Contenders and Pretenders 2019 ( edited - Page 32 current discussion ) Are Richmond now the team to beat?

[Macpotata]

Geelong vs Collingwood - Collingwood
Brisbane vs Richmond - Richmond
WCE vs Essendon - If they play like tonight, Essendon. Will tip the Eagles at home against my better judgement
GWS vs Dogs - GWS

Geelong vs WCE - Geelong
Brisbane vs GWS - GWS

Collingwood vs GWS - Collingwood
Richmond vs Geelong - Richmond


Collingwood vs Richmond - Richdemption. Not. Piedemption.



Collingwood 2019 Premiers.

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Just wondering which team is in the better form Coaster2012, Geelong or West Coast?

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Geelong vs Collingwood - Collingwood
Brisbane vs Richmond - Richmond
WCE vs Essendon - If they play like tonight, Essendon. Will tip the Eagles at home against my better judgement
GWS vs Dogs - GWS

Geelong vs WCE - Geelong
Brisbane vs GWS - GWS

Collingwood vs GWS - Collingwood
Richmond vs Geelong - Richmond


Collingwood vs Richmond - Richdemption. Not. Piedemption.



Collingwood 2019 Premiers.

You change your tune on a day by day basis. At least I called my premier at the start of the year and stuck with it.

 

[smasha]

Geelong vs Collingwood - Collingwood
Brisbane vs Richmond - Richmond
WCE vs Essendon - If they play like tonight, Essendon. Will tip the Eagles at home against my better judgement
GWS vs Dogs - GWS

Geelong vs WCE - Geelong
Brisbane vs GWS - GWS

Collingwood vs GWS - Collingwood
Richmond vs Geelong - Richmond


Collingwood vs Richmond - Richdemption. Not. Piedemption.



Collingwood 2019 Premiers.

You had to play your grand final.

 

[PerthBoy86]

Maybe not

Unfortunately I'm predicting a Richmond flag. But don't care really...behind Brisbane though.

 

[blckcaviar]

The 3 main contenders are the 3 cat teams

 

[JackOutback]

You change your tune on a day by day basis. At least I called my premier at the start of the year and stuck with it.

Sure, but you’ve been wrong every year since 2011.

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Sure, but you’ve been wrong every year since 2011.

You sure about that? The only years I've been confident of saluting were 2007, 2011, 2013 and this year.

 

[Adz]

Hawks to win the whole god damn thing from 8th.

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

The 3 main contenders are the 3 cat teams

Tigers and Cats. Lions have next to no chance.

 

[HairyO]

Hawks to win the whole god damn thing from 8th.

I cant imagine too many teams in the top 7 are looking forward to Hawks or Dogs. Both had some VERY strong performances in the last month or so.

 

[Checkered]

The true number 1 pretenders are Adam Simpson for playing Tom Barrass. Sack them both please

**** you're a purebred nuffy

 

[Viceregal]

Since the Hawks got up tonight have we magically played two extra games against top eight teams and thus our draw is harder than it was in those heady days of early this afternoon ... is that the logic being used here or am I misunderstanding somehow?

 

[ItsGameTime]

My wild prediction for this year is that none of the Top 4 will end up winning the Premiership. We will see how that goes...

 

[bungalow_bill]

Bad news for Eagles fans

AFL era:
Winning flag from 4th or beyond: 1992, 1997, 1998, 2016 (14%)
Winning from 5th or beyond: 1998, 2016 (7%)

Interesting do you have the stats for 1st - 3rd? Know the minor premiers don't often win so majority must be 2nd & 3rd placed teams

 

[Ray Donovan]

Now it looks we'll finish top 4, still wary of all the other sides but I do have some confidence. Again we rely on system not personnel, we're building that game.

At worst we're a shot at it.

Is that all you have catch phrase references? O.k so a professional football club has a system. Thanks for that info

 

[ItsGameTime]

Interesting do you have the stats for 1st - 3rd? Know the minor premiers don't often win so majority must be 2nd & 3rd placed teams

Looking at wikipedia at the moment. In the last 10 or so years, more 2nd or 3rd place wins than anything. Prime positions on the ladder.

 

[PerthBoy86]

Hawks to win the whole god damn thing from 8th.

Bulldogs to win from 7th again.

 

[PerthBoy86]

Looking at wikipedia at the moment. In the last 10 or so years, more 2nd or 3rd place wins than anything. Prime positions on the ladder.

10 years is hardly a big enough sample. There's no reason why finishing 1st would be a disadvantage - unless you're Geelong and play a Melbourne team in a QF...

 

[ItsGameTime]

Bulldogs to win from 7th again.

Yep or Richmond to win from 3rd AGAIN.

 

[kranky al]

Well we sure look about as threatening as a wet kitten in a pillowcase

 

[footy75]

west coast have really ****ed it all up

tigers or cats

 

[juss]

Reevaluating my contender tiers, changes if Tigers miss top 4.

Tier 1: Collingwood/Richmond
Right now I reckon one of these 2 are most likely

Tier 2: Cats/Lions
Great in the H&A but lack of recent finals success for either points me to the above 2 teams being better chances in finals

Tier 3: Eagles
Great team but if they miss top 4, they need to win 4 consecutive finals and probably 3 consecutive away finals, will be very hard.

Tier 4:
The rest. Lotto chances that might cause some upsets and run deep but won't win 4 in a row over all those other teams.

 

[Americanpies]

West Coast certainly have cracks. Reckon last year was probably their last chance to win with this team. Kennedy is not what he used to be. Shuey has been found out with the staging and ducking.. like Lindsay Thomas, umpires are scared to pay him a free kick now. Cripps only shows up when they have a 30 point lead. McGovern has been nullified - teams know just not to kick it in his direction and they have no star ruckman.. Lycett leaving and Natinui inured... whoever they have there is a huge downgrade.

The only signs of life on this team are Ryan and Rioli. Without these guys, West Coast would be just stale... Also evident with the flag... no Rioli/Ryan, no flag.

 

[Americanpies]

Reevaluating my contender tiers, changes if Tigers miss top 4.

Tier 1: Collingwood/Richmond
Right now I reckon one of these 2 are most likely

Tier 2: Cats/Lions
Great in the H&A but lack of recent finals success for either points me to the above 2 teams being better chances in finals

Tier 3: Eagles
Great team but if they miss top 4, they need to win 4 consecutive finals and probably 3 consecutive away finals, will be very hard.

Tier 4:
The rest. Lotto chances that might cause some upsets and run deep but won't win 4 in a row over all those other teams.

I don't want to devalue your opinion.. but I think you are seriously underestimating GWS. They are a huge sleeper. Even with the injuries, they have star players in every position. No position is a weakness - Good defence/offence/midfield/ruck. I would have Tier one - Cats/Richmond, 2 Collingwood/GWS, 3 Bulldogs (if they make it)/West Coast. Bulldogs are without a doubt the strongest team of that cluster stuck from 7th onward. If Collingwood/GWS didn't have half their lists out injured, id have them as tier 1 with Richmond and move Geelong to Tier 2.