Jump to content

Featured Replies

Posted

In the next few days we'll start the time-honoured tradition of taking pot-shots at AFL 'experts' season predictions 
A thread for anyone brave enough to put their opinions on the line!

 

Premier: 
Runner-up: 
Wooden spoon: 
Moving up: 
Set to fall: 
Brownlow Medal: 
Coleman Medal: 
NAB AFL Rising Star: 
Best new Demon: 
Demon All Australian: 
Demon B&F:
Big call: 

Ladder prediction:
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 

 

 

feeling pretty optimistic currently...

Premier: Melbourne
Runner-up: Gw$
Wooden spoon: Hawthorn
Moving up: Richmond
Set to fall: Geelong
Brownlow Medal: Clayton Oliver
Coleman Medal: Bayley Fritsch
NAB AFL Rising Star: Jake Bowey
Best new Demon: JVR showing huge promise in the VFL
Demon All Australian: Gawn (captain again), Oliver, Petracca, Langdon, Salem, Lever, May
Demon B&F: Oliver
Big call: Clubs will approve a 19th license for a Tasmanian team in 2027 and then the AFL will kibosh it unless a 20th team comes in at the same time / the year after, as a 19th license adds nothing to the value of rights agreements

Ladder prediction:
1. Melbourne
2. Footscray
3. GW$
4. Richmond
5. Bears
6. Pear
7. Carlton
8. Sydney

  • Author

Premier: Melbourne
Runner-up: Brisbane
Wooden spoon: Hawthorn
Moving up: Fremantle
Set to fall: Geelong
Brownlow Medal: Lachie Neale
Coleman Medal: Harry McKay
NAB AFL Rising Star: Nich Daicos
Best new Demon: Luke Dunstan
Demon All Australian: Langdon, Salem, Fritsch, Oliver, Petracca.
Demon B&F: Clayton Oliver
Big call: Ben King and Stweie Dew to re-sign mid-year. 

Ladder prediction:
1. Melbourne
2. Brisbane
3. Western Bulldogs
4. Port Adelaide
5. Fremantle
6. GWS
7. Essendon
8. Geelong

 
33 minutes ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

Premier: Melbourne 
Runner-up: Brisbane 
Wooden spoon: North Melbourne 
Moving up: Carlton 
Set to fall: Eagles 
Brownlow Medal: Petracca 
Coleman Medal: McKay 
NAB AFL Rising Star: Bowey / Daicos 
Best new Demon: Dunstan 
Demon All Australian: Gawn, Oliver, Petracca, Salem, Lever, Langdon 
Demon B&F: Oliver 
Big call: No certainty or firm date on our new training ground in 2022. 

Ladder prediction:
1. Melbourne
2. Brisbane 
3. Bulldogs 
4. Geelong 
5. Port Adelaide 
6. Carlton 
7. Essendon 
8. Swans 

 

 

Edited by Wells 11

Premier: Melbourne (gotta be optimistic!)
Runner-up: Brisbane
Wooden spoon: Hawthorn
Moving up: Fremantle/Carlton
Set to fall: West Coast
Brownlow Medal: Jack Steele
Coleman Medal: Jeremy Cameron
NAB AFL Rising Star: Nick Daicos
Best new Demon: Blake Howes
Demon All Australian: Petracca, Oliver, Gawn, Lever, Salem
Demon B&F: Clayton Oliver
Big call: Alistair Clarkson to be named Gold Coast coach at seasons end.

Ladder prediction:
1. Melbourne
2. Brisbane
3. Western Bulldogs
4. GWS
5. Port Adelaide
6. Fremantle
7. Geelong
8. Carlton


1 hour ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

In the next few days we'll start the time-honoured tradition of taking pot-shots at AFL 'experts' season predictions 
A thread for anyone brave enough to put their opinions on the line!

 

Premier: 
Runner-up: 
Wooden spoon: 
Moving up: 
Set to fall: 
Brownlow Medal: 
Coleman Medal: 
NAB AFL Rising Star: 
Best new Demon: 
Demon All Australian: 
Demon B&F:
Big call: 

Ladder prediction:
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 

 

Might I add the NSM?

Premier:  Melbourne
Runner-up: GWS
Wooden spoon: Weagles 
Moving up: Carlton (Sadly)
Set to fall: Geelong (Hopefully)
Brownlow Medal: Bontempelli
Coleman Medal: Harry McKay
NAB AFL Rising Star: Daicos
Best new Demon: Howes
Demon All Australian: Lever, Petracca, Oliver, Salem (Jackson to have more time in the ruck and lower Gawns chances)
Demon B&F: Oliver
Big call: Chris Scott to walk away from the game at the end of the season after Cats fail to make the 8.

Ladder prediction:
1. Brisbane
2. Melbourne
3. Western Bulldogs
4. GWS

5. Sydney
6. Freemantle
7. Carlton
8. Port Adelaide

9. Ninthmond :laugh:

Edited by Nascent
Might need gws in the finals to be the runner up

Premier:  Melbourne
Runner-up: Brisbane
Wooden spoon: Eagles
Moving up: Richmond
Set to fall: Eagles
Brownlow Medal: Oliver
Coleman Medal: Fritsch
NAB AFL Rising Star: Daicos
Best new Demon:  Howes
Demon All Australian: Oliver, Petracca, Fritsch, May, Lever, Salem
Demon B&F:  Oliver/Petracca
Big Call:  Need to think about it...

Ladder prediction:
1. Melbourne
2. Brisbane
3. Sydney
4. GWS
5. Port
6. Bulldogs
7. Richmond
8. Geelong

Edit:  NSM: Petracca

Edited by Lucifers Hero

 

Premier:  Melbourne
Runner-up: Brisbane
Wooden spoon: WC Eagles
Moving up: Richmond
Set to fall: Eagles
Brownlow Medal: Oliver
Coleman Medal: BBBrown
NAB AFL Rising Star: Daicos
Best new Demon:  Bailey Laurie
Demon All Australian: Oliver, Petracca, Lever
Demon B&F:  Oliver
Big Call:  Brendon Gale is announced mid-year as new AFL CEO and immediatly announces New Tasmanian Team to start in 2025 with Alister Clarkson on-board but not as coach.

Ladder prediction:

1. GWS

2. Brisbane

3. Melbourne

4. Bulldogs

 

Premier: Melbourne
Runner-up: GWS
Wooden spoon: NM
Moving up: Carl
Set to fall: Geel
Brownlow Medal: Oliver
Coleman Medal: McKay
NAB AFL Rising Star: three names from NM
Best new Demon: Woewodin
Demon All Australian: Salem, Lever, May, Fritsch, Petracca, Gawn, Oliver
Demon B&F: Petracca
Big call: Geelong to miss the 8

Ladder prediction:
1. Melbourne 
2. GWS
3. Brisbane
4. Western Bulldogs
5. Port Adelaide 
6. Carlton
7. Fremantle 
8. Richmond

 

Edited by rpfc
Richmond for essendon


Premier: MFC
Runner-up: Port
Wooden spoon: 
Moving up: Richmond
Set to fall: Geelong
Brownlow Medal: Wines
Coleman Medal: Ben Brown
NAB AFL Rising Star: Daicos
Best new Demon: Dunstan
Demon All Australian: Gawn, Oliver, Petracca, Lever, Salem, Langdon
Demon B&F: Oliver
Big call: Dees to break regular season crowd record for MFC games more than once this season.

Ladder prediction:
1. Melbourne
2. Port
3. Lions
4. GWS
5. Dogs
6. Tigers
7. Bombers
8. Swans

Premier: western bulldogs
Runner-up: Brisbane
Wooden spoon: hawks
Moving up: Fremantle
Set to fall: Geelong
Brownlow Medal: parish
Coleman Medal: naughton 
NAB AFL Rising Star: daicos 
Best new Demon: JVR
Demon All Australian: Trac, Oliver + salem
Demon B&F: Trac
Big call:Geelong don’t make 8

Ladder prediction:
1. Western bulldogs
2. Melb
3. Bris
4. Sydney 
5. Gws
6. Fremantle 
7. Bombers

8:port

5 hours ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

 

Premier: Melbourne (for the first time ever it seems like an honest prediction)
Runner-up: Essendon
Wooden spoon: West Coast
Moving up: Fremantle
Set to fall: Geelong
Brownlow Medal: Oliver
Coleman Medal: BBB
NAB AFL Rising Star: Horne-Francis
Best new Demon: Van Royen
Demon All Australian: Gawn, Petracca, Oliver, B Brown
Demon B&F: Oliver
Big call: Carlton to win their first three games (Rich, WB and Hawthorn) and have their supporters delirious only for them to go on a losing streak and finish bottom four below Gold Coast.

Ladder prediction:
1. Melbourne
2. Essendon
3. Fremantle
4. GWS
5. Western Bulldogs
6. Richmond
7. Port
8. Brisbane

Edited by Big Col
stuffed up formatting

7 hours ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

Premier: Demons
Runner-up: Lions
Wooden spoon: Hawks
Moving up: Dons
Set to fall: Cats
Brownlow Medal: Touk Miller
Coleman Medal: King (Saints)
NAB AFL Rising Star: Josh Gibcus
Best new Demon: Dunstan
Demon All Australian: Petracca, Oliver, Salem, Lever, 
Demon B&F: Salem
Big call: Hardwick to resign from coaching, paving the way for Clarkson to take over Tigers.

Ladder prediction:
1. Lions
2. Dogs
3. Demons
4. GWS
5. Port
6. Dons
7.Freo
8. Blues

 

 

Edited by dee-tox

Number of losses before someone on Demonland starts a “sack Goodwin we are no good” thread: 2

  • 6 months later...

AFL is very hard to predict

  • Only 3 out of 10 people predicted Geelong to even make the finals and the highest spot was 7th. They were also the most predicted as 'set to fall'
  • All 10 had GWS in the finals and most of those were in top 4 or GF.
  • Nobody saw Collingwood's rise.
  • Most people got sucked in by the Bomber propaganda

Me? My best 'outsider' result was probably picking Freo as an improver.
 

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

Featured Content

  • PREVIEW: Hawthorn

    Melbourne and Hawthorn who face off against each other this week have more in common than having once almost merged and about to wear a blue jumper with a red v triangle and an embroidered picture of a bird on the front. They also share the MCG as their main home ground, their supporters are associated with the leafy suburbs of Melbourne and in recent times, James Frawley graced the colours of both teams. Even more recently, both have bounced back from disastrous five game losing streaks to start off a season. Of course, the Hawks turned their bounce into a successful leap from the bottom of the ladder into a finals appearance, making it to the semifinals in 2024 and this year, they’re riding high in third place on the AFL table. The Demons are just three games into their 2025 bounce back, and are yet to climb their way out of the bottom four although they are sitting a game and percentage out of the top eight. However, with the current sportsbet odds of $3.90 to win this week’s encounter, it seems a forlorn hope that their upward progression will continue much longer.

    • 0 replies
    Demonland
  • PODCAST: Harvey Langford Interview

    On Wednesday I'll be interviewing the Melbourne Football Club's first pick in the 2024 National Draft and pick number 6 overall Harvey Langford. If you have any questions you want asked let me know. I will release the interview on Wednesday afternoon.

      • Thanks
      • Like
    • 24 replies
    Demonland
  • REPORT: West Coast

    On a night of counting, Melbourne captain Max Gawn made sure that his contribution counted. He was at his best and superb in the the ruck from the very start of the election night game against the West Coast Eagles at Optus Stadium, but after watching his dominance of the first quarter and a half of the clash evaporate into nothing as the Eagles booted four goals in the last ten minutes of the opening half, he turned the game on its head, with a ruckman’s masterclass in the second half.  No superlatives would be sufficient to describe the enormity of the skipper’s performance starting with his 47 hit outs, a career-high 35 possessions (22 of them contested), nine clearances, 12 score involvements and, after messing up an attempt or two, finally capping off one of the greatest rucking performances of all time, with a goal of own in the final quarter not long after he delivered a right angled pass into the arms of Daniel Turner who also goaled from a pocket (will we ever know if the pass is what was intended). That was enough to overturn a 12 point deficit after the Eagles scored the first goal of the second half into a 29 point lead at the last break and a winning final quarter (at last) for the Demons who decided not to rest their champion ruckman at the end this time around. 

    • 0 replies
    Demonland
  • PREGAME: Hawthorn

    The Demons return to the MCG to take on the High Flying Hawks on Saturday Afternoon. Hawthorn will be aiming to consolidate a position in the Top 4 whilst the Dees will be looking to take a scalp and make it four wins in a row. Who comes in and who goes out?

      • Like
    • 215 replies
    Demonland
  • PODCAST: West Coast

    The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 5th May @ 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we analyse the Demons 3rd win row for the season against the Eagles.
    Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show.
    If you would like to leave us a voicemail please call 03 9016 3666 and don't worry no body answers so you don't have to talk to a human.

      • Like
    • 25 replies
    Demonland
  • POSTGAME: West Coast

    Following a disastrous 0–5 start to the season, the Demons have now made it three wins in a row, cruising past a lacklustre West Coast side on their own turf. Skipper Max Gawn was once again at his dominant best, delivering another ruck masterclass to lead the way.

      • Love
      • Like
    • 215 replies
    Demonland