2011 predictions

[Heater39]

It's time for the yearly prediction thread fellow magpie fans. I'll through up a few questions, answer whichever questions you feel like or add your own.

1. Where will we finish at the end of H&A?

2. Where will we finish after finals?

3. Who will win our best and fairest?

4. Which Collingwood players will make AA in 2011?

5. Who will be our leading goalkicker & how many?

6. Which players will make their Collingwood debut in 2011?

7. Will Leigh Brown remain a cult hero or go back to the whipping boy?

8. Will Cloke kick more goals or behinds for the year?

9. Which recruit will have the bigger impact- Tarrant or Krakouer?

10. Will Brad Dick become a permanent fixture in our best 22 (let's say 15 games min)?

11. When will Pendles lose the dreads?

12. Which player is a 'darkhorse' for 2011?

13. Who will be our most improved player?

14. 2011 will be the last year for which magpies?

My answers

1. 1st
2. 1st
3. Pendles
4. Pendles, Swan & Jolly
5. Cloke (45)
6. Krakouer, J. Thomas, Rounds & Young
7. Back to the whipping boy
8. Goals, just (45.44)
9. Tarrant
10. Yes
11. Before Rd.1
12. Blair
13. Reid
14. Davis(ret), Johnson (ret), Buckley(del), McCarthy(del)

 

[the_champ_2004]

1. Where will we finish at the end of H&A? 1st

2. Where will we finish after finals?1st

3. Who will win our best and fairest?Pendlebury

4. Which Collingwood players will make AA in 2011?Pendlebury, Thomas, Shaw and Jolly

5. Who will be our leading goalkicker & how many?Dawes - 54

6. Which players will make their Collingwood debut in 2011? Krakouer, Rounds, Thomas, Fasolo, Young and Keefe

7. Will Leigh Brown remain a cult hero or go back to the whipping boy? Cult

8. Will Cloke kick more goals or behinds for the year? Goals

9. Which recruit will have the bigger impact- Tarrant or Krakouer? Krakouer

10. Will Brad Dick become a permanent fixture in our best 22 (let's say 15 games min)? 15 games - no, won't have his body right enough.

11. When will Pendles lose the dreads? Unfortunately no

12. Which player is a 'darkhorse' for 2011? Stubbs

13. Who will be our most improved player? Anthony, his impact at the pies will be the best it's been in years. But really including VFL Thomas

14. 2011 will be the last year for which magpies? Buckley - of the Simon variety, McCarthy, Dick if he gets injured again and Davis - unless he dominates in defence

 

[mattys123]

Ok, here we go;

1. 2nd, no idea who will finish ahead of us though.
2. 1st (Premiers)
3. Swan (It might be renamed the Swan-Copeland Trophy soon)
4. Pendlebury, Harry, Shaw, Swan
5. Dawes (55 goals)
6. Krakouer, J.Thomas, Rounds, Keefe, Young, Fasolo
7. Still a cult hero. Leeroy will become bigger then ever thanks to the sub rule.
8. Behinds (42.52)
9. Krakouer, will become a huge part of our midfield.
10. No, that shoulder just doesn't seem to want to hold up.
11. After round 2 (before the Carlton/unfurling game)
12. Lachlan Keefe (his limit on how good he could be is so high)
13. Josh Thomas (will go from a reserves player to a premiership player)
14. Buckley (del), Davis (ret), McCarthy (del), Wood (trade)

 

[Pie eyed]

1. Where will we finish at the end of H&A? 2nd

2. Where will we finish after finals? Premiers

3. Who will win our best and fairest? Heath Shaw.

4. Which Collingwood players will make AA in 2011? Didak, Swan, Pendles, Thomas, Maxwell, Sidebottom, Cloke and Heath Shaw.

5. Who will be our leading goalkicker & how many? Cloke 66

6. Which players will make their Collingwood debut in 2011? ? Ask DTM.

7. Question 7 has been removed at the request of The Anvil.


8. Will Cloke kick more goals or behinds for the year? Goals 66.27

9. Which recruit will have the bigger impact- Tarrant or Krakouer?

10. Will Brad Dick become a permanent fixture in our best 22 (let's say 15 games min)? No.

11. When will Pendles lose the dreads? Round 1.

12. Which player is a 'darkhorse' for 2011? Leon Davis.

13. Who will be our most improved player? Steele Sidestep.

14. 2011 will be the last year for which magpies? Nil.

 

[Old Spice]

1. Where will we finish at the end of H&A? 1st

2. Where will we finish after finals? 1st

3. Who will win our best and fairest? Thomas

4. Which Collingwood players will make AA in 2011? Thomas, Swan, Pendlebury, Krakoeur, Sidebottom, O'brien, Shaw

5. Who will be our leading goalkicker & how many? Dawes 62, then Macafeteria 53

6. Which players will make their Collingwood debut in 2011? Tarrant, Krakoeur, Rounds, Young, Thomas, Keeffe, Buckley, Fasalo.

7. Will Leigh Brown remain a cult hero or go back to the whipping boy? A whipping cult

8. Will Cloke kick more goals or behinds for the year? Goals (58%)

9. Which recruit will have the bigger impact- Tarrant or Krakouer?

10. Will Brad Dick become a permanent fixture in our best 22 (let's say 15 games min)? No, but not far off.

11. When will Pendles lose the dreads? 8.49, and tennn seconds. Beep, beep, beep.

12. Which player is a 'darkhorse' for 2011? Fartsolo (brother of Han).

13. Who will be our most improved player? Dawes

14. 2011 will be the last year for which magpies? McCarthy, Leon, BJ

 

[NeRFaHoLIc]

1. Where will we finish at the end of H&A? 1st... undefeated?

2. Where will we finish after finals? Premiers.

3. Who will win our best and fairest? Swan or Pendles, probably Swanny.

4. Which Collingwood players will make AA in 2011? Swan, Pendles, Didak, Shaw, O'Brien and maybe Daisy.

5. Who will be our leading goalkicker & how many? Dawes, 47.

6. Which players will make their Collingwood debut in 2011? Krakouer, Thomas, Fasolo, Rounds, Keefe.

7. Will Leigh Brown remain a cult hero or go back to the whipping boy? He's our X-Factor for a reason.

8. Will Cloke kick more goals or behinds for the year? Goals... just.

9. Which recruit will have the bigger impact- Tarrant or Krakouer? Krakouer, but Tarrant will star too.

10. Will Brad Dick become a permanent fixture in our best 22 (let's say 15 games min)? Yes. Now's his year. Cruel if injury strikes again.

11. When will Pendles lose the dreads? After the first bye.

12. Which player is a 'darkhorse' for 2011? Fasolo.

13. Who will be our most improved player? Does Davis count? Will re-capture his 09 form.

14. 2011 will be the last year for which magpies? J-Mac is the only one that comes to mind.

 

[TradeDraft]

1. Where will we finish at the end of H&A? Top 4

2. Where will we finish after finals? Win It

3. Who will win our best and fairest? Scott Pendlebury

4. Which Collingwood players will make AA in 2011? Pendles,Swan,Didak,Reid,Dawes,Thomas and Side Bottom

5. Who will be our leading goalkicker & how many? Dawes 77

6. Which players will make their Collingwood debut in 2011? Faslo,Ugle,Farmer,Krakouer and Tarrant

7. Will Leigh Brown remain a cult hero or go back to the whipping boy? Not Sure

8. Will Cloke kick more goals or behinds for the year? Behinds

9. Which recruit will have the bigger impact- Tarrant or Krakouer? Krakouer

10. Will Brad Dick become a permanent fixture in our best 22 (let's say 15 games min)? If he stays injury free he should

11. When will Pendles lose the dreads? Mid-Season

12. Which player is a 'darkhorse' for 2011? Kirk Ugle and Daniel Farmer

13. Who will be our most improved player? Chris Dawes

14. 2011 will be the last year for which magpies? BJ-RET Davis - Ret or Trade

 

[Knightmare]

1. 1st

2. 3rd

3. D.Swan

4. Swan, Pendlebury, D.Thomas, O'Brien.

5. 53 (Cloke)

6. A.Krakouer, L.Keeffe, J.Thomas, L.Rounds, S.Buckley.

7. With Presti retired someone has to pick up where he left off.

8. Yes

9. Tarrant

10. If he can stay injury free yes.

11. 2012 unfortunately.

12. S.Buckley.

13. L.Keeffe

14. L.Davis, B.Johnson, C.Wood, J.McCarthy.

 

[daics_35]

1. Where will we finish at the end of H&A? 3rd

2. Where will we finish after finals? Premiers

3. Who will win our best and fairest? D.Thomas

4. Which Collingwood players will make AA in 2011? Shaw, Pendulbury, Swan, Didak and C.Tarrant

5. Who will be our leading goalkicker & how many? Dawes 44

6. Which players will make their Collingwood debut in 2011? 3 Krakouer, Tarrant and Keefe

7. Will Leigh Brown remain a cult hero or go back to the whipping boy? NO CHANCE IN HELL.

8. Will Cloke kick more goals or behinds for the year? Behinds

9. Which recruit will have the bigger impact- Tarrant or Krakouer?

10. Will Brad Dick become a permanent fixture in our best 22 (let's say 15 games min)? No

11. When will Pendles lose the dreads? He wont

12. Which player is a 'darkhorse' for 2011? Keefe

13. Who will be our most improved player? C.Dawes and T Cloke

14. 2011 will be the last year for which magpies? S.Buckley, McCarthy

 

[spartan-magpie]

1. Where will we finish at the end of H&A?
1st
2. Where will we finish after finals?
premiers again
3. Who will win our best and fairest?
swanny to go 4 in a row
4. Which Collingwood players will make AA in 2011?
didak, pendles, swanny, harry, heath, reid and cloke
5. Who will be our leading goalkicker & how many?
travis cloke 65 goals 35 behinds
6. Which players will make their Collingwood debut in 2011?
krakour, rounds and fasolo
7. Will Leigh Brown remain a cult hero or go back to the whipping boy?
cult hero
8. Will Cloke kick more goals or behinds for the year?
many more goals will have 65% accuracy this year

9. Which recruit will have the bigger impact- Tarrant or Krakouer?
Tazza
10. Will Brad Dick become a permanent fixture in our best 22 (let's say 15 games min)?
yes
11. When will Pendles lose the dreads?
soon we hope
12. Which player is a 'darkhorse' for 2011?
the big dawesom looms as our b52 bomber imo
13. Who will be our most improved player?
sharrod wellingham to become an elite afl mid
14. 2011 will be the last year for which magpies?
Johnno to retire, MM last year as coach p)wood to be traded

 

[bradrowe#32]

1. 1st

2. Premiers

3. Pendles

4. Pendles, Swan, Didak.

5. Dawes 51

6. Rounds, J. Thomas.

7. Somewhere in the middle.

8. Yes.

9. Tarrant.

10. Yes.

11. Never.

12. Cameron Wood.

13. Keefe.

14. L. Brown.

 

[hotpies2010]

darkhorse will be goldsack be his year this year

 

[didaka]

1. Where will we finish at the end of H&A? 1st

2. Where will we finish after finals? 1st

3. Who will win our best and fairest? Pendlebury

4. Which Collingwood players will make AA in 2011? Pendlebury, Swan, Thomas, O'Brien, Didak.

5. Who will be our leading goalkicker & how many? Dawes 59

6. Which players will make their Collingwood debut in 2011? Krakouer, Rounds, J Thomas, Young

7. Will Leigh Brown remain a cult hero or go back to the whipping boy? Cult hero

8. Will Cloke kick more goals or behinds for the year? Behinds

9. Which recruit will have the bigger impact- Tarrant or Krakouer? Krakouer

10. Will Brad Dick become a permanent fixture in our best 22 (let's say 15
games min)? If fit

11. When will Pendles lose the dreads? Round 1

12. Which player is a 'darkhorse' for 2011? Alex Fasolo

13. Who will be our most improved player? Steele Sidebottom

14. 2011 will be the last year for which magpies? S Buckley, McCarthy, Leigh Brown