At the start of the season, looking at the fixtures with some optimism, I thought Freo's hardest four games were the two derbies, Hawks in Tassie and Round 1 vs Bulldogs at Docklands. That is, Freo have lost 2 of their hardest four games of the season (IMO) and Gold Coast are going much better than I would have thought. My optimism also included having 211, Mundy, MJ and Bennell playing.
Fast forward to now and I'm not so optimistic, but that is mainly due to the fact that we will be missing those three A graders in 211, Mundy and Bennell for at least another couple of weeks.
Yep, Freo are playing bad and their turnovers and disposals have been poor, but surely that can and will improve.
By the end of Round 8 we could find ourselves 2 wins and 6 losses, but I expect to see us then win quite a few to still make the finals with something like 11 to 14 wins for the season.