Prediction 2020 Ladder Predictions

Jun 11, 2019
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32
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Melbourne
1. Richmond
2. Greater Western Sydney
3. Hawthorn
4. West Coast
5. North Melbourne
6. Carlton
7. Brisbane
8. Western Bulldogs
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9. Fremantle
10. Essendon
11. Collingwood
12. Geelong
13. Port Adelaide
14. Sydney
15. Adelaide
16. St Kilda
17. Melbourne
18. Gold Coast


EF: QF:
NM d WB Rich d WCE
BL d Carl Haw d GWS

SF: PF:
Haw d BL Haw d Rich
WCE d NM GWS d WCE

Grand Final:
Hawthorn 12.9 (81)
GWS Giants 5.12 (42)
 
Mar 2, 2003
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Other Teams
West Tigers. G.S.W
1. Richmond
2. Greater Western Sydney
3. Hawthorn
4. West Coast
5. North Melbourne
6. Carlton
7. Brisbane
8. Western Bulldogs
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9. Fremantle
10. Essendon
11. Collingwood
12. Geelong
13. Port Adelaide
14. Sydney
15. Adelaide
16. St Kilda
17. Melbourne
18. Gold Coast


EF: QF:
NM d WB Rich d WCE
BL d Carl Haw d GWS

SF: PF:
Haw d BL Haw d Rich
WCE d NM GWS d WCE

Grand Final:
Hawthorn 12.9 (81)
GWS Giants 5.12 (42)
Proud of the Hawks beat GWS away from home first week of the finals, yet still don't get a week off.
 
May 7, 2008
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I love it, we all all totally flying blind, the supporters of two clubs are litterly 'flying blind' at the moment hours after the grand final, congrats OP on starting such a curious post.

Hmmm which Richmond should start as favourites in 2020 ... let me see let me see ...

Richmond
Collingwood

this is actually harder than I thought ...

Richmond (premiers, great team, great game plan, return of Rance ... scary)
Collingood (Bucks is a brilliant coach and has still a brilliant midfield, give Grundy his 7 years)
GWS (yeah ok, surprise Grand Finalist but godly list and now they have had a peek)
Geelong (Ablett goes again and hopefully they hold Kelly)
West Coast (lots of home games will get them there)
Western Bulldogs (this team beats Richmond almost whenever they feel like it, 2016 was only yesterday)
Hawthorn (should be mid table but a bloke named Clarkson and a medical team which can turn a 3 legged hamster into an all Australian says it all)
Brisbane (wow 2019, better than we imagined, welcome to the real world and a vanilla draw, still good but more games against the 'contenders' )

Melbourne (I still look at the list, you do not lose capability, 17th was a joke for this top 4 side, expect anything in 2020)

Hey from here on crystal ball time, all we know is one of them will make the 8 and maybe top 4 ...

Carlton (list is kinda good, like 15th or 5th maybe? What did they say, green shoots? Grown in manure or I like what i see ... )
Port Adelaide (whatever ... 6th to 12th, can't argue with their top dozen as good as anyones, what with the last 10 do in 2020?)
Adelaide (top 4 or bottom 4 ... its the same team who was best in 2017, the best! get over the crap 2018 thing and fly ok!)
North Melbourne (welcome back Majak, its like a Clarkson thing, North are always better than they appear on paper, never say die)
Essendon (which Moron sacked Kevin Sheedy? for better or worse he would have won at least one more premiership in 12 years, hold Daniher!)
Sydney (brilliant coach but no longer has brilliant list, Daniher would be nice and Horse is a pretty good coach ... could finish in 8)
Fremantle (the best player in the AFL is not enough on his own, the ship has sailed, rebuild)
St Kilda (not a pretty list no matter who talks it up, will test plenty but not nearly good enough)
Gold Coast (still at square one! will amount to nothing unless they can hold early draft choices! 3 Suns premiers with Richmond?)

That was fun, its so easy to judge on grand final day when you are feeling smug. Still a few beers sometimes releases creativity, I don't think anything I have said is irrelivant ... only the actual order is totally a guess.
 
May 20, 2008
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Other Teams
Brooklyn Nets, New York Jets
1. Western Bulldogs
2. West Coast
3. Melbourne
4. Richmond
5. Collingwood
6. GWS
7. Carlton
8. Hawthorn
9. Brisbane
10. Essendon
11. St. Kilda
12. Port Adelaide
13. Gold Coast
14. Geelong
15. Sydney
16. Fremantle
17. Adelaide
18. North Melbourne


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* it may as well stick my neck out
 

Cainozz

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Feb 6, 2015
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Going the early crow here (with trade period and the draft to come) but who doesn't love a good crystal ball prediction?

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

Barry_Badrinath

Brownlow Medallist
Aug 23, 2011
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Bathing in Premiership Glory
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Richmond
Other Teams
Grand Finals at the Gabba
In before angry offended replies from people who can't fathom a team moving more than 2-3 positions from the previous year, even though there are huge changes every year. Anyway, here's my attempt:

1. Richmond
2. GWS Giants
3. West Coast
4. Collingwood
5. Brisbane
6. Bulldogs
7. Carlton
8. North Melbourne

9. Fremantle
10. Port Adelaide
11. Hawthorn
12. Geelong
13. Melbourne
14. Essendon
15. St Kilda
16. Sydney
17. Adelaide
18. Gold Coast
 

dean33

Brownlow Medallist
Oct 10, 2007
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melb
AFL Club
Richmond
Going the early crow here (with trade period and the draft to come) but who doesn't love a good crystal ball prediction?

1. Richmond
2. Western Bulldogs
3. GWS
4. Collingwood
5. Hawthorn
6. West Coast
7. Brisbane
8. St Kilda
9. Port Adelaide
10. Melbourne
11. Fremantle
12. Geelong
13. Sydney
14. Carlton
15. Adelaide
16. Essendon
17. North Melbourne
18. Gold Coast
Richmond too low for mine...
 
Jan 14, 2016
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I only predicted 1 team to move out of the 8 - but what the hell would I know.
I think 7 - 10 will be fought out between Freo, Cwood, Geelong and Hawthorn (Hawthorn more than the others depending on no injuries to certain players crucial to the game plan).


1 Richmond
2 West Coast (I'm assuming we gain Kelly)
3 GWS (could finish top 2 if they have a dream injury run)
4 Bulldogs (young, but I think Bevo knows how to get effort from players where experience may be lacking)
5 Essendon
6 Brisbane (harder draw, no Hodge, won't be underestimated early in the season, so a bit of a drop down)
7 Fremantle (lost every tall forward they had last season as well as their 2 best defenders, highly doubt they have that level of bad luck again)
8 Collingwood

9 Geelong
10 Hawthorn
11 Carlton
12 North Melbourne
13 St Kilda
14 Melbourne (whatever the hell happened last season, I don't think it is an easy fix)
15 Port Adelaide (Hinkley's gotta go)
16 Sydney
17 Adelaide (love crows, but rebuild time)
18 Gold Coast
 
Aug 14, 2011
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Trafalgar
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Going the early crow here (with trade period and the draft to come) but who doesn't love a good crystal ball prediction?

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

Very interesting approach, Bombers & Cats out of the 8, Saints & Hawks in - why?
 

JayJ20

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Aug 28, 2016
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Essendon
1. Richmond
2. GWS
3. Collingwood
4. Western Bulldogs
5. Hawthorn
6. West Coast
7. Brisbane
8. St Kilda

9. North Melbourne
10. Melbourne
11. Port Adelaide
12. Geelong
13. Essendon
14. Carlton
15. Sydney
16. Fremantle
17. Adelaide
18. Gold Coast

Obviously will change after trade period/fixture
 

blckcaviar

Team Captain
Jul 21, 2018
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Carlton
Brisbane
Geelong
Richmond
West Coast
Dogs
Carlton
Collingwood
Hawthorn

I'm only doing the top 8.

GWS to have a massive hangover.
Essendon, North and Port fight for 8th spot but just miss out.

Tiges will win the Premiership again, playing off against Brisbane or West Coast
 

Cainozz

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Feb 6, 2015
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Very interesting approach, Bombers & Cats out of the 8, Saints & Hawks in - why?
I feel Hawthorn will rise up again to challenge a few teams with Mitchell back in the side. St Kilda a smokey to make 8th under Ratten with an inspired season. Cats I feel may drop out of the 8 with the gaps left from Kelly and Ablett. Honestly all just a hunch and there are surprises every season so anything is really plausible.
 

Joker91

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Jan 3, 2012
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Richmond
Other Teams
Liverpool
1. Richmond
2. West Coast
3. GWS
4. Bulldogs
5. Collingwood
6. Brisbane
7. Port
8. Geelong
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9. Carlton
10. Hawks
11-18. Chook raffle
 
Sep 18, 2015
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The Hippodrome
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Fremantle
Other Teams
Hornets, Mariners, Falcons
1. Richmond (Best team in the league and a good chance to go B2B)
2. West Coast (Will have fire in their blood after this season)
3. Hawthorn (Gee they looked good at the end of the year and with Mitchell coming back I can see them here)
4. GWS (Will they fall after the grand final? Maybe)
5. Collingwood (Probably nearing the end of the window with 2-3 years left)
6. Western Bulldogs (Keath and Bruce are fine additions, ready to go up)
7. North Melbourne (In Rhyce we trust)
8. Brisbane (Top 4 fixture will give a young team a challenge, will be raring to go in September however)

9. Fremantle (Not optimistic enough to give us finals but think we're within some sort of shot)
10. Geelong (Much like the Dockers in 2016, think the window could fall on their fingers, especially losing Kelly)
11. Carlton (Could go anywhere from 4-12, a real mystery)
12. Melbourne (A bottom 4 fixture now, depends on if the midfield can find it's form again)
13. St Kilda (Another team that could easily break the 8. I rate Ratten but I don't know if they'll go straight into Top 8)
14. Port Adelaide (Mid season sacking of Hink will prevent them from going Bottom 4)
15. Essendon (If Rutten was coaching already we'd have a different story, but feels like there's gonna be a waste of a year)
16. Sydney (It feels wrong not having them move back up but the Sydney of 2019 didn't so much good signs, think they're in a bit of a pickle but ready to be proved wrong)
17. Gold Coast (I rate Dew, could end up his last year as coach if he does end up here however. Rowell and Anderson instantly give the list some flair. While Rankine, Ellis and maybe even Crouch could be what they need to climb)
18. Adelaide (A list that is just falling apart with no real big names set to join, lose one or both Crouch brothers and it could look pretty disastrous come years end)
 

krazykray15

Draftee
Sep 7, 2017
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Hawthorn
1. Richmond (Best team in the comp by far, and will probably be there for the next few years)
2. West Coast (Will comeback hard next season and will chase another premiership)
3. Collingwood (The loss to GWS in the Prelim will fire them up and will have another big season)
4. GWS (I expect them to still be at their best after the loss in Grand Final, but only time will tell)
5. Hawthorn (Strong finish at the end of the season. With Mitchell coming back, they'll be a pretty dangerous side to face during the season)
6. Geelong (Losing Kelly will be big, but I still expect them to be playing finals next year)
7. Brisbane (It's going to be a tough start to the year, however they'll still get some September action)
8. Western Bulldogs (Will be getting some good players in, but I expect them to have similar season to this season and will be there in September)

9. Kangaroos (A small improvement from last season, but will have to battle with a few teams to make the 8. Just miss out)
10. Essendon (It'll be interesting to see how Woosha goes in his final year, I expect them too just miss out on making the 8)
11. St Kilda (I believe Ratten is the right man for the Saints, there will be some improvement, but I can't see them making finals as of yet)
12. Carlton (Could be a sneaky chance for the finals, but who knows. Maybe a year or two and we'll see them there)
13. Fremantle (With Longmuir as their new coach, I don't think much will change at Freo, but I could be wrong)
14. Port Adelaide (I expect Hinkley to get the sack at some point during the year, which will be on all the players minds)
15. Sydney (Will be using a lot of young players next season, and will probably be in for another long season)
16. Melbourne (Goodwin will be under pressure, they may have a better season, but at this stage they'll probably stay bottom 4)
17. Adelaide (A heap of players wanting to leave, it's time for them to rebuild)
18. Gold Coast (Will get a couple of good players during the off-season, but I'll still give them another 2-3 years to see some improvement)
 
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