Four teams were in the Window after Round 16<\/a>, and four sides are in it following Round 21, but there\u2019s been a key swap in that time \u2014 Hawthorn out, Gold Coast in. <\/p>\nThe Hawks are still one of the stingiest units in the league, ranking third for points against, but they\u2019ve dropped from sixth to eighth for scoring. <\/p>\n
Gold Coast, meanwhile, is still the fourth-best offence, as it was five weeks ago, but it has crucially risen from seventh to fourth for defence. <\/p>\n
Collingwood, Adelaide and Geelong have retained their place in the Window since Round 16. Meanwhile, the closest outsiders to the Window are, in order, the Western Bulldogs, GWS, Brisbane and Hawthorn. <\/p>\n
Fox Footy\u2019s Premiership Window after Round 21 says four teams are currently best-placed for a flag tilt.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
Former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley said of the comparison between the contenders and also-rans: \u201cLook at that big divide between the haves and the have-nots there. The top nine and the bottom nine, that\u2019s only gotten bigger.\u201d<\/p>\n
The reigning premier Lions have slid further away from the Window in the past five weeks, but club legend Jonathan Brown isn\u2019t concerned with where Brisbane sits after a telling win over Collingwood. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a big supporter of the Window, don\u2019t get me wrong … but their (the Lions\u2019) form against big teams, when they come against good opposition \u2014 Geelong, Hawthorn and Collingwood, namely \u2014 they step up to the plate,\u201d Brown said on Fox Footy\u2019s On the Couch. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re a chance to work their way back in, but it will be concerning for me if you ask me after Round 24 and they\u2019re sitting outside the Window, that\u2019s very concerning.\u201d<\/p>\n
See where every team sits in the Fox Footy Premiership Window below.<\/p>\n
THE FOX FOOTY PREMIERSHIP WINDOW (After Round 21)<\/p>\n
Qualifying teams (18 of the last 20 premiers)<\/p>\n
Collingwood (5th for points scored, 1st for points allowed)<\/p>\n
Adelaide Crows (3rd for points scored, 2nd for points allowed)<\/p>\n
Gold Coast Suns (4th for points scored, 4th for points allowed)<\/p>\n
Geelong (2nd for points scored, 5th for points allowed)<\/p>\n
Qualifying via defence only (all 20 premiers)<\/p>\n
Hawthorn (8th for points scored, 3rd for points allowed)<\/p>\n
Fremantle (9th for points scored, 6th for points allowed)<\/p>\n
Not qualifying<\/p>\n
Western Bulldogs (1st for points scored, 7th for points allowed)<\/p>\n
GWS Giants (7th for points scored, 8th for points allowed)<\/p>\n
Brisbane Lions (6th for points scored, 9th for points allowed)<\/p>\n
Carlton (13th for points scored, 10th for points allowed)<\/p>\n
Sydney Swans (12th for points scored, 11th for points allowed)<\/p>\n
Melbourne (10th for points scored, 12th for points allowed)<\/p>\n
St Kilda (11th for points scored, 13th for points allowed)<\/p>\n
Port Adelaide (15th for points scored, 14th for points allowed)<\/p>\n
Essendon (16th for points scored, 15th for points allowed)<\/p>\n
Richmond (18th for points scored, 16th for points allowed)<\/p>\n
North Melbourne (14th for points scored, 17th for points allowed)<\/p>\n
West Coast Eagles (17th for points scored, 18th for points allowed)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fox Footy\u2019s Premiership Window has returned with three rounds remaining in the home-and-away season, and it still says…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[9126,64,63,689,6173,37617,37620,2485,9130,7492,27723,3231,19052,26500,26511,677,14224,6082,37618,18000,701,1124,85,37619,37621,7067,698],"class_list":["post-42818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-adelaide-crows","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-club-legend","tag-footy-premiership-window","tag-fox-footy-premiership","tag-gold-coast","tag-gold-coast-suns","tag-hawthorn-hawks","tag-home-and-away-season","tag-jack-jovanovski","tag-jonathan-brown","tag-key-change","tag-nathan-buckley","tag-oceania","tag-points-scored","tag-port-adelaide","tag-premiership-push","tag-premiership-window","tag-queensland","tag-south-australia","tag-sports","tag-stingiest-units","tag-team-sits","tag-west-coast-eagles","tag-western-bulldogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}