Prediction 2021 AFL ladder predictions: Go (Review at end)

[stormskye]

Port
Bris
Rich
dogs
Geel
saints
Eagles
Carlton
Coll
Gws
Melb
Ess
freo
syd
Hawks
Gold Coast
North
Adel


Harder than I thought

 

[frizzle]

Geelong
Brisbane
Richmond
Port
Eagles
St Kilda
Bulldogs
Carlton
-------------------
GWS
Collingwood
Bombers
Dees
Freo
Hawks
Suns
Sydney
Roos
Crows

 

[peter9789]

Port Adelaide
Richmond
Brisbane
Eagles
Geelong
Bulldogs
ST Kilda
Carlton
-----------------
Fremantle
Suns
Melbourne
Essendon
GWS
Collingwood
Sydney
Hawthorn
Adelaide
North Melbourne

 

[Scodog10]

Port (guns)
Geelong (guns)
St Kilda (on the up)
Brisbane (guns)
Richmond (can still win from here)
WC (last crack)
GWS (will surprise)
Collingwood (Don’t sleep on us, Buckley gone)
Melbourne (Goodwin gone)
WB (Beveridge gone)
Carlton (don’t rate Teague + injuries)
Sydney (good talent)
Fremantle (rate Longmuir)
GC (should be better by now)
Essendon (start strong then tail off)
Hawthorn (final year for Clarko)
North (toss of the coin with Adelaide)
Adelaide (ditto North)

That was surprisingly easy so it will probably be horribly wrong. The only bracket I struggled with was 8-11 because I can’t really separate them. They all have their strengths and weaknesses which on any given day will bubble to the surface. The only concern I have on our ability to press for the 8 is an injury to Moore. As an added bonus:

Clarko>Collingwood
Beveridge>Melbourne
Mitchell>Hawthorn
Lyon>Bulldogs

Buckley to be in the media for 2022 and then take on the GC or GWS role depending on who blinks first.

 

[nahnah]

1. Richmond
2. Port Adelaide
3. Geelong
4. Western Bulldogs
5. West Coast
6. St Kilda
7. Brisbane
8. Melbourne

9. GWS
10. Collingwood
11. Fremantle
12. Gold Coast
13. Carlton
14. Sydney
15. Hawthorn
16. Essendon
17. Adelaide
18. North

 

[unplugged]

Squiggle to the rescue. Good luck North.

W L D
1. Port Adelaide 19 3 0 129.1%
2. Richmond 18 4 0 130.0%
3. Brisbane Lions 18 4 0 120.2%
4. Geelong 17 5 0 129.9%
5. Collingwood 16 6 0 117.0%
6. West Coast 16 6 0 116.4%
7. Western Bulldogs 16 6 0 112.1%
8. St Kilda 15 7 0 109.0%
9. Carlton 11 11 0 98.5%
10. Fremantle 10 12 0 100.1%
11. Essendon 10 12 0 95.0%
12. Gold Coast 9 13 0 93.5%
13. GWS 8 14 0 90.3%
14. Melbourne 6 16 0 88.7%
15. Hawthorn 3 19 0 83.0%
16. Sydney 3 19 0 81.5%
17. Adelaide 2 20 0 69.7%
18. North Melbourne 1 21 0 68.7%

QF1: *PORT ADELAIDE* v Geelong
QF2: *RICHMOND* v Brisbane Lions
EF1: *COLLINGWOOD* v St Kilda
EF2: *WEST COAST* v Western Bulldogs

SF1: *GEELONG* v Collingwood
SF2: *BRISBANE LIONS* v West Coast

PF1: *PORT ADELAIDE* v Brisbane Lions
PF2: *RICHMOND* v Geelong

GF: Port Adelaide v *RICHMOND*

 

[Aussie pie]

Port
WCE
StKilda
Lions
Tigers
Dogs
Cats
Suns
Blues
Dees
GWS
Freo
Pies
Dons
Swans
Hawks
North
Crows

Big improvers: Suns
Slipping: Us
Premiers: Lions
Rising star: Rowell who else
Brownlow: The Bont
Coleman: Big Joe (just to annoy Essendon)
Copeland: Adams
Our leading goal kicker: Cox (30+)
Big improver: Keane will get a lot more games and show us what he’s got.
Best 1st year player: Ollie Henry, he’s the only one who look like it atm but I’d like to see more if Bianco.
The big news: Every week there will be Buckley speculation.

 

[whiskeytown]

Port
Richmond
Geelong
Lions
WC
WB
St Kilda
GWS

Carlton
Melbourne
Freemantle
Collingwood
Essendon
Sydney
Gold Coast
Hawthorn
North Melbourne
Adelaide

Would like to place Collingwood higher but see the usual injuries and depth being severely tested

 

[Go Woods]

Port
Richmond
Geelong
Brisbane
West Coast
StKilda
Western Bulldogs
Collingwood
——————————
Melbourne
Carlton
GWS
Fremantle
Sydney
Essendon
GC
Hawthorn
North
Adelaide

Pies make the eight by the skin of our teeth...

 

[AmericanMustard]

Geelong
Port
Brisbane
Richmond
Fremantle
Dogs
St Kilda
Pies
———-
Carlton
Gold Coast
GWS
West coast
Melbourne
Sydney
Essendon
Hawthorn
Adelaide
Norf


Pretty simple really. 18/18 cya in a few months

 

[davywap]

Amazing how losing a guy who hardly played, one who played half and one who played s**t last year while we still made top 6 in a ****ed up year will make us bomb out of finals this year....

Brisbane
Port
St Kilda
Richmond
Pies
Bulldogs
Geelong
Melbourne

Freo
Giants
West Coast
Scum
Suns
Swans
Crows
Hawks
Roos
Bummers

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

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

 

[barrackers]

Amazing how losing a guy who hardly played, one who played half and one who played sh*t last year while we still made top 6 in a f’ed up year will make us bomb out of finals this year....

On one hand it annoys me that a lot of media people having us crashing to 12th or 13th. Sure we've lost high quality depth in Treloar, but we've won and made finals without him for large periods in previous seasons. Stephenson on talent is best 22, but he was in and out last year; neither Thomas or Hoskin-Elliott have repeated their 2018 form either, so we still have scope to improve on our list. Philips' best is on the wing and he provided good depth, but Daicos surpassed him last year. Really the loss of Treloar, Stephenson and Phillips has to varying degrees only diminished our depth.

On the other hand I'm rapt the media are writing us off. It will be nice to attract a little less hype.

Don't get me wrong I don't think we're contending for the flag I just think with a bit of luck we're better placed than some within the media are predicting.

 

[doppleganger]

We will see plenty of raw players in 2021, as we offloaded heaps of experience from our 2020 list

Reid
Varcoe
Beams
Dunn
Treloar
Langdon
Phillips

Even - the Berg, Broomy and Stepho had all played 30+ games of AFL

We were the oldest and most experienced lists in 2020, had 28 players who had played 30+ AFL games on our list.

We are down to just 19 in 2021, Daicos and C.Brown are now experienced players for us!!

For mine we are back circa 2014 equivalent where we will often start playing young and inexperienced teams and thus play inconsistent footy and finish mid table - 6th. Also noting that the majority of guys I listed were our injury prone players so won't actually be missed as much as names suggest as spent more time on sidelines than playing.

Top 8 Ladder predictor

Port
Lions
Saints
Geelong
Tigers
Pies
Dogs
Blues

 

[sr36]

I'm not convinced that the cats will hold up with longer quarters.

Richmond
St Kilda
Brisbane
Port
Dogs
Geelong
WCE
Collingwood
Carlton
GWS
Melbourne
....

 

[whiskeytown]

We will see plenty of raw players in 2021, as we offloaded heaps of experience from our 2020 list

Reid
Varcoe
Beams
Dunn
Treloar
Langdon
Phillips

Even - the Berg, Broomy and Stepho had all played 30+ games of AFL

We were the oldest and most experienced lists in 2020, had 28 players who had played 30+ AFL games on our list.

We are down to just 19 in 2021, Daicos and C.Brown are now experienced players for us!!

For mine we are back circa 2014 equivalent where we will often start playing young and inexperienced teams and thus play inconsistent footy and finish mid table - 6th. Also noting that the majority of guys I listed were our injury prone players so won't actually be missed as much as names suggest as spent more time on sidelines than playing.

Top 8 Ladder predictor

Port
Lions
Saints
Geelong
Tigers
Pies
Dogs
Blues

Agree with most of this.

At seasons start We have 23 players on list with 23 games or less. A lot of those are either 1st year or 2nd year players who missed VFL last year. Kids that are light in frame, inexperienced, learning their role and team structures

Even though Reid, Broomhead, Langdon, Dunn and co were always injured. They were experienced, mature bodies who could come in and play their role within the team structures.

Once injury/suspension hits... I see us playing multiple 1st and 2nd year kids at once and having all the issues that come with that.

Pretty fanciful then to project us to finish top 6 imo. Development year.

 

[bunter]

Hoping an injection of quality youth will rub off on the players with more experience and visa versa with the resulting strong team bonding. A more expansive attacking style and smart exploitation of the rule changes could see us entrenched in the 8, probably around 6th. We have all the ingredients, just need the chef to step up. Oh, and the required bit of luck.

geel
port
rich
wce
bris
coll
melb
carl

geel v wce GF. geel for the win.

 

[adammania9]

1. Geelong
2. Richmond
3. Brisbane Lions
4. St Kilda
5. Port Adelaide
6. GWS Giants
7. Fremantle
8. West Coast

9. Western Bulldogs
10. Collingwood
11. Carlton
12. Essendon
13. Melbourne
14. Sydney
15. Gold Coast
16. Hawthorn
17. North Melbourne
18. Adelaide

Grand Final: Geelong vs Richmond again
Geelong finally win.

 

[Antz]

1. Geelong
2. Port Adelaide
3. Brisbane
4. Richmond
5. West Coast
6. Western Bulldogs
7. Fremantle
8. St Kilda

9. Essendon
10. Sydney
11. Collingwood
12. GWS
13. Carlton
14. Gold Coast
15. Melbourne
16. Hawthorn
17. Adelaide
18. North Melbourne