2016 Ladder Predictions

[Yippy Yi Yeo]

Here is all information you need to know for Season 2016:

Your Premiership Ladder:

1. Hawthorn
2. West Coast
3. Fremantle
4. Sydney
5. Port Adelaide
6. North Melbourne
7. Adelaide
8. Collingwood

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9. Richmond
10. Western Bulldogs
11. Greater Western Sydney
12. Geelong
13. Essendon
14. Carlton
15. St Kilda
16. Gold Coast
17. Melbourne
18. Brisbane

Your Finals Results:

Week 1:

QF1: Hawthorn def Sydney - Melbourne Cricket Ground
QF2: West Coast def by Fremantle - Subiaco Oval
EF1: Port Adelaide def Collingwood - Adelaide Oval
EF2: North Melbourne def by Adelaide - Melbourne Cricket Ground

Week 2:

SF1: Sydney def Port Adelaide - Homebush Stadium
SF2: West Coast def Adelaide - Subiaco Oval

Week 3:

PF1: Hawthorn def West Coast - Melbourne Cricket Ground
PF2: Fremantle def Sydney - Subiaco Oval

Week 4:

GF: Hawthorn def by Fremantle - Melbourne Cricket Ground

Your Award Recipients:

Brownlow Medal: Todd Goldstein (NM) or Dan Hanneberry (Syd)
Coleman Medal: Josh J Kennedy (WC) or Eddie Betts (Adel)
Norm Smith Medal: Nat Fyfe (Fre)

Relatively good assessment overall, but if any of betts winning the coleman, goldstein winning the brownlow or fremantle winning the premiership (especially against hawthorn) actually happen, i'll eat my hat. Not a chance for any of them.

 

[Wild Bill]

AFAIK the fixture is determined on end of season standings, not finals standings.

Happy to be corrected though.

That's incorrect. Tigers drop into the middle 6 and we go up into the top 6 after winning the elimination final. Top 6 are Hawks, Wce, Roos, Crows, Swans, Freo.

 

[Milux]

I've decided to leave blank every ladder position I am not 100% certain of.

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18. Carlton

I was seriously expecting brisbane to be 18th.

 

[B4Bear]

AFAIK the fixture is determined on end of season standings, not finals standings.

Happy to be corrected though.

Consider yourself corrected.

 

[HBFlanker]

Whatever happens, Richmond wont win a final

 

[juss]

Whatever happens, Richmond wont win a final

0% chance? 1000-1 odds?

 

[HBFlanker]

0% chance? 1000-1 odds?

Zero % chance.

Hard to win if you're not in them

 

[juss]

Zero % chance.

Hard to win if you're not in them

Who else is guaranteed 100% to miss the finals in your opinion?

 

[HBFlanker]

Who else is guaranteed 100% to miss the finals in your opinion?

Essendon and Carlton

 

[jacob17]

The dogs finished 7 overall post finals. So you're wrong about that part.

8th

 

[Rotayjay]

Geelong make the top 4, just because they get Selwood junior and Danger?

 

[Wojcinski]

Geelong make the top 4, just because they get Selwood junior and Danger?

If thats your opinion then I accept it

 

[Rotayjay]

If thats your opinion then I accept it

Ultimately, pre-season predictions are a crapshoot. We've all made good calls and bad calls.

 

[A Swallow]

Geelong make the top 4, just because they get Selwood junior and Danger?

Let them believe mate.

 

[getgaff]

Early days but no harm in having a crack

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

 

[QPower]

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

QF1: WC def Geelong
QF2: Haw def Frem
EF1: Nth def Port
EF2: Richmond def Syd

SF1: Frem def Rich
SF2: Geelong def Nth

PF1: WCE def Frem
PF2: Geelong def Haw

GF: WCE def Geelong

Just like 1992 after our 1991 loss to Hawthorn...

LOL - with a top 6 draw and more homework on their game plan as a result of a good season, WCE will be lucky to sneak into the 8.

 

[Deathly]

Out: North Melbourne, Richmond and Adelaide
In: Gold Coast, Geelong and Port Adelaide

 

[blueiris]

LOL - with a top 6 draw and more homework on their game plan as a result of a good season, WCE will be lucky to sneak into the 8.

They beat most of the top 8 teams last year with a weak defence with all their players likely to be available next year they should only get better

 

[footycats007]

LOL - with a top 6 draw and more homework on their game plan as a result of a good season, WCE will be lucky to sneak into the 8.

Nah, WC are a good team. Ladder looks good to me.

 

[hutchy31]

They beat most of the top 8 teams last year with a weak defence with all their players likely to be available next year they should only get better

Nah, WC are a good team. Ladder looks good to me.

I don't necessarily disagree, but many thought that when Port picked up one of the better rucks in the comp they were almost certain to make a GF, or at least another PF.

I rate WC, but I'm not sure Kennedy will have as good a year next year, and no one really knows how the GF performance will affect them. Should be top 4 again, but wouldn't be a massive surprise to see them drop down to 5-8 (or out of finals if they pick up injuries to key mids/forwards).

 

[kreuze_missile]

Fremantle
Hawthorn
Western Bulldogs
Adelaide
Geelong
Port Adelaide
West Coast
Sydney

Gold Coast
GWS Giants
Richmond
North Melbourne
Essendon
Melbourne
Collingwood
St Kilda
Brisbane
Carlton

 

[dajesmac]

LOL - with a top 6 draw and more homework on their game plan as a result of a good season, WCE will be lucky to sneak into the 8.

Convincing

 

[RePete]

1 - Fremantle
2 - Western Bulldogs
3 - Hawthorn
4 - West Coast
5 - Sydney
6 - Richmond
7 - Adelaide
8 - Port Adelaide

9 - GWS
10 - Geelong
11 - North
12 - Collingwood
13 - Gold Coast
14 - Melbourne
15 - St Kilda
16 - Essendon
17 - Brisbane
18- Carlton

 

[Forward Press]

I don't necessarily disagree, but many thought that when Port picked up one of the better rucks in the comp they were almost certain to make a GF, or at least another PF.

I rate WC, but I'm not sure Kennedy will have as good a year next year, and no one really knows how the GF performance will affect them. Should be top 4 again, but wouldn't be a massive surprise to see them drop down to 5-8 (or out of finals if they pick up injuries to key mids/forwards).

Home advantage will be enough to ensure we're in the mix. Pending injuries to Naitanui and half of our first 22, we'll give it a good shake. Other sides may improve but who is to say we won't, especially given our run with injury last year?

 

[Janus]

Convincing

While I don't agree that West Coast will be lucky to sneak into the 8, I can see what the potential issues are. West Coast's 'web' was developed from the lack of key defenders and requires players with high levels of endurance to pull it off since they are covering a lot of ground to close in on the area that the ball is moving to. Hawthorn picked this off easily in the GF because the ball can move faster than players can with quick, precise ball movement.

Now, the consensus is that once you get your KPD back you will go up another level, but that might be false reasoning when you consider that key position defenders are generally less mobile and tend to focus on their direct opponent than working into a team defense system. Especially when that team defense would be scrutinized through the off-season because it was so effective, the same way that Port Adelaide was scrutinized during the 2014 off-season. Add to that a draw that will have you playing more top eight teams away from home and it won't be that easy.