AFL 2008 Crystal Ball

[im rick james dog]

Premiership Team = Geelong

Runner up = West Coast

Brownlow = Kerr

Runners up in Brownlow (Top 5 ) = Hodge, Judd, Goodes, Brown

Coleman Medal = Brown (82)

NAB Rising Star = Houli

Your top 8 =

1. Geelong
2. Collingwood
3. WC
4. Hawthorn
5. StKilda
6. Port Adelaide
7. Adeliade
8. North Melbourne

Your Bottom 8 =

9. Brisbane
10. Essendon
11. Sydney
12. Fremantle
13. Richmond
14. Melbourne
15. Bulldogs
16. Carlton

Who will be the most improved player in the AFL = Adam McPhee

Who will jump out of the scene = Delideo

Who will be the best out of the 07 NAB draft in 08 = Myers

Coaches to quit/sacked in 08 = Eade

Your teams Best & Fairest (top 3) =

1. Lucas
2. McPhee
3. Fletcher

Your teams All Australian players in 08 =

1. Lucas
2. Fletcher

Other Certainties to happen in 08 =

Carlton to get another priority pick, not through tanking but rather lack of good players

 

[Pie In Da Sky]

Premiership Team = Hawthorn

Runner up = St.Kilda

Brownlow = L.Hodge

Runners up in Brownlow (Top 5 ) = D.Swan J.Bartel M.Pavlich N.DalSanto

Coleman Medal = Pavlich (74)

NAB Rising Star = C.Masten

Your top 8 =

1. Port Adel
2. St.Kilda
3. Collingwood
4. Hawthorn
5. Geelong
6. West Coast
7. Nth Melb
8. Sydney
Your Bottom 8 =

9. Fremantle
10.Richmond
11.Brisbane
12.Carlton
13.Western Bulldogs
14.Melbourne
15.Essendon
16.Adelaide
Who will be the most improved player in the AFL = C.Tarrant

Who will jump out of the scene = C.Dawes

Who will be the best out of the 07 NAB draft in 08 = J.Grimes

Coaches to quit/sacked in 08 = Eade

Your teams Best & Fairest (top 3) =

1. Didak
2. Swan
3. Thomas

Your teams All Australian players in 08 =

1. Swan
2. Thomas

Other Certainties to happen in 08 =

Fremantle will have a big clean out at the end of the season

 

[bigunit]

Premiership Team = Geelong
Runner up = Hawthorn

Brownlow = N.Riewoldt
Runners up in Brownlow (Top 5 ) = J.Bartel, A.Goodes, D.Kerr, S.Mitchell

Coleman Medal = J.Brown
NAB Rising Star = B.Houli

Your top 8 =
1. Geelong
2. West Coast
3. Hawthorn
4. Collingwood
5. Pt Adelaide
6. Adelaide
7. Fremantle
8. St Kilda

Your Bottom 8 =
9. Nth Melbourne
10. Sydney
11. Carlton
12. Fremantle
13. Essendon
14. Western Bulldogs
15. Melbourne
16. Richmond

Who will be the most improved player in the AFL = N. van Berlo

Who will jump out of the scene = C Rioli

Who will be the best out of the 07 NAB draft in 08 = R. Palmer

Coaches to quit/sacked in 08 = Roos, Eade, Wallace

Your teams Best & Fairest (top 3) =

1. Hodge
2. Mitchell
3. Guerra

Your teams All Australian players in 08 =

1. Hodge
2. Mitchell
3. Franklin

Other Certainties to happen in 08 =

The 100,000th Franklin<Tambling thread to open on bigfooty

 

[Stants_24_Legend]

Predictions for 2008!

yes most of them were in yesterday's Herald Sun but thought it be a bit of fun

Top 8:
Premiers:
Runners Up:
Wooden Spoon:
Top 3 Brownlow in order:
Norm Smith:
Coleman:
Next Big Thing:
Fading Star:
Vic v All Stars:
Biggest News Story:
Headline You won't see:
Headline you'd like to see:
Biggest Crowd (home and away):
Biggest Haul Of Goals in a game and by who?

Top 8:
Geelong
St.Kilda
Hawthorn
Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Collingwood
Sydney
Essendon

Premiers: St.Kilda
Runners Up: Geelong
Wooden Spoon: Melbourne
Top 3 Brownlow: Nick Dal Santo
Matthew Pavlich
Luke Hodge

Norm Smith: Lenny Hayes
Coleman:Johnathon Brown
Next Big Thing: Leroy Jetta
Fading Star: Shannon Grant (still has some impact but not as much as he used to)

Vic V All Stars: Going to be awesome, massive crowd. Big V to get up by 5 points

Biggest News Story: Player facing jail term over night-club bashing.

Headline You Won't See: Wayne Carey signs as Kangaroo coach next season.

Headline You'd Like To See: Essendon Premiers 2008 lol

Biggest Crowd: 95,184 Collingwood V Essendon ANZAC Day lol

Biggest Haul: Johnathon Brown 14 whenever they play Melbourne.

 

[Bring-Back-Powell]

Re: Predictions for 2008!

^^^^^

Another sucker tipping Melbourne for the spoon.
Do people realise we have 13 games at our home ground - the ground where we play our best footy.

The ground where we lost once in 2006, and beat Collingwood and Adelaide there last year.

 

[#1 Dogs Fan]

Any more predictions ?

 

[Big Scottknowsall]

Re: Predictions for 2008!

^^^^^

Another sucker tipping Melbourne for the spoon.
Do people realise we have 13 games at our home ground - the ground where we play our best footy.

The ground where we lost once in 2006, and beat Collingwood and Adelaide there last year.

Perhaps some people just think Melb's best footy is still pretty ordinary....maybe.....just a thought.....hmmm.....?

 

[cAsEy_18]

Re: Predictions for 2008!

Top 8:
Geelong
St. Kilda
Collingwood
Hawthorn
Port Adelaide
West Coast
Fremantle
Choosing out of about 4 teams here umm Adelaide

Premiers: Geelong
Runners Up: Collingwood
Wooden Spoon: Melbourne
Top 3 Brownlow in order:
Nick Dal Santo
Simon Black
Brent Harvey
(Pavlich imo should win it but umpires don't give him enough votes)

Norm Smith: Gary Ablett Jr.
Coleman: Matthew Pavlich
Next Big Thing: Bachar Houli
Fading Star: David Neitz/Warren Tredrea
Vic v All Stars: 64,000 - Vics by 16
Biggest News Story: Cousins - I had an accomplice
Headline You won't see: Saints blow another chance at glory (sorry saints, hope this is wrong)
Headline you'd like to see: Lloyd/Lucas break records - 100 each.
Biggest Crowd (home and away): ANZAC DAY - 89,743
Biggest Haul Of Goals in a game and by who? Matthew Pavlich 9 vs Richmond.

 

[jonoman89]

Re: Predictions for 2008!

Perhaps some people just think Melb's best footy is still pretty ordinary....maybe.....just a thought.....hmmm.....?

Yep. We've played a lot of games at the G in the last 5 years - didn't do us any good!

 

[lenny&carl]

Re: Predictions for 2008!

Next Big Thing: NeonLeon.

 

[Geoffa32]

Re: Predictions for 2008!

Cant be bothered with Ladder or top 8...but Adelaide Port WCE Geelong Collignwood are in my 8

Premiers: Adelaide
Runners Up: WCE
Wooden Spoon: Richmond
Top 3 Brownlow: Scott Thompson, Judd, Ablett

Norm Smith: Macleod, its his day
Colemanavlich
Next Big Thing: Kurt Tippett (at 201cm literally)
Fading Star: Tredrea ( a work in Progress)

Vic V All Stars: Who Cares, Victoria to win though

Biggest News Story: Caroline Wilson and Hutchy to get married.

Headline You Won't See: Geelong to dominate

Headline You'd Like To See:Crows return to 2005 form, dominate comp and avoid WCE in finals only to beat them on GF day. By 118 points. Match fixing allegations as Crows hold off in last quarter so Port can still hold the record.

Biggest Crowd: 95,186 ANZAC day, I will be there (cant wait)

Biggest Haul: Lance Franklin 12.20

 

[KGCC07]

Re: Predictions for 2008!

Top 8:
Geelong
St.Kilda
Hawthorn
West Coast
Port Adelaide
Brisbane
Collingwood
Kangaroos


Premiers: St.Kilda
Runners Up: Geelong
Wooden Spoon: Richmond (but i want Carlscum to get it)
Top 3 Brownlow in order: Nick Dal Santo, Luke Hodge, Jonathan Brown
Norm Smith: Robert Harvey
Coleman: Brendan Fevola
Next Big Thing: David Armitage
Fading Star: Barry Hall
Vic v All Stars: VICS
Biggest News Story: Steve Johnson sacked by Geelong
Headline You won't see: "Carlton Premiers 08"
Headline you'd like to see: "St.Kilda Premiers 08"
Biggest Crowd (home and away): 97,357 at the 'G on Anzac Day
Biggest Haul Of Goals in a game and by who? Jonathan Brown/Justin Koschitzke (9) both against Carlscum

 

[markm106]

Re: Predictions for 2008!

Top 8:
Geelong
St.Kilda
Hawthorn
Port Adelaide
Freo
Brisbane
Wesy Coast
Collingwood

Premiers: St.Kilda
Runners Up: Geelong
Wooden Spoon: Richmond
Top 3 Brownlow: Pavlich
Garry Ablett
Jonothan Brown

Norm Smith: Nick Reiwoldt
Coleman:Johnathon Brown
Next Big Thing: Mitch Clark
Rising Star - Jamie Mcnamara

 

[thatday]

Re: Predictions for 2008!

Is the MCG getting some work done on it this year? Why would there only be 89,000 at ANZAC day? The last time the crowd was that small would have to have been during its renovation years.

 

[Burzum]

Re: Predictions for 2008!

Premiers: Hawthorn
Runners Up: Geelong
Wooden Spoon: Melbourne
Top 3 Brownlow in order: Simon Black, Luke Hodge, Gary Ablett
Norm Smith: Luke Hodge
Coleman: Matthew Lloyd
Next Big Thing: Bachar Houli
Fading Star: Brad Johnson
Vic v All Stars: Vics
Headline You won't see: Carlton - 2008 Premiers
Headline you'd like to see: Lloyd kicks 10 in Essendon's Grand Final Win
Biggest Crowd (home and away): 93,219 - Anzac Day Essendon vs. Collingwood
Biggest Haul Of Goals in a game and by who? Jonathan Brown, 12 goals vs. Melbourne

 

[Giants FC]

Re: Predictions for 2008!

Top 8:
Geelong
Adelaide
Port Adelaide
West Coast
St Kilda
Sydney
Brisbane
Essendon

Premiers: Geelong
Runners Up: Port Adelaide
Wooden Spoon: Richmond
Top 3 Brownlow in order: Simon Black, Andrew McLeod, Matthew Pavlich
Norm Smith: Jimmy Bartel
Coleman: Jonathan Brown
Next Big Thing: Bachar Houli
Fading Star: David Neitz, Matthew Richardson
Vic v All Stars: Victoria by 15 goals in front of 35,000
Biggest News Story: Gold Coast and West Sydney to have signed up pledges of multi-million dollar sponsorship deals.
Headline You won't see: All-Stars at full strength for Origin game
Headline you'd like to see: Sydney v Essendon sold out, 78,000 crowd witness classic match
Biggest Crowd (home and away): Anzac Day, 94,000
Biggest Haul Of Goals in a game and by who? Matthew Lloyd, 12.

 

[#1 Dogs Fan]

To anyone that hasn't had their prediction just as yet this is your last chance before season start so do so if you'd like

 

[Merv]

Some interesting predictions, makes you wonder what you were actually thinking

 

[#1 Dogs Fan]

Ok its time to see how people fared. I didn't go to bad judging on my team but over all disappointed. What was I thinking when I said the saints for the Premiership