Predict the next 5 grand final teams

[nameless]

2016: Fremantle v Richmond
2017: West Coast v Port
2018: Port v Collingwood
2019: WB v GWS
2020: GWS v WB

 

[_Mike_]

Including 2015:

2015: Hawks over WCE by 38
2016: WCE over Richmond by 10
2017: Dogs over GWS by 33
2018: Dogs over GWS by 12
2019: Richmond over Collingwood by 16
2020: Dogs over Richmond by 2

 

[simba_]

15: Sydney and Fremantle
16: Fremantle and West Coast
17: Collingwood and Port Adelaide
18: Fremantle and Collingwood
19: GWS and Richmond (lol)
20: Atletico and Fenerbahce

 

[scalesofjustice]

any combination of Hawks, Freo, Sydney

yes the AFL has become that boring

 

[Sttew]

wce vs hawks
wce vs hawks
wce vs hawks
wce vs gws
wce vs hawks.

That would be sooooooooooo boring

 

[Seedsfan]

If we're talking pre-AFL, I think you'll find Port has you covered. 6 in a row is the record, isn't it?

Hahahahahaha there is always that one bloke the AFL is the VFL records are counted from the start of the league in 1897.

 

[Seedsfan]

If we're talking pre-AFL, I think you'll find Port has you covered. 6 in a row is the record, isn't it?

Ports 6 in a row is less relevant to the AFL the St George's 11 in a row in the NSWRL

 

[Koze]

2015 - Hawthorn def West Coast by 56 points
2016 - Hawthorn def Port Adelaide by 28 points
2017 - West Coast def Collingwood by 5 points
2018 - GWS def Port Adelaide by 12 points
2019 - Hawthorn def GWS by 42 points
2020 - GWS def St Kilda by 33 points

I think Sydney and Fremantle will drop off big time in the next couple of years with some big names leaving and tough competition coming through.

Hawthorn will do the quadruple pretty comfortably and will bounce back and grab one more flag before the likes of GWS, St Kilda, Bulldogs and Gold Coast begin their inevitable reign at the top.

I think there will be a changing of the guard from 2020 onwards as clubs like Hawthorn, Geelong, Sydney, West Coast and Fremantle spend some time towards the bottom of the ladder.

Carlton, Essendon, North Melbourne and Brisbane to get nowhere near it in the next ten years.

 

[Iron]

Ports 6 in a row is less relevant to the AFL the St George's 11 in a row in the NSWRL

Keep telling yourself that

 

[WALDENPOND]

so what?

• people go to see movies all the time knowing next to nothing about cinematography, sound editing, CGI effects, etc.
• people go to see classical and pop music concerts knowing next to nothing about musicianship, song structure, the logistics of staging a concert or organizing a touring band.
• people go to restaurants all the time knowing next to nothing about food prep, FIFO, clearing tables, how to make a soufflé, etc.

long story short, people do plenty of things every day without any more than a basic understanding of the thing in question.

if people choose to turn up to a football game to be entertained knowing very little about the game, who cares? good luck to them.

this BF elitist attitude that you must attend every single game your team plays to be a 'real fan', know the game inside out to have an opinion or follow a side is ridiculous.

if GWS pull it together and win a flag in 5 years, good luck to them. if no-one outside the players and coaches care, good luck to them anyway.

every team had to start sometime, including richmond. they were also the 'new guys' in 1908.

I agree with all of this. My point was poorly made, and didn't come across right.

 

[go you pups]

2015 - Hawthorn def West Coast by 56 points
2016 - Hawthorn def Port Adelaide by 28 points
2017 - West Coast def Collingwood by 5 points
2018 - GWS def Port Adelaide by 12 points
2019 - Hawthorn def GWS by 42 points
2020 - GWS def St Kilda by 33 points

I think Sydney and Fremantle will drop off big time in the next couple of years with some big names leaving and tough competition coming through.

Hawthorn will do the quadruple pretty comfortably and will bounce back and grab one more flag before the likes of GWS, St Kilda, Bulldogs and Gold Coast begin their inevitable reign at the top.

I think there will be a changing of the guard from 2020 onwards as clubs like Hawthorn, Geelong, Sydney, West Coast and Fremantle spend some time towards the bottom of the ladder.

Carlton, Essendon, North Melbourne and Brisbane to get nowhere near it in the next ten years.

That you Greg Denham?

He said no other Victorian team will win a flag in the next 10 years except Hawthorn

 

[Koze]

That you Greg Denham?

He said no other Victorian team will win a flag in the next 10 years except Hawthorn

I put the next six years. I think Dogs, Saints, Pies and maybe (hopefully) the Tiges will challenge soon

 

[vide0n]

Interesting that most people seem to think that GC can't make a GF in the next five years

Is it the coach? The list? Their form in 2015?

 

[kaiserchief13]

Interesting that most people seem to think that GC can't make a GF in the next five years

Is it the coach? The list? Their form in 2015?

Things change pretty fast. Who knows where teams will be in 2 yrs, let alone 5.

People assume Bulldogs, St Kilda and GWS will take the next step as a young team, but some teams never do.

 

[go you pups]

I put the next six years. I think Dogs, Saints, Pies and maybe (hopefully) the Tiges will challenge soon

Though how soon do you think?

Most of those clubs windows will end by 2022 you'd think or would be in their twilight if they don't rejuvenate their lists, particularly in Richmond's case. Richmond are on par with Port Adelaide imo going forward right now depending on list management, very similar cases there.

Interesting that most people seem to think that GC can't make a GF in the next five years

Is it the coach? The list? Their form in 2015?

Scott Clayton

Excluding your key forwards in Lynch, Wright and Dixon have a look at the Bulldogs teams under Eade from 2005-2011 then compare to who GC has currently, a lot of good ball users and outside types, not enough gritty strong inside types you'd want to go to war with.

The only elite inside mids Scott has drafted that I can recall were Ryan Griffen and Callan Ward, while Daniel Cross and Matthew Boyd while limited turned out good too but not good enough come crunch time. He hasn't delivered a pack busting type mid to you guys yet though Prestia is probably the best you have on the inside he has drafted, they're all generally smaller, light framed skillful outside types who aren't suited for finals footy, losing a player like Bennell for a gun big bodied mid wouldn't hurt imo as Jack Martin will take his place and you'd fill a need that you don't really have.

 

[dajesmac]

2016: West Coast Vs Hawthorn
2017: Port Adelaide Vs West Coast
2018: Port Adelaide Vs Fremantle
2019: Collingwood Vs Sydney
2020: Western Bulldogs Vs St Kilda

 

[The_Ru]

Wow! I remember a bucketload of people on this forum who were adamant GWS and GC would be dominant for 10 years. Where did all that certainty go?

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

2015 - Hawthorn def West Coast by 56 points
2016 - Hawthorn def Port Adelaide by 28 points
2017 - West Coast def Collingwood by 5 points
2018 - GWS def Port Adelaide by 12 points
2019 - Hawthorn def GWS by 42 points
2020 - GWS def St Kilda by 33 points

I think Sydney and Fremantle will drop off big time in the next couple of years with some big names leaving and tough competition coming through.

Hawthorn will do the quadruple pretty comfortably and will bounce back and grab one more flag before the likes of GWS, St Kilda, Bulldogs and Gold Coast begin their inevitable reign at the top.

I think there will be a changing of the guard from 2020 onwards as clubs like Hawthorn, Geelong, Sydney, West Coast and Fremantle spend some time towards the bottom of the ladder.

Carlton, Essendon, North Melbourne and Brisbane to get nowhere near it in the next ten years.

You reckon Hawthorn are gonna win a premiership when Hodge, Mitchell, Burgoyne, Gibson, Lake, Hale and Lewis have all retired (with Roughead and Frawley also possibly retired)?

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

Wow! I remember a bucketload of people on this forum who were adamant GWS and GC would be dominant for 10 years. Where did all that certainty go?

It will happen. 2017/18 onwards.

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

Interesting that most people seem to think that GC can't make a GF in the next five years

Is it the coach? The list? Their form in 2015?

On bigfooty every single team is either "on the way up" or "on the way down". Nobody is capable of recognising a down year.

 

[Koze]

You reckon Hawthorn are gonna win a premiership when Hodge, Mitchell, Burgoyne, Gibson, Lake, Hale and Lewis have all retired (with Roughead and Frawley also possibly retired)?

Didn't think of that lol

 

[The_Ru]

It will happen. 2017/18 onwards.

No it won't. They may be good but they won't dominate for 10 years or anything like it. Right now I'd not be surprised if neither club has a premiership by 2025.

 

[Seedsfan]

Keep telling yourself that

Well neither will ever be acknowledge as part of the history of the league so they are equally irrelevant

 

[Mervyn Beasley]

Hahaha you are only half way to Collingwoods feat Brisbane and Melbourne tried and failed to equal our record. I would focus on 3 first

But everyone keeps telling me we have already won our 3rd

 

[StevenwellerHFC]

2016 Hawthorn vs. West Coast
2017 Hawthorn vs. West Coast
2018 West Coast vs. Collingwood
2018 GWS vs. Western Bulldogs
2019 West Coast vs. Western Bulldogs