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Crystal Ball 2020: Your predictions for next season

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We’re back again boys and girls. Time to rub your balls and lay down your predictions for 2020. For those who aren’t too scarred after last year.

Team or player. Good or bad. Coke or Pepsi. The ball gazer closest to the pin with their quality and/or quantity of accurate predictions will win the heralded Demonland Crystal Ball.

Previous DCB winners 

2019 - Demon Dude

2018 - Skuit

2017 - ding

2016 - wretched.sylph

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    Template of required questions?

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    Premiers: Melbourne

    Brownlow: Oliver

    Collingwood to fall out of the 8.

    Petracca to make the All Australian squad.

    Demonland to have a drop Tomlinson thread at some time during the season started by someone who doesn’t understand his role.

    Pickett to get suspended for a late bump on debut.

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    4 hours ago, Satyriconhome said:

    Demonland will remain the unbiased, agenda free, democratic, optimistic place it's always been

    Petracca to shut up his detractors 

    Petracca Detractor is a bit of a mouthful 

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    Melbourne finish 3rd

    Gawn Oliver Petracca May Lever AA

    Gawn Oliver tie BnF

    Weideman 50+ goals

    Oliver top 3 Brownlow

     

    GWS premiers

    Lachie Neale Brownlow

    Tom Lynch Coleman

    Ken Hinkley first coach sacked

    Gold Coast don't win a game

     

     

     

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    4 hours ago, Josh said:

    Melbourne finish 3rd

    Gawn Oliver Petracca May Lever AA

    Gawn Oliver tie BnF

    Weideman 50+ goals

    Oliver top 3 Brownlow

     

    GWS premiers

    Lachie Neale Brownlow

    Tom Lynch Coleman

    Ken Hinkley first coach sacked

    Gold Coast don't win a game

     

     

     

    Brutal Josh... another Prelim loss oh dear!... I was at Waverley the day Jimmy... not another loss. 

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    Yes, a tad scarred after the last predictions. Going light early on.

    Harmes to join the leadership group.

    Pickett nominated for goal of the year. 

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    5th

    Prelim exit

    Bennell to play round 3

    Petracca to have a woeful year and be traded. 

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    1 hour ago, McQueen said:

    5th

    Prelim exit

    Bennell to play round 3

    Petracca to have a woeful year and be traded. 

    I know it's only a prediction but there is no logic in Trac's one.

    More likely to be an AA than above.

    And to make a Prelim we would have needed him to star.

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    Melbourne 5th

    Brownlow medal P Cripps

    Grand final winner GWS

    Standout season by Gawn, Oliver, Brayshaw and lever

    Raising Star Rowell 

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    Youthfulness and inexperience will limit how far we go, so no premiership. But we will at times put the fear of god into other teams.

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    How about we wait to see whether the pre-season s 'interrupted'?

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    Dees make it to the GF against Brisbane Lions  

    Go into the final quarter with a 35 point lead. 

    Extend that lead by kicking the first four goals, stretching it to a 59 point, unassailable lead. Tears begin welling in the eyes of all Demons supporters. 

    Two minutes till full time. 

    Aliens arrive out of nowhere and begin attacking the earth. 

    Nobody hears the final siren over the panic. 

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    Turns out there was a whole planet of aliens who were Demons supporters and they only came to celebrate. Melbourne membership goes to a record 2.3 million in 2021 with a new category, intergalactic membership.

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    6 hours ago, special robert said:

    Turns out there was a whole planet of aliens who were Demons supporters and they only came to celebrate. Melbourne membership goes to a record 2.3 million in 2021 with a new category, intergalactic membership.

    https://youtu.be/7JCdCLgZrBI

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    7 hours ago, Mel Bourne said:

    Dees make it to the GF against Brisbane Lions  

    Go into the final quarter with a 35 point lead. 

    Extend that lead by kicking the first four goals, stretching it to a 59 point, unassailable lead. Tears begin welling in the eyes of all Demons supporters. 

    Two minutes till full time. 

    Aliens arrive out of nowhere and begin attacking the earth. 

    Nobody hears the final siren over the panic. 

     

    7 hours ago, special robert said:

    Turns out there was a whole planet of aliens who were Demons supporters and they only came to celebrate. Melbourne membership goes to a record 2.3 million in 2021 with a new category, intergalactic membership.

     

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    As i have said for the last 49 years....

    Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

    Finals appearance with at least one win feels like about par given 17 18 & 19.  Anything less a bogey.  Anything more a birdie etc.

    2021/22 premiership window should be well open (subject to injuries and 2020 coaching /player efforts/performance).

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    Dees to finish 5th

    Make it to another prelim

    The penny to drop for Petracca

    Clarry,Maxy & Trac AA

    Jackson 2nd in Rising star

    We all fall in love with Kozzy

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    Dees to finish top 4 regular season and make a prelim

    Fritsch to kick 40+ goals

    Petracca to have a breakout year and average 100+ supercoach points

    Pickett to take a mark of the year contender

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