OK - I know we have had a crappy start to the season and the first 11 rounds are either lost or against top teams, but the second half of the season is a much better run.

When you combine that with the moments of greatness we see periodically and another two months of training soft bodies (and maybe dumping them for stronger ones) and learning new game plans I think its not too unrealistic.

So here is my 2012 AFL Ladder Prediction:

1. Hawthorn
   
2. West Coast
   
3. Carlton
   
4. Geelong
   
5. Collingwood
   
6. Essendon
   
7. Sydney
   
8. North Melbourne
   
9. Fremantle
   
10. Melbourne
    
11. Adelaide
    
12. Richmond
    
13. St Kilda
    
14. Port Adelaide
    
15. Lions
    
16. Bulldogs
    
17. Gold Coast
    
18. GWS Giants
    

You're, uh... optimistic.

Supreme optimist.

Adelaide is a top 8 proposition. Richmond, St Kilda and the Bulldogs are playing much better football than Melbourne. Even Port Adelaide and the Lions have enough home game advantage to ensure they'll get more wins than Melbourne.

16th for me, or even 17th if the Gold Coast Suns can cobble together a few home wins.

Hahaha!! I love this club, but right now we are the worst in the league by a long way.

10th. Get Real. The 2nd half of the season will be just as hard as the beginning.

The Bears, the Tigers and the Dogs have all beaten us easily.

Wakey Wakey!

Always an optimist!

I know that we have playing terribly for the past four weeks, and the next six weeks look tough, but I cant see how with the way the draw looks in the second half of the year, how we could do any worse than 14th.

But when it happens - you saw it here first!

10th now 14th....

Supreme optimist.

Adelaide is a top 8 proposition. Richmond, St Kilda and the Bulldogs are playing much better football than Melbourne. Even Port Adelaide and the Lions have enough home game advantage to ensure they'll get more wins than Melbourne.

16th for me, or even 17th if the Gold Coast Suns can cobble together a few home wins.

Agree.

And if Ablett misses the Round 7 match v the giants, the Giants could have their first win.

Did a predictor exercise the other day on the AFL website and I'll just say my exercise shows we're a fair way from the optimistic OP'ers prediction. (15th-18th).

If we are going to be that optimistic just go the whole hog, we will win the flag in 2012.

GW$ are learning the craft very quickly. Sure they may hit the Wall later this year. But they will become loathed on & off the field soon.

15th- 16th

MFC, GC, GWS, WB and BL will battle out the bottom 5 positions.

10th now 14th....

14th at worst... but I still maintain 10th

GW$ are learning the craft very quickly. Sure they may hit the Wall later this year. But they will become loathed on & off the field soon.

They already are loathed on and off the field, WYL.

What's the bet we head into the last few games anchored to bottom three and then win a few 'junk' games in August to deny ourselves the absolute cream in the draft ...

I've been an MFC supporter for too long.

Edited April 27, 201213 yr by Range Rover

They already are loathed on and off the field, WYL.

Yes. But sooner rather than later they will be loathed on field because they are winning. Loathed even more...

Yes. But sooner rather than later they will be loathed on field because they are winning. Loathed even more...

Do you loathe successful on-field performances? Or are you jealous? I find I'm the latter.

Always an optimist!

I know that we have playing terribly for the past four weeks, and the next six weeks look tough, but I cant see how with the way the draw looks in the second half of the year, how we could do any worse than 14th.

But when it happens - you saw it here first!

I'm with you - Stay with your optimism - they are all a bunch of negative pessimists around here. (Toxic)

Realists they will "claim" - mentally scared I say.

Go Dees

I'm with you - Stay with your optimism - they are all a bunch of negative pessimists around here. (Toxic)

Realists they will "claim" - mentally scared I say.

Go Dees

did you mean scared, scarred or sacred? I'm confused and I know your grammar is wanting.

I'm with you - Stay with your optimism - they are all a bunch of negative pessimists around here. (Toxic)

Realists they will "claim" - mentally scared I say.

Go Dees

If you're referring to posters who express dissatisfaction at a four-year win/loss ratio of 24-62, then yes the term 'mentally scarred' is probably accurate.

But you go on being blissfully unaffected. What's that saying about ignorance?

Edited April 27, 201213 yr by Range Rover

scarred and numb.

scared and dumb.

both work for me.

Do you loathe successful on-field performances? Or are you jealous? I find I'm the latter.

Never Jealous. I just want the MFC to get better and stronger.

17th

15th

1. West Coast
   
2. Hawthorn
   
3. Carlton
   
4. Freo
   
5. Geelong
   
6. Swans
   
7. Pies
   
8. Roos
   

Edited April 27, 201213 yr by PaulRB

Never Jealous. I just want the MFC to get better and stronger.

Then what do you care about how GWS goes? That has nothing to do with us.

Then what do you care about how GWS goes? That has nothing to do with us.

It certainly does matter if GW$ beat us. Shows how useless the last 4 years have been. It hasn't happened yet, but they look far more disciplined than we do right now so it is not completely fanciful.

17th or 18th, this is a learning year as opposed to the last 4 which have been, oh! that's right, learning years (unfortunately from what we've been told learning the wrong things, hopefully we've got it right this time).