or Carlton and heading into Round 6 4 wins and 1 loss then it would have been a great start to the season.

The reality is you're fighting for 7th or 8th with North Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle, St. Kilda & Richmond.

There'll probably be less than 3 wins between those 6 teams so you could just as easily finish 10th as you could 7th.

[Indie]

Carlton will destroy Essendon, well they should anyway.

Probably won't though.

[James Pattinson]

Should have is a key word. At the end of the day they didnt, we have 12 points and head into an interesting two weeks.

Wouldnt suprise me if we get close to the Blues next week. We probably wont win but we are due for a decent performance after 3 below par matches.

Your win against North had nothing to do with your own team, they over-ran you late in the game and Hamish should have sealed it.

The win against Port was a good one, you should have lost due to the players you lost during the game, but you held on, that's a good win.

And quite frankly, you were rubbish against the GC.

[Heppell]

The reality is you're fighting for 7th or 8th with North Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle, St. Kilda & Richmond.

There'll probably be less than 3 wins between those 6 teams so you could just as easily finish 10th as you could 7th.

Only problem is NM and Adelaide have been handed piss easy draws with immediately disadvantage us. I'm happy to back our guys in to beat the sides around us on the ladder.

[Heppell]

Your win against North had nothing to do with your own team, they over-ran you late in the game and Hamish should have sealed it.

The win against Port was a good one, you should have lost due to the players you lost during the game, but you held on, that's a good win.

And quite frankly, you were rubbish against the GC.

If we kicked straight in the last quarter rather than 1.7 we would have won that match by 3-5 goals and we wouldnt be talking about this. We were decent that night and we were lucky to get out of it with a win.

Also, not much credit is being given to Gold Coast. I reckon that was one of their better performances ever. Once again we couldnt kick straight and in reality we could have buried then in the first quarter.

[Pumbi]

we are due for a decent performance after 3 below par matches.

By the same token are GWS due this week against the Crows?

[James Pattinson]

By the same token are GWS due this week against the Crows?

Yes, look out Adelaide.

GWS will win.