Prediction 2024 Prediction Thread

[TazD]

I dont rate Longmuir,

To me, Longmuir genuinely looks like he wants to be anywhere else, and only took the job because Freo played on the "former player" heartstring.

 

[Willsy10]

2022 is the exception, not the rule at Freo. I dont rate Longmuir, I dont know who is kicking winning scores for them to be finallists and their squad is paper thin, despite a good midfield.

Crows lost 5 games by under a kick and 2 more that they were leading at 3/4 time. They are close. Very close. Technically made the finals last year as it was.

I see us missing finals and not having another run like last year.

I don't know i feel like Freo are similar to the crows in that they've been out of the 8 for a long time and have played the long game with the rebuild but it should be their time to turn things around soon. But both teams have shown glimpses in the last couple years to suggest they are close (you can put the Suns into the same category).

I think Amiss and Jackson can kick plenty of goals for Freo and they've got others like Treacy and Sturt that could step up and if Taberner gets fit they've got enough options.

I reckon their squad bats a bit deeper than the Crows. The crows did play some good footy last year and for that reason i have them just sneaking in to finals but i still look at their list and scratch my head and wonder whether they punched above their weight a bit in 2023 and that year could be the exception and not the rule for the crows. I doubt Tex is kicking 76 goals again.

I'll put my house on the Crows not finishing 6 places above us on the ladder. We've got a much better squad than them.

 

[Hot Port]

The cows won’t make the eight, mark my words

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Bullish on port this year. Feel like it’s GF or bust. Pressure on the coach.

Brisbane
Port
Sydney
GWS
Collingwood
Adelaide
GC
Geelong

 

[Willsy10]

1. Port Adelaide
2. Brisbane
3. Collingwood
4. Carlton
5. Sydney
6. GWS
7. Adelaide
8. Essendon
-
9. Gold Coast
10. Geelong
11. Melbourne
12. Fremantle
13. Western Bulldogs
14. St Kilda
15. Hawthorn
16. Richmond
17. North Melbourne
18. West Coast

GF & Premiers: Port def. Brisbane
Wooden Spooner: West Coast
Brownlow: Nick Daicos
Coleman: Charlie Curnow

30

Charlie Curnow

Age

27

Ht

194cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.3

3star

K

9.7

4star

HB

3.6

3star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.2

4star

G

1.3

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.8

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

4.4

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.8

4star

Power B&F: Rozee
Power AA’s: Rozee, Butters, JHF
Power Most Improved: Burgoyne/Sinn/JHF
Power Rising Star Nominees: Sinn and Burgoyne if eligible

 

[TheFootballWhisperer]

1. Port Adelaide
2. Brisbane
3. Collingwood
4. Carlton
5. Sydney
6. GWS
7. Adelaide
8. Essendon
-
9. Gold Coast
10. Geelong
11. Melbourne
12. Fremantle
13. Western Bulldogs
14. St Kilda
15. Hawthorn
16. Richmond
17. North Melbourne
18. West Coast

GF & Premiers: Port def. Brisbane
Wooden Spooner: West Coast
Brownlow: Nick Daicos
Coleman: Charlie Curnow
Power B&F: Rozee
Power AA’s: Rozee, Butters, JHF
Power Most Improved: Burgoyne/Sinn/JHF
Power Rising Star Nominees: Sinn and Burgoyne if eligible

Port won’t be top. They can’t touch Carlton Collingwood or Brisbane. They got key position players but won’t be able to keep up with the big dogs of the league

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Port won’t be top. They can’t touch Carlton Collingwood or Brisbane. They got key position players but won’t be able to keep up with the big dogs of the league

Thanks for letting us know.

By the way, who are our key position players? Quite an interesting comment when our best and most influential 6-7 players in recent seasons are all either midfielders or rebounding medium size defenders (I guess with the exception of Aliir?).

 

[demondavey]

Sorry mate, it’s none truer than now. You just signed him on and went out in straight sets. If it’s any consolation we’ve done it twice and have a cocaine trafficking problem

 

[Portology]

Prediction: Joel Smith won't play many games this year.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Sorry mate, it’s none truer than now. You just signed him on and went out in straight sets. If it’s any consolation we’ve done it twice and have a cocaine trafficking problem

It definitely isnt. We could finish 13th and they'd be making excuses and saying he has earned the right to see out his contract. Ken is never under pressure from a breakfast talk show host president - he'll leave on his own terms and given he only cares about his bank account and couldnt give a s**t about the club that wont be in 2024.

Feel free to come back to this in 12 months. There will be excuses, disappearance, then he'll be back at it next year with a bunch of new people saying its gf or bust (unless the succession plan happens obviously).

 

[wayb2912]

The cows won’t make the eight, mark my words

Agree so overrated

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[gbear]

Prediction: Joel Smith won't play many games this year.

He will be scapegoated big time. MFC has a significant issue, because drug dealers don’t randomly text teammates without prior form.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

1. Collingwood
2. Brisbane
3. Port Adelaide
4. Sydney
5. Greater Western Sydney
6. St Kilda
7. Carlton
8. Gold Coast

9. Western Bulldogs
10. Adelaide
11. Melbourne
12. Essendon
13. Geelong
14. Richmond
15. Fremantle
16. Kangaroos
17. Hawthorn
18. West Coast

Grand Finalists - Collingwood defeat Sydney
Wooden Spooner - West Coast Eagles
Riser - Gold Coast
Faller - Melbourne
Brownlow - Nick Daicos, Zak Butters

9

Zak Butters

Age

23

Ht

181cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.3

4star

K

7.7

3star

HB

6.7

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.8

3star

D

14.7

4star

K

8.9

4star

HB

5.9

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.1

3star

D

17.0

5star

K

9.0

4star

HB

8.0

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.6

4star

CL

0.6

3star

, Lachie Neale

9

Lachie Neale

Age

30

Ht

178cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

27.0

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

15.5

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.7

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

28.3

5star

K

13.9

5star

HB

14.4

5star

M

4.6

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

12.0

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

7.4

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

1.0

3star

CL

0.4

3star

, Noah Anderson

15

Noah Anderson

Age

23

Ht

192cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.0

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

6.0

4star

M

2.0

2star

T

0.0

1star

CL

0.0

1star

D

12.0

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

6.0

3star

M

2.0

2star

T

0.0

1star

CL

0.0

1star

D

12.0

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

6.0

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

0.0

1star

CL

0.0

1star

Rising Star - Angus Sheldrick, Harley Reid, Nick Watson, George Wardlaw
Coleman - Charlie Curnow

30

Charlie Curnow

Age

27

Ht

194cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.3

3star

K

9.7

4star

HB

3.6

3star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.2

4star

G

1.3

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.8

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

4.4

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.8

4star

, Nick Larkey

20

Nick Larkey

Age

25

Ht

198cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.5

2star

K

4.6

2star

HB

3.9

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

1.5

3star

G

1.4

5star

D

7.0

1star

K

4.0

1star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.0

2star

T

1.0

2star

G

1.0

4star

D

8.8

3star

K

4.2

2star

HB

4.6

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.8

4star

, Jeremy Cameron

5

Jeremy Cameron

Age

31

Ht

196cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.5

3star

K

9.0

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

5.4

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

2.6

5star

D

10.0

3star

K

7.1

3star

HB

2.9

2star

M

4.6

4star

T

2.0

3star

G

1.9

5star

D

8.2

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

4.6

5star

T

2.4

4star

G

2.0

5star

Power B&F - Connor Rozee

1

Connor Rozee

Age

24

Ht

185cm

Wt

79kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.6

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.6

5star

CL

1.0

3star

D

12.8

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

5.3

3star

M

2.9

3star

T

2.4

3star

CL

1.6

4star

D

16.4

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

8.4

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

3.4

5star

CL

0.8

3star

Power AA’s - Connor Rozee

1

Connor Rozee

Age

24

Ht

185cm

Wt

79kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.6

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.6

5star

CL

1.0

3star

D

12.8

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

5.3

3star

M

2.9

3star

T

2.4

3star

CL

1.6

4star

D

16.4

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

8.4

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

3.4

5star

CL

0.8

3star

, Zak Butters

9

Zak Butters

Age

23

Ht

181cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.3

4star

K

7.7

3star

HB

6.7

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.8

3star

D

14.7

4star

K

8.9

4star

HB

5.9

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.1

3star

D

17.0

5star

K

9.0

4star

HB

8.0

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.6

4star

CL

0.6

3star

, Dan Houston

5

Dan Houston

Age

26

Ht

186cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

11.8

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

3.0

5star

MG

289.2

4star

D

17.6

4star

K

11.6

4star

HB

6.0

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.4

4star

MG

319.9

5star

D

16.6

4star

K

12.4

5star

HB

4.2

4star

M

7.0

5star

T

2.6

4star

MG

279.8

5star

Power Most Improved - Jason Horne-Francis, Josh Sinn, Jase Burgoyne
Power Rising Star - Josh Sinn
Power Rising Star Nominee - Josh Sinn, Thomas Anastasopoulos
Coach of the Year - Damian Hardwick

 

[Portology]

He will be scapegoated big time. MFC has a significant issue, because drug dealers don’t randomly text teammates without prior form.

Call me naive but I wouldn't expect a professional drug "dealer" to be randomly texting their, um, customers. There are proper apps for that sort of thing FFS

At least to my non-using eyes... the use of illegal recreational drugs beyond dope has been pretty much normalised in the last two decades in general society. Probably some residual... crap... on every bloody surface you touch in pubs in my part of the world (inner Sydney). Not sure how far that behaviour survives into high performance sports cultures, but IMO performatively scapegoating MFC "culture" and - I guess the next step in the severity scale - "cancelling" Smith on its own won't shed much light on others at MFC let alone on the undoubted goings on at some other clubs. The ego-bound boys-club AFL admin struggles to deal with bigger-than-sport issues, so nuking individual scapegoats who present themselves stupidly or inadvertently is quite a temptation, news at 11.

Prediction: "performative scapegoating" will not make the Macquarie dictionary's shortlist for Word of the Year

 

[tribey]

Port won’t be top. They can’t touch Carlton Collingwood or Brisbane. They got key position players but won’t be able to keep up with the big dogs of the league

Talentwise, Port are as good as anyone.

That’s never been the issue, however.

 

[Tibbs]

1. Collingwood
2. Brisbane
3. Sydney
4. Port Adelaide
5. Carlton
6. Melbourne
7. GWS
8. Gold Coast

9. The rest

 

[Tibbs]

Prediction: Joel Smith won't play many games this year.

 

[Visenfest]

Prediction: Joel Smith won't play many games this year.

I predict Tarryn Thomas won’t play any.

 

[MrChow]

1. Port Adelaide
2. Brisbane
3. Collingwood
4. Sydney
5. GWS
6. Carlton
7. Gold Coast
8. Melbourne
-
9. Adelaide
10. Geelong
11. St Kilda
12. Fremantle
13. Western Bulldogs
14. Essendon
15. Hawthorn
16. Richmond
17. North Melbourne
18. West Coast

 

[MrChow]

Also prediction for 2024 is continued Vic Bias. No change there.

 

[Willsy10]

Also prediction for 2024 is continued Vic Bias. No change there.

Feels like it could be time for a changing in the guard though, many are predicting the non vic teams to finally out number the vic teams in finals.

Sadly, I still feel like we need two non Victorian teams in the gf to get a non vic flag though. S


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[Coobk001]

Ok time for a crack. Apologies I wasn't able to create the thread or analyse last year. Been busy with a house move in the first few months from TTG to Semaphore.

Feels to me a very tough year to tip. I believe the top 12 are all legitimate top 8 contenders and the top 7 are all top 4 contenders.

1. Brisbane Lions
2. Collingwood
3. Sydney
4. Adelaide
5. Port Adelaide
6. Melbourne
7. GWS
8. Carlton

9. Geelong
10. St Kilda
11. Gold Coast SUNS
12. Western Bulldogs
13. Hawthorn
14. Fremantle
15. Richmond
16. North Melbourne
17. Essendon
18. West Coast


Brisbane to beat Sydney in GF.
Port to lose EF.
JHF to surprise again brownlow night
Burgoyne most improved (If he can improve his defensive efforts)

 

[Willsy10]

Ok time for a crack. Apologies I wasn't able to create the thread or analyse last year. Been busy with a house move in the first few months from TTG to Semaphore.

Feels to me a very tough year to tip. I believe the top 12 are all legitimate top 8 contenders and the top 7 are all top 4 contenders.

1. Brisbane Lions
2. Collingwood
3. Sydney
4. Adelaide
5. Port Adelaide
6. Melbourne
7. GWS
8. Carlton

9. Geelong
10. St Kilda
11. Gold Coast SUNS
12. Western Bulldogs
13. Hawthorn
14. Fremantle
15. Richmond
16. North Melbourne
17. Essendon
18. West Coast


Brisbane to beat Sydney in GF.
Port to lose EF.
JHF to surprise again brownlow night
Burgoyne most improved (If he can improve his defensive efforts)

Why are so many port fans putting the crows in their top 4? I'm still struggling to work out where there massive improvement is coming from. I had them 7th and even that i thought was a stretch, that was highly influenced by the hype around town and on this forum.

 

[simba_]

GWS
Collingwood
Port
Brisbane

Sydney
Carlton
Gold Coast
Adelaide

 

[TeeKray]

Why are so many port fans putting the crows in their top 4? I'm still struggling to work out where there massive improvement is coming from. I had them 7th and even that i thought was a stretch, that was highly influenced by the hype around town and on this forum.

Do they need massive improvement? Look at their record against the top 4 last year. Beat Port twice, beat Brisbane once, lost narrowly to Brisbane once, lost narrowly to Collingwood twice, lost narrowly to Melbourne once. Their form stacks up against the good teams and unlike us they're very difficult to beat at home so you can lock in the best part of 13 wins right away.