The Big Call thread

[Number 10]

Dawes will kick 50+.
Beams will get picked in the initial AA squad.
Buckley will have a better first season than Scott.

I completely agree with this.

I would also go as far to say as Beams, by this time next year, will be rated as the best young midfielder of the 2008 crop. His kicking into 50 is ridiculously good and Buckley will want to capitalise on this and play him in the midfield alot more.

I will also bet that he averages 27+ possessions a game in 2012

 

[Swooop]

I'm silent here.

I disgraced myself in 2009 when my big call was Josh Fraser to have a huge year when Jolly arrived to take over first ruck from him.

 

[datwhitey]

Nathan Buckley delists all 40 players before drafting only himself.

The new one man CFC proves quite competitive in the pre-season, including an impressive ten goal win over GWS.

All comes unstuck in Round One though, as Bucks drafted himself in the rookie draft (to make him earn his own spot on the list) and without a long-term injury to swap for, Collingwood have no listed players and forfeit the game against Hawthorn.

Brilliant!

 

[Cache17]

Kris Pendlebiry to be selected in the rookie draft by the pies
Fevola to be selected by the pies with there last selection in the NAB Draft
Clarke to struggle to get in the team
Nick maxwell season over quick with injury making scott pendlebury captain and retaining it next year
Wellingham to stay at collingwood and finishing in top 5 B & F
Collingwood to beat Carlton in the grand final by 17 points

 

[Cyclops]

My big call: Pies to have a monster pre-season with no significant injuries and win EVERY GAME IN 2012.

My nightmare is that Bucks fails as a coach and we come fifth, win one final for pride and go out in the second week. The fallout would be horrendous, but I doubt the club would unravel enough for this to happen.

 

[daics cousin]

Collingwood to win the flag in 2012 and 2013

FINALLY GO BACK TO BACK.

 

[Al Scorcho]

1. New game style under Buckley finds out a few of our players, particularly the lack of pace and penetration of kicking amongst the midfield. The first year of adaptation to the new style taking us A LITTLE BACK BEFORE FORWARDS.

2. Didak to go down the slippery dip

3. The hype on Witts, Maloney ect far exceeds the performance in 2012.

4. Hawthorn and Carlton to play in the big one, with Hawthorn winning.

5. Cameron Wood delisted this time next year

6. If Nathan Brown stays fit and in form, ditto Chris Tarrant, Ben Reid to be used up forward

7. Geelong called too old and too slow once again, but show they have one of the best group of youngsters outside of GC and GWS. Hit by a Premiership hangover in a narrow Preliminary Final loss to Hawthorn.

8. September/October 2012, will see China call in their exposure to U.S. debt, leading to the largest default in world history and the total collapse of the U.S. economy. Will signal the end of the West's infatuation with far right wing politics and 3 decades of "greed is good".

probably the most likely of all the calls made in this thread....

 

[cpt chromasome]

Fev will kick 80 goals for us this year....

in the VFL.... hahaha