Prediction 2018 Crystal Ball

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I did this last year and it proved to be a welcome distraction at a time of year where posters have a tendency to get a bit tetchy with one another for various reasons so here goes the 2018 version!

2018 predictions for the AFL

Premiers - Sydney
Runner-up - GWS
Set to Fall - Eagles
Set to Rise - Lions
Wooden Spoon - North Melbourne
Brownlow - Dangerfield
Coleman Medal - Lance Franklin
Rising Star - Cameron Rayner
First Coach sacked - Alan Richardson
Number of Lions Wins - 8
Will Alex Witherden sign a contract extension? - YES

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Premiers - GWS
Runner-up - Geelong
Set to Fall - St. Kilda
Set to Rise - Lions*
Wooden Spoon - North
Brownlow - Beams*
Coleman Medal - Josh Kennedy
Rising Star - LDU
First Coach sacked - Buckley
Number of Lions Wins - 7
Will Alex Witherden sign a contract extension? - YES


* not based off Brisbans bias, I swear!
 
Number of Lions Wins - 7-8
Will Alex Witherden sign a contract extension? - Yes, of course
To have a breakout season: Clugga, Matho
Surprise package: Bundy - envisage him becoming one of our top players, will play 18+ games.
Best first year player: Rayner
B&F: Beams

Premiers: GWS
Top 4 order: GWS, Adelaide, Essendon, Sydney
Set to Fall: Geelong
Set to Rise: Essendon
Spoon: North
Brownlow: Callan Ward
Coleman: Buddoir
Rising Star: Cameron Rayner
First Coach sacked: Buckley/B.Scott
 

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Premiers - GWS
Runner-up - Adelaide
Set to Fall - Richmond and West Coast
Set to Rise - Port
Wooden Spoon - Gold Coast
Brownlow - Matt Crouch
Coleman Medal - Robbie Gray
Rising Star - Witherden
First Coach sacked - Beveridge
Number of Lions Wins - 7
Will Alex Witherden sign a contract extension? - YES
 
WA Lion said:
I did this last year and it proved to be a welcome distraction at a time of year where posters have a tendency to get a bit tetchy with one another for various reasons so here goes the 2018 version!

2018 predictions for the AFL

Premiers - Sydney
Runner-up - GWS
Set to Fall - Eagles
Set to Rise - Lions
Wooden Spoon - North Melbourne
Brownlow - Dangerfield
Coleman Medal - Lance Franklin
Rising Star - Cameron Rayner
First Coach sacked - Alan Richardson
Number of Lions Wins - 8
Will Alex Witherden sign a contract extension? - YES

Feel free to add extra predictions
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2018 predictions for the AFL

Premiers - Geelong
Runner-up - Sydney
Set to Fall - Richmond (please)
Set to Rise - Bulldogs
Wooden Spoon - Gold Coast
Brownlow - JPK
Coleman Medal - Lance Franklin
Rising Star - Alex Witherden
Lions debutants - Rayner (15 Games), Bailey (12 games), Ballenden (8 Games), Starcevich (4 games)
Lions b&f - Harris Andrews
Lions breakout players - Cutler, Mathieson, Mccluggage, Walker
Lions on the chopping block at end of 2018 - Barrett, Frost, Bewick, Paparone
Lions leading goalkickers - Hipwood (38), Walker (35), Mccluggage (28)
First Coach sacked - Nathan Buckley
Number of Lions Wins - 7
Will Alex Witherden sign a contract extension? - No, but I hope I'm wrong
 
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Premiers - Sydney
Runner-up - Adelaide
Set to Fall - West Coast
Set to Rise - Port
Wooden Spoon - Gold Coast
Brownlow - Dangerfield
Coleman Medal - Franklin
Rising Star - LDU
First Coach sacked - None
Number of Lions Wins - 6
Will Alex Witherden sign a contract extension? - No
 
Premiers - GWS
Runner-up - Port Adelaide
Set to Fall - Eagles
Set to Rise - Saints
Wooden Spoon - Lions
Brownlow - Bontempelli
Coleman Medal - Daniher
Rising Star - Alex Witherden
First Coach sacked - Brad Scott
Number of Lions Wins - 4
Will Alex Witherden sign a contract extension? - No, but Rayner will.

Some will say pessimistic. I'm trying to take bias out of it, and arrive at my final thought being that as a team, we now rely massively on Beams and Zorko. If Zorko's form keeps up, and Beams' body holds up, we could be OK, and end up at 15-16 with 6-7 wins. But without Rocky, if Beama goes down, we are in big trouble. I'm not looking for wins this year. I'm looking for improving 4-quarter efforts, and more growth in our youngens.
 
Premiers - Adelaide
Runner-up - GWS
Set to Fall - Geelong
Set to Rise - Brisbane
Wooden Spoon - Gold Coast
Brownlow - Dangerfield
Coleman Medal - Josh Kennedy
Rising Star - Witherden
First Coach sacked - Brad Scott
Number of Lions Wins - 9
Will Alex Witherden sign a contract extension? - Yes (2 years)
 
Premiers - GWS
Runner up - Geelong
Set to Fall - Eagles
Set to Rise - Hot Pies
Wooden Spoon - Carlton
Brownlow - Ablett Jr
Coleman - Buddy
Rising Star - LDU (North)
First Coach Sacked - None
Lions wins - 11
Will Alex Witherden sign a contract extension? - Yes but for massive money
 
spotthedog1 said:
Premiers - GWS
Runner-up - Port Adelaide
Set to Fall - Eagles
Set to Rise - Saints
Wooden Spoon - Lions
Brownlow - Bontempelli
Coleman Medal - Daniher
Rising Star - Alex Witherden
First Coach sacked - Brad Scott
Number of Lions Wins - 4
Will Alex Witherden sign a contract extension? - No, but Rayner will.

Some will say pessimistic. I'm trying to take bias out of it, and arrive at my final thought being that as a team, we now rely massively on Beams and Zorko. If Zorko's form keeps up, and Beams' body holds up, we could be OK, and end up at 15-16 with 6-7 wins. But without Rocky, if Beama goes down, we are in big trouble. I'm not looking for wins this year. I'm looking for improving 4-quarter efforts, and more growth in our youngens.
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You're not wrong about us but look at who the Gold Coast midfield relies on. Similarly Carlton or North.
 
Premiers - Adelaide
Runner-up - Port
Set to Fall - West Coast
Set to Rise - Port
Wooden Spoon - Gold Coast
Brownlow - Fyfe
Coleman Medal - Buddy
Rising Star - Witherden
First Coach sacked - Leon Cameron
Number of Lions Wins - 8
Will Alex Witherden sign a contract extension? - Yes
 
jackess said:
You're not wrong about us but look at who the Gold Coast midfield relies on. Similarly Carlton or North.
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That was my thinking, North and Carlton now they have lost Gibbs and Docherty have horrid depth and predominantly only youngsters (and I'm not convinced at all by the quality of the North young brigade).
 
Premiers - GWS
Runner-up - Geelong
Set to Fall - Richmond
Set to Rise - Bulldogs
Wooden Spoon - Gold Coast
Brownlow - Mitchell
Coleman Medal - Kennedy
Rising Star - Witherden
First Coach sacked - Richardson
Number of Lions Wins - 9
Will Alex Witherden sign a contract extension? - Yes
 

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Premiers - GWS
Runner-up - Sydney
Set to Fall - Adelaide (to the lower half of the 8)
Set to Rise - Lions
Wooden Spoon - Suns
Brownlow - D Martin
Coleman Medal - Jeremy Cameron
Rising Star - Alex Witherden
First Coach sacked - Richardson
Number of Lions Wins - 7
Will Alex Witherden sign a contract extension? - Yes
 
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Premiers - GWS
Runner-up - Adelaide
Set to Fall - Richmond
Set to Rise - Melbourne
Wooden Spoon - North Melbourne
Brownlow - L Parker
Coleman Medal - J Cameron
Rising Star - Witherden
First Coach sacked - Buckley
Number of Lions Wins - 6
Will Alex Witherden sign a contract extension? - Yes
 
jackess said:
You're not wrong about us but look at who the Gold Coast midfield relies on. Similarly Carlton or North.
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WA Lion said:
That was my thinking, North and Carlton now they have lost Gibbs and Docherty have horrid depth and predominantly only youngsters (and I'm not convinced at all by the quality of the North young brigade).
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Carlton will struggle with no Gibbs or Doc. But other than that, they've got half of the GWS draft picks on their list, and I think they've got more growth in their young players than we do. They're probably a year ahead of us as well.

North - they could be in real trouble here. We could see someone like Jed Anderson (or a couple of their other guys) really take a step up, but it's tough to see how they can improve on last year, particularly with their retirements. I think if anyone takes the spoon off us, it will be Norf.

We are going to depend hugely on whether anyone steps up to cover Rocky, on Zorko's continued good form, and on Beams not getting injured. He did quite well last year, but if I were to take odds on Beams body surviving another 12 months, I don't know which way I'd fall. Supporting the Lions for this long, I'm past the stage where I'm keen to get my hopes up. Each time I have done, they've been dashed. So instead, I keep my expectations low so that we can't help but meet them. We showed real improvement at the end of last year, but I think we're still so far behind the rest of the comp, that even that improvement leaves us well off the pace.
 
spotthedog1 said:
Carlton will struggle with no Gibbs or Doc. But other than that, they've got half of the GWS draft picks on their list, and I think they've got more growth in their young players than we do. They're probably a year ahead of us as well.

North - they could be in real trouble here. We could see someone like Jed Anderson (or a couple of their other guys) really take a step up, but it's tough to see how they can improve on last year, particularly with their retirements. I think if anyone takes the spoon off us, it will be Norf.

We are going to depend hugely on whether anyone steps up to cover Rocky, on Zorko's continued good form, and on Beams not getting injured. He did quite well last year, but if I were to take odds on Beams body surviving another 12 months, I don't know which way I'd fall. Supporting the Lions for this long, I'm past the stage where I'm keen to get my hopes up. Each time I have done, they've been dashed. So instead, I keep my expectations low so that we can't help but meet them. We showed real improvement at the end of last year, but I think we're still so far behind the rest of the comp, that even that improvement leaves us well off the pace.
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You don't expect Rich, Bastinac, NRobbo or Bundy to step up in the absence of Beams or Zorko?
 
jackess said:
You don't expect Rich, Bastinac, NRobbo or Bundy to step up in the absence of Beams or Zorko?
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They might take a little bit of a step up, but I think most would agree that those 4 are solid b-graders. Rich has never delivered on potential. Basti hasn't been in and out of the team. NRobbo - genuinely good 2017, just hope he can continue to improve in 2018. Bundy will take a while to get up to speed again. He's been a long time out.
 
Premiers - GWS
Runner-up - Port Adelaide
Set to Fall - West Coast
Set to Rise - Melbourne
Wooden Spoon - Gold Coast
Brownlow - Josh Kelly
Coleman Medal - Jeremy Cameron
Rising Star - Alex Witherden
First Coach sacked - Adam Simpson
Number of Lions Wins - 7
Will Alex Witherden sign a contract extension? - YES
 
Premiers - Gws
Runner-up - Adelaide
Set to Fall - Richmond
Set to Rise - Bombers
Wooden Spoon - Gcs
Brownlow - Dangerfield
Coleman Medal - Lance Franklin
Rising Star - Alex Witherden
First Coach sacked - Alan Richardson
Number of Lions Wins - 8
Will Alex Witherden sign a contract extension? - YES
 
Premiers - GWS
Runner-up - Port Adelaide
Set to Fall - West Coast
Set to Rise - Essendon
Wooden Spoon - Suns
Brownlow - The Bont
Coleman Medal - Jeremy Cameron
Rising Star - Alex Witherden
First Coach sacked - Buckley (player revolt)
Number of Lions Wins - 8
Will Alex Witherden sign a contract extension? - YES
 
Premiers - Geelong
Runner-up - Sydney
Set to Fall - Eagles
Set to Rise - Lions
Wooden Spoon - Fremantle
Brownlow - Tom Mitchell
Coleman Medal - Josh Kennedy (Eagles)
Rising Star - Cam Rayner
First Coach sacked - Ross Lyon
Number of Lions Wins - 8 or 9
Will Alex Witherden sign a contract extension? - Yes
Other: Hipwood to kick 50+ goals, including a bag of 8
 
General consensus doesn't appear to be positive in terms of the Eagles, Saints and Pies 2018 prospects. Difficult to disagree really.

Quite a few tipping Suns for the spoon though which on talent alone would be a terrible result for them. Their list should be better than winning the spoon and their chances of retaining Lynch would fall away significantly you would think if they do finish last
 
WA Lion said:
General consensus doesn't appear to be positive in terms of the Eagles, Saints and Pies 2018 prospects. Difficult to disagree really.

Quite a few tipping Suns for the spoon though which on talent alone would be a terrible result for them. Their list should be better than winning the spoon and their chances of retaining Lynch would fall away significantly you would think if they do finish last
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I tipped the Suns to finish last as due to Commonwelth games their start to the year is a shocker and will be hard to come back from IMO.
 
Premiers - Sydney
Runner-up - GWS
Set to Fall - Eagles
Set to Rise - Dees
Wooden Spoon - GC
Brownlow - Danger
Coleman Medal - JJK
Rising Star - Paddy Dow
First Coach sacked - Alan Richardson
Number of Lions Wins - 7
Will Alex Witherden sign a contract extension? - yes
 

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