Predict the ‘20s

[faible]

1. Will any team score 200+ in a game?
2. Will any team be held goalless in a game?
3. Will any player kick 100+ goals in a season?
4. Will any player kick 12+ goals in a game?
5. Will any player have 55+ touches in a game?
6. Will any player play his 400th game?
7. Will any player win back-to-back Brownlows?
8. Will any team win back-to-back flags?
9. Will GWS win their first flag?
10. Will Gold Coast play their first final?
11. Will any of Melbourne, St Kilda or Fremantle win a flag?
12. Will any of the 18 current teams not exist in their current form at the end of the decade (e.g. relocated, merged, disbanded)?
13. Will there be a team from Tasmania introduced?
14. Will there be a team from the Northern Territory introduced?
15. Will there be a third team from WA introduced?
16. Will seasons remain at 22 H&A games per team for the whole decade?
17. Will games remain at four 20-minute quarters for the whole decade?
18. Will there be a night Grand Final (i.e. starting after 6pm AEST)?
19. Will any player be suspended for at least eight games for an on-field incident?
20. Will any team be stripped of premiership points or removed from a finals series?
21. Will the centre bounce be retained for the whole decade?
22. Will a conference system be introduced?
23. Will the 6-6-6 rule be removed or altered?
24. Will every AFLM club have an AFLW team by the end of the decade?
25. Will the AFLW remain a stand-alone competition?
26. Will there be a game played in a country other than Australia, New Zealand or China?

We've got the answer to 9/26 so far by my count.

 

[Philth]

We've got the answer to 9/26 so far by my count.

Who kicked 12+ goals?

 

[faible]

Who kicked 12+ goals?

Whoops thought Curnow had done it, only 10.

 

[JT_the_Man]

Not to go early but if this Gold Coast side doesn't play in a final in the next few years something has gone very wrong.

 

[liz]

Who achieved 55 possessions in a game? I thought the current record was Tom Mitchell with 54.

 

[Scotty_WCE]

We are now halfway through the '20s. The following questions have been answered:

1. Will any team score 200+ in a game? Yes (Sydney, R15 2023)
6. Will any player play his 400th game? Yes (Shaun Burgoyne & Scott Pendlebury)
11. Will any of Melbourne, St Kilda or Fremantle win a flag? Yes (Melbourne, 2021)
13. Will there be a team from Tasmania introduced? Yes (planned to enter 2028)
16. Will seasons remain at 22 H&A games per team for the whole decade? No (17 games in 2020, 23 games in 2023 & 2024)
17. Will games remain at four 20-minute quarters for the whole decade? No (16 minutes in 2020)
18. Will there be a night Grand Final (i.e. starting after 6pm AEST)? Yes (6:30pm in 2020)

The following questions have been answered for some teams:

Team you support:
27. Will your team win a flag? Yes for Brisbane, Collingwood, Geelong, Melbourne & Richmond
28. Will your team win a wooden spoon? Yes for Adelaide, North Melbourne, Richmond & West Coast
29. Will your team make finals in at least half (five) of the seasons? Yes for Brisbane
30. Will a player from your team win the Brownlow? Yes for Brisbane, Carlton & Port Adelaide

The following questions remain unanswered:

2. Will any team be held goalless in a game?
3. Will any player kick 100+ goals in a season?
4. Will any player kick 12+ goals in a game?
5. Will any player have 55+ touches in a game?
7. Will any player win back-to-back Brownlows?
8. Will any team win back-to-back flags?
9. Will GWS win their first flag?
10. Will Gold Coast play their first final?
12. Will any of the 18 current teams not exist in their current form at the end of the decade (e.g. relocated, merged, disbanded)?
14. Will there be a team from the Northern Territory introduced?
15. Will there be a third team from WA introduced?
19. Will any player be suspended for at least eight games for an on-field incident?
20. Will any team be stripped of premiership points or removed from a finals series?
21. Will the centre bounce be retained for the whole decade?
22. Will a conference system be introduced?
23. Will the 6-6-6 rule be removed or altered?
24. Will every AFLM club have an AFLW team by the end of the decade? (Will technically require Tasmania to have an AFLW team by the end of the decade, which is unconfirmed)
25. Will the AFLW remain a stand-alone competition?
26. Will there be a game played in a country other than Australia, New Zealand or China?

The current standings based on the answered questions are as follows:

Name	Correct	Incorrect	No answer	%	Remaining to be answered
Scotty_WCE	7	1	-	87.50	22
Bunk Moreland	6	1	-	85.71	23
st_trav_ofWA	6	1	-	85.71	23
M Malice	8	2	-	80.00	20
Sttew	7	1	1	77.78	21
Engimal v3	6	2	-	75.00	22
The_torpedo	5	2	-	71.43	23
BF Tiger	6	3	-	66.67	21
PCORF	5	3	-	62.50	22
juss	6	3	1	60.00	20
dylan93	6	1	3	60.00	20
Bastyy	5	2	2	55.56	21
00Stinger	5	3	1	55.56	21
Ok Boomer	5	3	2	50.00	20
HTT	5	4	1	50.00	20
Baird	5	3	3	45.45	19
Nugett	3	4	-	42.86	23
JT_the_Man	3	4	-	42.86	23
atlas1	3	4	-	42.86	23
pulpdriver	4	6	-	40.00	20
Hank Scorpion	4	6	-	40.00	20
Howard Littlejohn	3	5	-	37.50	22
Jcpdragonx	4	2	5	36.36	19
BattlerGM	4	3	6	30.77	17
Bomberboyokay	2	5	-	28.57	23
Falconista	2	5	-	28.57	23
wally funk	2	6	1	22.22	21
stmookeyj	1	6	-	14.29	23

 

[emuboy]

I just wonder when - if ever - we will next see a game with a 300 point or more scoring aggregate.

Over 21 years have gone by since the last one - a 24.12-156 to 22.13-145 win by North Melbourne over the Bulldogs - at the Docklands in June 2003, just the third time there had been a 300 point plus aggregate game from 2000 onwards.

Back in the 2000s and into the early 2010s we would commonly see higher scoring games played at the Docklands Stadium for the obvious reason that the roof kept out the elements. But paradoxically from the mid 2010s as scoring levels already much lower than even a decade earlier dried up even more, we would more frequently see more lower scoring, poor standard games at the Docklands, a trend that continues to the present day.