Search results for query: *

We went from a Grand Final to Bottom 4 in 3 years. Adelaide did the same. So did St Kilda back in 2010-13. Your mob finished Bottom 4 just two years after a Grand Final (and 3 after the 3-peat). Melbourne went from a Prelim -> Bottom 2 -> Premiers in the space of three years. Hawthorn went from...

Fortunately that post was written in 2010, only two of those sides made the Top 4 in 2013. Still pretty lol in hindsight.

I'm going to try this again: Top 4: Western Bulldogs - world-class midfield of Bontempelli, Macrae, Smith, Dunkley, Treloar and Hunter which should still be great by 2024. 3 great/potentially great key forwards in Naughton, Jamarra and Darcy, with Bruce still being around. Daniel, Dale and...

B: Corey Enright - Brian Lake - Matthew Scarlett HB: Luke Hodge - Alex Rance - Shaun Burgoyne C: Patrick Dangerfield - Sam Mitchell - Joel Selwood HF: Steve Johnson - Nick Riewoldt - Lance Franklin F: Eddie Betts - Josh J. Kennedy - Cyril Rioli R: Aaron Sandilands - Chris Judd - Gary Ablett Jr...

:$

B: N Smith / Grundy / Rampe HB: Shaw / Davis / McVeigh C: Scully / Kennedy / Hannebery HF: Parker / Franklin / Heeney F: Johnson / Cameron / D Smith R: Mumford / Ward / Shiel Int: Tippett / Jack / Mitchell / Conigilo Few of the GWS guys (Whitfield, Kelly, Griffen, Greene, Lobb, Wilson) unlucky.

I guess the OP isn't counting people of Irish origin either.

Gold Coast by a mile. O'Meara, Bennell, Martin, Swallow, Prestia. Ablett might still be around as well.

Top 4: Gold Coast - will be scary. Best midfield in the comp and their defence and forwards will be up there. Dynasty potential. Greater Western Sydney - ditto. Defence possibly iffy, but you'd like to think one of those first-round talls come good and their forward line should be better than...

B: Scarlett - Silvagni - Wanganeen HB: McLeod - Jakovich - Enright C: Buckley - Williams - Voss HF: Hird - Carey - Riccutio F: Ablett - Lockett - Dunstall R: Cox - Judd - Ablett Int: Akermanis - Goodes - Cousins - Harvey

GC bottom 4? WTF? Don't really see all of Geelong, Hawthorn and Freo remaining in the Top 4 either.

Possibly. Though Watts was more of a KPP prospect, whereas Goddard was an outside player. I do reckon Watts will come good eventually, ftr. He's shown signs of ability over the last couple of seasons (though his worst can be horrific), and if anyone can get the best out of him, it's Roos...

Only Headland and Waterhouse are draft picks of what we'd call a draft today, in your Top 4's time you were lucky to get 10 players who'd have a useful career. I also reckon you should weight drafts in terms of quality of players selected as well, there's a huge difference in class between...

Since 1991 (look at drafts pre-1992, you were lucky to have 5 footballers who carved out a successful career), it's Waterhouse IMO.

Logic: Fremantle: Will be the best team in the comp. Few weaknesses, and their list is quite young. Their only potential problem is the lack of a young KPF prospect, and that won't hurt them in 2014. Sydney: Were majorly screwed by injuries this year. Despite this finished Top 4, and have few...

Fremantle Sydney Hawthorn Richmond Geelong Adelaide North Melbourne Gold Coast Carlton Port Adelaide Essendon Collingwood Western Bulldogs West Coast Brisbane Lions Melbourne GWS St Kilda

Top 4: Gold Coast Richmond Fremantle Adelaide Bottom 4: St Kilda Hawthorn Essendon West Coast