West Coast coach Adam Simpson is daring to dream of a fairytale flag after watching his team scrape into the AFL finals with a 29-point win over Adelaide in Perth on Sunday.
The Eagles needed to beat the Crows by 21 points if they were to overtake the Demons on percentage and secure eighth spot.
Things were looking good when West Coast opened up a 41-point lead late in the third term.
But West Coast's finals hopes were hanging by a thread when Charlie Cameron's goal reduced the margin to 17 points with just over five minutes remaining.
However, there was one more twist to come, with a brilliant dodge-and-weave goal from Lewis Jetta and a big mark and goal from Jack Darling ensuring the Eagles won by enough.
The 15.10 (100) to 10.11 (71) win meant West Coast booked an elimination final against Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval on September 9.
The Eagles finished just 0.5 percentage points above Melbourne, who suffered an upset loss to Collingwood.
Simpson said he couldn't help but feel for Melbourne, whose finals drought will now extend into an 11th year.
But after watching the Bulldogs snatch last year's flag from seventh spot, Simpson is holding out hope West Coast can do it from eighth.
"Now we're in it, we're in it to win it," Simpson said.
"I suppose the bye gives you an opportunity to reset and have a look at where you're at and what you need to do.
"The Doggies doing it last year gives hope to everyone. But we've got to be playing at our best for four quarters to be a chance."
After the match, veteran Drew Petrie confirmed he would be retiring at the end of the season.
Adelaide finished on top of the ladder despite losing their last two games.
They will take on Greater Western Sydney in a home qualifying final on Thursday, September 7.
The Crows had little to play for on Sunday given they were already guaranteed to finish top courtesy of Geelong's win over GWS on Saturday.
And their attitude mirrored the situation in the opening term, with Adelaide laying just five tackles compared to West Coast's 16.
"It was obviously a difficult one to predict," Adelaide coach Don Pyke said of his players' mindset entering the game.
"When you come into a game and you already clearly have top spot locked up, whether or not that was a factor for a players - I don't know.
"Reality is we wanted to come in and play better than we did."
A sellout crowd of 39,367 witnessed the final AFL game at Subiaco Oval, ahead of next year's move to the new 60,000-seat Perth Stadium.