Expectations for 2026

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2026 Goals

Ladder Position: 14th
Wins: 6+
Percentage: Above 75%
Points For per game: 72
Points Against per game: 85
10 goal losses: less than 3
Goalless Quarters: less than 6
5 Goal Quarters: 10+
Clearance Rankings: Top 10 both centre and overall
Opposition Clearance Rankings: Bottom 6 both centre and overall(this means they're winning less clearances not more)
Faull/Armstrong goals: 25 each
Rising Star Nominations: 2

 

[Infamy]

If we finish last Yze gets the sack.
We should finish above WCE and Essendon at a minimum IMO.

The man just got a 2 year extension, so he's not getting the sack
We have one of the youngest and least experienced lists in the comp, you need to be prepared for the spoon being a possibility, especially if we give more responsibility to the kids over some of the older players and/or we get affected by injury given our lack of real depth on the list.

 

[Meteoric Rise]

2026 Goals

Ladder Position: 14th
Wins: 6+
Percentage: Above 75%
Points For per game: 72
Points Against per game: 85
10 goal losses: less than 3
Goalless Quarters: less than 6
5 Goal Quarters: 10+
Clearance Rankings: Top 10 both centre and overall
Opposition Clearance Rankings: Bottom 6 both centre and overall(this means they're winning less clearances not more)
Faull/Armstrong goals: 25 each
Rising Star Nominations: 2

Simpler metrics here. Given any sort of reasonable run with injury, 75%+ seems a good minimum requirement so I agree there. I would love to see the incidences of failing to kick half the opposition team's score fall from an understandable but very poor 9 in 2025 to something under 4. I expect a big reduction.

Would also like to see at least a small group of at least 4 youngsters nail down roles within the team by showing good form and fitness. Candidates would be: Gibcus, McAuliffe, Gray, Fawcett, and any of the 2024 & 2025 draft and SSP additions.