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Prediction time guys... to be bought up at the end of the season no doubt, for posterity.

LADDER -
1. St.Kilda (Must finish top. Simply must. Quality at either end now and with an injury-free year should win the flag)
2. Geelong (See above re. injuries at least, still massive scope for improvement)
3. WCE (Nice midfield, shame about the foward line. Worse than ours)
4. Fremantle (And about bloody time, too, with the list they've got)

5. Sydney (Back to their perennial mid-eight position)
6. Melbourne (The perennial not-quite-good-enough team of the last two years will again be not-quite-good-enough)
7. Adelaide (Surely someone important will get injured this year, unlike their dream run last year)
8. Brisbane (A whole lot better than last year's placing suggests. Will help hugely if Brown plays 15+ games)

9. Western Bulldogs (Lack of tall timber means that the rebuilding process is three steps foward, two back)
10. Collingwood (Shocking injury run last year; let's all hope they do badly again)
11. Port Adelaide (Losing Pickett will hurt badly; Tredrea and the Cornes boys as well as home advantage will keep Port from the bottom four)
12. North (Underrated again; but even if they do have another great run like last year they're no flag material)

13. Richmond (As long as Mssrs Brown, Coughlan, Richardson and Johnson stay fit then the Tiges won't finish bottom)
14. Essendon (Suspect in their midfield and back half but too much class in the Johnsons, Lloyd, Lucas and Hird to be everyweek's easybeats)
15. Hawthorn (Showing improvement doesn't always have to mean winning games)
16. Carlton (When we play these guys, anything less than a 40-point win probably isn't good enough)

Premiers: St.Kilda by four goals over Geelong
Norm Smith Medalist: Nick Dal Santo, or possibly Stephen Milne
Brownlow: Judd, again.
Coleman: Most likely Gherig, with, let's say, 82.

GEELONG-SPECIFIC TIPPING
Position: Runners-up. Again. Yeh, you read that right.
B and F top three: Ling, Scarlett, Chapman
AA: Read as above, plus "Dasher" Milburn.
Most Improved: Kane Tenace
Leading Goalkicker: Kent (59)
and...
3 burning questions:
1. Will Steven King shake off his achilles injury?
No, but it would revolutionise our side if he did.
Will Henry Playfair be our established CHF by Round 22?
Yes, he will. (Leave this one, Jack. We'll take it as granted)
Will Nathan Ablett be our established FF by Round 22?
No. Still too young and raw - but still an excellent young player nonetheless.
 
Anything less than a Preliminary Final would be seen as a failure in think. We have the potential to win a flag. We just need things to go our way and a bit of luck. Can't wait already.
 
iameviljez said:
Prediction time guys... to be bought up at the end of the season no doubt, for posterity.

LADDER -
1. St.Kilda (Must finish top. Simply must. Quality at either end now and with an injury-free year should win the flag)
2. Geelong (See above re. injuries at least, still massive scope for improvement)
3. WCE (Nice midfield, shame about the foward line. Worse than ours)
4. Fremantle (And about bloody time, too, with the list they've got)

5. Sydney (Back to their perennial mid-eight position)
6. Melbourne (The perennial not-quite-good-enough team of the last two years will again be not-quite-good-enough)
7. Adelaide (Surely someone important will get injured this year, unlike their dream run last year)
8. Brisbane (A whole lot better than last year's placing suggests. Will help hugely if Brown plays 15+ games)

9. Western Bulldogs (Lack of tall timber means that the rebuilding process is three steps foward, two back)
10. Collingwood (Shocking injury run last year; let's all hope they do badly again)
11. Port Adelaide (Losing Pickett will hurt badly; Tredrea and the Cornes boys as well as home advantage will keep Port from the bottom four)
12. North (Underrated again; but even if they do have another great run like last year they're no flag material)

13. Richmond (As long as Mssrs Brown, Coughlan, Richardson and Johnson stay fit then the Tiges won't finish bottom)
14. Essendon (Suspect in their midfield and back half but too much class in the Johnsons, Lloyd, Lucas and Hird to be everyweek's easybeats)
15. Hawthorn (Showing improvement doesn't always have to mean winning games)
16. Carlton (When we play these guys, anything less than a 40-point win probably isn't good enough)

Premiers: St.Kilda by four goals over Geelong
Norm Smith Medalist: Nick Dal Santo, or possibly Stephen Milne
Brownlow: Judd, again.
Coleman: Most likely Gherig, with, let's say, 82.

GEELONG-SPECIFIC TIPPING
Position: Runners-up. Again. Yeh, you read that right.
B and F top three: Ling, Scarlett, Chapman
AA: Read as above, plus "Dasher" Milburn.
Most Improved: Kane Tenace
Leading Goalkicker: Kent (59)
and...
3 burning questions:
1. Will Steven King shake off his achilles injury?
No, but it would revolutionise our side if he did.
Will Henry Playfair be our established CHF by Round 22?
Yes, he will. (Leave this one, Jack. We'll take it as granted)
Will Nathan Ablett be our established FF by Round 22?
No. Still too young and raw - but still an excellent young player nonetheless.
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I actually think one of our younger players (eg. Ablett, Bartel, Kelly) will win the B&F but we wont know till the season is over.

I agree with your comment about Playfair. I think he could be one of the top centre half fowards in a year or two.

If Kings achilles injury doesnt come good during the pre-season do you think he'll step down as captain?
 
Gee eviljez, very bold predictions there. Not much changes in football from year to year I guess does it?
 

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davey_magik said:
Melbourne and Geelong will both be top 4 next year.
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Speak for yourself. You seem to spend a lot of time on this board. What's the story?

Jez, I can't do predictions at this time of year. It's just too early. I'll bump this thread at around Wizard Cup time to do mine.
 
catempire said:
Speak for yourself. You seem to spend a lot of time on this board. What's the story?

Jez, I can't do predictions at this time of year. It's just too early. I'll bump this thread at around Wizard Cup time to do mine.
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Once you see each teams form at the NAB Cup you'll do it, right?
That may not work as Carlton won the Wizard Cup and still won the wooden spoon.
 
Sammy D said:
No, but actually seeing every teams full list might ;)
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Absolutely.

Also, any number of key players for any number of teams could sustain long term injuries between now and when the season begins.
 
Sammy D said:
No, but actually seeing every teams full list might ;)
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Yeah, because by then you'll have a good idea of how young players you've never seen before will play, players that might not feature prominently in the side anyway (exception:Deledio) :rolleyes: You know what trades have been done and most delistings, so why not take a punt now?
 
SorryIHammerChicken said:
Yeah, because by then you'll have a good idea of how young players you've never seen before will play, players that might not feature prominently in the side anyway (exception:Deledio) :rolleyes: You know what trades have been done and most delistings, so why not take a punt now?
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You really want me to go on? Injury factor. What if 4 key players do their knees pre season

EDIT: Hadn't read catempires post
 
You have the saints at the top?

Quality in a lot of lines but no quality Team play, no heart. Soft as Warnie's love of a Txt message
 

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catempire said:
Speak for yourself. You seem to spend a lot of time on this board. What's the story?

Jez, I can't do predictions at this time of year. It's just too early. I'll bump this thread at around Wizard Cup time to do mine.
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Cats are my second favourite team.
 
carn_the_cattas said:
Good on ya. How would you feel about a Melbourne vs. Geelong GF? :)
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Myself and cats2rise have spoken about this many a time :) .
Regardless of who won when we played you in the final last year I was going for whoever won.
Cats2rise and I usually head to games where only one of our sides are playing. Plus you gave us Beamer.
 
Sammy D said:
You really want me to go on? Injury factor. What if 4 key players do their knees pre season

EDIT: Hadn't read catempires post
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What key players got injured in the 04/05 preseason?
 
They all had at least solid years (with the exception of Johnson and King), but what I'm saying is injuries don't automatically determine which end of the ladder a side finishes in. Geelong had a fair few injuries during the year, but still finished about where they were supposed to.

Most people use injuries as an excuse, but after Collingwood's 2004 and 2005 seasons, you have to say that it's not injuries, it's the team that is crap.
 

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SorryIHammerChicken said:
They all had at least solid years (with the exception of Johnson and King), but what I'm saying is injuries don't automatically determine which end of the ladder a side finishes in. Geelong had a fair few injuries during the year, but still finished about where they were supposed to.

Most people use injuries as an excuse, but after Collingwood's 2004 and 2005 seasons, you have to say that it's not injuries, it's the team that is crap.
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I think Geelong would've finished further up the ladder had we not had so many injuries. I was expecting a 3rd place finish, so to be 6th after 22 rounds was dissappointing. However, the fight and determinination that the team showed for the last 5 weeks of the year after that Melbourne game only came about because of our struggles due to injury, so I think it could be a blessing in disguise. If we play with the same sort of intensity that we had in those games for all of next year, then we are a very very good chance at the flag simply due to the fact that there are very few quality teams who can match our intensity at that level.
 

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