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I know people fall into this trap every year, but it's hard to see how it's not gonna be Hawthorn and Geelong duking it out again next year in the GF. If the Bulldogs can trade for a ready-made key forward, they might give it a shake. But as for the rest, I just don't see it. Then again, who predicted Geelong would be so dominant in '07? So there could be a bolter. Stuffed if I can see who, though.

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

Premiers: Geelong
Runners up: Hawthorn
Norm Smith: Selwood
Brownlow: Selwood
Rising Star: Taylor Walker
Coleman: Franklin
 
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Geelong
Hawthorn
Western Bulldogs
Collingwood
St. Kilda
North Melbourne
Carlton
Sydney

Richmond
Adelaide
Brisbane Lions
Fremantle
Port Adelaide
Essendon
West Coast
Melbourne

Premiers: Hawthorn
Runners up: Geelong
Norm Smith: Ablett
Brownlow: Ablett
Coleman: Buddy

and wtf... why are people saying sydney 15th and bottom 4

ffs... we're not gonna drop from 5th to cellar dwellers from '08-'09
 
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1. Hawthorn
2. Geelong
3. Bulldogs
4. Adelaide
5. Kangaroos
6. Carlton
7. Richmond
8. Collingwood

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9. Brisbane
10. Port Adelaide
11. St Kilda
12. Sydney
13. Essendon
14. Fremantle
15. West Coast
16. Melbourne

Premiers: Geelong
Runners Up : Hawthorn
Norm Smith : Selwood
Brownlow: Deledio
Rising Star: Connors
Coleman: Fevola 102 goals
 

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Danog said:
Remember West Coast from last year to this year? It's possible.
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We're not letting go of our best players though. Unlike the Weagles, our players LIKE playing for us.
 
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hmm bit early bit here we
i think swannies and crows will drop out along with kangaroos

so my top 8 is

1.Cats(will hit back in a big way)
2. Hawks(start off slow finish hard)
3.doggies
4. saints
5.Lions
6.pies
7.richmond
8.carlton
9.pies
10.kang
11.syd
12.ess
13.adel
14.melb
15.W.c
16.freo

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1. Hawthorn - Was always gonna be the cats until the grand final
2. Geelong - Going to be still a dominant team
3. Kangaroos - Can seek in the top four I guess
4. Western Bulldogs - Will be solid
5. Richmond - Rising ... Rising
6. St Kilda - Seems about right
7. Collingwood - Could be lower or could be higher
8. Essendon - We are on the rise and I know a lot of people would disagree but it could happen

9. Carlton - Just missed out because of me being bias :p
10. Sydney - If not lower
11. Port Adelaide - Starting to rise
12. Adelaide - Big drop
13. Brisbane - First year coach
14. Fremantle - Under achievers
15. West Coast - Need some more rebuilding
16. Melbourne - Can't imagine them any higher to be honest

Premiers: Hawthorn
Runners up: Geelong
Norm Smith: Bateman
Brownlow: Ablett (has to do it in 09)
Coleman: Buddy (109 goals)
 
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1- Geelong- The loss was the Kick in the pants they needed 3 weeks ago.
2- Hawthorn- Will be good but I think they lack Depth, Injurys could be a factor
3- Stkilda- They have gotta have a bit of injury luck sooner or later.
4- West Coast- Yes i am a WCE supporter but I think they will win enough games next year to put them around here.Cant have as many injurys next year.
5- Sydney- They never Drop off to far so I dont think a big slide is in them Next year.
6- Bulldogs- Think they will struggle against the bigger sides and a slide they might have. There best players are also their Oldest.
7- Richmond- Will break in the 8
8- Adelaide- Will just hang on with ageing stars
9- Carlton- Judd will break down and so will the Blues.
10- Fremantle- A little to many retirments in 1 year they will lack Depth.
11- Essendon - Will be a bolter early season but are still to 1 dimensonal.
12- Port Adelaide- Will be down for another year with aging stars.
13- Brisbane- New Coach he wont lift them into the finals.
14- Collingwood- Think they get lucky with the fixturing but that will work against them.
15- North melbourne- I dont think it was a smart move to delist Thommo now they will have a make shift Forward line.
16- Melbourne- Will be here for at least 2 more years, Look at the turn around from the Hawks so not all bad being on the bottom.

Premiers- Geelong
2nd- Stkilda
Brownlow- Joel Selwood
Normsmith- Ben Cousins(STK)
Coleman- Lloyd(ess) 76 goals
NAB RS- Daniel Rich -WCE

Biggest story of the Year:
Forwards Curse Fev and Buddy get struck down with season ending Knee injury's.
 
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Don't judge too much, just a inkling, if i had to bet i would say this, but i'm not certain of anything other than buddy with the coleman and carlton with preseason, i can just see then getting ahead of themselves (again) and winning that having another poor season (not poor, but poorer than their list would suggest).

1. Hawks
2. Geelong
3. Bulldogs
4. Collingwood
5 Brisbane
6. Saints
7. Richmond
8. Essendon
9. Carlton
10. Adeliade
11. West Coast
12. Melbourne
13. Port Adelaide
14. Sydney
15. Fremantle
16. Kangaroos

Premiers: Hawks
Runners Up: Geelong
Brownlow Medal: Simon Black
Rising Star: Steven Gaetner
Norm Smith Medal: Cyril Rioli
Coleman Medal: Buddy Franklin
Wooden Spoon: North Melbourne
NAB Cup: Carlton
Michael Tuck Medal: Kade Simpson
 
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usually don't subscribe to these, but what the hell:p:D

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


Premiers: Hawks
Runners Up: Geelong
Brownlow Medal: Joel Selwood, Gary Ablett or Buddy Franklin
Rising Star: Nick Heyne:D nah Daniel Rich i reckon
Norm Smith Medal: Buddy
Coleman Medal: Brendan Fevola
Wooden Spoon: Demons
 

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Eagle Ant said:
1- Geelong- The loss was the Kick in the pants they needed 3 weeks ago.
2- Hawthorn- Will be good but I think they lack Depth, Injurys could be a factor
3- Stkilda- They have gotta have a bit of injury luck sooner or later.
4- West Coast- Yes i am a WCE supporter but I think they will win enough games next year to put them around here.Cant have as many injurys next year.
5- Sydney- They never Drop off to far so I dont think a big slide is in them Next year.
6- Bulldogs- Think they will struggle against the bigger sides and a slide they might have. There best players are also their Oldest.
7- Richmond- Will break in the 8
8- Adelaide- Will just hang on with ageing stars
9- Carlton- Judd will break down and so will the Blues.
10- Fremantle- A little to many retirments in 1 year they will lack Depth.
11- Essendon - Will be a bolter early season but are still to 1 dimensonal.
12- Port Adelaide- Will be down for another year with aging stars.
13- Brisbane- New Coach he wont lift them into the finals.
14- Collingwood- Think they get lucky with the fixturing but that will work against them.
15- North melbourne- I dont think it was a smart move to delist Thommo now they will have a make shift Forward line.
16- Melbourne- Will be here for at least 2 more years, Look at the turn around from the Hawks so not all bad being on the bottom.

Premiers- Geelong
2nd- Stkilda
Brownlow- Joel Selwood
Normsmith- Ben Cousins(STK)
Coleman- Lloyd(ess) 76 goals
NAB RS- Daniel Rich -WCE

Biggest story of the Year:
Forwards Curse Fev and Buddy get struck down with season ending Knee injury's.
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Might have been the case 2 years ago, but not now.

Get with the program.
 
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1. Geelong
2. Hawthorn
3. St. Kilda
4. Sydney
5. Richmond
6. Brisbane
7. Carlton
8. Western Bulldogs

9. Collingwood
10. Essendon
11. Adelaide
12. North Melbourne
13. Fremantle
14. Port Adelaide
15. West Coast
16. Melbourne
 
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One Eyed Sainter 66 said:
Adelaide - Can't see them missing the eight, but also can't see them doing too much damage in finals. Will be competitive but the Crows just aren't the most balanced team out there. The old cliche, "they are an aging team" grows more and more true each year. Still, capable of anything they are. We'll see.
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Not necessarily an inaccurate prediction for Adelaide in '09, but the reasoning is quite misinformed. Actually in '08 Adelaide were the exact opposite of "an aging team" in that the average age of players on Adelaides's list was lower than it was in '07. In '09, with the retirement of Bassett and Biglands, and the probable de-listing of McGregor, and given that Adelaide are very unlikely to trade and thereby gain an older player, Adelaide's list will again reduce in average age in '09 compared with '08.

Adelaide in '09 will introduce Dangerfield bringing in extra pace, and Taylor Walker for a genuine forward option, and possibly re-gain the services of Hentschel. Porplyzia might be able to play uninjured, and Burton is expected to return for the latter half of the '09 season. Maric, Tippet and Moran will all have the benefit of some number of AFL games under their belt.

This alone will go some way towards addressing some of the deficiencies of the Crows in '08. The Crows actually are a fairly balanced side, not relying on any one or two particular individuals in order to win games. This will improve even further in '09, with some extra potentcy in areas that were not strong enough in '08.
 
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1ST - GEELONG
2ND - HAWTHORN
3RD - W. BULLDOGS
4TH - COLLINGWOOD
5TH - ST KILDA
6TH - CARLTON
7TH - NORTH MELBOURNE
8TH - RICHMOND

9TH - FREMANTLE
10TH - BRISBANE
11TH - SYDNEY
12TH - ESSENDON
13TH - WEST COAST
14TH - ADELAIDE
15TH - PORT ADELAIDE
16TH - MELBOURNE

PREMIERS: GEELONG BY 6 POINTS
RUNNERS UP: HAWTHORN
NORM SMITH: GARY ABLETT
BROWNLOW: CHRIS JUDD
RISING STAR: STEELE SIDEBOTTOM
COLEMAN: BRENDAN FEVOLA/BUDDY FRANKLIN - 104 GOALS EACH

**GEELONG GO THROUGH UNDEFEATED**:eek:
 
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1 Geelong= wont win premiership though
2 Hawthorn= lose Grand final to
3 Carlton= the bolter of the competion
4 Brisbane= The re emergence
5 Bulldogs= Consistent but nothing special
6 Richmond= Getting better and better every year
7 Kangaroos= PREMIERS prove every one wrong just one more time
8 Fremantle= the re emergence of west australian footy

9 St.kilda= they will dissapoint again
10 collingwood= not as good as everyone thinks
11 Adelide= 010 will be there year alot of good youngsters
12 West Coast= watch out 010
13 Power= first coach sacking for 09
14 Melbourne= slowly improving
15 Sydney= surely its time for them to spend some time down here
16 Essendon= just not up to it quite yet
 
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1. Hawthorn
2. Geelong
3. Collingwood
4. North Melbourne
5. St Kilda
6. Carlton
7. Richmond
8. Dogs
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9. Brisbane
10. Adelaide
11. Fremantle
12. Sydney
13. Port Adelaide
14. Essendon
15. Melbourne
16. West Coast


Premiers: Hawks
Runners Up: Geelong
Brownlow Medal:Gary Ablett
Norm Smith Medal: Luke Hodge (back to back)
Coleman Medal: Lance Franklin
Wooden Spoon: West Coast
 
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1. Hawks
2. Cats
3. Saints
4. Tigers
5. Blues
6. Pies
7. Dogs
8. Bombers

9. Crows
10. Swans
11. Roos
12. Power
13. Dockers
14. Lions
15. Eagles
16. Demons

Hawks Back to Back Flags
All Vic Top 8 :D
Murphy (Blues)/Delidio (Tigers) Brownlow Tie
Abblett to do his ACL Round 3
Cant See Improvment in the Dee's till 2010
Both WA coaches to be gone by seasons end
 
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1. Geelong
2. Hawthorn
3. Bulldogs
4. Adelaide
5. Saints
6. Brisbane
7. Sydney
8. Richmond
9. Carlton
10. Collingwood
11. Port Adelaide
12. Kangaroos
13. Essendon
14. West Coast Eagles
15. Fremantle
16. Melbourne

Premiers: Geelong
Runners Up: Hawthorn
Brownlow: Either Goodes, SBlack or Buddy
Coleman: Lance Franklin
Norm Smith: Gary Ablett
 
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This is how things will lie in '09...no ifs, buts or maybes

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

Premiers: Hawthorn - 47 points
Runners up: St Kilda
Brownlow medal: Chris Judd
Coleman medal: Lance Franklin
Norm Smith medal: Luke Ball
 
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Supishnessism said:
1. Hawks
2. Cats
3. Saints
4. Tigers
5. Blues
6. Pies
7. Dogs
8. Bombers

9. Crows
10. Swans
11. Roos
12. Power
13. Dockers
14. Lions
15. Eagles
16. Demons

Hawks Back to Back Flags
All Vic Top 8 :D
Murphy (Blues)/Delidio (Tigers) Brownlow Tie
Abblett to do his ACL Round 3
Cant See Improvment in the Dee's till 2010
Both WA coaches to be gone by seasons end
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I wouldn't mind facing Hawthorn in the Qualifying Final. :D
 
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