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Pretty simple, post your ladder prediction for the year after round 23. I guess you can also do one after finals too but I have no ******* idea who will win the flag this year so I'm sticking to after the H&A season...

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

OK. I said pretty simple, but * me that was harder than I expected. Looks like it's going to be a cracking year.
 
WC 5? Lololololo
 
Beerfish said:
WC 5? Lololololo
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Mate, can they possibly lose at home? I reckon they will win close to, if not all, of their home games plus probably the away derby. So that's already 10-12 wins. I don't like it but I reckon they could win 15+ :oops:
 

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scezza said:
Mate, can they possibly lose at home? I reckon they will win close to, if not all, of their home games plus probably the away derby. So that's already 10-12 wins. I don't like it but I reckon they could win 15+ :oops:
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They can easily lose at home. You watch.
 
  1. GWS
  2. Adelaide
  3. Sydney
  4. Western Bulldogs
  5. Fremantle
  6. Geelong
  7. Essendon
  8. Melbourne
  9. Richmond
  10. St Kilda
  11. West Coast
  12. Hawthorn
  13. Collingwood
  14. Gold Coast
  15. Port Adelaide
  16. Carlton
  17. Brisbane
  18. North Melbourne
 
Beerfish said:
They can easily lose at home. You watch.
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I hope you're right and I am wrong.
Beerfish said:
  1. GWS
  2. Adelaide
  3. Sydney
  4. Western Bulldogs
  5. Fremantle
  6. Geelong
  7. Essendon
  8. Melbourne
  9. Richmond
  10. St Kilda
  11. West Coast
  12. Hawthorn
  13. Collingwood
  14. Gold Coast
  15. Port Adelaide
  16. Carlton
  17. Brisbane
  18. North Melbourne
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I reckon you're way overrating Richmond - unless that was a strategic ninthmond prediction....
 
scezza said:
I hope you're right and I am wrong.

I reckon you're way overrating Richmond - unless that was a strategic ninthmond prediction....
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It honestly wasn't you know lol
 
1. Sydney
2. GWS
3. Western Bulldogs
4. Melbourne
5. Adelaide
6. St. Kilda
7. West Coast
8. Geelong
9. Essendon
10. Collingwood
11. Hawthorn
12. Richmond
13. Fremantle
14. Gold Coast
15. Port Adelaide
16. North Melbourne
17. Brisbane
18. Carlton
 
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1. GWS
2. Sydney
3. Footscray
4. Adelaide
5. Geelong
6. West Coast
7. Melbourne
8. Hawthorn
9. St Kilda
10. Essendon
11. Fremantle
12. Gold Coast
13. Collingwood
14. Port Adelaide
15. Richmond
16. Carlton
17. North Melbourne
18. Brisbane
 
1. Sydney
2. Greater Western Sydney
3. Western Bulldogs
4. Geelong
5. West Coast (come at me Beerfish)
6. St. Kilda
7. Melbourne
8. Fremantle
9. Adelaide
10. Essendon
11. Port Adelaide
12. Brisbane
13. Hawthorn
14. Richmond
15. North Melbourne
16. Collingwood
17. Gold Coast
18. Carlton

Week 1:

Sydney defeat Geelong
Greater Western Sydney defeat Western Bulldogs
West Coast defeat Fremantle
Melbourne defeat St. Kilda

Week 2:

West Coast defeat Geelong
Western Bulldogs defeat Melbourne

Week 3:

Sydney defeat Western Bulldogs
Greater Western Sydney defeat West Coast

Grand Final:

Sydney defeat Greater Western Sydney
 
Beerfish said:
You have these clowns 5th and Adelaide 9th. Ridiculous.
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Adelaide overrated. Midfield is s**t, back line is average at best and their game plan can be countered by any good side.

Classic case in point was last game last year. West Coast were locked into 6th, they couldn't move anywhere. Adelaide were playing for a home Qualifying Final against Geelong if they won by enough. West Coast utterly destroyed them when the game was in the balance. Adelaide were found out.
 
eth-dog said:
Adelaide overrated. Midfield is s**t, back line is average at best and their game plan can be countered by any good side.
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Yet they finished 5th last year. I guess they didn't play any good sides eh?

West Coast are continually overrated by just about everyone. It's baffling. You'll see.
 

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Beerfish said:
Yet they finished 5th last year. I guess they didn't play any good sides eh?

West Coast are continually overrated by just about everyone. It's baffling. You'll see.
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Went 5-7 against top 8 sides last year (including finals), average losing margin of 21.

Went 12-0 against bottom 10 sides, average winning margin of 59. Classic case of being a flat track bully.
 
eth-dog said:
Went 5-7 against top 8 sides last year (including finals), average losing margin of 21.

Went 12-0 against bottom 10 sides, average winning margin of 59. Classic case of being a flat track bully.
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Because nobody improves ever. Newsflash. This year isn't last year.
 
Beerfish said:
Because nobody improves ever. Newsflash. This year isn't last year.
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Yes. And due to the factors I mentioned earlier, I see them as overrated and that teams like Melbourne, St. Kilda and Fremantle will go past them.
 
eth-dog said:
Yes. And due to the factors I mentioned earlier, I see them as overrated and that teams like Melbourne, St. Kilda and Fremantle will go past them.
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Right so you're saying they'll get worse and I'm saying they'll get better. Since neither of us can predict the future and they are both guesses let's just leave it there.

We can revisit when I'm proven right.
 
Beerfish said:
Right so you're saying they'll get worse and I'm saying they'll get better. Since neither of us can predict the future and they are both guesses let's just leave it there.

We can revisit when I'm proven right.
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Agreed. I'm usually useless at this sort of thing anyway tbh.
 
I just realised that my ladder means a Geelong vs. Hawthorn final.

Jolly good. We haven't had enough of those in the past decade.
 
1. Sydney
2. GWS
3. Western Bulldogs
4. West Coast
5. Adelaide
6. St Kilda
7. Melbourne
8. Essendon
9. Geelong
10. Richmond
11. Collingwood
12. Hawthorn
13. Fremantle
14. Gold Coast
15. North Melbourne
16. Port Adelaide
17. Brisbane
18. Carlton

Week 1

Sydney vs West Coast
GWS vs Bulldogs
Adelaide vs Essendon
St Kilda vs Melbourne

Week 2

West Coast vs Adelaide
Bulldogs vs St Kilda

Week 3

Sydney vs Bulldogs
GWS vs West Coast

Grand Final

Sydney vs GWS
 
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this is on the back of a round by round guesstimate

1-GWS. 20-2
2-WCE 17-5
3-Melb 17-5
4-Adel 16-6
5-Syd 15-7
6-Dogs 15-7
7-Coll 14-8
8-StK14-8
9-Ess 14-8
10-Hawks 10-12
11-GCS 10-12
12-Geel 8-14
13-Freo 8-14
14-North 5-17
15-Port 5-17
16-Bris 5-17
17-Rich 4-18
18-Carl 1-21

I think Sydney will be top 3 and Melbourne lower.
Carlton will win more than 1, but it will be a surprise win
Geelong may snare a couple more games, but they do have a tough draw. The home games in geelong may swing a few their way

we just miss out as i think St Kilda will register some big wins.
Possibly we scrape in if we can keep the points against column down.
 
I think Geelong will finish ahead of Essendon,(hope i'm wrong) but thats not a bad ladder prediction.

Essendon has a problem with pace and clean disposal out of their defensive half, midfielders can go missing for quarters, this too often leads to the opposing side letting loose for too long ..

Essendon could do really well if their forwards and midfielders increase their goal kicking efficiency, which looks like that is happening, on paper they have one of the best up and coming lists in the entire league.

Geelong i feel has a bit more consistency...

St Kilda and Melbourne are the teams to watch this year as well.

Too hard to pick this year.
 
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1 DOGS
2 GWS
3 ADE
4 SYD
5 STK
6 GEL
7 MELB
8 PORT
9 Ess
10 COLL
11 RICH
12 HAW
13 FREO
14 WC
15 GC
16 #LOLNORF
17 CAR
18 BRIS
 
Saints were 2-8 against top 8 teams last year and their midfield is thin. Can't believe people think they'll make the eight.
GWS will s**t it in. Doggies will be stronger. Pies mid is strong, Elliott and Fasolo will help up forward. Reid and possibly Keefe can hold it down back where they have biggest problems.

We could be anywhere. Don't think it's particularly strong outside top 4-5. Could have had Cats anywhere from 4th to 12th

1. GWS

2. Western Bulldogs
3. Sydney
4. Hawthorn
5. West Coast
6. Adelaide
7. Collingwood
8. Melbourne

9. Geelong
10.Essendon
11. Gold Coast
12. St Kilda
13. Richmond
14. Fremantle
15. Port Adelaide
16. North Melbourne
17. Carlton
18. Brisbane
 
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