Prediction Bold Predictions ... the 2021 edition

[76woodenspooners]

One of the rookies will have a breakout year

I’ll assume you meant rookie listed players as opposed to first year players (first year players don’t really breakout?). Our rookies are:

Noble - played as consistent as ever, not a breakout year, No.
Keane - got games, but jot really a breakout, No.
Wilson - got games, but not really a breakout, No
Ginnivan - got games in his first year, not really a breakout, No.
Chugg - No.
Begg - No.
Johnson - No.
Tohill - debuted, but that’s it, No.

So, No.

 

[76woodenspooners]

Jess Hogan will kick more goals than Jeremy Cameron (or close enough)

Jesse Hogan: 15 goals
Jeremy Cameron: 32 goals

No.

And Ben Brown kicks more than either of them

Ben Brown 17+ whatever he kicked in round 23.

No.

 

[76woodenspooners]

The BF board will be calling for the head of Mason Cox …

Yes

…despite him leading our goal kicking and marks inside 50. I guess that’s not really a big call more an odds on fact.

No.

 

[Trickster]

Round 1 v Bulldogs. I was Theresa the MCG, and you probably were too, Yes



Not. Even. Close.

No.

Haha - yes I was there in R1. Didn't see any Theresa though

My second prediction was the opposite of what you could wish for. A real annus horribilus in every way shape or form.

 

[76woodenspooners]

I think Mason will kick 70 odd goals,

8 goals.

No.

With 10 behinds.

8 behinds. Close, but No.

Kelly will kick 6 goals in his second game back from injury.

Didn’t kick a goal this season in the seniors. No.

Pendles will at least kick 35 goals.

4 goals.

No.

The Premeirship is ours.

Sadly, No.

 

[frizzle]

8 goals.

No.



8 behinds. Close, but No.



Didn’t kick a goal this season in the seniors. No.



4 goals.

No.



Sadly, No.

I think some of our posters took LSD before posting in the prediction thread at the beginning of the year. Congratz to all those that got totally off their faces.

 

[76woodenspooners]

Pies decision to trade Treloar vindicated in Round 5 when he pings his hammy after 4 forgettable high posession low disposal efficiency games.

Oooh, close. It was round 11, not round 5. But you went bold, I’ll pay it, Yes

Press blame Collingwood board for misleading Dogs on Treloar's medical condition.

No.

In other news noone notices Stephenson's demotion to the North Melb 2s

Hmm, he only missed games to injury at North. No.

or the fact that Phillips can't get a game at Hawthorn

Played 21 games. No.

because Atu is earning a regular spot in a side that finishes 17th.

Atu played 7 games in the side that finished 18th. No.

Oh yeah and Pies win the flag after the usual amount of injuries, off field indiscretions and media buldust …

No.

but we're still a basket case with no direction, …

We finished 17th, so I have to pay that, Yes

…no forward line, …

Yes

…an underperforming midfield …

Yes

… and the worst list management strategy on the planet. Take it to the bank

We saw good glimpes of our future. List management strategy doesn’t look that terrible, I’m not going to pay that one, No.

 

[76woodenspooners]

Haha - yes I was there in R1. Didn't see any Theresa though

My second prediction was the opposite of what you could wish for. A real annus horribilus in every way shape or form.

Sorry, I meant I was there at the game as well. Sadly the quality of the footy didn’t match the joy of being able to go to a live game at the MCG.

 

[76woodenspooners]

After 6 horrible defeats to Collingwood the coach throws the dice.

Almost.

If you’d said “After 5 horrible defeats Collingwood throws out the coach”, you would have been on the money.

No.

Cox and Grundy start in the guts.

No.

And also Bucks names 4 new names to debut.

I’ll pay that. Bucks did name at least 4 debutants. Yes

 

[76woodenspooners]

Mason Wood becomes a Pie and plays a starring role on ANZAC day, with the crowd chanting "MAAAAAASSSOOOOOONNNNWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOODDDDD" as his lining up for his 4th goals, whilst we're up 5 goals with three mins to go.

No.

 

[76woodenspooners]

Sier and Grundy both top 5 in the Brownlow.

Too early for Brownlow, but I’ll go out on a limb and say No and No.

Season interrupted, possibly cancelled after a promising start (thanks NSFW).

Not interrupted, but otherwise on the money. I’ll pay it, Yes

Buckley renewed for 1 year: only a flag could save him,…

No.

… except there was no flag in 2021.

Yes

Transition to an ex-Hawthorn coach locked in.

TBD.

Its Jason Dunstall and he spend the entire time deriding the club. "They have no forward line" (drops De Goey and Mihocek).

I’ll go back out on that limb and say Dunstall won’t be coaching us. No.

 

[Drought Break]

Interesting read going back to first few pages. No one would put Nostradamus out of a job lol. Will kelly

20

Will Kelly

Age

23

Ht

194cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

5.0

1star

K

4.0

2star

HB

1.0

1star

M

2.0

2star

T

0.0

1star

MG

108.0

2star

D

5.0

1star

K

4.0

1star

HB

1.0

1star

M

2.0

2star

T

0.0

1star

MG

108.0

2star

D

5.0

1star

K

4.0

2star

HB

1.0

2star

M

2.0

3star

T

0.0

1star

MG

108.0

2star

, sier disappointing most

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

No and No.



Macrae, I’ll pay that, Yes

Rantell, No.



Probably technically true. Jason Dunstall or somebody else on the commentary probably did label Henry a star of the future to fill in some of the awkward dead time on the commentary while we were getting flogged at some stage of the season - to keep the Collingwood viewers engaged. Yes



No.

50% strike rate, not bad

 

[76woodenspooners]

Rantall, Bianco and Macrae play 15 games each

Rantall, 5 games, No.
Bianco, 12 games, No.
Macrae, 9 games,No.

Sier plays 21 games and averages 8 clearances a game

No.

Murphy replaces Josh Thomas in round 2 after he pulls a hamstring in the warm up and kick 4 goals from a half-forward flank on Sam Docherty to help us beat Carlton by 9 points. Murphy then cements his place in the senior side for the rest of the year.

Murphy plays in the backline.

No.

JDG kicks 50 goals

22 goals.

No.

We win the flag

No.

 

[76woodenspooners]

Grundy back to his best.

No.

Sier, Murphy, Kelly and Rantall all establish themselves as best 22.

No. No. No. No.

Mayne & Greenwood lead our VFL squad to a GF.

Hmmm, VFL is still TBD, but assuming Mayne and Greenwood will play no part in the VFL finals?

No.

Record number of debutants for the Pies (not even sure how many that’d need to be).

Decent call, I dunno what the record is (apart from our 1892 team), but I’ll pay it with 9, Yes

Pies finish the H&A season in the 8.

No.

JDG to play 20+ games.

JDG played 20 games. Yes

 

[76woodenspooners]

Crisp will be a full time midfielder this season

No.

 

[76woodenspooners]

Will Kelly will look like one of the best young key forward in the game

No.

Bianco will debut early in the season and will lock down a position.

Round 11 is not exactly early, but he did debut and go on to play 11 games. I’ll pay it. Yes

Oliver Henry to start off in the backline

No.

 

[76woodenspooners]

sam is being taught the ropes under Clarkson right now & has played under the Clarkson system for a long long time.
Including many as the hawks skipper. He is also now the head coach at Box Hill. He won’t need a mentor in 2022. But I think Hawthorn may be grooming him for themselves. Oh & besides being majorly involved with all that Hawthorn success, he was also the midfield coach at the eagles when they beat us 3/3 for the year including the grand final. Their midfield smashed ours even without Nic Nat.
‘Mitchell will be as ready a candidate as there ever has been.

I’ll pay that (bolded) given what has transpired, Yes

 

[barrackers]

No.

Crisp as a midfielder is arguably correct when Buckley was coach, but nowhere near correct once Harvey took over.

 

[76woodenspooners]

Bianco & Rantall to become regular senior players.

Bianco, Yes
Rantall, No.

Pies miss finals for the first time since 2018.

Yes

‘Pies fans inexplicably boo Treloar & Stephenson when we play them.

Treloar? (Round 1, I think They did?). Yes
Stephenson? Probably, Yes

 

[76woodenspooners]

Collingwood moves to tassie, to be there afl team.

Almost came true in the game versus Hawks. No.

 

[76woodenspooners]

We have more injuries?

Howe, Moore, Adams, Pendlebury, etc. Yes

Whilst players we discarded flourish in there new environment.

Treloar? Goes much the same (including injuries). No.
Stephenson? 17 goals is less than half his debut season. No.
Phillips? 21 games, I’ll call that flourishing, Yes
Bosenavulagi? 7 games, Yes

 

[76woodenspooners]

- Kelly, IQ, Sier and T Brown lock themselves in as best 22 starters.

Kelly, No.
IQ, Yes
Sier, No.
T.Brown, No.

- Howe to pick up where he left of in 2020 and make the AA side.

Injured, No.

- De Goey to stamp himself as one the absolute best in the comp after a brilliant year as a Mid who kicks 30+ goals.

22 goals. No.

 

[76woodenspooners]

McCreery to play 18 games +

Decent prediction, but he only played 12. No.

 

[Trickster]

Decent call, I dunno what the record is (apart from our 1892 team), but I’ll pay it with 9, Yes

Must have gone close if not surpassed in 1987