Preview Round 1, 2020, tips and crowd expectations

[Dirty Bird]

Richmond def. Carlton 26pts 90,175
Western Bulldogs def. Collingwood 13pts 42,317
Essendon def. Fremantle 35pts 41,297
Adelaide def. Sydney 8pts 46,390
Geelong def. Greater Western Sydney 21pts 14,382
Gold Coast def. Port Adelaide 12pts 9,819
St Kilda def. North Melbourne 47pts 29,892
Hawthorn def. Brisbane 5pts 42,170
West Coast def. Melbourne 71pts 58,206

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Hang on a minute, you’re not brad

 

[Dirty Bird]

Hang on a minute, you’re not brad

Should we check up on him?
Normally he’d have the thread set up by now.

 

[JayJ20]

Richmond vs Carlton 31pts 90K
Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood 20pts 47K
Essendon vs Fremantle 22pts 43K
Adelaide vs Sydney 15pts 46K
GWS vs Geelong 33pts 14K
Gold Coast vs Port Adelaide 36pts 12K
St Kilda vs North Melbourne 8pts 37K
Hawthorn vs Brisbane 10pts 40K
West Coast vs Melbourne 15pts 54K

 

[LiterallyNobody]

Guarantee you that:
Suns will get over 11,000
Saints v Norf will get closer to 40,000 than 30,000

Also north will win. Can’t even remember the last time we won round one. Probably 2014

 

[MadMundy]

A little bit early to be making Round 1 tips isn't it?

 

[Scorpus]

Also north will win. Can’t even remember the last time we won round one. Probably 2014

Ummm.... 2019 and 2018?

 

[MadMundy]

Richmond vs Carlton: 19 points
Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood: 7 points
Essendon vs Fremantle: 26 points
Adelaide vs Sydney: 15 points
GWS vs Geelong: 4 points
Gold Coast vs Port Adelaide: 12 points
St Kilda vs North Melbourne: 29 points
Hawthorn vs Brisbane Lions: 30 points
West Coast Eagles vs Melbourne : 58 points

 

[LiterallyNobody]

Ummm.... 2019 and 2018?

I mean the last time we beat them.

 

[LiterallyNobody]

This will be the third time we play North round one since I've been following football and both we lost - MCG round 1 1996 and MCG round 1 2003.

 

[the big lebowski]

This will be the third time we play North round one since I've been following football and both we lost - MCG round 1 1996 and MCG round 1 2003.

Well, that’s just like your opinion, man.

Seriously though, north are 1-9 from our last 10 round ones.

 

[NeXus Nick]

Richmond def. Carlton 55pts 88,234
Western Bulldogs def. Collingwood 60pts 49,445
Fremantle def. Essendon 35pts 44,568
Adelaide def. Sydney 25pts 51,963
Geelong def. Greater Western Sydney 40pts 21,578
Gold Coast def. Port Adelaide 2pts 15,284
St Kilda def. North Melbourne 30pts 51,108
Hawthorn def. Brisbane 55pts 51,239
West Coast def. Melbourne 115pts 60,005

 

[LiterallyNobody]

Well, that’s just like your opinion, man.

Seriously though, north are 1-9 from our last 10 round ones.

Who did you beat?

 

[LiterallyNobody]

Oh I know - Adelaide in 2016.

 

[The Warlord]

Also north will win. Can’t even remember the last time we won round one. Probably 2014

We're not exactly Round One guns either but I reckon you'll find what we did last year - cramming five or so new players into a lineup can work at training but can get found out in the pressure of a real game for premiership points.

 

[JackFlash]

Richmond v CARLTON 17pts 95k
WESTERN BULLDOGS v. Collingwood 44pts 45k
Essendon v FREMANTLE 28pts 40k
Adelaide v SYDNEY 65pts 42K
Giants V GEELONG 55 pts 12k
GOLD COAST v Port Adelaide 34pts 850
North Melbourne v ST.KILDA 15pts 26k
Hawthorn v BRISBANE 22pts 46K
WEST COAST v Melbourne 84pts 59k

 

[Cotchins Hair Piece]

Melbourne to train several houses down over summer and lose by 120 points in round 1.

 

[Farang83150]

GS will pump geelong IMO, looking for some GF redemption no doubt.

 

[saintscott]

Richmond def. Carlton 55pts 88,234
Western Bulldogs def. Collingwood 60pts 49,445
Fremantle def. Essendon 35pts 44,568
Adelaide def. Sydney 25pts 51,963
Geelong def. Greater Western Sydney 40pts 21,578
Gold Coast def. Port Adelaide 2pts 15,284
St Kilda def. North Melbourne 30pts 51,108
Hawthorn def. Brisbane 55pts 51,239
West Coast def. Melbourne 115pts 60,005

51000? I like it! Here's hoping

 

[TurnoverMerchant]

Carlton def. Richmond 4pts 92,982
Collingwood def. Western Bulldogs 10pts 51,487
Fremantle def. Essendon 1pt 49,039
Adelaide def. Sydney 3pts 49,127
Greater Western Sydney def. Geelong 70pts 18,564
Port Adelaide def. Gold Coast 11pts 9,906
North Melbourne def. St Kilda 42pts 43,098
Brisbane def. Hawthorn 3pts 51,239
West Coast def. Melbourne 20pts 60,005

 

[mookieb]

GS will pump geelong IMO, looking for some GF redemption no doubt.

Doesn't work like that in real life. GF losers mental scars tend to follow through into the following year.

 

[FreeTK]

Doesn't work like that in real life. GF losers mental scars tend to follow through into the following year.

Not always. Some teams have suffered difficult losses in Grand Finals and come back stronger the next year.

1991 Hawthorn beat a young West Coast Eagles in their first grand final after West Coast finished 3 games clear on top of the ladder
1992: - Eagles win the flag from 4th (in

1998: North lose Grand Final to 5th placed Adelaide after being up by 28 (?) points at half time
1999: North win their 4th flag

2005: West Coast lose to Sydney by 4 points
2006: West Coast win the flag by beating Sydney by a point

2012: Top of ladder Hawks lose to Sydney
2013: Hawks win first of three in a row

There's just a few examples of teams going the other way and not fading after a bad GF loss. It is all up to the club and how the help there players process the loss and what they choose to take out of it. Obviously there are lots of examples such as Crows in 17 and port in 07 where clubs have gone the other way.

Personally I think that 2019 will be looked back on as the year the Giants finally 'grew up' and I fully expect them in another Grand Final in the next 2-3 years.

 

[FreeTK]

Richmond def. Carlton 19pts 94K
Western Bulldogs def. Collingwood 17pts 42K
Essendon lose to Fremantle 7pts 41K
Adelaide def. Sydney 8pts 43K
GWS def Geelong 39pts 17K (GF bounce)
Gold Coast def. Port Adelaide 12pts 9K
St Kilda lose to North Melbourne 14pts 27K
Hawthorn lose to Brisbane 11pts 39K
West Coast def. Melbourne 71pts 57K (Tim Kelly unveil)

 

[Bastyy]

Richmond vs Carlton (Tigers by 18) (92K)
Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood (Pies by 31) (44k)
Essendon vs Fremantle (Dockers by 9) (39k)
Adelaide vs Sydney (Swans by 39) (35k)
GWS vs Geelong (GWS by 44) (17k)
Gold Coast vs Port Adelaide (Port by 28) (10k)
St Kilda vs North Melbourne (Saints by 20) (33k)
Hawthorn vs Brisbane (Lions by 11) (50k)
West Coast vs Melbourne (Eagles by 56) (52k)

 

[kid_a]

Richmond vs Carlton 90,000
Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood 44,000
Essendon vs Fremantle 40,000
Adelaide vs Sydney 45,000
GWS vs Geelong 15,000
Gold Coast vs Port Adelaide 11,000
St Kilda vs North Melbourne 39,000
Hawthorn vs Brisbane 43,000
West Coast vs Melbourne 57,000