Prediction 2023 Crystal Ball

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Dip into your inner psychic, what will happen in the 2023 AFL season? It's a bit of fun and always fun to see who does well. I usually don't.

How many wins for H&A season? 8

Final ladder position? 14th

Biggest winning margin (and opponent)? 60, Hawthorne

Biggest losing margin (and opponent)? 70, Melbourne

Surprise/best win of the year? Dreamtime by 10 points

Best & Fairest Top 3? Zach Merrett, Dylan Shiel and Brandon Zerk-Thatcher

Leading Goal kicker (and how many)? Peter Wright, 60

Which Essendon players will make the AA team (if any)? None

Which U/22 player will have a like breakout season (if any)? Archie Perkins

Who, of our first-year drafted players will play the most senior games? Alwyn Davey jr, 15

How many games will the VFL side win, and ladder position? 12 of 18, 6th

VFL BnF top 3? Quinton Narkle, Brad Bernacki, Andrew Phillips

VFL leading goal scorer? James Stewart, 40

Who will no longer be on the list at the end of the year?

Trade/FA: Darcy Parish, Nick Bryan
De-list: Alastair Lord
Retire: Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, Dyson Heppell, Andrew Phillips

Who will be the boom trade/FA of the year? Josh Dunkley

Who will be the bust trade/FA of the year? Rory Lobb

Who will win the premiership? Melbourne

Runners Up? Brisbane

Who will win the Norm Smith Medal? Jack Viney

Who will win the Rising Star? Will Ashcroft

Who will win the Brownlow Medal? Christian Petracca

Who will win the Coleman Medal? Tom Lynch
 
How many wins for H&A season? 4-6

Final ladder position? 16th

Biggest winning margin (and opponent)? 56, North

Biggest losing margin (and opponent)? 89, Brisbane

Surprise/best win of the year? Anzac Day by 2pts - Tippa does a Zaka

Best & Fairest Top 3? Sam Durham, Nic Martin, Zach Merrett

Leading Goal kicker (and how many)? Peter Wright, 56

Which Essendon players will make the AA team (if any)? None

Which U/22 player will have a like breakout season (if any)? Ben Hobbs

Who, of our first-year drafted players will play the most senior games? Davey, 17

dont follow VFL enough

Who will no longer be on the list at the end of the year?

Trade/FA: None
De-list: Alastair Lord, Rhett Montgomerie
Retire: Dyson Heppell, Andrew Phillips, James Stewart

Who will be the boom trade/FA of the year? Jackson/Jaeger

Who will be the bust trade/FA of the year? Lobb

Who will win the premiership? Fremantle

Runners Up? Melbourne

Who will win the Norm Smith Medal? Andrew Brayshaw

Who will win the Rising Star? Harry Sheezel

Who will win the Brownlow Medal? Touk Miller

Who will win the Coleman Medal? Charlie Curnow (assuming he plays all season)
 
eth-dog said:
Dip into your inner psychic, what will happen in the 2023 AFL season? It's a bit of fun and always fun to see who does well. I usually don't.

How many wins for H&A season? 8

Final ladder position? 14th

Biggest winning margin (and opponent)? 60, Hawthorne

Biggest losing margin (and opponent)? 70, Melbourne

Surprise/best win of the year? Dreamtime by 10 points

Best & Fairest Top 3? Zach Merrett, Dylan Shiel and Brandon Zerk-Thatcher

Leading Goal kicker (and how many)? Peter Wright, 60

Which Essendon players will make the AA team (if any)? None

Which U/22 player will have a like breakout season (if any)? Archie Perkins

Who, of our first-year drafted players will play the most senior games? Alwyn Davey jr, 15

How many games will the VFL side win, and ladder position? 12 of 18, 6th

VFL BnF top 3? Quinton Narkle, Brad Bernacki, Andrew Phillips

VFL leading goal scorer? James Stewart, 40

Who will no longer be on the list at the end of the year?

Trade/FA: Darcy Parish, Nick Bryan
De-list: Alastair Lord
Retire: Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, Dyson Heppell, Andrew Phillips

Who will be the boom trade/FA of the year? Josh Dunkley

Who will be the bust trade/FA of the year? Rory Lobb

Who will win the premiership? Melbourne

Runners Up? Brisbane

Who will win the Norm Smith Medal? Jack Viney

Who will win the Rising Star? Will Ashcroft

Who will win the Brownlow Medal? Christian Petracca

Who will win the Coleman Medal? Tom Lynch
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Wins: 14
Ladder position 7 or 8
Biggest win: Adelaide 60 points
Biggest loss: Bulldogs 70 points
Surprise first win of the season: Finals week 1 over Sydney or Collingwood
All Australian: Ridley, McGrath (back pocket)
U22 Breakout: Nick Cox, Tsatas will also surprise people
Most games by a draftee: Davey Jr
VFL: mostly No idea
VFL best and fairest: Heppell, Shiel and Langford
VFL leading goal kicker: Patrick Voss.
Trade/FA: no idea
delist: no idea.

Best trade: Grundy to Melbourne
Bust trade: Dunkley to Brisbane still isn’t enough:
Grand final: Freo vs Melbourne
Champs: Melbourne
Norm Smith: Gawn
Rising star: Ashcroft
Brownlow: Bont
Coleman: Gawn
 

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Wins: 11
Ladder position 10
Biggest win: North 72 points
Biggest loss: Brisbane 84 points
Surprise first win of the season: We beat the Pies on Anzac Day
All Australian: Wright, Merrett
U22 Breakout: Hobbs
Most games by a draftee: Davey Jr 16
VFL best and fairest: Snelling
VFL leading goal kicker: Munkara 1006
Trade/FA: Parish, Bryan
delist: Lord, McBride

Best trade: Dunkley
Bust trade: Mitchell Pies
Grand final: Brisbane v Melbourne
Champs: Brisbane
Norm Smith: Neale
Rising star: Sheezel
Brownlow: Oliver
Coleman: Daniher




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Wins: 9
Ladder position: 10
Biggest win: North Melbourne
Biggest loss: Western Bulldogs >10 goals
Best win of the season: Geelong by a point
All Australian: Setterfield
U22 Breakout: A Davey
Most games by a draftee: A Davey 22
VFL best and fairest: Voss
VFL leading goal kicker: Stewart
Trade/FA: Parish, Cox
Delist/retire: Stewart, McBride, Phillips, Heppell

Best trade: Francis
Bust trade: O’Meara
Grand final: Richmond v Melbourne
Champs: Melbourne
Norm Smith: Gawn
Rising star: A Davey
Brownlow: Brayshaw
Coleman: Curnow
 
How many wins for H&A season? 7
Final ladder position? 15th
Biggest winning margin (and opponent)? 23, Adelaide
Biggest losing margin (and opponent)? 89, Fremantle
Surprise/best win of the year? WBD, by 8 points
Best & Fairest Top 3? Zach Merrett, Dylan Shiel and Mason Redman
Leading Goal kicker (and how many)? Peter Wright, 48
Which Essendon players will make the AA team (if any)? None
Which U/22 player will have a like breakout season (if any)? None
Who, of our first-year drafted players will play the most senior games? Alwyn Davey jr, 13
How many games will the VFL side win, and ladder position? who cares
VFL BnF top 3? irrelevant
VFL leading goal scorer? Pele
Who will no longer be on the list at the end of the year?

Trade/FA: Darcy Parish
De-list: Alastair Lord, Rhett Montgomerie, Kaine Baldwin
Retire: Dyson Heppell, Andrew Phillips


Who will be the boom trade/FA of the year? Izak Rankine
Who will be the bust trade/FA of the year? Josh Schache
Who will win the premiership? Brisbane
Runners Up? Geelong
Who will win the Norm Smith Medal? Josh Dunkley
Who will win the Rising Star? Will Ashcroft
Who will win the Brownlow Medal? Andrew Brayshaw
Who will win the Coleman Medal? Tom Lynch
 
How many wins for H&A season? 8
Final ladder position? 13th
Biggest winning margin (and opponent)? 38 - LOL norf
Biggest losing margin (and opponent)? 58, Geelong
Surprise/best win of the year? Sydney (surprise will be we don't get reamed by the umpires)
Best & Fairest Top 3? Zach Merrett, Mason Redman, Will Setter field
Leading Goal kicker (and how many)? Peter Wright, 52
Which Essendon players will make the AA team (if any)? None
Which U/22 player will have a like breakout season (if any)? Archie Perkins
Who, of our first-year drafted players will play the most senior games? Alwyn Davey-12
How many games will the VFL side win, and ladder position? no idea
VFL BnF top 3? no idea
VFL leading goal scorer? no idea
Who will no longer be on the list at the end of the year? Heppell, phillips, lord, hind, Stewart
Who will be the boom trade/FA of the year? Grundy
Who will be the bust trade/FA of the year? Lobb
Who will win the premiership? Melbourne
Runners Up? cats
Who will win the Norm Smith Medal? Patricia
Who will win the Rising Star? Will Ashcroft
Who will win the Brownlow Medal? Petraca
Who will win the Coleman Medal? Jeremy Cameron
 
ghostdog said:
I'm going to do this but I have a request.
Mods; could we possibly get last year's Crystal Ball bumped so we can have a look at how we all went?
Edit: forgot my manners. Please?
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If you go to the thread list you can either run a search for threads with “crystal ball” in the title, or just tap the “prediction” thread prefix and scroll through all the prediction threads



Teach a man to fish…
 
How many wins for H&A season? 8
Final ladder position? 13th
Biggest winning margin (and opponent)? round 3 against Saints - 62 points
Biggest losing margin (and opponent)? round 9 - Brisbane - 57 points
Surprise/best win of the year? Pies - Anzac Day - 6 points
Best & Fairest Top 3? Zach Merrett, Setterfield, Ridley
Leading Goal kicker (and how many)? Peter Wright, 51
Which Essendon players will make the AA team (if any)? Merrett
Which U/22 player will have a like breakout season (if any)? A Davey
Who, of our first-year drafted players will play the most senior games? Alwyn Davey 16
How many games will the VFL side win, and ladder position? 16 - 2nd
VFL BnF top 3? Voss, Baldwin, Narkle
VFL leading goal scorer? Voss
Who will no longer be on the list at the end of the year?

Trade/FA: Parish, Bryan
De-list: Lord, Montgomerie, McBride
Retire: Heppell, Tippa, Phillips


Who will be the boom trade/FA of the year? Dunkley
Who will be the bust trade/FA of the year? Mitchell
Who will win the premiership? Brisbane
Runners Up? Melbourne
Who will win the Norm Smith Medal? Josh Dunkley
Who will win the Rising Star? Will Ashcroft
Who will win the Brownlow Medal? Touk Miller
Who will win the Coleman Medal? Tom Lynch
 
How many wins for H&A season? 8, with a 7 game drought R5-R11 inclusive
Final ladder position? 13th-15th
Biggest winning margin (and opponent)? round 1 against Hawks - 48 points
Biggest losing margin (and opponent)? R7 - Cats - 68
Surprise/best win of the year? Maybe GWS at Spotless
Best & Fairest Top 3? Merrett, Martin/Redman/Wright
Leading Goal kicker (and how many)? Peter Wright - 45
Which Essendon players will make the AA team (if any)? Merrett, Redman
Which U/22 player will have a like breakout season (if any)? Menzie
Who, of our first-year drafted players will play the most senior games? Alwyn Davey
How many games will the VFL side win, and ladder position? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️
VFL BnF top 3? Voss, Bernacki (?), Conforti (?)
VFL leading goal scorer? Voss
Who will no longer be on the list at the end of the year?

Trade/FA: Parish, Guelfi (?), Langford
De-list: Lord, McBride
Retire: Heppell


Who will be the boom trade/FA of the year? Gunston
Who will be the bust trade/FA of the year? Weideman
Who will win the premiership? Brisbane
Runners Up? Geelong
Who will win the Norm Smith Medal? Lachie Neale
Who will win the Rising Star? Will Ashcroft
Who will win the Brownlow Medal? Josh Dunkley
Who will win the Coleman Medal? Tom Lynch
 

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How many wins for H&A season? 9

Final ladder position? 10th

Biggest winning margin (and opponent)? 43 Norf

Biggest losing margin (and opponent)? 52 Richmond

Surprise/best win of the year? 22 points vs Carlton

Best & Fairest Top 3? Merrett, Durham, Martin

Leading Goal kicker (and how many)? Peter Wright, 652

Which Essendon players will make the AA team (if any)? Nil

Which U/22 player will have a like breakout season (if any)? Ben Hobbs

Who, of our first-year drafted players will play the most senior games? Davey

How many games will the VFL side win, and ladder position? 14 - 5

VFL BnF top 3? Cootee, Bernacki, Wallis

VFL leading goal scorer? Weideman 35

Who will no longer be on the list at the end of the year?

Trade/FA: Kyle Langford, Nik Cox, Darcy Parish
De-list: Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti
Retire: Dyson Heppell, Andrew Phillips, Will Snelling

Who will be the boom trade/FA of the year? Luke Jackson

Who will be the bust trade/FA of the year? Aaron Francis

Who will win the premiership? Brisbane

Runners Up? Geelong

Who will win the Norm Smith Medal? Josh Dunkley

Who will win the Rising Star? Will Ashcroft

Who will win the Brownlow Medal? Tom Mitchell

Who will win the Coleman Medal? Jeremy Cameron
 
Wins: 7
Ladder position: 14th
Biggest win: Hawks
Biggest loss: Geelong
Best win of the season: Carlton
All Australian: Ridley, Merrett
Most games by a draftee: A Davey
VFL best and fairest: Voss
VFL leading goal kicker: Jones


Trade/FA: Parish
Who will no longer be on the list at the end of the year? Heppell, phillips, lord, hind, Stewart, Parish
Who will be the boom trade/FA of the year? Grundy

Top 8- Cats, Swans, Tigers, Blues, Dees, Freo, Lions, Dogs
Spoon- Hawks
Grand final: Richmond v Swans
Champs: Richmond
Norm Smith: Taranto
Rising star: Will Ashcroft
Brownlow: Bont
Coleman: Jeremy Cameron
 

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Godzke said:
How many wins for H&A season? 7
Final ladder position? 15th
Biggest winning margin (and opponent)? 23, Adelaide
Biggest losing margin (and opponent)? 89, Fremantle
Surprise/best win of the year? WBD, by 8 points
Best & Fairest Top 3? Zach Merrett, Dylan Shiel and Mason Redman
Leading Goal kicker (and how many)? Peter Wright, 48
Which Essendon players will make the AA team (if any)? None
Which U/22 player will have a like breakout season (if any)? None
Who, of our first-year drafted players will play the most senior games? Alwyn Davey jr, 13
How many games will the VFL side win, and ladder position? who cares
VFL BnF top 3? irrelevant
VFL leading goal scorer? Pele
Who will no longer be on the list at the end of the year?

Trade/FA: Darcy Parish
De-list: Alastair Lord, Rhett Montgomerie, Kaine Baldwin
Retire: Dyson Heppell, Andrew Phillips


Who will be the boom trade/FA of the year? Izak Rankine
Who will be the bust trade/FA of the year? Josh Schache
Who will win the premiership? Brisbane
Runners Up? Geelong
Who will win the Norm Smith Medal? Josh Dunkley
Who will win the Rising Star? Will Ashcroft
Who will win the Brownlow Medal? Andrew Brayshaw
Who will win the Coleman Medal? Tom Lynch
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guess we did a little better than I predicted
 
Godzke said:
guess we did a little better than I predicted
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We did better than everyone predicted. Much better actually. Might be worth some people perusing this thread to get some perspective on our season.
 
citizen-erased said:
How many wins for H&A season? 4-6

Final ladder position? 16th

Biggest winning margin (and opponent)? 56, North

Biggest losing margin (and opponent)? 89, Brisbane

Surprise/best win of the year? Anzac Day by 2pts - Tippa does a Zaka

Best & Fairest Top 3? Sam Durham, Nic Martin, Zach Merrett

Leading Goal kicker (and how many)? Peter Wright, 56

Which Essendon players will make the AA team (if any)? None

Which U/22 player will have a like breakout season (if any)? Ben Hobbs

Who, of our first-year drafted players will play the most senior games? Davey, 17

dont follow VFL enough

Who will no longer be on the list at the end of the year?

Trade/FA: None
De-list: Alastair Lord, Rhett Montgomerie
Retire: Dyson Heppell, Andrew Phillips, James Stewart

Who will be the boom trade/FA of the year? Jackson/Jaeger

Who will be the bust trade/FA of the year? Lobb

Who will win the premiership? Fremantle

Runners Up? Melbourne

Who will win the Norm Smith Medal? Andrew Brayshaw

Who will win the Rising Star? Harry Sheezel

Who will win the Brownlow Medal? Touk Miller

Who will win the Coleman Medal? Charlie Curnow (assuming he plays all season)
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lol Freo.

2 so far in coleman and rising star
I think im safe with Jackson and Lobb too yeah?

Claiming Hobbsy's breakout year,

Can i have 50+6 for WCE+NM in a row
also 16th considering how poor the final WCE+NM matches were (tanky much) and we should have been 16th.
 
doug85 said:
We did better than everyone predicted. Much better actually. Might be worth some people perusing this thread to get some perspective on our season.
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Yes it was better than expected but it's hard to ignore those last two weeks.
 
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