2012 Predictions

[Final Siren]

yeh im a bit worried about the saints next year

There are hardly any ladders from St. Kilda & Western Bulldogs supporters in this thread. Next year doesn't bear thinking about?

 

[candiehappy]

There are hardly any ladders from St. Kilda & Western Bulldogs supporters in this thread. Next year doesn't bear thinking about?

true, but it seems that Richmond has 9th securely tucked away

 

[Bri_BriTheCAT]

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

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

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Richmond are no chance to make the 8. their best is maybe just good enough for 7th or 8th spot and they haven't been able to string together a good season for 10 years now. Once you take away Riewoldt, Cotchin, Martin and Deledio- they are a team of hacks.

Of course they are. Only a fool would say otherwise.

 

[Yelle]

Geelong to 6th? It's easy to be defensive of our own team, but why? Ling is a lost, but the young guys will be / should be better. Just don't see it but happy to hear the reasoning.

As much as I'd love them to be higher up there, I just feel their older players such as Corey, Chapman, Ottens, Enright and Scarlett will start to struggle. I did make a similar prediction this time last year, and they impressively proved me wrong but I think they also may lose hunger, and be less driven for a premiership after their success in 2011. I know it sounds stupid what I'm saying, and this is pretty ridiculous in me saying this, but I think they may be almost 'satisfied' after winning three.

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

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

Grand Final: Geelong V Hawthorn
Premiers: Geelong
Brownlow: Judd
Coleman: Franklin
Norm Smith: Varcoe

 

[year of the roo]

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

9. St Kilda
10. Fremantle
11. Adelaide
12. Richmond
13. Brisbane
14. Melbourne
15. Bulldogs
16. Gold Coast
17. Port
18. GWS

 

[Seppo]

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

9. Richmond
10. North
11. Bulldogs
12. Brisbane
13. Gold Coast
14. Fremantle
15. Port
16. St Kilda
17. Essendon
18. GWS


Grand Final: Hawthorn v Carlton
Premiers: Hawthorn
Brownlow: Marc Murphy
Coleman: Cloke
Norm Smith: Judd

Freo finishing behind Gold Coast and Brisbane? Are you out of your dam mind!!!!

 

[Brissy Bomber]

Freo finishing behind Gold Coast and Brisbane? Are you out of your dam mind!!!!

I would have them behind Port but for the fact they have Pav.

Freo combined with a negative brand of coach (Lyon) will not work well, plus Lyon has already displayed his teams do not play well when away from the roof of Etihad. With Pattersons as a home ground, their inability to win away from home and a negative coach I see Freo in free fall and Lyon being sacked midway through 2013.

 

[THE MOEMAN]

1. Collingwood
2. Hawthorn
3. Carlton
4. Geelong
5. North
6. Essendon
7. West Coast Eagles
8. StKilda

9. Sydney
10. Fremantle
11. Adelaide
12. Melbourne
13. Richmond
14. Bulldogs
15. Brisbane
16. Gold Coast
17. Port
18. GWS

 

[theboxmike]

Freo finishing behind Gold Coast and Brisbane? Are you out of your dam mind!!!!

Don't worry about him he has us sitting at 17th lol

 

[MR]

What is it with all of these predictions having Richmond finish in the bottom 4.
This will be our 3rd year in our long-term plan which has been sited as the 'finals' year. Look, I'm not going to be delusional and say that we are a certainty for the top 8 this year, but it would be an extremely rare situation if we were to go backwards.

Things happen every year that people don't expect.
West Coast came top four after a wooden spoon year.
Geelong, despite claims that their time of success is over, won the GF this year.
Saints, after being in the past 3 Grand Finals had only just made the eight on a mid-late season berth.

Anything can happen. What would you say if Port Adelaide had suddenly stepped up and was a top four side?

A teams success can also be based on minor things such as a good fixture, or an extreme lift from certain players.

 

[juss]

Richmond are no chance to make the 8. their best is maybe just good enough for 7th or 8th spot and they haven't been able to string together a good season for 10 years now. Once you take away Riewoldt, Cotchin, Martin and Deledio- they are a team of hacks.

We'l finish somewhere between 8th-11th, depending on injuries most likely.

If the four you mentioned play every game, as well as Vickery, Rance and Foley, then we will be pretty competitive fighting it out for that 8th spot.

And mate, of course if you take out our best 4 players we will struggle, so would most mid table sides.

Take out Watson, Zaharakis, Hurley and Fletcher and the bombers probably don't finish 8th.

Take out Judd, Murphy, Gibbs and Scotland and how do Carlton go?

Pretty silly comment.

 

[TigerBlood87]

What is it with all of these predictions having Richmond finish in the bottom 4.
This will be our 3rd year in our long-term plan which has been sited as the 'finals' year. Look, I'm not going to be delusional and say that we are a certainty for the top 8 this year, but it would be an extremely rare situation if we were to go backwards.

Things happen every year that people don't expect.
West Coast came top four after a wooden spoon year.
Geelong, despite claims that their time of success is over, won the GF this year.
Saints, after being in the past 3 Grand Finals had only just made the eight on a mid-late season berth.

Anything can happen. What would you say if Port Adelaide had suddenly stepped up and was a top four side?

A teams success can also be based on minor things such as a good fixture, or an extreme lift from certain players.

I think a lot of people are of the belief that our back 6 is going to let us down like it has over the past few years. For a large part of last year however we had injuries to a number of key players (Grimes, Moore, Newman + Batchelor later in the year, also Astbury to a lesser degree) which means a lot of the responsibility fell on the shoulders of kids essentially. I'm talking the likes of Rance who had a great year and Post who is still finding his feet at the top level. We have addressed some of these concerns by drafting Morris who will be playing a lockdown role on small-forward which we have severely lacked for years. Hopefully with guys coming back we can release Deledio into the forward half of the ground where he will play his best footy. I expect him to play career best footy next year.

 

[HowieD]

I would have them behind Port but for the fact they have Pav.

Freo combined with a negative brand of coach (Lyon) will not work well, plus Lyon has already displayed his teams do not play well when away from the roof of Etihad. With Pattersons as a home ground, their inability to win away from home and a negative coach I see Freo in free fall and Lyon being sacked midway through 2013.

I am going to save this post and bring it out for a forum signature mid next year...

 

[Schulzenfest]

What is it with all of these predictions having Richmond finish in the bottom 4.
This will be our 3rd year in our long-term plan which has been sited as the 'finals' year. Look, I'm not going to be delusional and say that we are a certainty for the top 8 this year, but it would be an extremely rare situation if we were to go backwards.

The problem with Richmond is you have no depth of good players. Cotchin, Martin, Deledio and J Riewoldt are guns, Foley, Vickery and maybe Houli are on the next level down of good players but not quite there yet, and then there's not much else. It would only take a few injuries for everything to go pearshaped, especially if it happens to Riewoldt.

 

[Ron The Bear]

May revise the middle before 2012 starts.

Hawthorn
Collingwood
Fremantle
Carlton
Essendon
Geelong
West Coast
North Melbourne
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Sydney
Richmond
Melbourne
St.Kilda
Adelaide
Western Bulldogs
Brisbane
Port Adelaide
Gold Coast
Greater Western Sydney

Grand Final: Hawthorn v Carlton
Premiers: Carlton
Brownlow: Pendlebury
Coleman: Franklin
Norm Smith: Murphy

 

[Esky Lid]

Hawthorn
West Coast
Collingwood
Geelong
Carlton
Fremantle
Essendon
Sydney
----------------
Richmond ( Just for Sh!ts & Giggles)
North Melbourne
Melbourne
Gold Coast
St.Kilda
Brisbane
Port Adelaide
Greater Western Sydney
Adelaide
Western Bulldogs

Grand Final: Hawthorn v West Coast
Premiers: Hawthorn (by under a Goal)
Brownlow: Nic Naitanui - ( By a Considerable Margin !!! )
Coleman: BUDDY
Norm Smith: Ben Stratton

 

[smasha]

The TIGER is indeed Stirring!

 

[The Goon]

The problem with Richmond is you have no depth of good players. Cotchin, Martin, Deledio and J Riewoldt are guns, Foley, Vickery and maybe Houli are on the next level down of good players but not quite there yet, and then there's not much else. It would only take a few injuries for everything to go pearshaped, especially if it happens to Riewoldt.

Like he was injured this year?

 

[smasha]

Thread should be called "how to troll Richmond in 2012"

Awful lot of opposition supporters starting to wear the famous Richmond chip on the shoulders.

I expect the Bay to be full of Richmond hate like the good ole days next year.

Who knows,the media might join ya.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Like he was injured this year?

He was still able to contribute. IIRC he didn't miss any games with his injury.

Awful lot of opposition supporters starting to wear the famous Richmond chip on the shoulders.

Mate, the Tigers have made the finals twice in my lifetime and don't look like adding to that any time soon. No 'Richmond hate' coming from here, you're just not very good.

 

[Bardo State]

Thread should be called "how to troll Richmond in 2012"

Awful lot of opposition supporters starting to wear the famous Richmond chip on the shoulders.

I expect the Bay to be full of Richmond hate like the good ole days next year.

Who knows,the media might join ya.

Can see Hawthorn, West Coast, Collingwood, Geelong, Carlton, Fremantle, Essendon, Sydney, North, Melbourne, saints, dogs and Adelaide finishing above you next year.

And no one under the age of 50 has a Richmond chip on their shoulders.

The reason why not many people rate Richmond is that they have not shown enough to warrant it. Not because everyone is jealous of Richmond.

 

[McCrann]

Slotted the Dogs in at 14th - can't keep up with all these new teams!

1925 ain't that new! Surely!

 

[WWSD]

Ladder Prediction's

1 Collingwood
2 Hawthorn
3 Carlton
4 Geelong
5 WCE
6 Fremantle
7 Sydney
8 NM
9 Essendon
10 Adelaide
11 Melbourne
12 St Kilda
13 WB
14 BL
15 PA
16 GC
17 GWS

Grand Final: Hawthorn versus Carlton
Premiers: Hawthorn
NAB CUP: North Melbourne
Brownlow: Matthew Priddis (West Coast)
Coleman Medal: Lance Franklin (Hawthorn)
MOTY: Andrew Walker
GOTY: Cyril Rioli