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

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1. Richmond
2. Western Bulldogs
3. Fremantle
4. Melbourne
5. Port Adelaide
6. Geelong
7. Collingwood
8. St.Kilda
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9. Essendon
10. Sydney
11. Gold Coast
12. Carlton
13. Brisbane
14. GWS
15. Adelaide
16. West Coast
17. Hawthorn
18. North
 
1. Geelong 18-4
2. Richmond 17-5
3. Carlton 16-6
4. Brisbane 16-6
5. Melbourne 15-7
6. Sydney 14-8
7. Fremantle 13-9
8. Western Bulldogs 13-9
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9. Collingwood 12-10
10. Port Adelaide 12-10
11. Gold Coast 10-12
12. Essendon 9-13
13. St kilda 8-14
14. Adelaide 7-15
15. GWS 7-15
16. West Coast 5-17
17. Hawthorn 4-18
18. North Melbourne 3-19
 
Now that the trade period is over where do you see teams finishing next year?
Who are the bolters or sliders?

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

The others I dont care about enough to comment.

I actually think Collingwood's list is scary good going into next year.
McRae seems a good operator.
Maybe i'll be wrong though.

North can't be much worse than this year.
Under Clarkson we should see some improvement.
LDU has improved massively and we have Cunners back.

Saints seem a bit of a shambles to me.
Sacking and then searching for a new coach so late
will probably be disruptive to the playing group.
Their list isn't good enough i can see
teams going past them.
 
1. Richmond
2. Western Bulldogs
3. Fremantle
4. Melbourne
5. Port Adelaide
6. Geelong
7. Collingwood
8. St.Kilda
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9. Essendon
10. Sydney
11. Gold Coast
12. Carlton
13. Brisbane
14. GWS
15. Adelaide
16. West Coast
17. Hawthorn
18. North
You forgot to include Carlton in your top 4 (even though there is absolutely nothing to suggest that they will finish there).
 
Very rough guess and trade/free agency period will certainly lead me to feel have a better idea.

Not really a ladder predictor more order of more likely to be a good season to bad.

Melbourne
Carlton
Sydney
Bulldogs
Brisbane
Richmond
Collingwood
Gold Coast
Geelong
Fremantle
Hawthorn
Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Essendon
St.Kilda
West Coast
North
GWS
Now the trade period done have a bit more idea but still will change again when see the fixture, but probably not too much difference.
Think the top half of ladder will change from week to week with not much difference in top ten teams.
Think Crows, Port and Essendon will improve but too many teams above them will improve too.
Hawks after trade period made me realise without five or six of their regular senior players from recent four to five years they will be less stable and will struggle to win a lot of matches but their backline is ok, so not too many thrashings. Tigers with Hopper and Taranto in the middle should be right in contention. Lions with Dunkley and Gunston is some nice pieces to balance them up better so they would have to feel they serious contender. Fremantle with Luke Jackson and O'Meara is just the type of injection of ready made talent that could boost their chances again. Clearly Cats with Tanner Bruhn and Ollie Henry should more than offset the retirement of Selwood and would back themselves again.
Swans had a poor grand final but when you running into a team on 15 match winning streak it can happen so I do not write them off based on that. Bulldogs with Liam Jones and Rory Lobb add some needed key defence and ruck division strength but lost Dunkely and Hunter so it harder to read how they should go but I will still have them nominally in the finals based on list talent at this point. Pies and Suns to round out the top ten which would almost be divsion one and sense teams after that are not in the real race.

Melbourne
Carlton
Richmond
Brisbane
Fremantle
Sydney
Geelong
Bulldogs
Collingwood
Gold Coast
Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Essendon
West Coast
North Melbourne
St.Kilda
GWS
Hawthorn
 
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I think it will be one of the more interesting seasons for a while. There's a lot of teams clearly thinking they're in the window and loading up for it and a lot clearly well off it looking to rebuild. Probably resemble a local league more than it has for a long time with the top teams handing out some smackings to the lower ones consistently and possibly even a top tier set early in the season. Then again there's always surprises.
 
1. Brisbane 16-6
2. Carlton 16-6
3. Geelong 15-7
4. Richmond 15-7
5. Melbourne 14-8
6. Gold Coast 14-8
7. Fremantle 13-9
8. Essendon 12-10
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9. Collingwood 11-11
10. Sydney 10-12
11. Port Adelaide 10-12 * Ken sacked
12. Western Bulldogs 9-13 * Bevo sacked
13. Adelaide 8-14
14. St Kilda 8-14
15. GWS 7-15
16. North Melbourne 7-15
17. West Coast 7-15
18. Hawthorn 6-16
 
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1. Brisbane 16-6
2. Carlton 16-6
3. Geelong 15-7
4. Richmond 15-7
5. Melbourne 14-8
6. Gold Coast 14-8
7. Fremantle 13-9
8. Essendon 12-10
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9. Collingwood 11-11
10. Sydney 10-10
11. Port Adelaide 10-12 * Ken sacked
12. Western Bulldogs 9-13 * Bevo sacked
13. Adelaide 8-14
14. St Kilda 8-14
15. GWS 7-15
16. North Melbourne 7-15
17. West Coast 7-15
18. Hawthorn 6-16
Why do you have Sydney only playing 20 matches?
 

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So you added two more losses to make it 22 now.
So next question, why do you think they will fall out of finals.?
Most of their better players should improve so I cannot see them going too far backwards.
Most sides that get absolutely smashed in a grand final have some mental demons the next year.
 

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