AFLW 2023 Predictions

[CrowdedHouse]

As I said on-air on Saturday, if Geelong finish in the Top 4, Georgie Prespakis is a lock to win the League BnF.

 

[The Victorian]

As I said on-air on Saturday, if Geelong finish in the Top 4, Georgie Prespakis is a lock to win the League BnF.

I actually think it'll be Charlie Rowbottom

 

[timokane]

I think Collingwood can make it to say 7th

 

[SM]

Somehow up to 16th in the AFLW tipping comp by picking Swans and Suns this weekend. Never done this well in a tipping comp!

 

[CrowdedHouse]

There's now a ladder predictor on the AFLW website...

AFLW Ladder

AFLW Ladder information including games played, won, drawn, lost, points and percentages from the official website of the Australian Football League.

www.afl.com.au

I had a go, selecting favourites for 80% of matches, a couple of games going with the home team when too close to call (like GC to beat Ess in Mackay), plus a couple of upsets cause upsets happen (like Sydney to beat Collingwood in Sydney)!

I was bloody surprised with what it came up with, but considering some sides have a soft draw, maybe not!

1. Adel 10-0
2. Melb 9-1
3. GC Suns 8-2
4. North 7-3
5. Ess 7-3
6. Geel 6-4
7. Carl 6-4
8. Syd 6-4
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9. Bris 5-5
10. Coll 5-5
11. Freo 5-5
12. Rich 4-6
13. St.K 4-6
14. Port 2-8
15. Haw 2-8
16. WCE 2-8
17. GWS 2-8
18. WB 0-10

 

[Teen Wolf]

Upsets by definition are surprises. If one is to arbitrarily pepper predictions with upsets, of course one is going to get a cockamamie ladder. In which case, one shouldn't be surprised.

 

[The Nostradamus]

There's now a ladder predictor on the AFLW website...

AFLW Ladder

AFLW Ladder information including games played, won, drawn, lost, points and percentages from the official website of the Australian Football League.

www.afl.com.au

I had a go, selecting favourites for 80% of matches, a couple of games going with the home team when too close to call (like GC to beat Ess in Mackay), plus a couple of upsets cause upsets happen (like Sydney to beat Collingwood in Sydney)!

I was bloody surprised with what it came up with, but considering some sides have a soft draw, maybe not!

1. Adel 10-0
2. Melb 9-1
3. GC Suns 8-2
4. Norf 7-3
5. Ess 7-3
6. Geel 6-4
7. Carl 6-4
8. Syd 6-4
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9. Bris 5-5
10. Coll 5-5
11. Freo 5-5
12. Rich 4-6
13. St.K 4-6
14. Port 2-8
15. Haw 2-8
16. WCE 2-8
17. GWS 2-8
18. WB 0-10

This hasn’t aged well after just 1 round
Gc already at 3 losses

 

[Connar]

Woo hoo Go Freo! What a win!

Let's do it all again next 2 weeks and become a Season 9 premiership threat!

 

[CrowdedHouse]

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

Okay, looking back on my predictions...

Top 4 came to be in order as predicted, the only slight miss was on wins and losses for North and the Lions.
Geelong finished one place lower that predicted, Richmond missed by 4 spots (a win short... they'll rue that GC loss!)
Collingwood also missed by predicted finish by four spots. Can't blame it on the Saints loss and they didn't show up in the last game!

Essendon finished one spot higher than predicted, but I was spot on with the wins and losses for them.
Bulldogs... eeeewwwwwww.... the less said about them the better (but to be fair, I did say on-air at half-time of the Round 1 Cats v Dogs game theie season was over... it's on the record!!).

Suns finished 5 spots higher that predicted. Missed that by a game and a half.

Sydney... I knew under Scott Gowans and his recruits they would improve, but "oh boy, wow-eee"! Finished 3 spots higher and with two more wins.

Freo - Got the wins and losses spot on, but they finished one spot lower. Power finished two spots lower and 1 and a half wins behind my prediction.

Hawks - got their position correct, but they won one more game than predicted. Carlton... finished three spots higher and with two more wins than predicted.

GWS - Ladder position and wins 100% spot on.

Saints - 3/4 time of Round 4 it looked like another wasted season and to their credit, they turned it all around. Finished 8 spots higher than predicted and with 4 more wins.

Eagles - finished one spot higher and with one more win that predicted... coach gone.