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How many games will we win?

126 members have voted

  1. 1. How many games will we win?

    • < 5: collect the PP again (pick 4 & 7)
    • 5: the worst possible result
    • 6: line ball with 2009
    • 7: some improvement
    • 8: would be considered a successful season
    • 9: beyond expectations
    • 10: well beyond expecations
    • 11: beyond us
    • 12 or more: Deam on

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Time to reasses our expecations.

Is that right about the priority pick? I did read that in the sun but I have also heard there will be no priority pick this year!

The priority pick still stands I'm pretty sure, it's just works out that no one can have #1 besides the GC.

I think we will win less than 5. Can't see us improving.

 

The priority pick still stands I'm pretty sure, it's just works out that no one can have #1 besides the GC.

I think we will win less than 5. Can't see us improving.

So potentially the tanking debate may rear its ugly head once more.

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Is that right about the priority pick? I did read that in the sun but I have also heard there will be no priority pick this year!

100% certain about the PP.

PP is still available "if we qualify" at pick 4, the 1st pick (for 16th place) would then be bumped from 6 to 7 giving "Melbourne the only team that can qualify Pick 4 & 7."


I still think 6-8 as i said preseason, don't see any reason to reassess yet. Those of you who thought we'd never cop another flogging were deluded from the get go.

Is that right about the priority pick? I did read that in the sun but I have also heard there will be no priority pick this year!

THE ENTRY Rules for GC17 into the AFL are as follows:

1. 2009 NAB AFL Draft:

GC17 to have the capacity to sign 12 x 17 year-olds born in the January – April window (Jan-April 1992).

2. 2010 NAB AFL Draft:

GC17 to have Pick One in Each Round.

GC 17 to have Picks 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 in Round One.

3. 2009 NAB Rookie Draft:

GC17 to have Selections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

4. 2010 NAB Rookie Draft

GC17 to alternate Queensland priority selections with Brisbane Lions. GC17 to have first selection.

http://www.afl.com.a...px?newsId=67076

Priority pick will stay, says Demetriou

Posted July 24, 2009

19:33:00

Andrew Demetriou says the

priority pick is here to stay

Andrew Demetriou has refused to reconsider the AFL's

stand on the draft, rejecting mounting calls for a new system to remove

the temptation for teams to tank games for priority picks.

http://www.abc.net.a.../24/2635964.htm

Edited by dee-luded

Even taking into account the debacle on the weekend, I reckon we will win 5 or more. It was really really hard to win less than 5 games last year, only a kick in it in the end! :)

 

WIll win 2 or 3 if we have a decent run with injury.


Seven wins, approximately 10% improvement on percentage from last year.

Nothing has changed, numbnuts. We got caned by a top side.

Not as badly as Adelaide got caned by Freo!

Interpret at will.

EDIT:

For the record, I'm not entirely delusion. For mine, Miller and Bruce have announced their retirement early. I'm not thinking Joel MacDonald will be with us for an extended period, either.

A few others deserve some benefit of doubt given their 'returning from injury' status.

But a few more seemed to just be doing enough to still be playing football. Like they need to be on a roll before they'll really fire up. A mentality rife during the previous era of long runs of losses and wins shaping a season, which doesn't seem to hav e been erased.

Edited by Little Goffy

Seven wins, approximately 10% improvement on percentage from last year.

Nothing has changed, numbnuts. We got caned by a top side.

Not as badly as Adelaide got caned by Freo!

Interpret at will.

Oh really? Last time I checked, we were on the bottom of the ladder and Adelaide weren't.

Time to reasses our expecations.

If anyone expected we were going to win over 6/7 games this year they were dreaming. 6 or 7 would also be pushing it.


21, not including finals. But I'll be more than happy to revise my predictions next week.

I think it may be picks 4 & 6 GNF.

I think GC get 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 12. Or I'm crazy

Say we did have another bad year, that afforded us picks 4/7. With GC17 already poaching players from the 2010 draft, who is looking to be the talent that we would aquire? Last year at this time, it was Scully and Butcher, who is it now?

I'm tipping 2 wins for the year. Richmond in round 19 and maybe a West Coast (MCG) or North if we're lucky.

If by some chance we win under 5 games and somehow get picks 4 and 7, can we please draft for needs at pick 7 and get the best Key position forward available. Our forward line succession planning has been an absolute disgrace of the highest order. I know Jurrah and Watts are unavailable, but it's a sad set of circumstances when Petterd is your 'go to' man.


Uh... the priority pick will NOT be available for any team this year, no matter how few wins they have.

You can quote me on that.

 

Uh... the priority pick will NOT be available for any team this year, no matter how few wins they have.

You can quote me on that.

It was definately in the news a few weeks ago that there was a priority pick, and that Melbourne were the only team who could qualify for the early ones (4 & 7). Though I remember it being 4 & 6.

Not that making the news is a great indicator of what the truth is.

This was posted on D'Ology recently by Andy Moir who has been eager for some time to find out (I can't confirm whether this is 100% correct, but I thought you might want to be privvy to it here) : -

Spoke to 'Damian' from the AFL at length.Made it absolutely clear that if we finished last with 18 pts. or less we will recieve picks 4 and 6. Finish second last with the same scenario, we get 4 and 8.

I could not put up with 4 or less wins. I hope we win more than 7.


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