Prediction 2018 Preseason Prediction Thread

[Tarkyn_24]

I’m happy to admit I have NFI on pretty much everything.

Slot your top 5 in under your next 7 and your ladder looks remarkably on point haha.

 

[Tarkyn_24]

I’ll also add that I think in the last ten years this competition has become a lot closer and a lot more volatile, with these predictions being testament to that. I think the length of time before teams “arrive” has dramatically shortened and as such the days of being able to pick when teams are coming and going in and out of premiership windows a long way out is diminished. Instead of one or two sides shocking the competition each year it seems closer to almost half the eight nowadays, if not more. If you look at the trends of finishing positions and competitiveness since the early 2000’s teams (with the exception of early 2000’s Melbourne who loved jumping between contender and pretender each year) probably don’t scale up or down the ladder in such a linear way on finishing position any more. It’s interesting.

 

[jonbe54]

I’ll also add that I think in the last ten years this competition has become a lot closer and a lot more volatile, with these predictions being testament to that. I think the length of time before teams “arrive” has dramatically shortened and as such the days of being able to pick when teams are coming and going in and out of premiership windows a long way out is diminished. Instead of one or two sides shocking the competition each year it seems closer to almost half the eight nowadays, if not more. If you look at the trends of finishing positions and competitiveness since the early 2000’s teams (with the exception of early 2000’s Melbourne who loved jumping between contender and pretender each year) probably don’t scale up or down the ladder in such a linear way on finishing position any more. It’s interesting.

It's contrived and designed to kowtow to the media - and particularly to accommodate the betting combines which the players are savaged for even having a family member go anywhere near.

Little more than a heavily scripted circus now.

 

[Ulahoopski]

Not sure if you were taking the piss with this, but your ladder had seven of the final top eight, and Pies in the Grand Final (though by your measure we underachieved ) Of course, this one was also submitted three weeks into the season. All Australian Pies and Copeland relatively on point too.

My favourite though was the following one - picked all of the top six finishing near one another. The only issue was you had them nominated as teams 6 through 12!

Wasn't taking the P at all. Obviously a bit of bias and hopeful thinking but a Richmond supporting mate convinced me that Collingwood were going to "do a Richmond/Bulldogs" in 2018. I saw enough in the first three rounds to suggest it was possible despite the inevitable doom and gloom expressed by so many Pies supporters based purely on the win/loss ratio. Got the Murray predictions wrong though unfortunately.

 

[TradeDraft]

Ladder:

1- GWS
2- Adelaide
3- Richmond
4- Melbourne
5- Geelong
6- Port
7- Sydney
8- Bulldogs

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

Grand Finalists: GWS vs Melbourne

Premiers: GWS

Brownlow Medalist: Patrick Dangerfield

Coleman Medalist: Tie between Tom Lynch and Taylor Walker

Norm Smith: Jermery Cameron

Rising Star: Paddy Dow

Mark of the Year: Jeremy Howe

Goal of the Year: Jaiyden Stephenson

Copeland top 5:

Brodie Grundy
Adam Treloar
Taylor Adams
Darcy Moore
Scott Pendlbury

Harry Collier (Best 1st year player): Jaiyden Stephenson

Gordon Coventry (Pie's leading goalkicker): Sam McLarty

Darren Millaine (Best Clubman): Chris Mayne

Gavin Brown (Leading desire indicators): Taylor Adams and Adam Treloar


All Australian Pies:

Brodie Grundy
Taylor Adams
Adam Treloar
Darcy Moore

Well I was way off where we would Finish.

Only got 2 Right with Stephenson being our Best 1st Year Player and Grundy winning the Copeland

 

[jackcass]

I’m happy to admit I have NFI on pretty much everything.

+1

 

[frizzle]

+1

See jackcass can vouch for me on this.

 

[jackcass]

See jackcass can vouch for me on this.

We really need to bolster our support group numbers.