Who do you think will or want to win the 2017 flag?

Who will win the flag?


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Lol this thread went so well last year.

If both qualifying final winners get knocked out in the prelim again this year the AFL will need to remove the bye. Can't have a system that disadvantages winners from the first round of the finals.
 

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Lol this thread went so well last year.

If both qualifying final winners get knocked out in the prelim again this year the AFL will need to remove the bye. Can't have a system that disadvantages winners from the first round of the finals.
how about they allow the qualifying final winners to play a little aflx on their extra week off?
 

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only teams that can't win the win are:
Brisbane
North
Hawthorn
Gold coast
Fremantle
Carlton
Collingwood
Essendon
St Kilda
West coast
Adelaide.
 
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Crows no chance... only side we can prob beat at this moment would be Brisbane.
Sitting 2nd on the ladder half way thru the season but trying to play the severe underdog. We all know that Adelaide have had several bouts of destination disease in recent years but they have as good a chance as anyone with this wide open field.
 
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Sitting 2nd on the ladder half way thru the season but trying to play the severe underdog. We all know that Adelaide have had several bouts of destination disease in recent years but they have as good a chance as anyone with this wide open field.
One thing about Crows fans as a whole. You cant accuse them of overconfidence. They are the only team that doesn't have to improve to win the flag in my view, just play the best footy they've shown consistently at the business end.
 

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To be honest, we've been fairly consistent since the Geelong game.

Only lost to Richmond by 15, GWS away by 16 and Sydney away by 1 point.

We'll get better as the season goes on, especially with our remaining fixture
Sorry I didn't make that clear, Dons have improved from the Geelong game onwards but the point I was making is that they've struggled to maintain consistency in the past even if their current form is good.
 

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And Adelaide lost to your side at home - a 17th placed team with a bunch of youngsters who Geelong beat by 86 points. Not sure why Geelong cops criticism for eeking out a win but the Crows avoid it despite losing to an even worse team.

Every team this season has major flaws:

GWS probably has the least and should be favourites. Injuries are the main thing holding them back.

Crows have been blown out of the water by North, Melbourne and Geelong (I don't think I'm being too one eyed in saying the margin flattered them against us, and they've lost their last 4 without getting close). The best teams are rarely if ever uncompeditive like the Crows can be.

Geelong continue to struggle against middle tier teams, but are 4-1 against top 8 teams.

Port are 0-4 against top 8 teams.

Melbourne have only shown consistency in the last 4 weeks, which is the first time they've managed it in a positive sense for over a decade.

Richmond are Richmond and shouldn't be this high.

West Coast are awful outside of Perth.

St Kilda knocked off the Giants but have been poor against every other team of note.

The Dogs are 1-5 against the top 8, the win being against Richmond.

Sydney have probably the toughest run home with little margin for error due to their early losses.

Essendon have a massive gap between their best and worst, and like Melbourne have struggled for consistency both this season and in the past.

The rest aren't contenders even if they sneak into the 8.
Geelong really should be 2-3 against top 8 teams mind you.
 

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I voted Adelaide when this thread was made but I am leaning towards GWS now given how they are top of the table and have a huge number of great players to come back. Such a hard year to even guess the winner though as I could honestly see about 8 or 9 teams winning the flag.
 

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Geelong are posing as a flag contender. Won't win it.

Giants is they can get close to full strength will romp it in.
how often do teams 'romp it in?'in the last dozen or so grand finals there have been three 'romps'. In such an even year or seems unlikely anyone will be romping on the last Saturday....
 

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Have you seen our seconds lately?

Currently last in the NEAFL with one win and getting smashed by the likes of Aspley, let alone the other AFL Magoos sides.

Not pretty.
Cant you barely field a seconds side? Pretty understandable given the injuries you've copped this year.

On the plus side for you all, it increases trade value of your mob fairly significantly.
 

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Cant you barely field a seconds side? Pretty understandable given the injuries you've copped this year.
Yeah, down to 2 senior listed and 2 Cat B rookies a couple of weeks ago against the NT Thunder, up to 9 & 1 this week (against fully listed Brisbane side) but it's an improvement I suppose. Still have our Welfare Manager lacing up the boots to help make up the numbers though.
 
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