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This is encouraging - Crystal ball - 2018 Season Predictions 

- 10 of the 16 writers had Melbourne as the team “moving up”! 

- all 16 writers have Melbourne in the 8..!

with

3 predict 4th place

5 predict 5th place

4 predict 6th place

3 predict 7th place

1 predict 8th place

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9 minutes ago, PaulRB said:

This is encouraging - Crystal ball - 2018 Season Predictions 

Out of contract Andrew Gaff, Ollie Wines  to the Demons.  Petracca wins the B and F.   Viney with the Brownlow  Melbourne builds a colossal Midfield. The awesome Foursome.  We are on our way.

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I've gone from hating football to planning for a premiership party all in a couple of months. [censored] everyone we are winning the flag and Lever is winning the brownlow.

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23 hours ago, PaulRB said:

This is encouraging - Crystal ball - 2018 Season Predictions 

- 10 of the 16 writers had Melbourne as the team “moving up”! 

- all 16 writers have Melbourne in the 8..!

with

3 predict 4th place

5 predict 5th place

4 predict 6th place

3 predict 7th place

1 predict 8th place

I’m guessing none of the above predicted a Dogs 2016 or Tigers 2017 flag, so would feel a lot more confident seeing Demons have at least 8 points and preferably 12 points after winning the first three matches, than worrying about external opinions.

Personally I struggle to see how we won’t improve with the age of our list and the extra year into the likes of Hogan, Petracca, Harmes, Viney, OMac, Lever, Hunt, Salem, ANB who are all in the 22 plus minus one year bracket. Missing finals would be a dismal fail.

Over the weekend there was a 48 page AFL summary I read from a Sydney paper, David King giving his view and Robbo. Added to the article was a list of elite, above average, par, below average, poor, and a TBD. It was way off in my view, just be interested in a poll on Demonland to judge how our supporters rate our players. 

Who kicks off a new thread?

 

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The article I referred to above listed TMac, Petracca, Lever and Hunt as elite in their position. My view is:

Gawn

Hibberd

Viney

Lever

Oliver 

Garlett

are our elite, and those who may get into that category this year are:

Petracca

Hogan

Hunt

Melksham (his 2nd half season was exciting)

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Melksham (his 2nd half season was exciting)

Some people will scoff at that, but when he moved forward he was possibly the best defensive half forward in the comp, shutting down his opponent and kicking goals weekly.  Genius move by the coaches.

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20 hours ago, D4Life said:

The article I referred to above listed TMac, Petracca, Lever and Hunt as elite in their position. My view is:

Gawn

Hibberd

Viney

Lever

Oliver 

Garlett

are our elite, and those who may get into that category this year are:

Petracca

Hogan

Hunt

Melksham (his 2nd half season was exciting)

I'm not even sure anyone knows what Petracca's position actually is. 

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