2012 Predictions

[kaiserchief13]

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

NAB Cup - Collingwood
Premiership - West Coast
Brownlow - Judd
Coleman - Franklin

 

[stugots]

op really lacking in red & black....



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

 

[rayven]

Meh!

West Coasts 2011 season could of very well been a fluke.
Collingwood could very well fall apart, to professional though.
Geelong? got to fade sometime,surely?
St Kilda? bottom 4.
Carlton top 4!
Melbourne, the Bullies, Port, Gold coast and GWS will be the whipping boys/girls and sometimes Richmond and Brisbane.
Essendon to make big moves.
Nth melbourne are the unknown quantity.
Hawthorn 5-8 eighth depending on who falls away.
Sydney same as hawthorn.
Brenton Sandersons word is gospel.
Freo to make top 4 if injuries are kind.

 

[mac25]

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

NAB Cup - Collingwood
Premiership - West Coast
Brownlow - Judd
Coleman - Franklin

Geelong will be top four again, do not see that North have a list capable of top4, and West Coast were gifted a easy draw this year and had few injuries and probably see them being in the bottom half of the 8 next year.

 

[Geelong2k9]

Meh!

West Coasts 2011 season could of very well been a fluke.
Collingwood could very well fall apart, to professional though.
Geelong? got to fade sometime,surely?
St Kilda? bottom 4.
Carlton top 4!
Melbourne, the Bullies, Port, Gold coast and GWS will be the whipping boys/girls and sometimes Richmond and Brisbane.
Essendon to make big moves.
Nth melbourne are the unknown quantity.
Hawthorn 5-8 eighth depending on who falls away.
Sydney same as hawthorn.
Brenton Sandersons word is gospel.
Freo to make top 4 if injuries are kind.

Same thing was said about us last year; Carlton would need some reinforcements in my opinion in KPP's and St Kilda I dont think could finish bottom 4.....but were all entitled to an opinion....

 

[kaiserchief13]

Geelong will be top four again, do not see that North have a list capable of top4, and West Coast were gifted a easy draw this year and had few injuries and probably see them being in the bottom half of the 8 next year.

Almost every year a team comes from the bottom 8 to make the top 4. I picked North as that team in 2012. The other possibilities are Richmond and Fremantle.

 

[Tzatziki_Man]

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

1st Qualifying Final
Hawthorn Def Carlton 89 - 78

2nd Qualifying Final
Collingwood Def Geelong 101-77

1st Elimination Final
West Coast Def North Melbourne 114-80

2nd Elimination Final
Fremantle Def Richmond 112 - 98

And this is where I just stop caring.

 

[whelan=legend]

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


Premiership - Hawthorn
Brownlow - Pendlebury
Coleman - J. Kennedy

 

[laminex]

op really lacking in red & black....



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

Me thinks you don't watch a lot of footy.

 

[Spitta09]

Not sure if we will be top 4 next year would like to think so but feel we still have a few holes to address particularly in defence.
I would have us finishing between 6th-8th.
1. Collingwood
2. Hawthorn
3. Geelong
4. Carlton
5. Freo
6. Sydney
7. North Melbourne
8. West Coast

With West Coast to slide a bit. Feel a large part of their success has been the improvement of their senior players. If they can continue this form they will be top 4 but not sure if i can see it happening.
A fully fit Freo side to jump into 5th but won't be much of a threat imo their list has been hugely overrated here on bigfooty and in the media.

 

[rayven]

Same thing was said about us last year

Every year I say geelong is bound to fade at some point I am one year closer to being correct

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

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


Yep, I'm biased. Come at me.

 

[Rocky_Balboa]

I love the way these threads work:

Step 1) Take the 2011 AFL Ladder
Step 2) You must make a change
Step 3) Decide to make a change between the top 8 and bottom 8
Step 4) Pick who you think is the best Bottom 8 Side (which is always 9th, thus North)
Step 5) Pick who you think is the worst Top 8 Side (which is always 8th, thus Essendon)
Step 6) Swap Them

This is always the case. Last year it was Carlton and North. People think that the Top 8 must change so just swap 8th out and 9th in.

I'm not saying the Top 8 won't change, but every year people just decide to swap 8th and 9th and change a bit of the order

 

[LeverPuller]

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


Premiership - Hawthorn
Brownlow - Judd, with the roughie tip of Brent Moloney
Coleman - Jack Riewoldt

 

[Ironmonger]

Totally worthless thread. But meh, its a bit of fun.

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

 

[stugots]

Me thinks you don't watch a lot of footy.

lol, your effort being a masterpiece of logical deduction, ...oh wait

 

[Squida25]

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

 

[cynical]

1. Collingwood
2. Geelong
3. Hawthorn
4. Carlton
5. Freo
6. WCE
7. Sydney
8. North
9. Richmond

Premiers Geelong
Brownlow Murphy
Coleman Fevola (jk Franklin)

 

[kaiserchief13]

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

The hate is strong in this one

 

[scruffydog]

My predictions:

- Everyone (who hasn't got it already) will get Foxtel because Channel 7's coverage will be just as bad as it currently is.
- Some more crappy rules will get brought in without trial, and everyone will complain. My guess is some sort of netball system where you are no longer allowed to run with the ball.
- Based on how many draws there were at the start of this year, rounds 1 and 2 will consist ONLY of drawn results.
- GWS Vs Gold Coast will end in a nil all draw (both teams will thrash Port though).

 

[tasmanlvr]

1. Geelong
2. Collingwood
3. Hawthorn
4. Carlton
5. West Coast
6. Sydney
7. North Melbourne
8. Melbourne

9. Essendon
10. Richmond
11. Fremantle
12. Footscray
13. Brisbane
14. Gold Coast
15. St Kilda
16. Adelaide
17. Port Adelaide
18. Greater Western Sydney

Having said that, 7-12 are so tight it can change easily.

Premiers: Geelong
Grand Finalists: Geelong/Collingwood
Brownlow: Dane Swan
Coleman: Travis Cloke

 

[100action]

1. Collingwood
2. Fremantle
3. Geelong
4. Hawthorn
5. West Coast
6. Sydney
7. Kangaroos
8. Carlton

Premiers: Fremantle
Brownlow: Pendlebury
Coleman: Franklin

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

I love the way these threads work:

Step 1) Take the 2011 AFL Ladder
Step 2) You must make a change
Step 3) Decide to make a change between the top 8 and bottom 8
Step 4) Pick who you think is the best Bottom 8 Side (which is always 9th, thus North)
Step 5) Pick who you think is the worst Top 8 Side (which is always 8th, thus Essendon)
Step 6) Swap Them

This is always the case. Last year it was Carlton and North. People think that the Top 8 must change so just swap 8th out and 9th in.

I'm not saying the Top 8 won't change, but every year people just decide to swap 8th and 9th and change a bit of the order

Cool story. Shame nobody in this thread has followed that formula.

The only real rule is:

"Place your team 3-4 spots higher than they finished this year".

How many people so far have backed their club to seriously decline?


(yes I'm guilty too)

 

[ilikepotatoes]

1. Collingwood
2. Fremantle
3. Geelong
4. Hawthorn
5. West Coast
6. Sydney
7. Kangaroos
8. Carlton

Premiers: Fremantle
Brownlow: Pendlebury
Coleman: Franklin

i like it

 

[HandyHawks94]

1.Collingwood
2.Hawthorn
3.Carlton
4.Geelong (last roll of the dice)
5.Essendon
6.West Coast
7.Sydney
8.Fremantle

Premiers: Hawthorn
Brownlow:Cyril Rioli
Coleman:Travis Cloke