The "Draw"

didick · didick Joined: 17 Jun 2009 Location: Brisbane

I'm interested to see what the attendance is like next weekend, against the Blues. 7.10 pm on a Sunday. For a "blockbuster". And it's our home game. Nice way to "equalise" our revenue. In fact we have four Sunday games in Melbourne in the rest of the H&A season. One 3.20pm game, two 4.40pm games and the late game against the Blues. FFS. Crowds are going to be low. Even member attendances will be down.

Captain_MyCaptain · Joined: 25 May 2006 Location: home

Currently we are 8 and 4.
My expectations as follows, without any whinging.
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Round 14 Saturday, June 21
Hawthorn v Collingwood -- LOSE
MCG 2:10PM

Round 15 Sunday, June 29
Collingwood v Carlton -- WIN
MCG 7:10PM

Round 16 Saturday, July 05
Gold Coast Suns v Collingwood -- WIN
MS 4:40PM

Round 17 Sunday, July 13
Essendon v Collingwood -- WIN
MCG 3:20PM

Round 18 Sunday, July 27
Collingwood v Adelaide Crows -- WIN
MCG 4:40PM

Round 19 Sunday, August 03
Collingwood v Port Adelaide -- WIN
MCG 4:40PM

Round 20 Sunday, August 10
West Coast Eagles v Collingwood -- WIN
PS 2:40PM

Round 21 Saturday, August 16
Collingwood v Brisbane Lions -- WIN
MCG 7:40PM

Round 22 Saturday, August 23
GWS Giants v Collingwood -- WIN
SPO 4:40PM

Round 23 Friday, August 29
Collingwood v Hawthorn -- LOSE
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8 more wins.
We should/could be 16 wins 6 losses.
Top 4 still a good chance.
Agreed?

Cheers.

Lazza · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Location: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

John Wren · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 3:50 pm

we have 4 (top 8 ) and 6 (bottom 10) games.

M@®© · 1972 Joined: 13 Apr 2003 Location: Victoria - Rowville

I wouldn't be penciling a win against West Coast over there! We only just beat them here.

I hope I'm wrong but.........

Round 14 Saturday, June 21
Hawthorn v Collingwood -- LOSE
MCG 2:10PM

Round 15 Sunday, June 29
Collingwood v Carlton -- WIN
MCG 7:10PM

Round 16 Saturday, July 05
Gold Coast Suns v Collingwood -- LOSE
MS 4:40PM

Round 17 Sunday, July 13
Essendon v Collingwood -- WIN
MCG 3:20PM

Round 18 Sunday, July 27
Collingwood v Adelaide Crows -- WIN
MCG 4:40PM

Round 19 Sunday, August 03
Collingwood v Port Adelaide -- LOSE
MCG 4:40PM

Round 20 Sunday, August 10
West Coast Eagles v Collingwood -- LOSE
PS 2:40PM

Round 21 Saturday, August 16
Collingwood v Brisbane Lions -- WIN
MCG 7:40PM

Round 22 Saturday, August 23
GWS Giants v Collingwood -- WIN
SPO 4:40PM

Round 23 Friday, August 29
Collingwood v Hawthorn -- LOSE

Lazza · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Location: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

matrix10 · Joined: 17 May 2009

Much like Marc I think we'll go around 6-4 in the last 10 games.
No idea of which 6 we'll win- we're likely to smashs hawks twice and then lose to scum and brions.

At the beginning of the year (especially after round 1) I think most of us would've taken 14-8 and a 5-8 position on the ladder.

Anything more will be a bonus.

Johnno75 · Joined: 07 Oct 2010 Location: Wantirna

I think we will win 1 of Gold Coast, West Coast or Port Adelaide. Should win at least 6 of the last 10 games. 14-8 should get us a home elimination final. After last season's finish that is a step forward.

Many had us going backwards this season.

collie dog · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 1:01 pm

Draw, fixture, smickture. Razz

What it is is a massive FIX! And to think the authorities allow betting on such an obviously FIXED arrangement of games is outrageous! Evil or Very Mad

It's time we started a campaign either to go the way of the EPL and force one home and one away game against every team (the fairest result). or the NFL route of playing each team once a season (rotating home and away on a two yearly cycle).

The EPL teams seem to manage playing over 40 matches a season (including championship, FA Cup, and European tournaments) why can't we? We just have to get used to using larger squads. More value for the fans in this.

The NRL model would see a reduced regular season, but we could introduce an expanded playoff series and even two distinct conferences.

Both those solutions are better than the dog's breakfast we have now. It is a national disgrace!

Az · Joined: 25 Sep 2013

Piethagoras' Theorem · the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk Joined: 29 May 2006

Didn't mind our last draw. Was nearly the death of me but the following week was great!

35forever · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 7:28 pm

Breadcrawl:
Actually change can be effected. In other countries weight of numbers has made huge changes to professional sports. All it would take is action from a reasonable number of people, supporters and members to be precise as CFC seems incapable of standing up to the AFL, the sole exception being Eddies comment about the draw during the "ED TV" call of the West Coast game. A bit more of that would help our cause greatly!
Using the formula I outlined above (the obvious and simplest way to quantify the facts), one MUST come to the conclusion that the AFL deliberately gave us the pointy bit. When the same method produces the same result over a number of years one can start to point to a deliberate conspiracy. You're simply playing semantics about 'proof' & 'evidence', and well you know it. In America people are executed solely on circumstantial evidence

I didn't say that one must be in the top 4 now to be there at the end, I said I ran the numbers and when added to history they say unequivocally that the 8 tends not to change much after round 10. When I ran the 'ladder predictor', which simply saves a lot of calculating, I came out with a final 8 which varies only in that Sydney & Hawthorn change places, the rest is exactly as you see it now. The methodology I used was to predict wins for whichever side was higher on the ladder at the time of their clash, with larger margins for greater disparity in position.
Obviously things can change, we could be minor premiers and Port could miss the 8, my point was that while things CAN change between round 10 & seasons end, they generally don't.