Given that Port did the non-Victorian top 4 teams a real favour tonight, and if the remainder of the games for the home and away season fall the way of my predictions, I see the top 8 as follows:
1. Fremantle
2. West Coast
3. Hawthorn
4. Sydney
5. Bulldogs
6. Richmond
7. Adelaide
8. North Melbourne
I have Freo winning one game only at home against Melbourne;
WCE will probably only win their two home games - against Bulldogs and St Kilda;
Hawthorn will win both of their remaining games against Brisbane and Carlton, and
Sydney should win their 3 remaining games but if they drop just one, then the Bulldogs and Richmond are still in with a chance to grab 4th on the ladder.
Of course if the mob up the road drop the next 2 games, then the ladder can see them possibly drop as low as 5th, with Hawthorn, Bulldogs and Sydney moving up to 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively.
I can't help think that a 1, 2 finish for both WA teams will give us our best chance at reaching the GF and a real tilt at winning on that 1st Saturday in October.