Round 18 predictions

[Toffee Lion]

Essendon vs. Hawthorn - by 15pts
Gold Coast vs. Carlton - by 20pts
Melbourne vs. North Melbourne - 50pts
Collingwood vs. GWS - by 79pts
Geelong vs. St Kilda - by 38pts
Fremantle vs. Adelaide - by 17pts
Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane - by 1pts
Western Bulldogs vs. West Coast - by 21pts
Sydney vs. Richmond - by 18pts

 

[thecatattack]

Essendon by Mark Robinson (46K)

I lol'd

 

[Rapid]

Essendon vs. Hawthorn - by 22 (51k)
Gold Coast vs. Carlton - by 17 (12k)
Melbourne vs. North Melbourne - by 83 (19k)
Collingwood vs. GWS - by 99 (27k)
Geelong vs. St Kilda - by 38 (capacity)
Fremantle vs. Adelaide - by 41 (34k)
Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane - by 1 (27k)
Western Bulldogs vs. West Coast - by 7 (22k)
Sydney vs. Richmond - by 33 (25k)

 

[Royce Hafey]

I'll tell ye how it will be.
There will be a weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, and the heavens will open up and fire will engulf the whole earth.
But the rest of the weekend will be fine and mild with a slight wind from the north east.

 

[FootyJunkie]

Massive crowd for Eithad...

Roof will be open, people will be sitting on the edge of it looking in

i give Essendon a chance in this being at Etihad... spoiling the Hawthorn v Geelong GF party that's already started

 

[Brisbane2013]

**** off, your not brad

 

[pazza]

Brad is a busy man involved with Essendon these days.

 

[Barry Zuckercorn]

Essendon vs Hawthorn 42 points
Gold Coast vs Carlton 19 points
Melbourne vs North Melbourne 87 points
Collingwood vs GWS 69 points
Geelong vs St Kilda 49 points
Fremantle vs Adelaide 25 points
Port Adelaide vs Brisbane 50 points
Western Bulldogs vs West Coast 2 points
Sydney vs Richmond 36 points

 

[ThirdLegUp]

Hawthorn by 89
Gold Coast by 45
North by 12
GWS by 121
Geelong by 19
Freo by 13
Port by 38
West Coast by 92
Sydney by 101

...I, don't....but.... GWSvColl...ok, i'll accept an extra 1 typo? Or cracking the sad from GC game, but WCvDogs....fall on your head recently?

 

[Bacon Warrior]

...I, don't....but.... GWSvColl...ok, i'll accept an extra 1 typo? Or cracking the sad from GC game, but WCvDogs....fall on your head recently?

I don't think that's a serious prediction, mate...

 

[Groupie_]

Essendon vs. Hawthorn - by 53 (46,000)
Gold Coast vs. Carlton - by 11 (11,000)
Melbourne vs. North Melbourne - by 47 (11,500)
Collingwood vs. GWS - by 20 (29,000)
Geelong vs. St Kilda - by 68 (24,000)
Fremantle vs Adelaide - by 7 (29,000)
Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane - by 25 (26,000)
Western Bulldogs vs. West Coast - by 26 (10,000)
Sydney vs. Richmond - by 23 (26,000)

 

[Graffy4242]

Etihad has a capacity of 55,000

No, record crowd was for the Lions/Wallabies match a few weeks ago of 56,771.

 

[Astro Bomber]

Essendon vs Hawthorn 4 points (heart says)
Gold Coast vs Carlton 11 points
Melbourne vs North Melbourne 48 points
Collingwood vs GWS 75 points
Geelong vs St Kilda 24 points
Fremantle vs Adelaide 16 points
Port Adelaide vs Brisbane 14 points
Western Bulldogs vs West Coast 10 points
Sydney vs Richmond 52 points

 

[Blues_Man]

Brad is a busy man involved with Essendon these days.

Is he a Lawyer ?

 

[Graffy4242]

Is he a Lawyer ?

PR Consultant.

 

[Stromageddon]

Essendon vs. Hawthorn - by 56 (49,502)
I'm really looking forward to this game. Hope it's a cracker.

Gold Coast vs. Carlton - by 41 (19,341)
Gold Coast have a huge advantage playing at home, although Carlton do have a pretty good record interstate this year. Beaten Crows and Brisbane and lost to Sydney. I reckon Carlton will get up.

Melbourne vs. North Melbourne - by 125 (16,859)
Not exactly a blockbuster. You'd think North would win, and win comfortably. With both teams effectively out of finals contention you wouldn't imagine a huge crowd would turn up, but you never know.

Collingwood vs. GWS - by 48 (33,146)
After their loss to the Gold Coast, Collingwood are going to come out hard. GWS will lead early but fade out.

Geelong vs. St Kilda - by 98 (27,363)
Geelong won't want to lose to a minnow club two weeks in a row (how subtle is my trolling?). Will win comfortably.

Fremantle vs Adelaide - by 23 (32,279)
Adelaide will be up and about after their win. Fremantle won't want to lose twice in a row. I reckon Dockers will get an early lead before strangling Adelaide out of the game.

Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane - by 9 (17,314)
With Brisbane coming off a trip to Darwin, I'd expect them to be a little less than fresh for their trip down to West Lakes. Although I think they have Moloney and some others coming in so they shouldn't be too groggy. But, because it's our home game, I reckon we'll win. We've been pretty good at home lately. Wouldn't expect a huge crowd. Early Sunday afternoon (12:40 ffs), a low crowd drawing team, showers and a shithole of a stadium will mean a very small crowd.

Western Bulldogs vs. West Coast - by 16 (19,305)
Bulldogs with the upset of the round.

Sydney vs. Richmond - by 45 (25,389)
Should be interesting. Potentially top-4 defining. Sydney will win.

 

[juss]

A couple of Hawks' fans showing us love. Sydney will be a class above at the SCG.

 

[animal ritz]

No, record crowd was for the Lions/Wallabies match a few weeks ago of 56,771.

well now I'm really confused cause I went to look it up and the official website lists capacity at 53,359

 

[Graffy4242]

well now I'm really confused cause I went to look it up and the official website lists capacity at 53,359

I think they sold Restricted Viewing seats (i.e. Behind a Pylon!) which helped set the record attendance:

Sales of restricted-viewing seats helped Etihad Stadium post a record crowd of 56,771 for the rugby Test between the Wallabies and the British and Irish Lions.
Stadium spokesman Bill Lane says one of the reasons Saturday’s figure was more than 2000 higher than any crowd for an AFL game at the ground is because rugby fans were prepared to put up with views of only two-thirds of the playing surface.

http://www.theroar.com.au/2013/07/01/record-rugby-crowds-top-afl-at-etihad/

 

[Royce Hafey]

I think they sold Restricted Viewing seats (i.e. Behind a Pylon!) which helped set the record attendance:

Last world cup I was reluctantly dragged to a rugby match at Etihad between Wales and Canada by my Japanese brother in law. I think I would have preferred sitting behind a pylon.

 

[WWSD]

A couple of Hawks' fans showing us love. Sydney will be a class above at the SCG.

I reckon the Tigers will cause an upset and beat the Swans. You'll see later in the week.

 

[Gods_Son23]

7 last rd

Hawthorn by 22
Carlton by 13
North Melbourne by 40
Collingwood by 45
Fremantle by 12
Geelong by 29
Port Adelaide by 10
West Coast by 5
Sydney by 29

 

[Blood Bath]

Essendon - 2.4.16---4.7.31---7.9.51---12.13.85
Hawthorn - 3.3.19---7.7.49---12.9.81---16.14.110

Crowd: 49,505

Gold Coast - 4.2.20---6.5.41---10.7.67---14.7.91
Carlton - 2.2.14---6.4.40---8.8.56---12.10.82

Crowd: 14,219

Melbourne - 5.4.34---6.4.40---9.5.59---13.9.87
North Melbourne - 2.5.17---8.6.54---14.8.92---19.13.127

Crowd: 23,710

Collingwood - 3.1.19---6.5.41---10.9.69---17.12.114
GWS - 4.2.26---5.5.35---7.9.51---9.11.65

Crowd: 31,199

Geelong - 7.2.44---11.4.70---15.6.96---18.9.117
St Kilda - 1.3.9---3.3.21---7.5.47---7.6.7.48

Crowd: 26,544

Fremantle - 5.1.31---12.3.75---14.7.91---20.10.130
Adelaide - 2.6.18---6.6.42---10.8.68---13.13.91

Crowd: 34,178

Port - 5.2.32---8.5.53---11.6.72---12.9.81
Brisbane - 4.2.26---6.5.41---7.10.52---10.10.70

Crowd: 21,203

WB - 3.2.20---6.4.40---11.5.71---13.8.86
WCE - 3.3.21---5.6.36---11.8.74---15.10.100

Crowd: 20,330

Richmond - 5.0.30---7.1.43---9.4.58---10.6.66
Sydney - 3.6.24---8.8.56---15.13.103---17.15.117

Crowd: 25,909

 

[Hand]

Are you kidding me? It will get at least 50k and might even go very close to capacity.

Provided everyone turns up, it will get close to 54,000 which essentially is the absolute maximum an AFL game at Docklands can get.

It'll probably just knock 50,000, but I won't be surprised if the crowd only reaches the high 40's.

 

[Burzum]

Hawks 30
Gold Coast 15
North Melbourne 60
Collingwood 70
Geelong 40
Fremantle 20
Port Adelaide 10
West Coast 15
Sydney 60