Demonland 74,463 Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 Mark Robinson BIG CALL “Gillon McLachlan departs at season’s end, Brendon Gale to be the AFL’s next CEO.” Top 8 Collingwood Richmond Melbourne West Coast Essendon Adelaide GWS North Melbourne Premier: Collingwood Wooden Spoon: Gold Coast Brownlow: Nat Fyfe Coleman: Josh Kennedy (WC) Rising Star: Izak Rankine David King BIG CALL “The new kick-in rule sends scoring spiralling down — the complete reverse of what was desired.” Top 8 Melbourne Richmond Adelaide Essendon Collingwood North Melbourne Geelong West Coast Premier: Melbourne Wooden Spoon: Gold Coast Brownlow: Nat Fyfe Coleman: Tom McDonald Rising Star: Sam Walsh Sam Edmund BIG CALL “Essendon snaps the longest finals drought in the AFL, saluting in September for the first time since 2004 .” Top 8 Richmond Melbourne West Coast Collingwood Essendon GWS North Melbourne Adelaide Premier: Melbourne Wooden Spoon: Gold Coast Brownlow: Josh Kelly Coleman: Josh Kennedy (WC) Rising Star: Will Setterfield Mick Malthouse BIG CALL “Expect Collingwood to scoop most of the awards this season .” Top 8 Collingwood West Coast Richmond Essendon North Melbourne GWS Adelaide Geelong Premier: Collingwood Wooden Spoon: Gold Coast Brownlow: Brodie Grundy Coleman: Josh Kennedy (WC) Rising Star: Sam Walsh Glenn McFarlane BIG CALL “Bombers to finally win a finals match, its first since way back in 2004 when Andy McGrath was six.” Top 8 Collingwood Richmond Melbourne West Coast Essendon GWS Adelaide Hawthorn Premier: Collingwood Wooden Spoon: Gold Coast Brownlow: Steele Sidebottom Coleman: Josh Kennedy (WC) Rising Star: Sam Walsh Lauren Wood BIG CALL “It all — finally — comes together for Joe Daniher and Jesse Hogan, who each boot 50 goals.” Top 8 West Coast Collingwood Melbourne GWS Essendon Sydney Richmond North Melbourne Premier: Melbourne Wooden Spoon: Gold Coast Brownlow: Max Gawn Coleman: Ben Brown Rising Star: Darcy Fogarty Jay Clark BIG CALL “North Melbourne breaks its big-fish trading drought when it lands Josh Kelly on the back of a Brownlow Medal.” Top 8 Melbourne Collingwood West Coast Richmond GWS Adelaide Essendon Sydney Premier: Melbourne Wooden Spoon: Gold Coast Brownlow: Josh Kelly Coleman: Tom Lynch (Rich) Rising Star: Sam Walsh Scott Gullan BIG CALL “Youngest AFL coach appointed. We follow everything from the US and Sean McVay coaching the LA Rams in a Super Bowl at the age of 33 means youth will be the word for the next round of AFL coaching vacancies.” Top 8 Collingwood Melbourne Richmond Adelaide Essendon West Coast Geelong Port Adelaide Premier: Collingwood Wooden Spoon: Gold Coast Brownlow: Patrick Cripps Coleman: Josh Kennedy (WC) Rising Star: Sam Walsh Rebecca Williams BIG CALL “Questions mount about the move into the Gold Coast as pain for the expansion team continues” Top 8 Richmond West Coast Collingwood Melbourne Essendon Geelong GWS Adelaide Premier: Richmond Wooden Spoon: Carlton Brownlow: Patrick Dangerfield Coleman: Josh Kennedy (WC) Rising Star: Sam Walsh Jon Ralph BIG CALL “The AFL’s rules will have significant teething problems but still create a more flowing game and a spike of two goals per team.” Top 8 Richmond Adelaide Collingwood West Coast Melbourne Sydney Geelong Essendon Premier: Richmond Wooden Spoon: Gold Coast Brownlow: Patrick Cripps Coleman: Josh Kennedy (WC) Rising Star: Jack Lukosius Reece Homfray BIG CALL “Steven May finally gives Melbourne a lockdown defender for the Kennedys and Hawkinses of the AFL and the Demons’ midfield can challenge for the flag.” Top 8 West Coast Adelaide Richmond Melbourne Collingwood Sydney Essendon Port Adelaide Premier: Melbourne Wooden Spoon: Carlton Brownlow: Dustin Martin Coleman: Josh Kennedy (WC) Rising Star: Izak Rankine Michelangelo Rucci BIG CALL “AFL to revamp final series with bye weekend making way for wildcard games for teams ranked from seventh to 10th.” Top 8 Richmond Adelaide Essendon West Coast Melbourne Geelong Collingwood Hawthorn Premier: Richmond Wooden Spoon: Gold Coast Brownlow: Patrick Cripps Coleman: Jack Riewoldt Rising Star: Izak Rankine JON ANDERSON BIG CALL “The rule changes will prove a resounding success, while Melbourne will achieve premiership glory for the first time in 55 years.” Top 8 Melbourne Richmond Collingwood Essendon West Coast GWS Port Adelaide Hawthorn Premier: Melbourne Wooden Spoon: Gold Coast Brownlow: Patrick Cripps Coleman: Tom Lynch (Rich) Rising Star: Darcy Fogarty Mick Warner BIG CALL “Greater Western Sydney midfielder Josh Kelly to stay put.” Top 8 Melbourne Richmond Collingwood West Coast GWS Adelaide Essendon Geelong Premier: Melbourne Wooden Spoon: St Kilda Brownlow: Nat Fyfe Coleman: Tom Lynch (Rich) Rising Star: Sam Walsh Tyson Goldsack BIG CALL “The new kick-in rule change, albeit small, makes a large difference and will be scrapped for 2020.” Top 8 Collingwood Richmond Adelaide Melbourne GWS West Coast Port Adelaide Geelong Premier: Collingwood Wooden Spoon: Gold Coast Brownlow: Steele Sidebottom Coleman: Josh Kennedy (WC) Rising Star: Izak Rankine Chris Cavanagh BIG CALL “The end of an era. Sydney to miss finals for the first time since 2009 as Lance Franklin’s hopes of winning a third premiership fade.” Top 8 Richmond West Coast Essendon Adelaide Collingwood Melbourne Geelong GWS Premier: Richmond Wooden Spoon: Gold Coast Brownlow: Dustin Martin Coleman: Tom Lynch (Rich) Rising Star: Izak Rankine Daniel Hoyne BIG CALL “With an easy draw and an injury-free season, expect the Crows to feature late in September” Top 8 Melbourne Richmond Adelaide Collingwood Geelong West Coast Essendon GWS Premier: Melbourne Wooden Spoon: Gold Coast Brownlow: Clayton Oliver Coleman: Josh Kennedy (WC) Rising Star: Izak Rankine Gilbert Gardiner BIG CALL “Gary Ablett to retire before the end of the season.” Top 8 Richmond Collingwood Melbourne Essendon West Coast GWS Adelaide North Melbourne Premier: Richmond Wooden Spoon: Gold Coast Brownlow: Dustin Martin Coleman: Ben Brown Rising Star: Isaac Quaynor Eliza Sewell BIG CALL “It’s been too long at Collingwood without a tattooed matchwinner named Dayne/Dane. Problem rectified.” Top 8 Collingwood West Coast Richmond Melbourne Geelong GWS Essendon North Melbourne Premier: Collingwood Wooden Spoon: Gold Coast Brownlow: Dayne Beams Coleman: Tom Lynch (Rich) Rising Star: Sam Walsh Sam Landsberger BIG CALL “Brett Ratten will be coaching St Kilda by Round 12.” Top 8 Melbourne Richmond Adelaide West Coast Essendon Collingwood GWS North Melbourne Premier: Melbourne Wooden Spoon: Gold Coast Brownlow: Marcus Bontempelli Coleman: Ben Brown Rising Star: Izak Rankine Mick McGuane BIG CALL “With the new kick-in rule we will see a more “fold back” defensive set-up with a mindset of midfield coverage.” Top 8 West Coast Richmond Collingwood Melbourne GWS Essendon Sydney Geelong Premier: Collingwood Wooden Spoon: Gold Coast Brownlow: Josh Kelly Coleman: Josh Kennedy (WC) Rising Star: Sam Walsh Devon Smith BIG CALL “My Essendon teammate Dylan Shiel to win the Brownlow this year.” Top 8 Richmond West Coast Melbourne Essendon Collingwood GWS Geelong Adelaide Premier: Richmond Wooden Spoon: Gold Coast Brownlow: Dylan Shiel Coleman: Jeremy Cameron Rising Star: Izak Rankine The Wash Up 1st: 6 Premiers: 9 Brownlow: Max Gawn 1 Clayton Oliver 1 Coleman: Tom McDonald 1 Predictably Mick Malthouse was the only one to predict us missing the 8. 3 Quote
Hellaintabadplacetobe 4,335 Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 Lol Mick Malthouse 4 Quote
Age 485 Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 Malthouse really doesn't rate us at all! Quote
Watson11 2,252 Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 Micks 2019 predictions are on par with his 2018 ones MICK MALTHOUSE (The Herald Sun) Top 8 1. GWS Giants 2. Adelaide Crows 3. Essendon 4. Port Adelaide 5. Geelong Cats 6. Melbourne 7. Richmond 8. Sydney Swans Premiers: GWS Giants Wooden Spoon: North Melbourne Brownlow Medal: Joe Daniher (Essendon) 1 1 1 1 Quote
Demonland 74,463 Posted February 26, 2019 Author Posted February 26, 2019 On 26/02/2019 at 23:11, Watson11 said: Micks 2019 predictions are on par with his 2018 ones Expand Based on his 2018 prediction results we will win the premiership this year. 4 Quote
Wadda We Sing 10,685 Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 Malthouse and Slobbo must drink together. 1 Quote
Ethan Tremblay 31,389 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 Did someone from Melbourne drop there guts in Malthouses face? 1 1 Quote
david_neitz_is_my_dad 4,084 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 Surely old Mick just forgot about us? Quote
sisso 2,628 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 Im just not comfortable with so many journos tipping us for the flag! This has never happened in my 35 years of supporting.... 6 Quote
Demonland 74,463 Posted February 27, 2019 Author Posted February 27, 2019 On 27/02/2019 at 00:53, sisso said: Im just not comfortable with so many journos tipping us for the flag! This has never happened in my 35 years of supporting.... Expand It's the Kiss of Death. Quote
Willmoy1947 4,261 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 Just thinking the same thing, but i mean these people really are journalists, aren't they........ Quote
Watson11 2,252 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 On 27/02/2019 at 00:53, sisso said: Im just not comfortable with so many journos tipping us for the flag! This has never happened in my 35 years of supporting.... Expand Counterbalanced by Mick. We must be a certainty to play in the GF, as Mick never even picks the grand finalists in the top 8, let alone the premier. His 2017 prediction: MICK MALTHOUSE TOP EIGHT: GWS Giants Hawthorn Geelong St Kilda Sydney Collingwood Western Bulldogs West Coast PREMIER: GWS Giants WOODEN SPOON: Brisbane Lions CLIMBER: St Kilda SLIDER: Adelaide BROWNLOW: Max Gawn Quote
pineapple dee 2,892 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 On 27/02/2019 at 00:41, david_neitz_is_my_dad said: Surely old Mick just forgot about us? Expand "Old" Mick also forgot about Melbourne beating Collingwood in 6 of the 7 real Grand finals played between the teams so far. He's a bitter old fart and should be ignored. Quote
TeamPlayedFine39 8,525 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 I haven’t seen us this highly rated since 2007! 2 2 Quote
Vagg 2,449 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 On 27/02/2019 at 01:09, Demonland said: It's the Kiss of Death. Expand The ghost of Lou Richards still walks the halls of the HS...! Quote
Bring-Back-Powell 15,558 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 Devon Smith Premier: Richmond 1 Quote
reynolds46 1,310 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 On 27/02/2019 at 00:53, sisso said: Im just not comfortable with so many journos tipping us for the flag! This has never happened in my 35 years of supporting.... Expand over the years they have predicted us to be rubbish and have usually been right so should be ok 1 Quote
deebug 1,754 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 It's ours? All aboard the DEMON train? Quote
Gator 18,054 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 Malthouse rates our list, but he doesn't rate the club. He also think we're too easily satisfied, as well as liking to drink our own bath water. 1 Quote
Gator 18,054 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 On 26/02/2019 at 22:51, Demonland said: The Wash Up 1st: 6 Premiers: 9 Brownlow: Max Gawn 1 Clayton Oliver 1 Coleman: Tom McDonald 1 Predictably Mick Malthouse was the only one to predict us missing the 8. Expand Top 4: 18 of 22 1 1 Quote
hemingway 7,633 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 On 27/02/2019 at 00:41, david_neitz_is_my_dad said: Surely old Mick just forgot about us? Expand I am actually reassured by Mick's assessment. Would have been concerned if he had tipped us. At the end of the day, I have no interest in what the tipsters have to say. 1 Quote
Wadda We Sing 10,685 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 Wadda We Sing BIG CALL “Gary Pert takes over as CEO of AFL whilst simultaneously CEO of Melbourne amid hysterical appeals from 17 other clubs and removes Essendon from the AFL allowing Tasmania to field a team." "Jack Watts becomes addicted to plain flour and is is admitted into rehab after illegal german immigrant is found in his locker." Top 8 Melbourne West Coast Sydney Footscray GWS Adelaide Port Adelaide Brisbane Premier: Melbourne Wooden Spoon: Collingwood Brownlow: Angus Brayshaw Coleman: Tom MacDonald Rising Star: Jack Sparrow 10 1 2 Quote
CBDees 3,167 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 On 27/02/2019 at 02:15, ProDee said: Malthouse rates our list, but he doesn't rate the club. He also think we're too easily satisfied, as well as liking to drink our own bath water. Expand I just think that Malthouse has it in for Melbourne generally. He certainly is opposed to the mooted MFC training facilities in Yarra Park diagonally across from his apartment in Wellington Parade (even though it has no impact on him)! Quote
Lucifers Hero 40,746 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 (edited) Surprised at the general absence of Sydney and Hawthorn. I counted 7 who did not include either yet the same folk included North. Goodness me!! With all the woe befalling the Saints I wouldn't be surprised if they make a mad dash for the wooden spoon!. Edited February 27, 2019 by Lucifer's Hero 1 1 Quote
YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,838 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 (edited) Malthouse, you are a gigantic toss bag. Edited February 27, 2019 by Win4theAges 2 2 Quote
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