2012 Predictions

[TheLastEmperor]

1. pies (premiers)
2. hawks (runners up)
3. cats
4. blues
5. eagles
6. dockers
7. swans
8. saints

9. bombers
10. roos
11. dogs
12. tigers
13. demons
14. crows
15. lions
16. power
17. suns
18. gws

 

[LeverPuller]

We had as bad a season as we could possibly have and still managed 8.5 wins. We won't be bottom 4 next year, I think we will finish anywhere from 6-10. Hoping for top 8.

second this

 

[Lord Nicholson]

We had as bad a season as we could possibly have and still managed 8.5 wins. We won't be bottom 4 next year, I think we will finish anywhere from 6-10. Hoping for top 8.

I think he was referring to how schizophrenic your season was. Massive winning margin, massive losing margin.

 

[Mosca]

I agree with most here. Top 4 heavyweights imo will be Hawthorn, Collingwood, Geelong and Carlton. Hawks and Pies will come back with a vengeance, especially Hawthorn, that team scares me. We might see a slight drop off in wins to Geelong due to their older players declining and getting as much rest as possible during the season.

Carlton, i believe, has a shot to win it next year. A young list that will continue to improve. The only guy i can see having a slight drop off in production is Scotland. But the rest are either under 25 or in their prime.

 

[ThePuppetMaster]

I think he was referring to how schizophrenic your season was. Massive winning margin, massive losing margin.

And our 2010 season was an opposite really, we had very promising performances against top 8 and top 4 teams with an equally young side.

See where I'm going?

 

[Topper Harley]

1. Carlton Blues

2. Adelaide Crows

3. Hawthorn Hawks

4. Western Bulldogs

5. Sydney Swans

6. Brisbane Lions

7. Geelong Cats

8. Richmond Tigers

9. St. Kilda Saints

10. Collingwood Magpies

11. Gold Coast Suns

12. Melbourne Demons

13. Essendon Bombers

14. Port Adelaide Power

15. Greater Western Sydney Giants

16. North Melbourne

17. West Coast Eagles

18. Fremantle Dockers

Lock it in.

 

[lmach]

1. Carlton Blues

2. Adelaide Crows

3. Hawthorn Hawks

4. Western Bulldogs

5. Sydney Swans

6. Brisbane Lions

7. Geelong Cats

8. Richmond Tigers

9. St. Kilda Saints

10. Collingwood Magpies

11. Gold Coast Suns

12. Melbourne Demons

13. Essendon Bombers

14. Port Adelaide Power

15. Greater Western Sydney Giants

16. North Melbourne

17. West Coast Eagles

18. Fremantle Dockers

Lock it in.

Would rather not...

 

[MR]

1. Carlton Blues

2. Adelaide Crows

3. Hawthorn Hawks

4. Western Bulldogs

5. Sydney Swans

6. Brisbane Lions

7. Geelong Cats

8. Richmond Tigers

9. St. Kilda Saints

10. Collingwood Magpies

11. Gold Coast Suns

12. Melbourne Demons

13. Essendon Bombers

14. Port Adelaide Power

15. Greater Western Sydney Giants

16. North Melbourne

17. West Coast Eagles

18. Fremantle Dockers

Lock it in.

Please enlighten us on how you came across such a result.

 

[Topper Harley]

Please enlighten us on how you came across such a result.

Random number generator.

Just to see how close it gets.

 

[The King!]

Dont people want to see finalised lists before predicting?
I think we will be better than this year but expect people to predict us to fall as per usual

 

[ilikepotatoes]

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

Brownlow Fyfe/ J Selwood tie
Coleman Buddy
Rising Star Wingard
Norm Smith Hodge

 

[DEAN0]

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

Premiers: Hawthorn
Runners Up: Collingwood
NAB CUP: North Melbourne
Brownlow: Jobe Watson
Rising Star: Josh Caddy
Coleman: Travis Cloak

Mark of the Year: Kyle Hardingham
Goal of the Year: Cyril Rioli

 

[SCRAY72]

Premiers : Hawthorn

Runners Up : West Coast

Spoon : GWS

Brownlow : Pendlebury

Coleman : J.Riewoldt

 

[Stewies Power]

St Kilda 17th? Don't think so.

 

[catters078]

1-Hawthorn
2-Colingwood
3-Carlton
4-Geelong

5-Fremantle
6- St Kilda
7- Essendon
8- West Coast

9- Melbourne
10-Richmond
11-Sydney
12- Adeaide
13-North
14- Lions
15- Dogs
16- Port
17- Gold Coast
18- GWS

2 games to seperate 8th from 13th, all those teams will be quite even.

would be an amazing 1st week of finals.

 

[Spoken4]

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

NAB Cup - Carlton
Premiership - Hawthorn
Brownlow - Gary Ablett
Coleman - Matthew Pavlich (plays 90% in forward line in 2012)

 

[tazaa]

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

Something different. Top4 needs fresher faces.
Note bottom 8 teams who have a new coach. Will be very hard to make finals.

 

[Macca_]

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

Something different. Top4 needs fresher faces.

North Melbourne 3rd? Nice joke.

 

[tazaa]

North Melbourne 3rd? Nice joke.

I have us rising from 9th to 4th. Whats so laughable about that?

 

[HolyRioli]

1 - Hawthorn - some bias maybe, but I suspect they are raging after the manner in which they left the finals. A healthy list (Roughead is walking without crutches now, which is encouraging) is a very strong one.
2 - Collingwood - slight drop off while changing coaches, but it will barely be noticable. Still a very strong club, and will definitely be challenging.
3 - Carlton - Powerhouse midfield and, with Jameison back, a strong and capable backline. If Waite can stay fit it will be huge for them.
4 - Essendon - Calling it, come at me. Need Hocking, Watson and Lonergan to stay fit. Looking good in both defence and attack, though I'm not sure how deep the list goes.
5 - Geelong - Amazing year this year, and will probably leave me with egg on my face. Retirements from Ling, Milburn, Mooney, etc will only create opportunities for others.
6 - Fremantle - Surely they can't have a year of injuries like this one again? Lyon is an astute coach and should return Fremantle to the finals.
7 - West Coast - May well prove me wrong, and they were outstanding this year. Watch out if Kerr plays 22 games.
8 - North Melbourne - Natural progression from their youngsters should see North return to the finals.

9 - Richmond - For teh lulz. Should improve, the Martin / Cotchin midfield duo is one of my favorites.
10 - Sydney - Not tipping them to have a particularly bad year, but I just don't think the top end quality of their squad goes as deep as others. Goodes has bee incredibly durable over the journey, and Sydney wouldn't want anything to happen to him. Mumford is a beast in the ruck, and Reid is the type of player you can build a team around.
11 - Adelaide - Their team is better than where they finished this year, but teething under a new coach, plus a couple of off-season departures, could halt their development for a year.
12 - Melbourne - Still a couple of holes in the team. Need a big, strong target in the forward line. Needs Rivers to stay fit. Probably need someone to give Jamar a chop-out in the rucks. And definitely need a couple of quality on-ballers. Hope Watts can go big this year
13 - Brisbane - Their midfield is going to be something delicious in a couple of years. Redden, Rockliff, Rich and Leuenberger is going to be as good a starting 4 as you could ask. Getting their bookends in Brown and Merrett back from injury should see them improve on this year.
14 - St Kilda - If their salary cap issues are as bad as they are reported, the Saints could slide quickly. Probably won't finish here as there is still a lot of quality on their list, but any unrest (as shown this season) plus an unfamiliar system from a new coach, could trigger a slide.
15 - Bulldogs - Sadly haven't been able to pinch a flag over the last few years, and I suspect it is only going to get worse for the Doggies before it gets better
16 - Gold Coast - Should show some improvement on this year with their kids now having a year of AFL under their belts, and another pre-season. Would expect somewhere around 5-7 wins
17 - GWS - First year. Expect 1-3 wins, a %age of about 55.
18 - Port Adelaide - I really can't find a lot of nice things to say about Port, so I'll leave it as the less said the better.

 

[smasha]

Alot of Richmond jelly in here.

Everyone putting us in 9th spot lol.

Sometimes I can't split you lot from the media.

 

[mark73]

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

The best so far bar two exceptions. Hawthorn won't finish on top and West Coast will finish in the eight.

 

[HurleyTheFuture]

1 - Hawthorn - some bias maybe, but I suspect they are raging after the manner in which they left the finals. A healthy list (Roughead is walking without crutches now, which is encouraging) is a very strong one.
2 - Collingwood - slight drop off while changing coaches, but it will barely be noticable. Still a very strong club, and will definitely be challenging.
3 - Carlton - Powerhouse midfield and, with Jameison back, a strong and capable backline. If Waite can stay fit it will be huge for them.
4 - Essendon - Calling it, come at me. Need Hocking, Watson and Lonergan to stay fit. Looking good in both defence and attack, though I'm not sure how deep the list goes.

I love you

 

[mark73]

Amazed by how many have St Kilda in bottom 4. It's actually quite hilarious.

Some w***er said we'll scrape into the finals and get thrashed. It's just a prediction thread. Nothing to get riled about.

 

[mark73]

I think he was referring to how schizophrenic your season was. Massive winning margin, massive losing margin.

Often the mark of a young side.