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The Annual Thread is here! Who is Demonland's resident psychic?

Please use the same format for easy reading in September/October. Entries close before the first bounce of the season proper.

LEAGUE

PREMIERS: WEST COAST

RUNNERS UP: HAWTHORN

TOP 8 AT ROUND 22: West Coast, Collingwood, Fremantle, Hawthorn, Sydney, Carlton, Richmond, Adelaide

BIG IMPROVER: Fremantle

BIG SLIDER: St. Kilda

BROWNLOW: Scott Pendlebury

NORM SMITH: Nic Naitanui

COLEMAN: Lance Franklin

IN THE NEWS: Demetriou to announce retirement at end of 2014

MFC

WIN/DRAW/LOSS: 8 wins - 14 losses

LADDER FINISH: 13th

BLUEY (Melb B&F): Nathan Jones

2nd in BLUEY: Jack Grimes

3rd in BLUEY: Colin Sylvia

LEADING GOALKICKER: Mitch Clark

MOST IMPROVED: Lynden Dunn

BEST 1ST YEAR PLAYER: Jimmy Toumpas

SURPRISE PACKET: Dean Terlich

BEST WIN OF THE SEASON: Round 18 v North at Etihad

BIGGEST ON-FIELD ISSUE: Inability to compete with most AFL midfields

BIGGEST OFF-FIELD ISSUE: Impatient supporters and vulture media types turning on Neeld when he can't turn things around in the first half of the season

 

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LEAGUE


PREMIERS: HAWTHORN


RUNNERS UP: WEST COAST


TOP 8 AT ROUND 22: Hawthorn, Sydney, West Coast, Collingwood, Carlton, Fremantle, Geelong, Adelaide


BIG IMPROVER: Carlton (their fans will be insufferable this year)


BIG SLIDER: St. Kilda


BROWNLOW: Trent Cotchin


NORM SMITH: Luke Hodge


COLEMAN: Lance Franklin


IN THE NEWS: All AFL players enact a 2 week boycott of speaking to Caroline Wilson after she writes an article naming players at Essendon who allegedly took performance enhancing drugs, and is proven 100% wrong



MFC


WIN/DRAW/LOSS: 8 wins - 12 losses - 1 draw to Richmond


LADDER FINISH: 13th


BLUEY (Melb B&F): Mitch Clark


2nd in BLUEY: Nathan Jones


3rd in BLUEY: Jack Watts


LEADING GOALKICKER: Mitch Clark


MOST IMPROVED: Jack Watts


BEST 1ST YEAR PLAYER: Jimmy Toumpas


SURPRISE PACKET: David Rodan


BEST WIN OF THE SEASON: Round 18 v North at Etihad


BIGGEST ON-FIELD ISSUE: Our reliance on young players to drive the midfield burns us out against more experienced opposition


BIGGEST OFF-FIELD ISSUE: Following the round 17 away GC match several players get on the [censored] and get in a fight at a club. One senior player gets suspended for the rest of the year and traded. Lucky for us the issue gets over ridden by the results of Essendon's ASADA investigation.

LEAGUE

PREMIERS: Sydney

RUNNERS UP: West Coast

TOP 8 AT ROUND 22: Sydney, Hawthorn, West Coast, Collingwood, Fremantle, Carlton, Richmond, Melbourne

BIG IMPROVER: Melbourne

BIG SLIDER: Geelong

BROWNLOW: Brendan Goddard

NORM SMITH: Josh Kennedy

COLEMAN: Lance Franklin

IN THE NEWS: James Hird to resign as coach of Essendon in the wake of the fallout from the drugs investigation.

MFC

WIN/DRAW/LOSS: 11 wins - 11 losses

LADDER FINISH: 8th

BLUEY (Melb B&F): Jack Watts

2nd in BLUEY: Nathan Jones

3rd in BLUEY: Mitch Clark

LEADING GOALKICKER: Mitch Clark

MOST IMPROVED: Daniel Nicholson

BEST 1ST YEAR PLAYER: Jimmy Toumpas

SURPRISE PACKET: Matt Jones

BEST WIN OF THE SEASON: Round 2 v Essendon

BIGGEST ON-FIELD ISSUE: Selecting the 22 each week due to depth of talent available.

BIGGEST OFF-FIELD ISSUE: Ben-Hur unmasked as Caroline Wilson's love-child from an affair with Mike Sheahan.

 

LEAGUE



PREMIERS: Hawthorn



RUNNERS UP: Collingwood



TOP 8 AT ROUND 22: Collingwood, Hawthorn, West Coast, Adelaide, Sydney, Fremantle, Carlton, Geelong



BIG IMPROVER: Carlton (re-improver?)



BIG SLIDER: St Kilda



BROWNLOW: Gary Ablett



NORM SMITH: NFI



COLEMAN: Lance Franklin



IN THE NEWS: Essendon players get away with it, some token administrative casualties.



MFC



WIN/DRAW/LOSS: 7 wins - 15 losses



LADDER FINISH: 13th



BLUEY (Melb B&F): Nathan Jones



2nd in BLUEY: Jack Grimes



3rd in BLUEY: Jack Watts



LEADING GOALKICKER: Mitch Clark



MOST IMPROVED: James Strauss



BEST 1ST YEAR PLAYER: Jack Viney (NB: this award changed to "Best Young Player" last year, so they're not tied to just first years)



SURPRISE PACKET: The Spencil



BEST WIN OF THE SEASON: Round 1 vs Port just to get it over with



BIGGEST ON-FIELD ISSUE: Smashed in the centre clearances, defence yet again overwhelmed by weight of numbers.



BIGGEST OFF-FIELD ISSUE: Sylvia free agent speculation. Depressed supporters necking themselves weekly on forums.


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