With 4 matches to go, things are starting to look interesting as teams start to prepare for playoffs, relegation matches or simply finishing 5th.
How it shaping out in the Big 8
WA and JW should seal 1st and 2nd
Branny has 8 wins with 222 PD, but with 2 bot teams to come, will seal a playoff birth.
Doncaster must win 1 more match to seal a playoff birth, but with 2 hungry teams (yarra and red star) to come plus JW and WA, could end up 4th, 5th or 6th
Yarra has 6 wins and a +15 PD. A bot team to come will boost that and will be a chance to finish 4th or 5th depending on Doncaster and Red Stars perforances. However, the also play Doncaster, JW and WA. Most likely outcome 6th.
Red Star is currently 7th, but just like Yarra and Branny has a chance to finish 4th, 5th or 6th. They have the easiest run out of the 3 teams. Next they have Doncaster which is a must win if they want to 4th, otherwise its 5th or 6th. Following Doncaster, they play both bots which could boost their PD from -57 to around 150. They then play Branny who at that stage, may take things easy to prepare for the playoffs.
Lewisness and CCC being the 2 BOT teams will end up 7th and 8th
Great 8
Southern Breakers play a bot in their last 4 which will give them the number 1 seed in their conf
GC play Gisborne, Meateors, GO and RED to finish off the season. They should get the minimum 2 wins to make sure the wont miss out on playoffs. However, I do believe they are good enough to get enough to finish 2nd which means a home playoff spot.
[bWhompas ]has a great chance to make the playoffs as they face a bot. They also play Meateors, Gisborne and Breakers. If they can beat The Meateors (another playoff contender, then this should see them seal a playoff birth.
go aussie play a bot in their next match which will seal 5th. However, they want to play in the playoffs, they may find it tough to hang on to 4th as theyalso face RED. GC and Meateors.
The Meateors I do expect to sneak into 4th at the expense of Go, but they will need to work hard as they face 3 top 4 teams plus Red who may be trying to beat Gisborne to 6th.
Gisborne and RED I do believe will be doing their best to finish 6th and get an easy RL match whilst the other must face either Yarra, Red Star, or Doncaster. Gisborne currently has 7 wins but a very poor PD of -318. This puts them only 1.5 game ahead of Red who has 5 wins and a PD of -113 which is 205 better than Gisborne.
With Gisborne playing the top 3 (Breakers, GC, and Whompas), it looks like a very tough run. However, they do play a BOT in their final match, so this may help them if thing go their way.
RED dont have things any easier. Despite the better PD, they do face the Breakers, followed by teams that are fighting for position in the 4. It all depends on how seriously GO, Meateors, and GC take their matches.
At this stage its too hard to predict which one of these thems will finish 6th or 7th.
Aussierulez is now a BOT and will finsh 8th
Last edited by pete at 2/4/2013 2:30:44 AM