Round 18 predictions

[Stewies Power]

Essendon vs. Hawthorn - by 21pts (48k)
Gold Coast vs. Carlton - by 23pts (16k)
Melbourne vs. North Melbourne - by 46pts (19k)
Collingwood vs. GWS - by 58pts (31k)
Geelong vs. St Kilda - by 49pts (26k)
Fremantle vs. Adelaide - by 40pts (34k)
Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane - by 19pts (24k)
Western Bulldogs vs. West Coast - by 28pts (21k)
Sydney vs. Richmond - by 25pts (28k)

 

[Bomber32]

Essendon vs. Hawthorn: Hawthorn by 25 pts
Gold Coast vs. Carlton: Carlton by 12 pts
Melbourne vs. North Melbourne: North Melbourne by 53 pts
Collingwood vs. GWS: Collingwood by 64 pts
Geelong vs. St. Kilda: Geelong by 36 pts
Fremantle vs. Adelaide: Fremantle by 43 pts
Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane: Port Adelaide by 15 pts
Western Bulldogs vs. West Coast: West Coast by 20 pts
Sydney vs. Richmond: Sydney by 33 pts

 

[happy punter]

Hawks by 33
Carlton by 20
North by 50
Pies by 100
Cats by 50
Dockers by 25
Power by 20
Eagles by 11
Swans by 15

 

[Kickpuncher]

Essendon vs. Hawthorn - by 32pts
Gold Coast vs. Carlton - by 19pts
Melbourne vs. North Melbourne - by 29pts
Collingwood vs. GWS - by 68pts
Geelong vs. St Kilda - by 30pts
Fremantle vs. Adelaide - by 38pts
Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane - by 33pts
Western Bulldogs vs. West Coast - by 18pts
Sydney vs. Richmond - by 11pts

 

[lmach]

Essendon vs. Hawthorn - by 40 points
Gold Coast vs. Carlton - by 36 points
Melbourne vs. North Melbourne - 3 points
Collingwood vs. GWS - by 79 points
Geelong vs. St Kilda - by 42 points
Fremantle vs. Adelaide - by 31 points
Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane - by 27 points
Western Bulldogs vs. West Coast - by 48 points
Sydney vs. Richmond - by 44 points

 

[TigersBoy]

No, record crowd was for the Lions/Wallabies match a few weeks ago of 56,771.

There has been 3 sporting crowds larger than 55k at Etihad

Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United 2007 - 55,436
New South Wales v Queensland 2012 - 56,021
Wallabies v British Lions 2013 - 56,771

St Kilda v Geelong 2009 - 54,444 largest AFL crowd

 

[Dogs_r_barking]

My predictions:

Essendon vs Hawthorn 13 points (63,000)

Gold Coast vs Carlton 3 points (9,000)

Melbourne vs North Melbourne 46 points (26,000)

Collingwood vs GWS 84 points (38,000)

Geelong vs St Kilda 62 points (28,000)

Fremantle vs Adelaide 15 points (38,000)

Port Adelaide vs Brisbane 8 points (27,000)

Western Bulldogs vs West Coast 4 points (24,000)

Sydney vs Richmond 17 points (30,000)

 

[John Hart Jnr]

Essendon vs. Hawthorn - 9 by pts (48k)
Gold Coast vs. Carlton - by 6 pts (20k)
Melbourne vs. North Melbourne - 38 pts (16k)
Collingwood vs. GWS - by 69 pts (38k)
Geelong vs. St Kilda - by 37 pts (28k)
Fremantle vs. Adelaide - by 22 pts (31k)
Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane - by 21 pts (25k)
Western Bulldogs vs. West Coast - 3 by pts (16k)
Sydney vs. Richmond - by 27 pts (30k)

 

[Handsuper47]

Essendon vs. Hawthorn - 31pts
Gold Coast vs. Carlton - 22pts
Melbourne vs. North Melbourne - 86pts
Collingwood vs. GWS - 54pts
Geelong vs. St Kilda - 64pts
Fremantle vs. Adelaide - 12pts
Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane - 7pts
Western Bulldogs vs. West Coast - 11pts
Sydney vs. Richmond - 3pts

 

[Pal22]

Essendon vs Hawthorn - Bombers are doing very little wrong on field but Hawks have too much firepower for them to stop - Hawks by 19pts

Gold Coast vs Carlton - Suns will go in with a lot of confidence after last week on top of the result the from the last these two played at MS - Suns by 10pts

Melbourne vs North Melbourne - If this game was being played at the Dees actual home ground they may have been an outside chance but under the ES the Roos really do have no excuses - Roos by 38pts

Collingwood vs GWS - Pies really need to cement their spot in the 8 and this presents the perfect opportunity to increase there low % - Pies by 75pts

Geelong vs St Kilda - Saints should take confidence from their second half last week into this one, but Cats at Simonds are so hard to beat - Cats by 30pts

Fremantle vs Adelaide - Danger game for Dockers but at PS should still get the points - Dockers by 17pts

Port Adelaide vs Brisbane - Hardest of the round to pick, slightly leaning towards home side as Lions may struggle travelling again after Darwin - Power by 18pts

W.Bulldogs vs West Coast - Eagles are no certainties in this one, wouldn't surprise me if Dogs got up but won't risk tipping them - Eagles by 6pts

Sydney vs Richmond - This will really be a test the finals bound Tigers, they will put a up a good fight the Swans are in flag winning form at the moment - Swans by 20pts

Crowd Predictions
Essendon vs Hawthorn @ ES - 48,000
Gold Coast vs Carlton @ MS - 15,000
Melbourne vs North Melb @ ES - 21,000
Collingwood vs GWS @ MCG - 34,000
Geelong vs St Kilda @ SS - 27,000
Fremantle vs Adelaide @ PS - 33,000
Port Adelaide vs Brisbane @ AS - 19,000
W.Bulldogs vs WCE @ ES - 16,000
Sydney vs Richmond @ SCG - 29,000

 

[footyfan000001]

Essendon vs Hawthorn
- Game of the round. Hawks will be too strong for the Jobe-less Dons. Hawthorn by 38

Gold Coast vs Carlton
- Ruined the Blues season last year. Surely won't happen again under Mick. Will be close all day. Carlton by 14

Melbourne vs North Melbourne
- North Melbourne will be too good. But Dees on the improve under Craig. North Melbourne by 47

Collingwood vs GWS
- Pies to bounce back after a disappointing loss against the Suns. Cloke to kick a bag. Collingwood by 102

Geelong vs St.Kilda
- Cats too good at home and will bounce back after shock loss to Crows. Geelong by 46

Fremantle vs Adelaide
- Freo to bounce back also back at home. Will be defensively too good for Adelaide. Fremantle by 36

Port Adelaide vs Brisbane Lions
- Time for Port to slide. Lions been playing well. Upset here I reckon. Brisbane by 16

Western Bulldogs vs West Coast
- If we play as well as we have been the last fortnight - we are a big chance here. If we bring anything less - Eagles will flog us.

Sydney vs Richmond
- Another ripper game. Will be tight all day - Swans to pip them in the last quarter. Sydney by 11

 

[Baird]

Essendon vs. Hawthorn - by 47pts (52k)
Gold Coast vs. Carlton - by 14pts (19k)
Melbourne vs. North Melbourne - by 1pt (23k)
Collingwood vs. GWS - by 126pts (40k)
Geelong vs. St Kilda - by 38pts (27k)
Fremantle vs. Adelaide - by 12pts (31k)
Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane - by 8pts (28k)
Western Bulldogs vs. West Coast - by 25pts (23k)
Sydney vs. Richmond - by 33pts (29k)

 

[Inspector Malceski]

Essendon vs. Hawthorn - by Default (48,922)
Gold Coast vs. Carlton - by 14 points (19,382)
Melbourne vs. North Melbourne - by 20 points (29,451)
Collingwood vs. Vlad - by 68 points (35,396)
Geelong vs. St Kilda - by 36 points (26,042)
Fremantle vs. Adelaide - by 23 points (34,239)
Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane - by 12 points (23,901)
Footscray vs. West Coast - by 3 points (20,495)
AFL vs. Richmond - by 26 points (27,442)

Why don't you substitute Hawthorn with finals chockers or Geelong's bit ch

 

[Rhysswans13]

ESSENDON vs HAWTHORN- DRAW
SUNS vs CARLTON- SUNS BY 25
DEES vs ROOS- DEES BY 24
PIES VS GIANTS- PIES BY 70
CATS VS SAINTS- CATS BY 50
DOCKERS vs CROWS- DOCKERS BY 34
POWER vs LIONS- LIONS BY 12
DOGS vs EAGLES- EAGLES BY 40
SWANS vs TIGERS- SWANS BY 5

 

[Hodge is God]

Why don't you substitute Hawthorn with finals chockers or Geelong's bit ch

Gee, someone took offence.

 

[Hand]

Why don't you substitute Hawthorn with finals chockers or Geelong's bit ch

Well...

- We were overrun in that 2012 GF, the extra days' break your mob had got you over the line, plus we still had the tail-end of that gastro virus running through the camp. It wasn't to be. In the 2011 Prelim, Collingwood completely outplayed us in the final term. Full credit to them. We shouldn't be labelled as 'finals chokers' just because we lost two close ones in consecutive seasons.

- Don't really care about Geelong tbh. We have wood over them when it matters: GF day. They'll never beat us on the biggest stage.

 

[Dirty Bird]

Essendon-4.1.25-8.4.52--12.6.78---15.10.100
Hawthorn-4.3.27-10.5.65-13.10.88-15.11.101

Gold Coast-6.2.38-8.6.54-10.6.66-13.9.87
Carlton-----2.2.14-4.6.30-9.7.61--13.8.86

Melbourne--------2.2.14--5.4.34--10.6.66--15.9.99
North Melbourne-10.0.60-10.1.61-11.1.67-16.2.98

Collingwood---------------9.7.61-15.11.101-21.15.141-5.1.31*
Greater Western Sydney-0.1.1---1.1.7------3.1.19-----5.2.32

*Score reset to 0 after found to have had 19 men on the field via number count

Geelong-2.2.14--3.6.24-6.10.46-8.11.59
St Kilda--5.0.30-7.0.42-9.0.54---10.0.60

Fremantle-1.5.11-1.12.18-1.19.25-2.25.37
Adelaide---2.0.12-3.1.19--4.2.26---6.2.38

Port Adelaide-4.2.26-9.5.59-14.7.91-14.7.91
Brisbane------2.1.13-5.3.33-8.8.56---14.8.92

Western Bulldogs-2.2.14---6.6.42---10.7.67-15.9.99
West Coast--------B.OO.48-10.1.61-11.2.68-16.4.100

Sydney----5.1.31-6.3.39-13.7.85-15.9.99
Richmond-3.1.19-9.1.55-13.3.81-16.3.99

So in short, the greatest round ever.

 

[scaryness]

Essendon vs. Hawthorn - by 31 (49,000)
Gold Coast vs. Carlton - by 20 (12,000)
Melbourne vs. North Melbourne - by 66 (11,500)
Collingwood vs. GWS - by 63 (33,000)
Geelong vs. St Kilda - by 47 (25,000)
Fremantle vs Adelaide - by 9 (31,000)
Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane - by 4 (24,000)
Western Bulldogs vs. West Coast - by 10 (11,000)
Sydney vs. Richmond - by 15 (29,000)

 

[liz]

A couple of Hawks' fans showing us love. Sydney will be a class above at the SCG.

I'm pretty apprehensive about this game. With Hawthorn and Geelong (at Geelong) to come in the final two rounds, we really need to nail this one to have a decent chance of finishing top 4. But Richmond have embarrassed us the last two times we've met. If Richmond get their fast running game going and their disposal skills are "on" for the day, they might be hard to stop. Our defence is susceptible to two decent tall opposition forwards, given most of our long term injuries have been to our core defensive group. We certainly don't have anyone who's a natural fit to play on Riewoldt so the key will be preventing supply.

 

[HappyChappy35]

Essendon v Hawthorn- 18pts (49k)
Going to be a cracker. Unfortunately I think Hawthorn's class will prevail in the end; will be too strong across the ground for the Jobe-less Bombers.

Gold Coast v Carlton- 16pts (17k)
Great opportunity for the Suns to string together back-to-back wins at home, and I reckon they'll do it. Very important match for Carlton, but unfortunately for them they seem to lose these sorts of games more often than not.

Melbourne v North Melbourne- 49pts (21k)
Borrinngg......

Collingwood v GWS Giants- 57pts (33k)
Pies typically struggle to get themselves up for these games, but even then they should prevail pretty easily.

Geelong v St Kilda- 40pts (31k)
Will be interesting to see how the Saints handle an unfamiliar ground (haven't travelled to Geelong since 2004). They'll come to play in spite of this, but I'd still expect us to win fairly comfortably.

Fremantle v Adelaide- 38pts (34k)
Dockers easily at home, at Footy Park it could've been fairly interesting.

Port Adelaide v Brisbane Lions- 12pts (24k)
Port have struggled against Brisbane in the past, but given this is at home and essentially an 8-pointer for them I'd expect a win their way. Lions could cause an upset but Port will try and ensure not to lose games like this.

Western Bulldogs v West Coast- 19pts (16k)
Dogs will give it another red-hot crack, but if the Eagles are serious about getting themselves back into finals contention this is a game they won't drop. Wouldn't surprise me to see an upset though.

Sydney v Richmond- 17pts (28k)
The 2nd most interesting game of the round behind Essendon v Hawthorn. Should be a close game from start to finish, with Sydney's class and home ground advantage proving to be the telling factor in the end.

 

[Catgirl]

Essendon v Hawthorn - Hawthorn by 28
GC v Carlton - GC by 35
Melbourne v North Melbourne - North by 92
Collingwood v GWS - Collingwood by 41
Geelong v St Kilda - Geelong by 69
Fremantle v Adelaide - Fremantle by 45
Port Adelaide v Brisbane - Port by 44
Footscray v West Coast - Footscray by 13
Sydney v Richmond - Sydney by 24

 

[Spoken4]

Essendon-4.1.25-8.4.52--12.6.78---15.10.100
Hawthorn-4.3.27-10.5.65-13.10.88-15.11.101

Gold Coast-6.2.38-8.6.54-10.6.66-13.9.87
Carlton-----2.2.14-4.6.30-9.7.61--13.8.86

Melbourne--------2.2.14--5.4.34--10.6.66--15.9.99
North Melbourne-10.0.60-10.1.61-11.1.67-16.2.98

Collingwood---------------9.7.61-15.11.101-21.15.141-5.1.31*
Greater Western Sydney-0.1.1---1.1.7------3.1.19-----5.2.32

*Score reset to 0 after found to have had 19 men on the field via number count

Geelong-2.2.14--3.6.24-6.10.46-8.11.59
St Kilda--5.0.30-7.0.42-9.0.54---10.0.60

Fremantle-1.5.11-1.12.18-1.19.25-2.25.37
Adelaide---2.0.12-3.1.19--4.2.26---6.2.38

Port Adelaide-4.2.26-9.5.59-14.7.91-14.7.91
Brisbane------2.1.13-5.3.33-8.8.56---14.8.92

Western Bulldogs-2.2.14---6.6.42---10.7.67-15.9.99
West Coast--------B.OO.48-10.1.61-11.2.68-16.4.100

Sydney----5.1.31-6.3.39-13.7.85-15.9.99
Richmond-3.1.19-9.1.55-13.3.81-16.3.99

So in short, the greatest round ever.

Ha Ha gold. You have Freo kicking 2 goals 25 points. Classic!!!

 

[Madtiger2006]

Essendon v Hawthorn - Hawthorn by 40 in front of 50k
GC v Carlton - GC by 20 in front of 20k
Melbourne v North Melbourne - North by 50 in front of 30k
Collingwood v GWS - Collingwood by 60 in front of 30k
Geelong v St Kilda - Geelong by 40 in front of 30k
Fremantle v Adelaide - Fremantle by 30 in front of 40k
Port Adelaide v Brisbane - Port by 30 in front of 30k
Footscray v West Coast - West coast by 30 in front of 20k
Sydney v Richmond - Richmond by 20 in front of 30k

 

[Jack Lord]

Essendon vs. Hawthorn … Even with Buddy looking on from GWS’s secret underground bunker, the Dawks should be too good for the guinea pigs. Hawks by 22.


Gold Coast vs. Carlton … At the start of the year you’d have penciled this in as a win for the rapidly-rising Malthouse inspired Blues. As it turns out, Malthouse’s inspiration has been minimal at best. Suns by 16.

Melbourne vs. North Melbourne … Poor old North. If at the start of the season they’d been given a bag of – let’s say 15 points – to be pulled out and added to their scores at the end of any matches they chose, they’d probably be top of the table right now. As it turns out the only bag they got was a bag of ****. Still, Roos by 23.

Collingwood vs. GWS … Insomniacs all over the country won’t miss this opportunity to catch up on some badly needed sleep. No one cares about the Giants. And the only joy in watching the Pies is watching Bucks go apes**t in the coaches box. Sadly, this week he won’t need to. Pies by 49.


Geelong vs. St Kilda … The cats are on the rebound. The saints are on the rebuild. I know who my money’s on. Cats by 55.


Fremantle vs Adelaide … I’d love for the crows to recreate last week’s form. It would really help my Swans top four ambitions. And it would spare us all the chore of listening to the Freo song. Sadly, I’m getting the earplugs ready. Freo by 18.


Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane … Brisbane have proven themselves giant killers this year. I suspect Port aren’t quite giant enough. Power by 23.


Western Bulldogs vs. West Coast … At the start of the year I tipped the eagles to win the flag. For their sake, I hope this tip is more accurate. Eagles by 24.


Sydney vs. Richmond … The Tiges have ruffled the Swans’ feathers in the past but you’d have to go with the Swans at home. Swans by 20.

 

[Dirty Bird]

Ha Ha gold. You have Freo kicking 2 goals 25 points. Classic!!!

It was the only way I could get Adelaide a win as your defence will restrict our own opportunities.