Prediction Who finishes highest out of Tigers, Cats, Giants, Eagles & Lions in 2020

[Yojimbo]

Unbelievably good post. Now watch the Eagles supporters come for you.

I drafted Tim Kelly to West Coast at pick 21 in his draft year, pity they did not would have saved them a lot
of draft assets. Let them come I love West Coast, Peter Matera is my favourite player.

 

[Dr Tigris]

Difficult, as always

I have Eagles as #1 cause a fit NicNat and Kelly = major improvement. Last year they were equal best team then just fell apart after losing a very close game to the Tigers. No idea why that happened, but I'm hoping for a 2020 repeat.

Tigers very close second. Should be better than 2019 with less injuries and a deeper squad.

Giants are capable of being the best, easily. But they have to translate the ability to grind out ugly wins into a consistent playing style. If they can do that they'll win in 2020. If they stay a bit too 'perfect' they'll be found out in finals. I know that is half in half out, but that's how I feel. If they learn to step it up to finals style then they'll win their first title.

Cats have lost their best player IMHO. I reckon they will slide due to their stars being older and having lost a lot of class. Still a good shot for top 4 due to the home ground and really solid well drilled team. But I reckon a fragile squad due to age and structure.

Lions 5-8. Will be hunted now and have a harder draw, and be without a genuine all time star organizing their defense. But in 2 years I'd expect them to be balls deep into the premiership.

Not in the OP

Doggies just have to take that next step and they are a genuine show. Love what they are building

Pies need it all to go right. Their amazing midfield makes up for a lot of other weaknesses. If they can consistently control the game through that midfield they could go all the way. But I don't expect that the happen. Some of their prime movers are getting on and their forward line is better understood by oppositions and more easily stopped. Let's see if Bucks can pull a rabbit from the hat. He's got a team that's 85% premiership, and 15% not there at all. Doesn't take much for it all to go right.

 

[Coolangatta]

Can't shake the feeling that the Tigers will have a shock drop off, despite there being no logical reason why that should happen. I think something's going to change, that teams will work out how to beat them.

 

[Niggles]

Can't shake the feeling that the Tigers will have a shock drop off, despite there being no logical reason why that should happen. I think something's going to change, that teams will work out how to beat them.

That may possibly be because of the deafening silence from opposition posters, refusing to acknowledge this Richmond team as the best ever in the long proud history of the game. Even I have started to doubt the legitimacy of this dynasty team due to the lack of fawning over us.

 

[threesixpio]

They may not be able to touch the talent on paper of some of the great Hawthorn sides of the past, but that
fact only makes their achievement more worthy of merit. Never in AFL history have the powers that be tried
to even things out so every team does not have to wait too long to raise the cup and yet all I see is a flood
of Yellow and Black and premiership medallions.

 

[Leeda]

ya like combining stuff with other stuff and you get 'blah;...
sorry dude... ^

 

[bh90210fan]

Can't shake the feeling that the Tigers will have a shock drop off, despite there being no logical reason why that should happen. I think something's going to change, that teams will work out how to beat them.

I agree. Their success is much too dependant on Martin for one and their midfield is ageing. Edwards 32, Cotchin 30, Martin 29 and Prestia is 28 this year. Last chance saloon for them this season and if Martin goes down its good night nurse

 

[Yojimbo]

I said the great Hawthorn teams of the past were better on paper, don't you like the compliment ?

 

[threesixpio]

I said the great Hawthorn teams of the past were better on paper, don't you like the compliment ?

 

[Master91]

richmond played there right to 2017 and virtually every year prior for over a decade, despite having more members and being higher up the ladder than the likes of st kilda and carlton and essendon.

Not fair to group them with that lot/ st kilda and carlton were exempt for the bulk of the decade..

Richmond have played in Geelong three times over the last decade in 2017, 2012 and 2010. They played at GMHBA because on field they finished well into the bottom 8 the previous seasons to those just mentioned. It's exactly the same reasoning as to why Carlton have played in Geelong the last two seasons (and I agree with you that Carlton playing in Geelong should've happened sooner).

Now Richmond are the strongest club in the competition and every congratulations goes to them for what they've achieved. But they won't be playing down here any time soon, so I think it's pretty fair to now add them in with the likes of Collingwood, Hawthorn and Essendon.

 

[Master91]

Geelong have a really good set up in the H&A
Most of their home games they have an exclusive home ground
Then about half of the rest of their games are on the MCG so they are reasonably accustomed to it, they also don’t have to travel for these games.

The trade off is in home finals they at best get a mild advantage, and frequently get a mild disadvantage.

This is probably related to Geelong’s recent finals record. And in fact their all time finals winning percentage of 43.85%, 4th worst in the league.

But Geelong don't travel less than other Victorian teams, is that what you're suggesting? Geelong, Essendon, St. Kilda (includes 1 international flight) and Richmond all travel 6 times this year, and Carlton, WB and Collingwood travel 5 times each...

 

[Forward Press]

Difficult, as always

I have Eagles as #1 cause a fit NicNat and Kelly = major improvement. Last year they were equal best team then just fell apart after losing a very close game to the Tigers. No idea why that happened, but I'm hoping for a 2020 repeat.

Complacency, many players carrying injuries or just not being as good as they were last year. 5th was about where we deserved to finish.

 

[Yojimbo]

I study the premiership team every year, yes even the years Hawthorn won it and Richmond are very much
out on their own when it comes to system and personnel. It is not hard to acknowledge this fact without
all the vomit, two more flags and this is well and truly a dynasty. Just tip your hat to a team who have
dared to be different with an original method. The Hawks were great it was a badge of honour to beat them
such was the respect they generated, Richmond are now the bridge that everyone wants to cross the main
man the MacDaddy numero uno, just accept it and learn to like it.

 

[threesixpio]

I study the premiership team every year, yes even the years Hawthorn won it and Richmond are very much
out on their own when it comes to system and personnel. It is not hard to acknowledge this fact without
all the vomit, two more flags and this is well and truly a dynasty. Just tip your hat to a team who have
dared to be different with an original method. The Hawks were great it was a badge of honour to beat them
such was the respect they generated, Richmond are now the bridge that everyone wants to cross the main
man the MacDaddy numero uno, just accept it and learn to like it.

Never

 

[PhatBoy]

GWS and Collingwood have come closer to winning a flag than Geelong in the past eight years.

The average age of the West Coast squad is even less than 2017. We'll be fine this year.

on a technicality perhaps GWS have but I think everybody knows we would have beaten them in last year’s GF as welll

 

[PhatBoy]

Are finals included?
I feel like Eagles will finish top after the home and away and be premiers, but for the rest I reckon Tigers will make a deep finals run without necessarily finishing 2nd in the home and away.

Giants are top 4, and potentially premiers or runners up too. I reckon they finish 2nd.

Brisbane 5th-7th home and away,

Cats 4th - 8th but nowhere near the premiership. Propped up by wins in Geelong which will inflate their ladder position, then lose in finals.

we were 8-5 in the home and away season away from KP last year. and 3 of those 5 losses were in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

yeah we would be dead in the water without KP.

f*** at what point does basic infants school maths kick in and people recognise this.

 

[Tenny]

I don’t want to sound arrogant, but I am OK with Rance retiring. If it gives opposition clubs a boost then that’s good for the competition.

We belted the second best team in it by 89 points. Other teams have a lot of ground to make up. If we had Rance it would’ve been bordering unfair.

 

[PhatBoy]

I don’t want to sound arrogant, but I am OK with Rance retiring. If it gives opposition clubs a boost then that’s good for the competition.

We belted the second best team in it by 89 points. Other teams have a lot of ground to make up. If we had Rance it would’ve been bordering unfair.

you beat the second best team by 4 goals imo
Still more than good enough to distance yourselves from the pack

 

[Capriati]

I drafted Tim Kelly to West Coast at pick 21 in his draft year, pity they did not would have saved them a lot
of draft assets. Let them come I love West Coast, Peter Matera is my favourite player.

LOL - Then we never would have gotten Oscar Allen. OAllen will be future captain and important to the clubs future for the next 10 years. If we didn't pick him up with 21 then I doubt he would have been there with 26 and I doubt we would have been able to get him back via trade. As it turns out, we ended up with both Oscar Allen and Tim Kelly.

Our 2017 draft hand is looking pretty good.

13 Jarrod Brander
21 Oscar Ollen
24 Tim Kelly
26 Liam Ryan.

 

[Yojimbo]

LOL - Then we never would have gotten Oscar Allen. OAllen will be future captain and important to the clubs future for the next 10 years. If we didn't pick him up with 21 then I doubt he would have been there with 26 and I doubt we would have been able to get him back via trade. As it turns out, we ended up with both Oscar Allen and Tim Kelly.

Our 2017 draft hand is looking pretty good.

13 Jarrod Brander
21 Oscar Ollen
24 Tim Kelly
26 Liam Ryan.

King Oscar was pick 16 to the mighty Western Bulldogs, love King Oscar.

 

[juss]

we were 8-5 in the home and away season away from KP last year. and 3 of those 5 losses were in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

yeah we would be dead in the water without KP.

f*** at what point does basic infants school maths kick in and people recognise this.

It was a prediction of 2020, and 8-5 certainly isnt as strong as your GMHBA record. Chill out you mathematical genius.

 

[PhatBoy]

It was a prediction of 2020, and 8-5 certainly isnt as strong as your GMHBA record. Chill out you mathematical genius.

regardless, it’s a myth that’s been traded on for years and it’s just that.
Richmond were 5-4 away from their home deck last year.
Less relevant I guess perhaps when you consider that finals are played at their home ground but regardless, people don’t seem to care

 

[juss]

regardless, it’s a myth that’s been traded on for years and it’s just that.
Richmond were 5-4 away from their home deck last year.
Less relevant I guess perhaps when you consider that finals are played at their home ground but regardless, people don’t seem to care

Its not a myth at all, Geelong are almost impossible to beat at GMHBA, less so elsewhere. Wheres the inaccuracy in that? I'd say their home record better than most.

 

[bungalow_bill]

Can't shake the feeling that the Tigers will have a shock drop off, despite there being no logical reason why that should happen. I think something's going to change, that teams will work out how to beat them.

I don't think they will drop off that much but I do think they've probably peaked and it's all downhill from there.

 

[PhatBoy]

Its not a myth at all, Geelong are almost impossible to beat at GMHBA, less so elsewhere. Wheres the inaccuracy in that? I'd say their home record better than most.

the implication of that is that somehow it’s unfair and that we struggle away from there.
Every team goes worse away from their home ground than they do away. Why are we singled out?