Five and 4

I heard last weekend only one team had ever made the 8 after being worse than 5 and 4 after 9 rounds... But checking the Round 9 ladder, I don't know if the Swans, Roos or Freo will stay in the 8... and maybe even Richmond, considering it took 48 points last year to finish 8th.

1 WEST COAST 9 8 1 0 919 692 132.80 32
2 GEELONG 9 7 2 0 1034 774 133.59 28
3 RICHMOND 9 7 2 0 922 806 114.39 28
4 MELBOURNE 9 6 3 0 958 862 111.14 24
5 ADELAIDE 9 5 4 0 781 685 114.01 20
6 SYDNEY 9 5 4 0 714 745 95.84 20
7 KANGAROOS 9 5 4 0 777 873 89.00 20
8 FREMANTLE 9 4 5 0 856 822 104.14 16

9 ST.KILDA 9 4 5 0 862 838 102.86 16
10 W. BULLDOGS 9 4 5 0 931 933 99.79 16
11 PORT ADELAIDE 9 3 5 1 704 823 85.54 14
12 HAWTHORN 9 3 6 0 835 819 101.95 12
13 BRISBANE 9 3 6 0 801 875 91.54 12
14 ESSENDON 9 3 6 0 757 885 85.54 12
15 CARLTON 9 2 6 1 816 1038 78.61 10
16 COLLINGWOOD 9 2 7 0 757 954 79.35 8

From that, who can force them out? I think St Kilda will find form and a spot come September but what chance the three Grand Finalists of the last 3 years, all at 4/7 now - Port, Brisbane or Collingwood???