Nunez
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Less a question of predicting the full ladder, more of who you believe will rise into the 8/4 and who will drop out completely and a short reason why.
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Less than a decade ago, the theory was to bottom out to really fast track a rise up the ladder...now it seems the fashion these days is to simply top up with experienced players and that'll get you in/near the finals as there are currently so many really young teams.
Hawthorn, Geelong, Freo and Sydney have been doing it for the past 5+ years (great timing for them with the two new clubs), with Essendon and North now doing the same along with Richmond.
The Lions, Bulldogs, Saints and Pies have implemented near full rebuilds, whilst the lists of Carlton and Melbourne look like a dogs breakfast.
Port is the odd one out as they ended up at the bottom, even though they had a core of top draft picks and talented players already on the list. They added a couple of youngsters via trades and ended two mins from a grand final last year and have added Ryder for this year.
Gold Coast and GWS will end up top 6 clubs by the end of the decade through sheer numbers of super high draft picks and tradable options.
Adelaide and West Coast could go either way for mine...gut says a holding pattern for the next couple of years.
So, to my ladder for 2015:
1. Hawthorn
2. Sydney
3. Port
4. Geelong
5. North
6. Gold Coast
7. Essendon
8. Fremantle
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9. Adelaide
10. Richmond
11. Brisbane
12. West Coast
13. Collingwood
14. Carlton
15. GWS
16. Western Bulldogs
17. Melbourne
18. St.Kilda
As for the mighty Lions; there will be plenty of ups and downs, wins against teams we technically shouldn't beat and losses that should have been wins...but, the main thing I think we'll achieve (apart from the 10 -12 wins I predict) is knowing the capabilities of the majority of our list moving forward, which to me is more important than where on the ladder we end up or the number of wins we have in 2015
AAHHH chewy on ya boot ChezzaAmazing adding to our midfield, but Im still feeling very meh about our forward line and defense.
I'm predicting 10th to 12th place with maybe wins against 2 or 3 wins against Top 8 sides. Preferrably a win against Hawthorn and Richmond would be telling signs (win against back to back premiers and finally smashing our bogey side)
The best thing about this thread is that Brisbane supporters seem to rate Richmond alot higher than other team's supporters.
Almost insync with the lofty expectations of tiger supporters.. almost.