2025 Ladder Predictions

[Mat Mann]

Relegated back to their VFA origins - they want their VFA flags to be counted to the AFL tally, they can go back there!!!

** It was early AM I'm bound to forget something

forgot the Saints too

 

[Madas]

Let's get this offseason started! With some waaaaaaayyyy too early ladder predictions!



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

Nice colours

 

[Madas]

Bloody tough one , looking forward to seeing how wrong I am
Trade period could change things a lot but as it stands

GWS
BRISBANE
SYDNEY
GEELONG
FREO
BULLDOGS
HAWTHORN
PORT

CARLTON
GC
SAINTS
PIES
ADELAIDE
ESSENDON
MELBOURNE
NORTH
WC
RICHMOND

Sydney most likely to fall out of the 8

 

[Madas]

He just confirmed he’s retired. So that’s the end of that

Is that a Dimma style retirement?

 

[Cleansweep17]

Is that a Dimma style retirement?

No

 

[MattyJayJ]

1. Carlton
2. Geelong
3. Hawthorn
4. GWS
5. Fremantle
6. Sydney
7. Western Bulldogs
8. Adelaide

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

 

[Rod Stroker]

I don't get why so many have Freo so high? To me their list doesn't scream top 4. Where will their improvement come from to climb from 10th?

 

[justlookingaround]

Top 4 - Geelong
Mid table - Essendon
Bottom 4 - Richmond
Brave picks, I know.

 

[burge13]

1. Crows
2. Geelong
3. Brisbane
4. Hawthorn
5. Sydney
6. Freo
7. Port
8. Gws
9. Pies
10. Blues
11. Dogs
12. Dons
13. Dees
14. North
15. Wce
16. Saints
17. Richmond

Typed all this out and forgot GCS. **** knows with them, mid table somewhere

Brownlow = Dawson
Coleman = Thillthorpe
Rising Star = Draper

Crows v Geelong GF. Geelong by 80

 

[CURVE]

1. GWS
2. Geelong
3. Brisbane
4. Syndey
5. Collingwood
6. Bulldogs
7. Fremantle
8. Carlton

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

 

[SGBeach]

Which team has the most b-grade free agents next year?
I suspect they'll aim for the wooden spoon....

 

[adammania9]

I don't get why so many have Freo so high? To me their list doesn't scream top 4. Where will their improvement come from to climb from 10th?

Played like a top 6 side for most of the year before injuries to their spine wiped them out for the last month, dropping them to 10th place. It's still their fault they didn't play finals but can't underestimate the impact of facing top teams in the last few weeks without Pearce, Treacy and Darcy.

As a result of drafting heavily and well from 2016-19, they've got a large chunk of the list in the sweet spot of flirting with or surpassing 100 games, which is where a lot of players find true consistency in their performance.

Shai Bolton should be a terrific top up and will be expected to get close to his 2022 AA form when he last played finals. Considering how irrelevant Walters was for much of the year, it's an enormous upgrade in their forward line. I don't expect them to land Pickett but he has signalled his interest and the trade period can be very long.

Their form next year would hinge quite heavily on whether or not Darcy and Pearce can play close to full seasons. If they do, the Dockers should be expecting top four at a minimum.