Opinion Name your 2015 Ladder

[Black2Blue]

I've got a stepladder named Claude and a tall ladder named Larry.....

On a less serious note, picking up on Saintly's thread and some of the chat from SEN's allnite pancake parlor preview, perhaps it is a good time to look at the likely ladder come the end of round 22 (or 23 or whatever they call it now).

My take:

1. Sydney
2. Hawthorn
3. North
4. Freo
5. Port
6. Gold Coast
7. Adelaide
8. Geelong

9. Richmond (please)
10. Collingwood
11. Brisbane
12. Carlton
13. West Coast
14. GWS
15. Western Bulldogs
16. Melbourne
17. St Kilda
18. *essendon

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Hawthorn
Sydney
North
Port
Freo
Geelong
Richmond
West Coast

Adelaide
Gold Coast
Collingwood
Brisbane
Carlton
GWS
Footscray
Essendon
Melbourne
St. Kilda

 

[Kimbo]

I've got a stepladder named Claude and a tall ladder named Larry.....

I've got a shovel named Doug.

 

[The Nostradamus]

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

 

[Black2Blue]

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

Carlton at 15 would provide some entertainment on BigFooty, especially if the GoDees ended above them.

 

[kangaspurs]

Hawthorn
Sydney
Freo
Port
North
Adelaide
Geelong
Richmond

And then pretty much raffle the rest

 

[Mr. Blonde]

I've got a shovel named Doug.

I have a shovel that doesn't work called Douglas

 

[Harvey Manfrenjensenden]

1. Sydney
2. North
3. Port
4. Hawthorn
5. Fremantle
6. Gold Coast
7. Adelaide
8. West Coast

9. Geelong
10. Brisbane
11. Collingwood
12. Richmond
13. Carlton
14. Essendon
15. GWS
16. Melbourne
17. Bulldogs
18. StKilda

 

[Phillyroo]

North
Sydney
Port
Freo
Hawthorn
Geelong
Adelaide
Gold Coast

Richmond
West coast
Collingwood
Brisbane
Carlton
GWS
Footscray
Essendon
Melbourne
St. Kilda

 

[ArjenTheGreat]

Port
Sydney
North
Hawthorn
Gold Coast
Geelong
Essendon
Richmond
Adelaide
Freo
Brisbane
Carlton
Collingwood
Melbourne
West Coast
GWS
Saints
Dogs

 

[RobZombie]

I've got a shovel named Doug.

Mine broke. I'm Douglas.

 

[DEVO]

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

 

[Saintly31]

Always tough but i'll give it a shot;

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

I think picking the top 8 is easier than knowing where the bottom half will finish up.

Likely only a game or two between 10th and 17th, with StK a clear last.

 

[Mixed Results]

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

 

[muttley45]

to all who have Richmond 9th

 

[Kimbo]

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

Pretty close to how I'm seeing it too MR, although this season feels almost too close to try and predict.

I reckon Freo have been underrated, Port overrated. If the ladder did finish that way and we could win in a QF and get the week's break, we'd then likely meet Hawks in a PF, and if we won that, Freo or Port in a GF.

Don't really care what order those below 8th finish, although we all love a 9thmond.

 

[Passmore]

North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Hawthorn
Sydney
Fremantle
Geelong
Richmond
Collingwood

Adelaide
West Coast
Brisbane
Gold Coast
Carlton
GWS
Melbourne
Footscray
St Kilda
*

 

[Black2Blue]

to all who have Richmond 9th

Tradition, muttley, tradition.

 

[RobZombie]

I reckon Freo have been underrated, Port overrated. If the ladder did finish that way and we could win in a QF and get the week's break, we'd then likely meet Hawks in a PF, and if we won that, Freo or Port in a GF.

Probably agree. Not that Port are necessarily headed for a massive drop, and they don't look likely to have important players fall off a cliff this year ...

... but ...

I don't think their depth has been all that well tested or hardened, and it's worth noting that their mid season slump happened to coincide with losing a couple of KPDs to injury. I reckon they're on a bit of a knife edge depthwise.

 

[RobZombie]

Hmmm,

at the end of H&A

Sydney
Port
Hawthorn
NM
Freo
GCS
Geelong
Adelaide

Richmond
West Coast
Collingwood
GWS
Brisbane
Carlton
Melbourne
Western
St Kilda
*Essendon Top-ups

 

[Black2Blue]

Richmond 9th, Carlton and Collingwood in the bottom 6 or 8, and *essendon wooden spooner.....now that would be a dream season. Make it happen, footy gods.

 

[compass]

Hawthorn
Sydney
Port Adelaide
North Melbourne
Freo
GCS
WCE
Adelaide
-----------
Richmond
Geelong
Brisbane Lions
Collingwood
Carlton
Melbourne
GWS
Footscray
St Kilda
The top-ups

 

[shinboner magic]

Port
hawks
us
swans
cats
suns
freo
Crows

tigers

 

[naturally north]

Wow, so no lower than fourth, will be an interesting season on BF.

FWIW- I've North fifth.

 

[True North]

1. Sydney
2. Port Adelaide
3. Hawthorn
4. North Melbourne
5. Fremantle
6. Geelong
7. Gold Coast
8. Adelaide

9. Richmond
10. Collingwood
11. Brisbane Lions
12. West Coke
13. GWS
14. St Kilda
15. Melbourne
16. Carlton
17. Bulldogs
18. *

Losing to any of the bottom 5 in Victoria will be abysmal. Their lists are poor to turgid.