2010 Ladder Predictions

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How do you guys reckon it will unfold next year?

For mine...


1. Collingwood - Still a virtually young side that is already achieving alot. Will improve again next year.
2. St. Kilda - Can't see them dropping out of the top 4 next year.
3. Hawthorn - Will be hungrier than ever, with a massive preseason and less injuries will undoubtedly be top 4.
4. Carlton - Will make the jump into the top 4. Depth is questionable, but should make it.
5. Western Bulldogs - Will be around the mark again, without really challenging.
6. Geelong - Will drop IMO. Don't look as threatening as they use to, but will still make finals. Think Essendon of 02.
7. Essendon - Young side that will improve, but will still have quite a way to go in regards to rising up the top 8 and becoming a real contender.
8. Adelaide - Have a great mix of young talent + experience. Will probably be higher in most peoples predictions, but I wasn't sure where to fit them in.
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9. Brisbane - Still have a few holes in their list IMO and will get jumped.
10. Melbourne - May be a little biased, but I reckon we will finish around here next season. Watts and Jurrah in their second seasons, Blease & Struass (top 20 2008, injured) to debut, top two picks 2009, maturing of already young players. Regardless of ladder positioning it's going to be an exciting year for Dees supporters.
11. West Coast - Similar to Melbourne, but I think they have overachieved at the end of this year. Think Richmond at the end of 08 - but they won't be as bad the following year of course.
12. Port Adelaide - Don't really rate them too much. They have been relatively lucky with injuries this year but are still putting up some pathetic performances. They are a team that could rise, but i'm not too sure.
13. North Melbourne - Not really sure with North, you can never write them off, but I just don't think they'll make too much progress in 2010.
14. Fremantle - Will win around 5-6 games IMO. Have decent talent coming through but will need a bit longer. Will rise in 2011.
15. Sydney - Loss of expierience will hurt them. If they go in a direction of youth they will be down for a while yet.
16. Richmond - Sorry, but nothing about Richmonds list impresses me. Have a few decent young kids but have many holes and plodders. Should grab the 2010 spoon.

Premiers - Saints
Brownlow - Hayes (St. K)
Rising Star - Scully (MEL)
 

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Not sure where we will end up, a lot will depend on injuries, we don't have the depth to be a top side with injuries like we had this year. I do think we are capable of finishing a lot higher if we can play something closer to our best team.

A lot will also depend on what Scott plans to do with the gameplan, if it will change radically I am sure it will take some time to develop it and get used to it.
 
I've got West Coast to make the finals.

Cox, Kennedy, Glass, Kerr, Le Cras. Those 5 are all quality and add the likes of Hurn, Masten, Embley, Lynch I think you've got almost half way to a good side. I've got them above Melbourne who will take another year to take the next step into the "almost" finals stage.

Also have Adelaide very high. Who will they lose? Burton: haven't had him for most of the season and he hasn't dominated. McLeod: will miss his run but Otten and Johncock is enough. Thompson? They have great midfield depth to cover the loss to him through and injury or alike.

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

Probably have Hawthorn and Geelong too low and maybe Collingwood and Carlton too high. Very hard to judge these four teams. Freo and Port can give you anything so I wouldn't be surprised if they swapped places. Brisbane should be higher but I think the teams above them do deserve to be there with Essendon probably too low again.

This is probably a pretty poor effort and I might put some more thought into a bit later...
 
Haha, love how Carlton jump into the top 4 and we go backwards despite showing today we have more mentally developed talent on the list.
How do you judge how mentally talented or even developed someone is? I thought that we never stopped trying and Adelaide just play a style that we don't play well against.
 
1-4: Collingwood, St.Kilda, Hawthorn, Adelaide
5-8: Bulldogs, Geelong, West Coast, Port Adelaide
9-12: Essendon, Carlton, Brisbane, Fremantle
13-16: Melbourne, Richmond, North Melbourne, Sydney
 
St Kilda
Collingwood
Geelong
Adelaide
Hawthorn
Western Bulldogs
Carlton
Brisbane
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Essendon
West Coast
Sydney
Port Adelaide
Richmond
Melbourne
North Melbourne
Fremantle

1st-6th will be close and will be going down to rd 22
7th-11th will be fighting for the final 2 spots to make up the numbers
12th-16th good luck finding talent in the comprimised draft

Premiers : Collingwood
Runners-up: Adelaide
Brownlow: Goodes' 4th (3rd this year)
Coleman: Roughead
Rising Star: Tapscott (unless taken by Crows), if not Tapscott, Natanui
 
There have been some quality posts today from some obvious schoolboy Demons fans. One was a 2013 ladder prediction, the other is an overly-detailed 2010 ladder prediction, despite Round 22 of 2009 still to be completed.
 
1-4, St Kilda. Collingwood. Doggies. Geelong.
5-8, Essendon, Adelaide, Carlton, Brisbane.
9-12, Eagles, Hawthorn, Port, Richmond
13-16, Kangaroos, Fremantle, Sydney, Melbourne
 

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How will Brisbane go backwards?

My top 8 (bit silly to do this so early):

1.Collingwood
2.Saint Kilda
3.Carlton
4.Brisbane
5.Geelong
6.Western Bulldogs
7.West Coast Eagles
8.Essendon
 
How will Brisbane go backwards?

My top 8 (bit silly to do this so early):

1.Collingwood
2.Saint Kilda
3.Carlton
4.Brisbane
5.Geelong
6.Western Bulldogs
7.West Coast Eagles
8.Essendon

Please note that a Brisbane supporter put Collingwood in number 1, didn't think i'd see the day
 
It's too early, but there it is:

1. St. Kilda
2. Collingwood
3. Western Bulldogs
4. Adelaide
5. Carlton
6. Geelong
7. Brisbane
8. Essendon

9. West Coast
10. Hawthorn
11. Sydney
12. Port Adelaide
13. Fremantle
14. Melbourne
15. North Melbourne
16. Richmond
 
Too hard to pick at the moment but...
1. Collingwood
2. Adelaide
3. St Kilda
4. Western Bulldogs
5. Hawthorn
6. Geelong
7. Carlton
8. Brisbane

9. Essendon
10. West Coast
11. North Melbourne
12. Port Adelaide
13. Sydney
14. Richmond
15. Fremantle
16. Melbourne
 
these ladders are way too similar to this year... Try something like this perhaps..


1.Brisbane
2.Carlton
3.Kangaroos
4.Hawthorn
5.West Coast
6.Collingwood
7.Saints
8.Sydney
9. Adelaide
10. Bulldogs
11. Essendon
12. Melbourne
13. Geelong
14. Fremantle
15. Richmond
16. Port Adelaide
 
these ladders are way too similar to this year... Try something like this perhaps..


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

Definitely the most realisitc ladder so far.
 
1. Collingwood
2. St. Kilda
3. Hawthorn
4. Carlton
5. Adelaide
6. Geelong
7. Brisbane
8. Western Bulldogs

9. West Coast
10. Essendon
11. Port Adelaide
12. Sydney
13. North Melbourne
14. Fremantle
15. Melbourne
16. Richmond
 

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