2021 Wooden Spoon

[Kane McGoodwin]

Here's the current market of the wooden spoon.

North $2.30
Crows $5.00
Bombers $7.50
Suns $11.00
Swans - $11.00
Hawks $18.00

Hawks are the value bet... though expect North will beat them for the spoon, but nowhere near the value.

Neither the Suns or Swans will win the spoon unless they have a horror injury run

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Gold Coast fave mine

What is your reasoning as imo they have an exciting young squad on the way up?

 

[Gavin Excell]

What is your reasoning as imo they have an exciting young squad on the way up?

More about club and its pride to be honest

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

North, Essendon, Hawks and Pies are all candidates with The Hawks as the favourite for the spoon, Crows should in improve surely?

Pies had a crazy trade period getting rid of some useful players, but still have plenty of talent to be nowhere near a spoon.

Agree we should improve... which is not hard when you are bottom... but still near the bottom.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

More about club and its pride to be honest

Dew seems to have instilled some pride.

Younger guys buying in & have re-signed longer deals.

Imo, they appear to be tracking upwards.

GWS has more culture issues at the moment... not that they are spoon candidates but may miss the finals.

 

[Off Tap]

Hawks are the value bet...

With the injuries that they have, they're going to struggle this year. The more you look at their list with them out, the more you realise how poor a squad they are.

Some of their 50/50 games are away which doesn't help but having said that they should still be able to scrape together half a dozen wins at least.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Scrimshaw is a solid player
No more no less

Yeah, he’s coming along well.

 

[Yoda_]

North have talent far better than Essendon, Gold Coast and Hawthorn

Did*

Before they traded them all out


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[Bring-Back-Powell]

I reckon this year will be a bombshell wooden spooner - say Port, West Coast or Western Bulldogs.

 

[aussierulesrules]

I reckon this year will be a bombshell wooden spooner - say Port, West Coast or Western Bulldogs.

Port have what Champion Data rated the easiest draw in the comp! West Coast 4th easiest.

Despite those two teams playing finals and getting to play so many games at home last year, while so many other clubs were in hubs!

Adelaide 2nd hardest, so that won't do them any favours.

 

[HairyO]

What is your reasoning as imo they have an exciting young squad on the way up?

10 years of having a young and exciting squad. Like Carlton. And Melbourne.

 

[Yojimbo]

I reckon this year will be a bombshell wooden spooner - say Port, West Coast or Western Bulldogs.

Seems like as good a place as any for a gamblers help line add !

 

[Off Tap]

I reckon this year will be a bombshell wooden spooner - say Port, West Coast or Western Bulldogs.

With the list we have and the amount of Perth games there's no way we'd finish last.

When we won the spoon our team was woeful, nothing compared to what we have today. All of our good players were only kids.

 

[Gavin Excell]

10 years of having a young and exciting squad. Like Carlton. And Melbourne.

Always full of promise

 

[HolyRioli]

New coach who couldn't properly teach the new game plan because of covid... & we came back from the break unfit... hence we got run over in the 2nd halves of games... until late in the season.

Expect we will still be bottom 4, but doubt we will be close to the spoon.

if you’re bottom 4 you’re likely close to the spoon

 

[B4Bear]

North, Essendon, Hawks and Pies are all candidates with The Hawks as the favourite for the spoon, Crows should in improve surely?

I am curious as to why the Crows will improve, but North won’t?

Oh and North will not get the spoon.

 

[JackFlash]

I am curious as to why the Crows will improve, but North won’t?

Oh and North will not get the spoon.

I don't know why? The Crows might have an equally shithouse season. It's only a few years ago they lost a Grand Final in which they were favourites to win, surely their not that bad? The jury is out on North.

 

[Pinnell]

Hawks.

 

[Lit_Dorito]

It won't be North, that's for sure. The amount of injuries they had last year its no wonder they struggled. They could actually make finals. People underestimate them every year , always have and without good reason.

 

[Lit_Dorito]

Between Essendon or North for mine. Probably Essendon.

Adelaide showed signs they can be competitive during the back half of this season, you can rule them out.

What a load of garbage. North are already three years ahead of the crows. North Melbourne's best 22 are a 13 goal better side than Adelaide.

 

[Lit_Dorito]

Essendon are a basket case and are perennial minnows of the comp. That said, the crows list is absolutely putrid and can't see them getting off the bottom again

 

[Lit_Dorito]

North, Essendon, Hawks and Pies are all candidates with The Hawks as the favourite for the spoon, Crows should in improve surely?

Crows aren't climbing anywhere. Certainly not above North.
B: Mcdonald, McKay, Corr
HB: Zeibell, Tarrant, Perez
C: Scott, Davies-Uniake, Polec
HF: Thomas, Ford, Taylor
F: Stephenson, Larkey, Zurhaar
Foll: Goldstein, Cunnington, Simpkin
Int: Anderson, Young, Spicer, Garner

Now let's compare best 22's shall we?

Your turn!

 

[JackFlash]

Crows aren't climbing anywhere. Certainly not above North.
B: Mcdonald, McKay, Corr
HB: Zeibell, Tarrant, Perez
C: Scott, Davies-Uniake, Polec
HF: Thomas, Ford, Taylor
F: Stephenson, Larkey, Zurhaar
Foll: Goldstein, Cunnington, Simpkin
Int: Anderson, Young, Spicer, Garner

Now let's compare best 22's shall we?

Your turn!

I just believe Adelaide should do better, but the events of the past 48 hours bring to light a new wooden spoon favourite. COLLINGWOOD! We could be witnessing their ultimate demise altogether? It will be probably be Hawthorn, but i reckon the Pies will run them close?

 

[owen87]

Crows aren't climbing anywhere. Certainly not above North.
B: Mcdonald, McKay, Corr
HB: Zeibell, Tarrant, Perez
C: Scott, Davies-Uniake, Polec
HF: Thomas, Ford, Taylor
F: Stephenson, Larkey, Zurhaar
Foll: Goldstein, Cunnington, Simpkin
Int: Anderson, Young, Spicer, Garner

Now let's compare best 22's shall we?

Your turn!

Ziebell & Cunnington's bodies look close to cooked if last season was anything to go by, not sure how confident I'd be on them seeing out an entire season.

Tarrant is 31, Goldstein 32. Both have been good players, but are right in the frame for when players start to struggle to back up week after week. Maybe they'll have another good year in them, but the cupboard is pretty bare if they don't.

I think North's youth are good, but there's still a heavy reliance on the few guys at the end of their careers to hold it together.

 

[BJK#5]

I just believe Adelaide should do better, but the events of the past 48 hours bring to light a new wooden spoon favourite. COLLINGWOOD! We could be witnessing their ultimate demise altogether? It will be probably be Hawthorn, but i reckon the Pies will run them close?

No matter how dysfunctional that club gets this year no way that Pies team falls hard enough to be a spoon contender.