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... what's your ladder predictions for season 2003! Get in early and see how ya go! :D


1. Port Adelaide - Port will shrug their mediocre finals performances to date and secure the flag

2. Collingwood - Good list of young stars will lose N.Davis in trade with Nic Fosdike ;) but fall in last hurdle against Port

3. Brisbane - Perform well throughout the year but not quite as well as 2001 & 02

4. Hawthorn - Made a Prelim like in 2001 but unable to go further

5. Adelaide - Have a solid season though fail to perform up to pre-season hopes

6. West Coast - Kerr, Judd, Cousins fire the Coast to some fine performances

7. Fremantle - Hell, I've predicted Freo to make the finals for three years now, they've gotta eventually!

8. Essendon - Reasonable season though unable to republicate their seasons of '99, '00 and '01

9. Sydney - Up and down season with some stirring performances and frequent narrow defeats ;)

10. Richmond - Perform marginally better than '02 but unable to match '01 performances

11. St. Kilda - Team continues to excite but just can't get enough wins together

12. Kangaroos - Finds the change of coach unsettling in first half of season, finish strong but not enough for finals

13. Western Bulldogs - Rodhe performs reasonably well in first season as coach but team loses couple too many tight matches

14. Melbourne - Follow form of recent seasons: Even years up the ladder, Odd years down

15. Geelong - Early season loses crush confidence of younger players who never fully re-group

16. Carlton - Dark days for the Blues: losing top two draft picks before season's begun and winning second consecutive wooden spoon
 

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Brisbane
Adelaide
Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Collingwood
Hawthorn
Essendon
West Coast

Fremantle
Bulldogs
Sydney
Kangaroos
St. Kilda
Geelong
Carlton
Richmond
 
Brisbane will go the three-peat with relative ease. The GF result has only lulled the competition into a false sense of security in that the gap is closing. They are still 5 goals ahead of any side, including Adelaide with Carey.
 
Originally posted by i_luv_westcoast
Brisbane
Adelaide
Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Collingwood
Hawthorn
Essendon
West Coast

Fremantle
Bulldogs
Sydney
Kangaroos
St. Kilda
Geelong
Carlton
Richmond

Only one change to the teams that make the Final 8, that'll happen!
 
1. Brisbane- all class, no-one will challenge them. Flag by 10 goals

2. Essendon- will come back with a vengence. Youngsters in Welsh, Harvey, McGrath, Henneman, Reynolds etc to improve a lot while Heffernan and Blumfield will turn it around.

3. Hawthorn- Real suprise packet. Will consistently play to there potential which is top4 material.

4. Collingwood- Another top year for the Pies.

5. Melbourne- Defence is a real worry and thats the only reason they arent top4.

6. Adelaide- Wont reach expectations.

7. Western Bulldogs- Youngsters will come on further and will sneak in the finals.

8. Port Adelaide- Will slide. 1 team always does and i think Port will struggle.

9. West Coast- Wont win away from home often enough.

10. Fremantle- See WC

11. Geelong- Youngsters will come on but still a year or 2 off.

12. Kangaroos- Transition year. Youngsters will be played more often. Expect some big casualties though.

13. Richmond- Midfields a worry until Coughlan, Rodan, Fiora get more experience.

14. Sydney- See Kangaroos.

15. Carlton- Pffft.

16. St. Kilda- Disapointing. Finals the following year.
 
May as well get in early!

1. Port - Hard to beat at home, can win away, have incentive to keep winning
2. Collingwood - Not likely to lose many players, Forward line maturing and gelling a bit better
3. Brisbane - Likely to lose players from Salary Cap pressure, luck cant go their way forever re injurys and form
4. Essendon - Should have a better run re injurys. Not where they were in 2000 though.
5. Hawks - Find some consistancy
6. Geelong - Kids mature a bit further
7. Demons - Good team but Defence lets them down as someone else stated
8. Dogs - New coach gets a spark from a good team

9. Adelaide - I think they played absolutely as good as they could this year. Wouldnt suprise me to see them slide badly
10. Carlton - Not as bad as this years results would show. Rebuilding will be slower than say collingwoods efforts in 1999
11. Freo - Away games to kill 'em
12. West Coast - as freo, but more problems with injurys/aging players
13. Richmond - Dunno wtf is going on with these guys
14. St.Kilda - See Richmond. Least theres some kids coming on here though
15. Kangas - After this year, i think theres a huge flop coming - sorry kanga fans
16. Swans - serious rebuilding needed.
 
Brisbane
Essendon
Port Adelaide
Collingwood
Geelong
Adelaide
West Coast
Hawthorn
Fremantle
Melbourne
Kangaroos
Western Bulldogs
Sydney
Carlton
St. Kilda
Richmond
 
After the H&A

1 - Brisbane
2 - Adelaide
3 - Port Adelaide
4 - Essendon
5 - Collingwood
6 - Hawthorn
7 - West Coast
8 - North Melbourne
9 - Bulldogs
10 - St Kilda
11 - Melbourne
12 - Fremantle
13 - Geelong
14 - Richmond
15 - Sydney
16 - Carlton

Moomba
 

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1 - Brisbane
2 - Collingwood
3 - Adelaide
4 - Geelong
5 - Port Power
6 - West Coast
7 - Fremantle
8 - Essendon

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9 - Western Bulldogs
10 - Melbourne
11 - Hawthorn
12 - Kangaroos
13 - St Kilda
14 - Sydney
15 - Carlton
16 - Richmond


Go Cats!!
SeinDude
 
1) Port Adelaide
2) Brisbane
3) Collingwood
4) Adelaide
5) Geelong (Geelong this year was Collingwood 2001. Showed great potential and have some good youngsters mixed with experience. Hit the wall late in the season like we did last year. Next year will challenge for top 4 strongly. This team could do anything. They STUNNED me when they played the Pies. Hunger, run and determination. Then backed it up so well against the Dons.)
6) Essendon
7) West Coast
8) Hawthorn

9) Carlton. (The pagan factor plus they still have a good list and will get their star players back. Would not be at all suprised if they made the 8)
10) Kangaroos
11) Fremantle
12) Melbourne
13) St Kilda (Another that I wouldn't be suprised if they re-emerged. Although I have said that the last few seasons so thats why I have put them so low.)
14) Western Bulldogs
15) Sydney
16) Richmond

The top 8 is pretty much the same to this year becuase I think those 8 teams are pretty settled. Same with the top 4. I predict Melbourne to slide a bit (Its an odd year, not even! :D)
 
1 - Brisbane
2 - Port Power
3 - Essendon
4 - Adelaide
5 - Melbourne
6 - Collingwood
7 - Geelong
8 - St Kilda
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9 - West Coast
10 - Western Bulldogs
11 - Fremantle
12 - Kangaroos
13 - Hawthorn
14 - Sydney
15 - Richmond
16 - Carlton
 
Originally posted by catattack
Brisbane
Essendon
Port Adelaide
Collingwood
Geelong
Adelaide
West Coast
Hawthorn
Fremantle
Melbourne
Kangaroos
Western Bulldogs
Sydney
Carlton
St. Kilda
Richmond

1 - Port: Classy, young, hungry...should do it...hopefully they can sort their finals problems out

2 - Bris: Still brilliant, still classy...desire for three in a row will be tested

3 - Collingwood: Can do it again...need to keep focus and not be contented

4 - West Coast: If they can put it together, they'll be good...but a huge question mark looms over Kerr and Cousins...they say they will recover but actions speak lowder than words...with possibly Headland and Chick in addition...midfield power! A real wild card...may struggle away yet again.

5 - Melbourne: Has been said they have a young list, but the kids aren't quite showing it. Top line players however are reguarly in tandem and nigh impossible to stop when on song. If Johnstone stops stuffing up a flag isn't far away...but if he stuffs up more look for a #1 draft pick next year ;)

6 - St. Kilda: Best young list by a country mile...robbed by kids shouldering the load last year due to a shocking run with injuries. Burke, Harvey, Koschitzke, Moyle, Gehrig, Everitt(???), all back. Add Luke Ball who will win the rising star in a canter, pick #3 and a stunning batch of youngsters...will go awfully close, but will be hurt by inconsistancy and inexperience. Oh yeah. They have Riewoldt. Enough said.

7 - Western Bulldogs: A bit more experience than the Saints, a bit less exciting talent coming through. Not pretty, but always honest. Off field unity equals on field success. Jordan McMahon and Daniel 'Guido' Giansiracusa to step up, start kicking goals and complete a red-hot small forward line.

8 - Essendon: Will make it if Lloyd, Hird and Lucas are fit. Youngsters coming through are only a shadow of the '93 crop. Huge ruck problems, defensively superb but the side is prone to injuries, much like the Saints. Depth now a worry.

9 - Adelaide: Whoops - slipped out. Relied on other teams falling away last year, will be found out this year. This is my big prediction, I guess you could swap them with WCE. Unimpressive list, confidence team, will begin to lose ground to Port who will be savage. Aging, McLeod is good, Goodwin and Roo solid, but needs second tier players to step up again. My guess? They won't. Losing Kane Johnson, if they do, easily outweighs and offsets the 32-yr-old Carey gain.

10 - Fremantle: Would be into the eight, possibly top 4 if they could win reguarly away. Will win a few away, but will drop some at home. Freo fans would believe they can press for the world this year, but seeing them in Melbourne...in a word...deplorable. Inexplicable how they can beat Collingwood at home in a stirring win and then get flogged effortlessly by the Tigers :confused:

11 - Geelong: Good kids, hyped up a little by the media. Had a stunning run with injuries and caught good teams on the hop who failed to respect them. Will find the going tough as teams get wary. Kids will get hammered under pressure, but Cats fans keep the faith for 2004-7.

12 - Kangaroos: Under-rated, surprised all last year. Archer, King, Stevens, Simspson, Harvey all a year older and wearyer. Solid juniors coming through. Carey was a star, Pagan was a dynasty. Irreplaceable.

13 - Hawthorn: Failed under pressure. How did they stumble without a fight? Should have pressed for Grand Final. No Rehn, big ruck worries. Big forward worries. Hay needs to shine. Smith needs to stay fit, Crawford will do well. Again. Questions over Schwab - my pick for the first coach to be sacked.

14 - Sydney: Performed well under Roos, but may well prove to be a Gieschen-esqe cameo. Paul Kelly, Andrew Dunkley gone. Big losses. The heart and soul needs to be found.

15 - Carlton: Will improve, not enough. Hinges on whether they get picks 1 & 2. Camporeale weakness has been found, Ratten is falling apart and still is class, Kouta just isn't reliable and will come back to pack. Whitnall needs to kick 70, McKernan needs to dominate. But new coach, new president (yes it does affect on field performances), new players. Few years yet.

16 - Richmond: It's dirty. Ugly. Very concerning. Ottens needs a huge year. Campbell needs to keep his head up. Gasper is no longer a feared defender. Rodan is the most promising kid, and that's saying something about their list.

Talk about putting your head in a noose!
 
Originally posted by moomba

16 - Carlton

You don't reckon Denis is good enough to get us off the bottom? I notice a lot of people are picking us to go last once again. Teams don't often finish last twice in a row. I don't think we'll do it.
 
Originally posted by Sydneyfan
14. Melbourne - Follow form of recent seasons: Even years up the ladder, Odd years down
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Stupid reasoning, the only reason we will finish anywhere near as low as this next year is if we have a shocker run with injuries as in 2001 (when we finished 10-11 can't remember which).
 
Is everyone picking Carlton last to take the **** outta us?

Are you actually serious? What happens if we do get the picks? And if the whole list has a strong pre-season? Under Pagan, I don't think he'll let us finish last IMO. We have a decent list with all our player back from injuries, and arguably the best coach of the 90's.

Are these realistic ladders? Or are these 'I want this team to finish in that position because I want them to' ladders?
 
Originally posted by Doggies girl
Rodan is the most promising kid, and that's saying something about their list.

I reckon Coughlan would be our most promising kid, 3rd in our best and fairest in his second year aint bad.

My Ladder
1. Brisbane
2. Port Adelaide
3. Adelaide
4. Collingwood
5. Essendon
6. Melbourne
7. Hawthorn
8. Geelong
9. Bulldogs
10. Richmond
11. West Coast
12. St Kilda
13. Sydney
14. Kangaroos
15. Fremantle
16. Carlton
 
Originally posted by The Spornstar
You don't reckon Denis is good enough to get us off the bottom? I notice a lot of people are picking us to go last once again. Teams don't often finish last twice in a row. I don't think we'll do it.

I reckon there is only a half a dozen teams that I could say for certain won't win the spoon. It all depends if you keep your draft picks and how you trade. You've got more holes in your list than any other side IMO, and you don't have enough depth in key positions to cover inevitable injuries and suspensions.

I suspect Denis' backs to the wall mentality will be less effective at Carlton than it was at North, and it will be interesting to see if Carlton come out next year playing the same style of footy. If so I am not sure that the likes of Camporeale and Bradley will thrive at a Pagan led Blues. Kouta would have to be a big doubt again fitness-wise (physical and mental) and you will still struggle as far as key defenders go, and if you use Whitnall as one you will leave all the work up forward for Corey to do. For that matter who knows how he will react now that he is back with Pagan.

Anyway ask me again in March I am sure I wuill have a totally different list.

Moomba
 
After Home & Away series

1. Adelaide
2. Brisbane
3. Port
4. Essendon
5. West Coast
6. Hawthorn
7. Collingwood
8. Geelong

9. Sydney
10. Melbourne
11. Fremantle
12. St. Kilda
13. Bulldogs
14. Kangaroos
15. Richmond
16. Carlton

Will be easier to predict after trade week.
 
Originally posted by Goo
12. West Coast - as freo, but more problems with injurys/aging players

Please name those aging players? I have no problem with your opinion on where WC will finish, but please tell me where our aging players are? Because I was under the impression WC had a very young squad.
 

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