2025 Ladder Predictions

[GreyCrow]

What’s so special about Adelaide this year?

We hired the fly

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

We hired the fly

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The Australian version of Ratatouille.

 

[Fadge]

What’s so special about Adelaide this year?

High quality youth a year older - Rankine, Thilthoroe, Rachelle, Soligo - and recruited well in the off season to address a number of shortcomings in their list.

Short odds to be the massive improvers in 2025.

 

[timokane]

1. gws
2. hawks
3. lions
4. pies
5. dogs
6. crows
7. freo
8. cats

 

[Rod Stroker]

I laugh at everyone who had Freo in their top 4. Ordinary team with a bland coach

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

I laugh at everyone who had Freo in their top 4. Ordinary team with a bland coach

I laugh at people drawing conclusions after 2 games of footy.

 

[bradfisher14]

I laugh at people drawing conclusions after 2 games of footy.

 

[TheUnicorn]

I laugh at everyone who had Freo in their top 4. Ordinary team with a bland coach

It’s round 2…..

 

[Rod Stroker]

It’s round 2…..

and they haven't won a game. How many teams start 0-2 and finish top 4?

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

and they haven't won a game. How many teams start 0-2 and finish top 4?

Plenty

 

[demondavey]

GWS
Brisbane
Hawthorn
Collingwood
Adelaide
Sydney
Geelong
Gold Coast

GWS v Coll - GWS
Brisbane v Hawthorn - Brisbane
Adelaide v GC - Adelaide
Sydney v Geelong - Sydney

Coll v Adelaide - Coll
Hawthorn v Sydney - Hawthorn

Brisbane v Coll - Brisbane
GWS v Hawthorn - GWS

GF
GWS V BRISBANE - ?

 

[Fadge]

and they haven't won a game. How many teams start 0-2 and finish top 4?

Plenty

And a lot more who start 0 and 2 finish bottom 4 than finish top 4.

I believe the ratio is 12:1

 

[Macca180]

Pies v GWS

Grand Final

 

[Chadwiko]

I laugh at people drawing conclusions after 2 games of footy.

Agreed.

Some people are saying Hawthorn are good which is ridiculous.

 

[RCAB]

I didn't post my letter prediction before the start of the season but if I remember what I would have posted this is what I came up with:

1) Hawthorn

2) Fremantle

3) Brisbane

4) GWS

5) Sydney

6) Geelong

7) Bulldogs

8) Collingwood

9) St Kilda

10) Adelaide

11) Gold Coast

12) Port Adelaide

13) Essendon

14) North Melbourne

15) Carlton

16) Melbourne

17) West Coast

18) Richmond

Think it's still fine except for...

Freo (2nd), they've had a very slow start to the season, Adelaide (10th) looking like they will probably make finals now.

 

[Disco Dew]

Agreed.

Some people are saying Hawthorn are good which is ridiculous.

 

[TheFourPillars]

Agreed.

Some people are saying Hawthorn are good which is ridiculous.

3 - 0 ... 3 games mate that's more than enough

 

[HirdsTheWord]

I didn't post my letter prediction before the start of the season but if I remember what I would have posted this is what I came up with:

1) Hawthorn

2) Fremantle

3) Brisbane

4) GWS

5) Sydney

6) Geelong

7) Bulldogs

8) Collingwood

9) St Kilda

10) Adelaide

11) Gold Coast

12) Port Adelaide

13) Essendon

14) North Melbourne

15) Carlton

16) Melbourne

17) West Coast

18) Richmond

Think it's still fine except for...

Freo (2nd), they've had a very slow start to the season, Adelaide (10th) looking like they will probably make finals now.

I'd have north comfortably above us.

i reckon we are a genuine chance to finish bottom 3.

 

[RCAB]

I'd have north comfortably above us.

i reckon we are a genuine chance to finish bottom 3.

Well after last week obviously you would, but they beat possibly the second worst team in the competition right now. I would be tempered for a couple weeks on North.

Next week they travel to Adelaide and they don't even need to win, they just need to show they're competitive.

The week after they have Sydney at Marvel, another telling audit. 8 months ago they lost by 80 points to them, so if they have certainly turned the corner, they should do much better than that performance, maybe even win.

 

[Blackhawk42]

Pies v GWS

Grand Final

So far from Collingwood we've seen utter dross, a massive trumping then an arm wrestle against a weakened opponent and unprecedented umpire assistance.

I actually have no idea if they're good for a run at the top 4 or fighting with 5 others teams to sneak into 8th.

 

[Blackhawk42]

Agreed.

Some people are saying Hawthorn are good which is ridiculous.

Agreed! We're GREAT

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Agreed.

Some people are saying Hawthorn are good which is ridiculous.

Your 2024 diagram will never get old.

 

[Chadwiko]

Your 2024 diagram will never get old.

That was actually from 2023, I'll have you know.

 

[Fadge]

I'd have north comfortably above us.

i reckon we are a genuine chance to finish bottom 3.

Wouldn't it be quite humorous if we had Carlton, Essendon and Richmond finish in the bottom 3?

 

[shintemaster]

Well after last week obviously you would, but they beat possibly the second worst team in the competition right now. I would be tempered for a couple weeks on North.

Next week they travel to Adelaide and they don't even need to win, they just need to show they're competitive.

The week after they have Sydney at Marvel, another telling audit. 8 months ago they lost by 80 points to them, so if they have certainly turned the corner, they should do much better than that performance, maybe even win.

Big two weeks. Competitive against Adelaide - the toughest trip going round as of this moment - is a good result. A win would see the lid off (before a likely crash to earth). If North can pinch one of the next 2 things will get interesting.