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1. Where will we finish on the ladder?10th
2. B&F winner? Pendles
3. Which first year player (drafted in 2014) will play the most games? De Goey
4. Leading goalkicker? Cloke
5. Who will be selected in the AA team? Pendles
6. Most improved player? Taylor Adams
7. Who will earn Rising Star nominations? Jordan De Goey, Nathan Freeman, Tim Broomhead
8. Most Brownlow votes? Pendles
9. Who will retire? No one
10. Who will be delisted?Armstrong, Gault, Ramsay
11. Which 2014 recruit will perform the best? Greenwood
12. VFL B&F winner? Thomas
13. More or less injuries than in 2014? Similar
14. Which player will change position? Ben Ken (no longer sub )
15. How many times will we beat a top 4 side? Twice
16. Will GWS get their first win against us? Yes
17. Who will finish top 5 in our B&F?Pendles, Sidebottom, Elliot, Greenwood, Swan
18. Will we beat Brisbane round 1?No
19. Will Dane Swan improve on his 2014 form? Yes. But not back to his previous form.
20. How many goals will Cloke kick?48
 
1. Where will we finish on the ladder? 13th
2. B&F winner? Pendles
3. Which first year player (drafted in 2014) will play the most games? Maynard
4. Leading goalkicker? Cloke
5. Who will be selected in the AA team? Pendlebury, Elliott
6. Most improved player? Karnezis or Broomhead.
7. Who will earn Rising Star nominations? Broomhead, Freeman
8. Most Brownlow votes? Pendles
9. Who will retire? Swan
10. Who will be delisted? Armstrong, Gault, Dwyer, Young, Ramsay, Sinclair, Oxley, Goodyear (re-rookied)
11. Which 2014 recruit will perform the best? Greenwood the best of a bad bunch. All will underperform badly. We need to stop topping up with mediocre players and overpaying them.
12. VFL B&F winner? Dwyer
13. More or less injuries than in 2014? About the same. Astute observers will have noted two outcomes from our injury review. It was said that our change and increase in running load contributed, and that we need to do more of the same again. On that basis, a similar outcome should be expected. What I'm at least hoping for is a lower rate of re-injury and better recovery.
14. Which player will change position? Ben Ken to the forward pocket.
15. How many times will we beat a top 4 side? Zero
16. Will GWS get their first win against us? No but it will be close. Kick in it.
17. Who will finish top 5 in our B&F? Pendles, Sidey, Keeffe, Elliott, Greenwood
18. Will we beat Brisbane round 1? We will get slaughtered in the midfield and by the time of the final siren our backline will be debris. Ten goals plus.
19. Will Dane Swan improve on his 2014 form? Yes, he will improve from bad to serviceable. That's as good as Swanny has left in him but he will chug away all year teaching the youngsters and buying them time to grow into their bodies. He is a consummate clubman.
20. How many goals will Cloke kick? 53

Overall: This will start off as the worst year in recent memory. The turnaround will come about midyear at 2 winbs 9 losses when Bucks stops coaching for a fictional finals appearance (indicated by the mindsnappingly stupid recruiting of mature players) and drops the likes of Blair, White, Young, Varcoe, Dwyer never to be seen again and gives the kids their head. We finish like Brisbane in 2014 full of optimism, with young mids like Broomhead and De Goey and Freeman the future, Scharanberg earning a late call up full of promise in the last round, our rucks clicking, and Moore tearing up the twos. Then comes the coup of landing Danger as a FA and it all comes together.
 
Reykjavik said:
1. Where will we finish on the ladder? 13th
2. B&F winner? Pendles
3. Which first year player (drafted in 2014) will play the most games? Maynard
4. Leading goalkicker? Cloke
5. Who will be selected in the AA team? Pendlebury, Elliott
6. Most improved player? Karnezis or Broomhead.
7. Who will earn Rising Star nominations? Broomhead, Freeman
8. Most Brownlow votes? Pendles
9. Who will retire? Swan
10. Who will be delisted? Armstrong, Gault, Dwyer, Young, Ramsay, Sinclair, Oxley, Goodyear (re-rookied)
11. Which 2014 recruit will perform the best? Greenwood the best of a bad bunch. All will underperform badly. We need to stop topping up with mediocre players and overpaying them.
12. VFL B&F winner? Dwyer
13. More or less injuries than in 2014? About the same. Astute observers will have noted two outcomes from our injury review. It was said that our change and increase in running load contributed, and that we need to do more of the same again. On that basis, a similar outcome should be expected. What I'm at least hoping for is a lower rate of re-injury and better recovery.
14. Which player will change position? Ben Ken to the forward pocket.
15. How many times will we beat a top 4 side? Zero
16. Will GWS get their first win against us? No but it will be close. Kick in it.
17. Who will finish top 5 in our B&F? Pendles, Sidey, Keeffe, Elliott, Greenwood
18. Will we beat Brisbane round 1? We will get slaughtered in the midfield and by the time of the final siren our backline will be debris. Ten goals plus.
19. Will Dane Swan improve on his 2014 form? Yes, he will improve from bad to serviceable. That's as good as Swanny has left in him but he will chug away all year teaching the youngsters and buying them time to grow into their bodies. He is a consummate clubman.
20. How many goals will Cloke kick? 53

Overall: This will start off as the worst year in recent memory. The turnaround will come about midyear at 2 winbs 9 losses when Bucks stops coaching for a fictional finals appearance (indicated by the mindsnappingly stupid recruiting of mature players) and drops the likes of Blair, White, Young, Varcoe, Dwyer never to be seen again and gives the kids their head. We finish like Brisbane in 2014 full of optimism, with young mids like Broomhead and De Goey and Freeman the future, Scharanberg earning a late call up full of promise in the last round, our rucks clicking, and Moore tearing up the twos. Then comes the coup of landing Danger as a FA and it all comes together.
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You're forgetting the part where Buckley gets sacked.
 

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1. Where will we finish on the ladder? 10th
2. B&F winner? Pendlebury
3. Which first year player (drafted in 2014) will play the most games? De Goey
4. Leading goalkicker? Elliott
5. Who will be selected in the AA team? Pendlebury & Elliott
6. Most improved player? Taylor Adams
7. Who will earn Rising Star nominations? De Goey, Maynard, Freeman and Moore
8. Most Brownlow votes? Pendlebury
9. Who will retire? No-one
10. Who will be delisted? Sinclair, Frost, Gault
11. Which 2014 recruit will perform the best? De Goey
12. VFL B&F winner? Jarryd Blair
13. More or less injuries than in 2014? Less
14. Which player will change position? Swan up forward
15. How many times will we beat a top 4 side? Twice
16. Will GWS get their first win against us? No
17. Who will finish top 5 in our B&F? Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Adams, Elliott, Langdon
18. Will we beat Brisbane round 1? Don't think so
19. Will Dane Swan improve on his 2014 form? Slightly, more up forward
20. How many goals will Cloke kick? 38
 
1. Where will we finish on the ladder? 5th
2. B&F winner? Pendlebury
3. Which first year player will play the most games? DeGoey with 8
4. Leading goalkicker? Reid with 58
5. Who will be selected in the AA team? Pendlebury
6. Most improved player? Witts
7. Who will earn Rising Star nominations? Broomhead, Freeman
8. Most Brownlow votes? Pendlebury
9. Who will retire? Nobody
10. Who will be delisted? Armstrong, Dwyer, Gault
11. Which 2014 recruit will perform the best? Greenwood
12. VFL B&F winner?
13. More or less injuries than in 2014? Heaps less
14. Which player will change position? Reid to FF, Cloke back out to CHF
15. How many times will we beat a top 4 side? Once, good fixture means we only play the top4 teams once in 2015.
16. Will GWS get their first win against us? No
17. Who will finish top 5 in our B&F? Pendlebury, Cloke, Swan, Sidebottom, Witts
18. Will we beat Brisbane round 1? Yes
19. Will Dane Swan improve on his 2014 form? Significant improvement
20. How many goals will Cloke kick? 43
 
1. Where will we finish on the ladder? 6th
2. B&F winner? Pendlebury
3. Which first year player will play the most games? DeGoey with 7
4. Leading goalkicker? Cloke with 62
5. Who will be selected in the AA team? Pendlebury and Swan
6. Most improved player? Adams
7. Who will earn Rising Star nominations? Broomhead, Freeman
8. Most Brownlow votes? Pendlebury
9. Who will retire? Nobody
10. Who will be delisted? Armstrong, Oxley, Young
11. Which 2014 recruit will perform the best? Greenwood
12. VFL B&F winner? Dwyer
13. More or less injuries than in 2014? Less (hopefully!)
14. Which player will change position? Elliott to play more on ball, Swan back to on ball
15. How many times will we beat a top 4 side? Twice
16. Will GWS get their first win against us? No
17. Who will finish top 5 in our B&F? Pendlebury, Swan, Sidebottom, Greenwood, Cloke
18. Will we beat Brisbane round 1? Yes
19. Will Dane Swan improve on his 2014 form? Yes -back to almost his best
20. How many goals will Cloke kick? 62
 
doppleganger said:
1. Where will we finish on the ladder? 5th
2. B&F winner? Pendlebury
3. Which first year player will play the most games? DeGoey with 8
4. Leading goalkicker? Reid with 58
5. Who will be selected in the AA team? Pendlebury
6. Most improved player? Witts
7. Who will earn Rising Star nominations? Broomhead, Freeman
8. Most Brownlow votes? Pendlebury
9. Who will retire? Nobody
10. Who will be delisted? Armstrong, Dwyer, Gault
11. Which 2014 recruit will perform the best? Greenwood
12. VFL B&F winner?
13. More or less injuries than in 2014? Heaps less
14. Which player will change position? Reid to FF, Cloke back out to CHF
15. How many times will we beat a top 4 side? Once, good fixture means we only play the top4 teams once in 2015.
16. Will GWS get their first win against us? No
17. Who will finish top 5 in our B&F? Pendlebury, Cloke, Swan, Sidebottom, Witts
18. Will we beat Brisbane round 1? Yes
19. Will Dane Swan improve on his 2014 form? Significant improvement
20. How many goals will Cloke kick? 43
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I like your call on Reid. Outside of injuries (him or other KPB's) I think he may well kick the most for us this year.
 
1. Where will we finish on the ladder? 5-7
2. B&F winner? Pendlebury (Sidebottom close)
3. Which first year player (drafted in 2014) will play the most games? DeGoey
4. Leading goalkicker? Cloke
5. Who will be selected in the AA team? Pendlebury, Sidebottom
6. Most improved player? Broomhead
7. Who will earn Rising Star nominations? Freeman
8. Most Brownlow votes? Pendlebury
9. Who will retire? Swan (depends on his body but hope all is OK)
10. Who will be delisted? Gault (hope I'm wrong and he ends up best 22)
11. Which 2014 recruit will perform the best? DeGoey (Moore a greater contribution long term, both will be good)
12. VFL B&F winner? Sinclair
13. More or less injuries than in 2014? Less
14. Which player will change position? Marley Williams (more time in the middle)
15. How many times will we beat a top 4 side? 6
16. Will GWS get their first win against us? NO
17. Who will finish top 5 in our B&F? Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Swan, Reid (he'll be fit and playing CHB, IMO), Williams
18. Will we beat Brisbane round 1? YES
19. Will Dane Swan improve on his 2014 form? Absolutely (Brownlow contention)
20. How many goals will Cloke kick? 65 (at about 60%)
 
1. Where will we finish on the ladder? - 10th (or 7th-12th)
2. B&F winner? - Pendlebury
3. Which first year player (drafted in 2014) will play the most games? - De Goey
4. Leading goalkicker? - Cloke
5. Who will be selected in the AA team? - Pendles
6. Most improved player? - Adams
7. Who will earn Rising Star nominations? - De Goey, Freeman. (is Broomhead eligible?)
8. Most Brownlow votes? - Pendles
9. Who will retire? - Swan 50/50 (pivotal year for Swanny)
10. Who will be delisted? - will be out of Dwyer (I'm a big fan but age is the issue), Armstrong, Ramsey, Gault, Oxley depending on performances throughout the year.
11. Which 2014 recruit will perform the best? Greenwood (but just not at his 2014 peak level)
12. VFL B&F winner? - no idea, depends on who doesn't get enough senior games.
13. More or less injuries than in 2014? - less
14. Which player will change position? - Fas to be played only as a forward.
15. How many times will we beat a top 4 side? - 0 or 1. (which is not a bad thing - only play Hawks/Swans/Freo/Port once each, with only the Hawks game in Melbourne... we are a chance to beat North at the G if they end up in the top 4)
16. Will GWS get their first win against us? - nope. play them at the G
17. Who will finish top 5 in our B&F? - Pendles, Sidebottom, Elliot, Cloke, Greenwood
18. Will we beat Brisbane round 1? - No
19. Will Dane Swan improve on his 2014 form? - 50/50
20. How many goals will Cloke kick? - 55
 
Reykjavik said:
1. Where will we finish on the ladder? 13th
2. B&F winner? Pendles
3. Which first year player (drafted in 2014) will play the most games? Maynard
4. Leading goalkicker? Cloke
5. Who will be selected in the AA team? Pendlebury, Elliott
6. Most improved player? Karnezis or Broomhead.
7. Who will earn Rising Star nominations? Broomhead, Freeman
8. Most Brownlow votes? Pendles
9. Who will retire? Swan
10. Who will be delisted? Armstrong, Gault, Dwyer, Young, Ramsay, Sinclair, Oxley, Goodyear (re-rookied)
11. Which 2014 recruit will perform the best? Greenwood the best of a bad bunch. All will underperform badly. We need to stop topping up with mediocre players and overpaying them.
12. VFL B&F winner? Dwyer
13. More or less injuries than in 2014? About the same. Astute observers will have noted two outcomes from our injury review. It was said that our change and increase in running load contributed, and that we need to do more of the same again. On that basis, a similar outcome should be expected. What I'm at least hoping for is a lower rate of re-injury and better recovery.
14. Which player will change position? Ben Ken to the forward pocket.
15. How many times will we beat a top 4 side? Zero
16. Will GWS get their first win against us? No but it will be close. Kick in it.
17. Who will finish top 5 in our B&F? Pendles, Sidey, Keeffe, Elliott, Greenwood
18. Will we beat Brisbane round 1? We will get slaughtered in the midfield and by the time of the final siren our backline will be debris. Ten goals plus.
19. Will Dane Swan improve on his 2014 form? Yes, he will improve from bad to serviceable. That's as good as Swanny has left in him but he will chug away all year teaching the youngsters and buying them time to grow into their bodies. He is a consummate clubman.
20. How many goals will Cloke kick? 53

Overall: This will start off as the worst year in recent memory. The turnaround will come about midyear at 2 winbs 9 losses when Bucks stops coaching for a fictional finals appearance (indicated by the mindsnappingly stupid recruiting of mature players) and drops the likes of Blair, White, Young, Varcoe, Dwyer never to be seen again and gives the kids their head. We finish like Brisbane in 2014 full of optimism, with young mids like Broomhead and De Goey and Freeman the future, Scharanberg earning a late call up full of promise in the last round, our rucks clicking, and Moore tearing up the twos. Then comes the coup of landing Danger as a FA and it all comes together.
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If we go 2 and 9 in the 1st 11 Games. The Media Pressure on Bucks would be Massive as Media will try and get Bucks Sacked:mad:

Varcoe won’t be Dropped. He be very Important player in the Best 22
 
doppleganger said:
1. Where will we finish on the ladder? 5th
2. B&F winner? Pendlebury
3. Which first year player will play the most games? DeGoey with 8
4. Leading goalkicker? Reid with 58
5. Who will be selected in the AA team? Pendlebury
6. Most improved player? Witts
7. Who will earn Rising Star nominations? Broomhead, Freeman
8. Most Brownlow votes? Pendlebury
9. Who will retire? Nobody
10. Who will be delisted? Armstrong, Dwyer, Gault
11. Which 2014 recruit will perform the best? Greenwood
12. VFL B&F winner?
13. More or less injuries than in 2014? Heaps less
14. Which player will change position? Reid to FF, Cloke back out to CHF
15. How many times will we beat a top 4 side? Once, good fixture means we only play the top4 teams once in 2015.
16. Will GWS get their first win against us? No
17. Who will finish top 5 in our B&F? Pendlebury, Cloke, Swan, Sidebottom, Witts
18. Will we beat Brisbane round 1? Yes
19. Will Dane Swan improve on his 2014 form? Significant improvement
20. How many goals will Cloke kick? 43
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I like how Reid's our leading goal kicker but Cloke makes the top 5 bnf.

Cloke getting back to his marking best:)
 

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mike123 said:
I like how Reid's our leading goal kicker but Cloke makes the top 5 bnf.

Cloke getting back to his marking best:)
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I'd suggest due to "14. Which player will change position? Reid to FF, Cloke back out to CHF" and thinking Cloke will spend more time up the ground. May be wrong.
 
TradeDraft said:
If we go 2 and 9 in the 1st 11 Games. The Media Pressure on Bucks would be Massive as Media will try and get Bucks Sacked:mad:

Varcoe won’t be Dropped. He be very Important player in the Best 22
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A 2 in 9 start would equate to 5 wins out of the last 22 games (including the second half of 2014). Any coach would be struggling to avoid the heat with a record like that.
 
Reykjavik said:
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Overall: This will start off as the worst year in recent memory. The turnaround will come about midyear at 2 winbs 9 losses when Bucks stops coaching for a fictional finals appearance (indicated by the mindsnappingly stupid recruiting of mature players) and drops the likes of Blair, White, Young, Varcoe, Dwyer never to be seen again and gives the kids their head. We finish like Brisbane in 2014 full of optimism, with young mids like Broomhead and De Goey and Freeman the future, Scharanberg earning a late call up full of promise in the last round, our rucks clicking, and Moore tearing up the twos. Then comes the coup of landing Danger as a FA and it all comes together.
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Did you get a crystal ball for Xmas?
 
jmac70 said:
A 2 in 9 start would equate to 5 wins out of the last 22 games (including the second half of 2014). Any coach would be struggling to avoid the heat with a record like that.
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Well, With us going Backwards again IF this Scenario happening. I dare say some Members also be putting the Heat on Bucks and the Clubs.

I can’t see us being that Bad
 
TradeDraft said:
Well, With us going Backwards again IF this Scenario happening. I dare say some Members also be putting the Heat on Bucks and the Clubs.

I can’t see us being that Bad
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We won't be that bad. Somewhere between 9-13 wins is my bet.
 

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TradeDraft said:
Who would take his Place in the Best 22?
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As an outside wingman?

Depends who ever is in form, Broomhead maybe gets elevated to his role or Dwyer. Seedsman could get a chance and we still have Young on our list. The thing that works in Varcoe's favour is he is competing with unproven youngsters in that role our older guys with shaky senior records.
 
mike123 said:
As an outside wingman?

Depends who ever is in form, Broomhead maybe gets elevated to his role or Dwyer. Seedsman could get a chance and we still have Young on our list. The thing that works in Varcoe's favour is he is competing with unproven youngsters in that role our older guys with shaky senior records.
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I have Broomhead in Best 22 from RD1. Might be Seedsman then
 

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