2012 Round 1 - Predictions

[Juddernaut08]

Vote for the 9 teams you think will win.

I'm interested to see how the poll will reflect the odds as they are released in a few months.

Post your full predictions as well:

Winner v Loser, margin, crowd (optional)

GWS v Sydney, 80
Carlton v Richmond, 129
Hawthorn v Collingwood, 1
Melbourne v Brisbane, 12
GCS v Adelaide, 30
Fremantle v Geelong, 8
NMFC v Essendon, 12
WB v WC, 1
Port v St.Kilda, 67

 

[CranePooleSchmidt]

Notable Results:

Syd (150 pts) - GWS will be worse than GCS of 2011. Going to get ugly. Records will be set in 2012.

Carlton (140 pts) - Carlton to come out angry and firing after being embarrassed in Rd 1 2011. (only beating them by 5 goals)

Hawthorn (1pt) - Game of the Round. Hawks to pip them in a classic.

Brisbane (30pts) - Brisbane to be the bolter team in 2012. J.Brown back to his best. Black to lead the young talent to provide a decent midfield. Defence is strong.

St.Kilda (80pts) - Port will improve, but with Lenny back, and the club standing resolute to keep it's stars, the Saints will have one final tilt at the flag. No scandal-bullshit to drastically improve the team's focus in 2012.

 

[CranePooleSchmidt]

btw GCS will dramatically improve this year. They will make finals for sure in 2013.

 

[Hipster Doofus]

Carlton by 129 and 140 points??

God I hope not

 

[Juddernaut08]

Carlton by 129 and 140 points??

God I hope not

Haha just a gut feel that the Blues will be angry to avenge last year's embarrassment.

All things being equal it should be a much closer game than a 3-figure blowout. The gap has closed and on talent we're only a 10-goal better side now.

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

GWS v Sydney - 139
Carlton v Richmond - 31
Hawthorn v Collingwood - 21
Melbourne v Brisbane - 46
GCS v Adelaide - 4
Fremantle v Geelong - 12
NMFC v Essendon - 19
WB v WC - 29
Port v St.Kilda - 5

The first two games are the only ones that look like certainties atm. Hard to tip (margins especially) without knowing injuries.

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

GWS will get malued.
Carlton should be about 5-10 goals better. On a good day more, on a bad day less.

All the rest could go either way.

Carlton (140 pts) - Carlton to come out angry and firing after being embarrassed in Rd 1 2011. (only beating them by 5 goals)

Haha just a gut feel that the Blues will be angry to avenge last year's embarrassment.

All things being equal it should be a much closer game than a 3-figure blowout. The gap has closed and on talent we're only a 10-goal better side now.

Getting side tracked, but is this an alter ego? Not only have you selected the same teams by the similar margins but your comment about Carlton's "embarrassment" last year seems a little bit too similar, especially when 15 other games resulted in that "embarrassment".

 

[MadBomberman]

GWS Vs Sydney 120 pts 52K
Carlton Vs Richmond 5 pts 82K
Hawthorn Vs Collingwood 45 pts 84K
Melbourne Vs Brisbane 38 pts 35K
GCS Vs Adelaide 30 pts 18K
Fremantle Vs Geelong 15 pts 40K
North Vs Essendon 35 pts 48K
WB Vs WC 42 pts 26K
Port Vs St Kilda 7 pts 29K

Sydney to destroy GWS. Tigers to pull of a huge upset in the game of the round in front of 82K. Collingwood to start their 2012 campaign in impressive fashion, accounting for fellow contenders Hawthorn quite comfortably. Melbourne to show why they are finals contenders. Adelaide to win. Fremantle to defeat Geelong in a thriller. Essendon to pull away from North in the end after a close and entertaining three quarters. West Coast to open their season with a comfortable win over Bulldogs and Port to announce that they are no easy beats with a close loss to St Kilda.

So Carlton supporters, don't say I didnt warn you.

 

[muttweed]

GWS vs Sydney - Sydney by 128 (25.15.165 def 5.7.37)
Carlton vs Richmond - Carlton by 34 (14.6.84 def 6.14.50)
Hawthorn vs Collingwood - Hawthorn by 5 (15.6.96 def 14.7.91)
Melbourne vs Brisbane - Brissy by 43 (17.8.110 def 10.7.67)
Gold Coast vs Adelaide - Adelaide by 82 (19.6.120 def 5.8.38)
Fremantle vs Geelong - Geelong by 38 (17.12.114 def 11.10.76)
North vs Essendon - North by 20 (14.6.90 def 11.4.70)
Bulldogs vs West Coast - West Coast by 38 (17.9.111 def 10.13.73)
Port vs St Kilda - St Kilda by 37 (7.12.54 def 2.5.17)

 

[Collingwoodity]

GWS vs Sydney - Sydney by 128 (25.15.165 def 5.7.37)
Carlton vs Richmond - Carlton by 34 (14.6.84 def 6.14.50)
Hawthorn vs Collingwood - Hawthorn by 5 (15.6.96 def 14.7.91)
Melbourne vs Brisbane - Brissy by 43 (17.8.110 def 10.7.67)
Gold Coast vs Adelaide - Adelaide by 82 (19.6.120 def 5.8.38)
Fremantle vs Geelong - Geelong by 38 (17.12.114 def 11.10.76)
North vs Essendon - North by 20 (14.6.90 def 11.4.70)
Bulldogs vs West Coast - West Coast by 38 (17.9.111 def 10.13.73)
Port vs St Kilda - St Kilda by 37 (7.12.54 def 2.5.17)

....No

 

[muttweed]

....No

Why not?

 

[tacopavlich]

^^^ Geelong don't dominate at subi. A fresh dockers side with Lyon as coach would make the game closer than that imo.

 

[Subliminal_Revolution]

Haha just a gut feel that the Blues will be angry to avenge last year's embarrassment.

Just like the results of the second game against Richmond this year?

 

[the distributer]

Im predicting a loss for the Cats first up, reckon they might start a tad slower next year and ease into the season, that and i think the Dockers will really set themselves for it, Cats will still finish top 2 though.

Pies V Hawks, could go either way, should be close though.

Blues to smash the Tiges.

Dee's to have a solid win over the Lions.

Crows to have a comfortable win against the GC.

Sydney to break the all time scoring record against WS.

Dons to good for North.

Eagles comfortably over the Dogs.

Saints big winners over Port.

 

[muttweed]

^^^ Geelong don't dominate at subi. A fresh dockers side with Lyon as coach would make the game closer than that imo.

We usually dominate WC there.

But fine, whatever. Cats by 13 if it makes you feel better.

 

[eth-dog]

Greater Western Sydney vs Sydney 124 (10.2.62 vs 28.18.186)
Carlton vs Richmond 15 (16.7.103 vs 14.4.88)
Hawthorn vs Collingwood 6 (17.6.108 vs 15.12.102)
Melborne vs Brisbane 22 (22.4.136 vs 17.12.114)
Gold Coast vs Adelaide 45 (11.11.77 vs 19.8.122)
Fremantle vs Geelong 35 (13.9.87 vs 19.8 122)
North Melbourne vs Essendon 33 (10.10.70 vs 16.7.103)
Western Bulldogs vs West Coast 24 (12.10.82 vs 17.4.106)
Port Adelaide vs St. Kilda 72 (9.2.56 vs 20.8.128)

Ladder:

Sydney p1 w1 l0 pf 186 pa 62 %300
St. Kilda p1 w1 l0 pf 128 pa 56 %229
Adelaide p1 w1 l0 pf 122 pa 77 %158
Essendon p1 w1 l0 pf 103 pa 70 %147
Geelong p1 w1 l0 pf 122 pa 87 %140
West Coast p1 w1 l0 pf 106 pa 82 %129
Melbourne p1 w1 l0 pf 136 pa 114 %119
Carlton p1 w1 l0 pf 103 pa 88 %117
Hawthorn p1 w1 l0 pf 108 pa 102 %106
Collingwood p1 w0 l1 pf 102 pa 108 %94
Richmond p1 w0 l1 pf 88 pa 103 %85
Brisbane p1 w0 l1 pf 114 pa 136 %84
Western Bulldogs p1 w0 l1 pf 82 pa 106 %77
Fremantle p1 w0 l1 pf 87 pa 122 %71
North Melbourne p1 w0 l1 pf 70 pa 103 %68
Gold Coast p1 w0 l1 pf 77 pa 122 %63
Port Adelaide p1 w0 l1 pf 56 pa 128 %44
Greater Western Sydney p1 w0 l1 pf 62 pa 186 %33

 

[Hipster Doofus]

Sydney 28.18.186 def GWS 9.6.54

Carlton 16.10.106 def Richmond 12.9.81

Collingwood 21.14.140 def Hawthorn 10.15.75

Melbourne 12.12.84 def Brisbane 12.11.83

Adelaide 18.13.121 def Gold Coast 13.11.89

Fremantle 22.26.158 def Geelong 11.5.71

Essendon 12.7.79 def North 9.14.68

West Coast 15.12.102 def Dogs 8.9.57

St Kilda 7.10.52 def Port 5.15.45

 

[lmach]

GWS vs Sydney - 98 pts
Carlton vs Richmond - 35 pts
Hawthorn vs Collingwood - 16 pts
Melbourne vs Brisbane - 28 pts
Gold Coast vs Adelaide - 3 pts
Fremantle vs Geelong - 31 pts
North Melbourne vs Essendon - 27 pts
Western Bulldogs vs West Coast - 59 pts
St Kilda vs Port Adelaide - 119 pts

 

[MaddAdam]

Essendon often come out of the blocks quickly where North have been slow starters for a bit. I see this changing both ways this season - North guys bursting out of the box and Essendon being a bit flat without the Hirdy hype factor.

Lindsay Thomas to kick 7.

GWS vs Sydney - 65
Carlton vs Richmond - 9 pts
Hawthorn vs Collingwood - 4 pts
Melbourne vs Brisbane - 54 pts
Gold Coast vs Adelaide - 24 pts
Fremantle vs Geelong - 5 pts
North Melbourne vs Essendon - 45 pts
Western Bulldogs vs West Coast - 22 pts
St Kilda vs Port Adelaide - 54 pts