Predictions for Season 2013

[AllenJakovich13]

Melbourne:
Final Position: 13
Number of Wins: 8
Most Brownlow Votes: Jones
Bluey Winner: Jones
Runner Up: Grimes
Most Goals: Clark
Best Acquisition: Brynes
Most Disappointing Acquisition: Pederson
Most Improved: Jetta
Most Disappointing: Sylvia
Best Youngster (1st or 2nd Year Draftee): Rory Taggert

AFL:
Premier: West Coast
Minor Premier: Sydney
Wooden Spoon: GWS
Brownlow: Dangerfield
MVP: Cotchin
Rising Star: O'meara
Coleman: J Reiwoldt

 

[Topkent]

Final position - 13
Wins - 8
Brownlow votes - jones
Bluey truscott - Frawley
Runner up - jones
Goals - Clark
Best in - Byrnes
Most disappointing in - pedo
Most improved - Jetta / watts
Least improved - pray it's not Sylvia .. So gawn
Best youngster - viney

Premier - WCE
Minor premier - collingwood
Spoon - GWS
Brownlow - Murphy
MVP - yabletttt
Rising star - viney
Coleman - riewoldt

 

[Topkent]

Actually I think this year will be a breakout year for Lynden Dunn .. Finally settling him as a hbf who pushes forward he might break out an finish top 5 in the bnf, the guys a booming kick , competitive he can take a really good mark and can play tall and small and is probably in the half dozen most naturally gifted players on our list

 

[BigSexc]

Final Position: 17
Number of Wins: 3
Most Brownlow Votes: Jones
Bluey Winner: Jones
Runner Up: Grimes
Most Goals: Clark
Best Acquisition: Dawes
Most Disappointing Acquisition: Pederson
Most Improved: Watts
Most Disappointing: Sylvia
Best Youngster (1st or 2nd Year Draftee): Toumpas

AFL:
Premier: Collingwood
Minor Premier: Collingwood
Wooden Spoon: WB
Brownlow: Swan
MVP: Ablett
Rising Star: Toumpas
Coleman: J.Riewoldt

 

[Captain Jack]

Melbourne:
Final Position: 13
Number of Wins: 9
Most Brownlow Votes: Jones
Bluey Winner: Watts
Runner Up: Trengove
Most Goals: Clark
Best Acquisition: Dawes
Most Disappointing Acquisition: Pedersen - not a fan of this category though, too negative
Most Improved: Jetta
Most Disappointing: Tapscott
Best Youngster (1st or 2nd Year Draftee): Viney

AFL:
Premier: West Coast
Minor Premier: Adelaide
Wooden Spoon: Bulldogs
Brownlow: Pendlebury
MVP: Pendlebury
Rising Star: Wines
Coleman: Tex Walker

Always inaccurate are these things.

 

[syl]

Melbourne:
Final Position: 10
Number of Wins: 12
Most Brownlow Votes: Jones
Bluey Winner: Watts
Runner Up: Trengove
Most Goals: Clark
Best Acquisition: Rodan
Most Disappointing Acquisition: N/A
Most Improved: Jetta
Most Disappointing: N/A
Best Youngster (1st or 2nd Year Draftee): Viney

AFL:
Premier: Hawthorn
Minor Premier: Collingwood
Wooden Spoon: GWS
Brownlow: Cotchin
MVP: Pendlebury
Rising Star: Viney
Coleman: Clark

Always inaccurate are these things.

 

[pjfairbairn]

Melbourne:
Final Position: 11
Number of Wins: 9
Most Brownlow Votes: Jones
Bluey Winner: Sylvia
Runner Up: Jones
Most Goals: Clark
Best Acquisition: Rodan
Most Disappointing Acquisition: Pedo
Most Improved: Davey, A
Most Disappointing: Spencer
Best Youngster (1st or 2nd Year Draftee): Toumpas

AFL:
Premier: West Coast
Minor Premier: Hawthorn
Wooden Spoon: Western Bulldogs
Brownlow: Dangerfield
MVP: Pendlebury
Rising Star: Vlastuin
Coleman: Buddy

 

[BETON5]

Final Position -7th
Wins- 13
Most Brownlow votes-Grimes
The rest doesn't mean much to me..

 

[rhaz]

Melbourne:
Final Position: 16 18
Number of Wins: 5 2
Most Brownlow Votes: Jones
Bluey Winner: Jones
Runner Up: Grimes
Most Goals: Clark
Best Acquisition: Viney
Most Disappointing Acquisition: Dawes
Most Improved: Watts
Most Disappointing: Trengove
Best Youngster (1st or 2nd Year Draftee): Viney

AFL:
Premier: WCE
Minor Premier: WCE
Wooden Spoon: GC Melb
Brownlow: Ablett
MVP: Ablett
Rising Star: Wines
Coleman: Franklin

 

[MAXIMUM GRUNDAGE]

Melbourne:
Final Position: 12
Number of Wins: 8
Most Brownlow Votes: Jones
Bluey Winner: Jones
Runner Up: Howe
Most Goals: Clark
Best Acquisition: Dawes
Most Disappointing Acquisition: Cale Morton's 2013 salary
Most Improved: Blease
Most Disappointing: Davey
Best Youngster (1st or 2nd Year Draftee): Viney

AFL:
Premier: Fremantle
Minor Premier: West Coast
Wooden Spoon: Western Bulldogs
Brownlow: Cotchin
MVP: Pavlich
Rising Star: Viney
Coleman: Pavlich

 

[brock sylvia]

Melbourne:
Final Position: 15
Number of Wins: 6
Most Brownlow Votes: Jones
Bluey Winner: Jones
Runner Up: Howe
Most Goals: Clark
Best Acquisition: Rodan
Most Disappointing Acquisition: Dawes
Most Improved: Jetta
Most Disappointing: Watts
Best Youngster (1st or 2nd Year Draftee): Toumpas

AFL:
Premier: Geelong
Minor Premier: Fremantle
Wooden Spoon: Western Bulldogs
Brownlow: Swan
MVP: Swan
Rising Star: Toumpas
Coleman: Franklin

 

[Topkent]

For the people predicting 5-6 wins are we expecting to lose our coach then??

 

[hoddo]

For the people predicting 5-6 wins are we expecting to lose our coach then??

That's a very good question. 5-6 wins would mean no improvement on our lamentable 2012 performance. When talented players are let go because they can't/won't subscribe to a new coach's methods the coach needs to get results from those methods. I'm hoping and expecting that he will, but if he doesn't his position will certainly be in jeopardy.

 

[slowedawg]

Melbourne:
Final Position: 15
Number of Wins: 6
Most Brownlow Votes: Jones
Bluey Winner: Tom McDonald
Runner Up: Jones
Most Goals: Clark
Best Acquisition: Rodan
Most Disappointing Acquisition: Dawes
Most Improved: Dunn
Most Disappointing: Tappy
Best Youngster (1st or 2nd Year Draftee): Kent

AFL:
Premier: West Coast
Minor Premier: West Coast
Wooden Spoon: Bulldogs
Brownlow: Kennedy (S)
MVP: Ablett
Rising Star: O'Maera
Coleman: Walker

 

[CTHORANGE]

For the people predicting 5-6 wins are we expecting to lose our coach then??

Unless we are losing games to GWS and GC by over 10 goals I expect Neeld to get at least 3 years per his contract

 

[Topkent]

I guess this isn't the thread for it but even if we only won 5 games I'd still give neeld one more year .. We can't afford to rebuild again I'd be willing to give him as much time as possible (within reason) at the end of the day h has to get the best out of stagnating players to get us anywhere , wins / loss is semi irrelevant

 

[jhong]

i prefer to see it as re-educating the players rather than a rebuild . Just hold your nerves guys ,this season could be anything from good to not much better than last year ,but i really think we will see the fruits of his(Neeld) efforts in 2014 .

 

[CTHORANGE]

i prefer to see it as re-educating the players rather than a rebuild . Just hold your nerves guys ,this season could be anything from good to not much better than last year ,but i really think we will see the fruits of his(Neeld) efforts in 2014 .

Im holding my nerve alright, Im squishing it into a super tiny ball so that if Neeldy fails and we have to rebuild the rebuild of the rebuild, I won't feel the urge to go postal

 

[Tulip]

It's not Neeld's fault we had the tanking cloud hanging over our heads whilst trying to fix a very poor list.

 

[Demon 16]

Melbourne:
Final Position: 13
Number of Wins: 7
Most Brownlow Votes: Jones
Bluey Winner: Jones
Runner Up: Watts
Most Goals: Clark
Best Acquisition: Terlich/Viney
Most Disappointing Acquisition: Dawes
Most Improved: Jetta
Most Disappointing: Fitzpatrick
Best Youngster (1st or 2nd Year Draftee): Viney

AFL:
Premier: Sydney
Minor Premier: West Coast
Wooden Spoon: GWS
Brownlow: Murphy
MVP: Dangerfield
Rising Star: Wines
Coleman: Franklin

 

[MAXIMUM GRUNDAGE]

I disagree with everyone on Dawes and reckon you're being harsh on him. As long as he does what Mark Neeld recruited him for and plays his role, I'll be happy.

 

[Bluelegs]

Everyone has such low expectations for Dawes I'm not sure how he could possibly disappoint.

 

[DeeWong6996]

Melbourne:
Final Position: 13
Number of Wins: 8
Most Brownlow Votes: Jones
Bluey Winner: Jones
Runner Up: Grimes
Most Goals: Clark
Best Acquisition: Dawes
Most Disappointing Acquisition: N/A
Most Improved: Watts
Most Disappointing: Davis
Best Youngster (1st or 2nd Year Draftee): Viney

AFL:
Premier: Sydney
Minor Premier: Collingwood
Wooden Spoon: GWS
Brownlow: Swan
MVP: Ablett
Rising Star: O'Meara
Coleman: J.Riewoldt

 

[Captain Jack]

On a related note, here's something... BigFooty Top 50

 

[Demons4eva]

Melbourne:Final Position: 15
Number of Wins: 6
Most Brownlow Votes: Jones
Bluey Winner: Watts
Runner Up: Jones
Most Goals: Clark
Best Acquisition: Rodan
Most Disappointing Acquisition: Dawes
Most Improved: Watts
Most Disappointing: -
Best Youngster (1st or 2nd Year Draftee): Viney

AFL:
Premier: Fremantle
Minor Premier: Hawthorn
Wooden Spoon: GWS
Brownlow: Barlow
MVP: Ablett
Rising Star: Viney
Coleman: Franklin