2025 Ladder Predictions

[bungalow_bill]

No Victorian teams to make the 8, bookmark it.

A couple make it but then are easy beats for the interstate teams. No Vic teams are a serious chance for the flag IMO.

 

[Go the Guts]

Interesting that at the end of last year, many picked Adelaide as 2024 finalists.
Then 3 of our best players were out for much of 2024.

Thilthorpe was out until Round 17. Was looking like a behemoth pre-season, then got a knee meniscus injury - gone. One of, if not the most impactful forward in the AFL in the block of games he played, Round 18 to 24.
Nick Murray, our best backman out with an ACL until Round 13.
Best player Rankine out with both injury and suspension for 8 games.
Post-season draw analysis shows Adelaide as having the #1 hardest draw in 2024.

Now many picking us to be worse in 2025.

Quietly confident Adelaide will be well in the mix for finals in 2025.

 

[adammania9]

End of regular season.

#1 - Port
#2 - Brisbane
#3 - Sydney
#4 - Geelong
#5 - Hawthorn
#6 - GWS
#7 - Carlton
#8 - Bulldogs

#9 - Fremantle
#10 - Collingwood
#11 - St Kilda
#12 - Essendon
#13 - Gold Coast
#14 - Adelaide
#15 - North
#16 - Melbourne
#17 - West Coast
#18 - Richmond

First Round of Finals

Geelong beats Port
Brisbane beats Sydney
Hawthorn beats Bulldogs
GWS beats Carlton

Elimination Finals

Hawthorn beats Power
Sydney beats GWS

Preliminary Final

Brisbane beat Hawthorn
Geelong beat Sydney

Grand Final

Brisbane beat Geelong.

The same 8 finalists?

 

[Jibroni]

Adelaide and Dees to make the finals
Geelong and Pies will miss the finals

Carlton v Freo GF

Thats all you need to know.

 

[LOLchie Schultz]

Adelaide and Dees to make the finals
Geelong and Pies will miss the finals

Carlton v Freo GF

Thats all you need to know.

**** off, i need to know who wins...

WHO WINS GOTDAMNIT???

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

**** off, i need to know who wins...

WHO WINS GOTDAMNIT???

Blues from a kick on the boundary after the siren obviously

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Freo will be the team who missed finals to crack the top 4

Melb will be the bottom 6 team to ride a nice draw to finals.

Port and Geelong the suprise top 4 teams to miss the 8

The rest of the top 8 will make it again.

Giants mp with freo, Sydney and Brisbane making top 4. Hawks, dogs, dee's and blues rounding out the 8.

Ess and Coll to plummet

Tigers to spoon with only 1 or 2 wins.

GWS
Freo
Brisbane
Sydney
Hawthorn
Dogs
Carlton
Melbourne

Cats
Suns
Power
Crows
North
Saints
Pies
West Coast
Essendon
Richmond

Hawks to salute over Brisbane

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

I will have a go

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

I like this one! Imagine saluting and sitting there with pick 4 and 22.

Id go out and buy a new motorbike....



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[hawkinoz]

I like this one! Imagine saluting and sitting there with pick 4 and 22.

Id go out and buy a new motorbike....



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Would be amazing if you got a Harley, Harley would love that as a welcome gift.

4,22 & a F1 should be enough to make that happen. Being the last draft before Tassie, may even be able to exchange it for 2-3 lower first rounders to buff up the case.

 

[Goggin Our Best]

I will have a go

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

Hawthorn winning the Premiership defeating the Western Bulldogs .

Warren Buffett would give you a Trillion to one .

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Hawthorn winning the Premiership defeating the Western Bulldogs .

Warren Buffett would give you a Trillion to one .

Considering Hawthorn are currently second favourite to win the 2025 flag, he probably wouldn’t.

 

[Vindicater]

The same 8 finalists?

Hmm... I didn't even realise I had done that.

Sure why not.

 

[CCurnow3votes]

OK I’ll give this a crack;

Sydney - no reason to see them slide
Carlton - stacked & better injury luck
Freo - Bolton a difference maker.
Geelong - Bailey’s run will help
Collingwood - only if oldies can stay fit
GWS - home wins as always
Port - stacked midfield helps
Brisbane - will miss the big bloke

Bulldogs - close but no cigar
Gold Coast - history repeats
Hawthorn - thanks for the picks!
Adelaide - poor man’s Port.
Melbourne - too much trauma.
Essendon - who kicks his goals?
North Melbourne - start the journey up
St Kilda - planet lost.
West Coast - Should have kept 3.
Richmond - young talent, green shoots.

 

[Tista7000]

1. Geelong
2. Port Adelaide
3. Sydney Swans
4. Collingwood
5. Lions
6. Fremantle
7. Carlton
8. GWS

9. Hawthorn
10. Adelaide Crows
11. Bulldogs
12. St Kilda
13. Gold Coast Suns
14. Melbourne
15. Melbourne
16. North Melbourne
17. West Coast Eagles
18. Richmond

 

[Mikevk123]

1. Brisbane
2. Geelong
3. Hawthorn
4. Collingwood
5. Sydney
6. GWS
7. Fremantle
8. Carlton

9. Port Adelaide
10. Gold Coast
11. Adelaide
12. Western Bulldogs
13. St Kilda
14. Melbourne
15. Essendon
16. North Melbourne
17. West Coast
18. Richmond

 

[Tista7000]

1. Geelong
2. Port Adelaide
3. Sydney Swans
4. Collingwood
5. Lions
6. Fremantle
7. Carlton
8. GWS

9. Hawthorn
10. Adelaide Crows
11. Bulldogs
12. St Kilda
13. Gold Coast Suns
14. Melbourne
15. Melbourne
16. North Melbourne
17. West Coast Eagles
18. Richmond

whoops 15th meant to be Essendon

 

[Wojcinski]

1. Western Bulldogs
2. GWS
3. Geelong
4. Fremantle
5. Sydney
6. Collingwood
7. St Kilda
8. Brisbane

9. Gold Coast
10. Carlton
11. Hawthorn
12. Port
13. Adelaide
14. Melbourne
15. North Melbourne
16. Essendon
17. West Coast Eagles
18. Richmond

Freo & St Kilda the biggest movers
Hawthorn regression to the mean
Port the biggest drop
North to win 8 games
Richmond winless

Finals week one:
Dogs vs Freo
GWS vs Cats
Sydney vs Brisbane
Collingwood vs St Kilda

Week two:
Freo vs Sydney
GWS vs Collingwood

Week three:
Dogs vs GWS
Cats vs Sydney

GF:
Cats vs Dogs (Bailey 'Norm' Smith)

Week three:

 

[Dewyyyyy]

OK I’ll give this a crack;

Sydney - no reason to see them slide
Carlton - stacked & better injury luck
Freo - Bolton a difference maker.
Geelong - Bailey’s run will help
Collingwood - only if oldies can stay fit
GWS - home wins as always
Port - stacked midfield helps
Brisbane - will miss the big bloke

Bulldogs - close but no cigar
Gold Coast - history repeats
Hawthorn - thanks for the picks!
Adelaide - poor man’s Port.
Melbourne - too much trauma.
Essendon - who kicks his goals?
North Melbourne - start the journey up
St Kilda - planet lost.
West Coast - Should have kept 3.
Richmond - young talent, green shoots.

Yeah nah

 

[Sttew]

Port and Geelong the suprise top 4 teams to miss the 8

Surprise to yourself?

 

[Walshawk]

Swans - out in straight sets
GWS - Premiers
Freo - Runner up
Hawks - will continue on its roll, until PF weekend
Lions - will miss Joe
Carlton - best is not quite good enough
Cats - slight drop off
GC - just

Pies - age catching up
Dogs - Bevo will go
Port - Ken will go
St K
Adel
ESS
Dees - Goodwin axed
WC
North - Clarkson will go
Rich - zero wins

 

[Blackhawk42]

Adelaide and Dees to make the finals
Geelong and Pies will miss the finals

Carlton v Freo GF

Thats all you need to know.

Means one of them will have to wear their awful white clash strip though

 

[Fadge]

Rich - zero wins

Wouldn't this be magnificent?

And indeed very possible...

 

[JPetro83]

Wouldn't this be magnificent?

And indeed very possible.d

Nah, no doubt they will beat the Crows lol

 

[JPetro83]

Swans - out in straight sets
GWS - Premiers
Freo - Runner up
Hawks - will continue on its roll, until PF weekend
Lions - will miss Joe
Carlton - best is not quite good enough
Cats - slight drop off
GC - just

Pies - age catching up
Dogs - Bevo will go
Port - Ken will go
St K
Adel
ESS
Dees - Goodwin axed
WC
North - Clarkson will go
Rich - zero wins

If the ladder finishes this way then Brad Scott will be sacked and Matt Nicks will be sacked. no way Nicks will survive if the crows finish 13th.. i think the crows have to make the 8 for him to survive

 

[Spirit Level]

Means one of them will have to wear their awful white clash strip though

We'll wear our black gather round strip and they can wear their white clash strip