What do you make of this 

6 minutes ago, Rolling Stone said:

What do you make of this 

If true its see ya later Goody LoL St.Kilda and Freo. Double Lol Jeelong at 10

Edited December 27, 20241 yr by picket fence

Swap the Bulldogs and Hawthorn around and I think it could be pretty close. 

Demons won 11 games with majority of our best 6 players out, with a better draw and some fit players, expecting us definitely to make the 8 and not surprised if we are top 4!

Go Demons!

1 hour ago, Rolling Stone said:

What do you make of this 

Goodwin will be back in Adelaide if that scenario is anywhere near correct 

5 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Goodwin will be back in Adelaide if that scenario is anywhere near correct 

I think I read a little while back that the person he's about to get married to is settled in Sydney with her own young family and would be staying there. That may have changed of course but doesn't his contract run out at the end of the 2025 season? If so there's been no talk of an extension yet. 

I can see the Crows making the 8 and the Swans missing personally.

Dees could end up anywhere between 5 and 12.

14 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

I think I read a little while back that the person he's about to get married to is settled in Sydney with her own young family and would be staying there. That may have changed of course but doesn't his contract run out at the end of the 2025 season? If so there's been no talk of an extension yet. 

I think Goodwin will be Adelaide’s next coach, but let’s see how ‘25 pans out 

 I think Sydney, dogs and possible Port to drop out of the 8 next year. Possibly replaced with crows, Dees and Freo.

Obviously a pies supporter. No way they finish 4th

If we have a good run with injuries I'm confident we'll finish top 4 and have another tilt at a flag. I couldn't care less where anyone else finishes although Pies and Blues missing finals would be nice I guess. 

2 hours ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

I think I read a little while back that the person he's about to get married to is settled in Sydney with her own young family and would be staying there. That may have changed of course but doesn't his contract run out at the end of the 2025 season? If so there's been no talk of an extension yet. 

No I think Goody is signed until  end of ‘26, so don’t think he is going anywhere but then I am pro Goody.😁

The Hawks are my sliders for this season.  They surprised everybody this year, but now teams know what they are about and will be digging into their gameplan.  They won't get the unexpected wins against teams that underestimated them again.  I expect them to drop out of the 8.  2026 will tell us whether their team and gameplan are the real deal or not.  

Also, I can't see us missing the 8 unless we suffer more major injuries. The media pile-on fails to acknowledge that we were essentially playing without three of our best mids.  Trac was gone for half the season, Oliver was a shadow of his usual self without a real pre-season, plus playing injured, and of course the loss of Gus not only cost us on-field, but was a massive psychological hit to the team.  While we don't get Gus back, the other two are in full flight and training well.  Having them both fit and firing, plus natural improvement from the young mids, we'll see a different team next year.  

6 hours ago, Jibroni said:

I can see the Crows making the 8 and the Swans missing personally.

Dees could end up anywhere between 5 and 12.

I REALLY believe Dees could finish anywhere between 1st and last

53 minutes ago, picket fence said:

I REALLY believe Dees could finish anywhere between 1st and last

I guarantee you we will finish somewhere between 1st and last

6 hours ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

I guarantee you we will finish somewhere between 1st and last

Depends what you mean by "between".

On 27/12/2024 at 16:13, Rolling Stone said:

What do you make of this 

Like almost any of this — it’s complete garbage & based on nothing more than tipping, thus given avg BEST tipsters avg 60% success rate (and that’s tipping week to week with exposed form mind you) the odds are this ladder will be about 40-55% accurate at best!!! 

Dees Pies and Blues will finish top 6 imo

Sydney to slide a bit. Hawks to majorly slide 

Freo to push top 4

On 27/12/2024 at 16:13, Rolling Stone said:

What do you make of this 

Swap the Pies for the Dee’s and I think it’s on the money 

Way too early for ladder predictions given how critical a team's preseason is in terms of determining how well they'll go.

So far so good for us in terms of number of players completing all sessions, our small rehabilitation group and no long term injuries (last season we had a big rehabilitation group and came into the season with Gus, Melk, Brown, McAdam all with long term injury, and sparg's nagging achilles soon becoming season ending).

But there is a long way to go before the season starts so I'll wait until late Feb before making any predictions.

Does anyone have any intel on how other club's pushing for the 8 preseasons are going?

20 minutes ago, binman said:

Way too early for ladder predictions given how critical a team's preseason is in terms of determining how well they'll go.

So far so good for us in terms of number of players completing all sessions, our small rehabilitation group and no long term injuries (last season we had a big rehabilitation group and came into the season with Gus, Melk, Brown, McAdam all with long term injury, and sparg's nagging achilles soon becoming season ending).

But there is a long way to go before the season starts so I'll wait until late Feb before making any predictions.

Does anyone have any intel on how other club's pushing for the 8 preseasons are going?

No ones training as well as us. In the words of RDB “We’re training the house down whilst other clubs are stuck trying to remove roof tiles”

Edited December 29, 20241 yr by Roost it far

On 27/12/2024 at 13:13, Rolling Stone said:

What do you make of this 

With our new 'recruits' Petracca and Oliver expect top 4.

Scoops is about as reliable as the McDonalds ice cream machine

My early prediction is predicated on the following:

• At least 3 teams must go and in and out of the 8 each year.
• I hate Collingwood as much as the next person but it would be unacceptable if they don't finish top 2 given their recruitment for the now.
• One of Carlton or Bulldogs must miss the 8 due to at least one elimination final loser dropping out the next year (since we became an 18 club league in 2012)
• People will blast me for this but I expect us to miss the 8. Far too many question marks heading into 2025 and so many things need to align for us to win 14 games or 13 with an excellent percentage.

 

1) Collingwood 

2) Brisbane

3) GWS

4) Fremantle

5) Adelaide

6) Hawthorn

7) Carlton

8) Sydney

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9) Geelong

10) Port Adelaide

11) Western Bulldogs

12) Melbourne

13) Gold Coast

14) St Kilda

15) West Coast

16) Essendon

17) North Melbourne

18) Richmond

 

 

5 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

My early prediction is predicated on the following:

• At least 3 teams must go and in and out of the 8 each year.
• I hate Collingwood as much as the next person but it would be unacceptable if they don't finish top 2 given their recruitment for the now.
• One of Carlton or Bulldogs must miss the 8 due to at least one elimination final loser dropping out the next year (since we became an 18 club league in 2012)
• People will blast me for this but I expect us to miss the 8. Far too many question marks heading into 2025 and so many things need to align for us to win 14 games or 13 with an excellent percentage.

 

1) Collingwood 

2) Brisbane

3) GWS

4) Fremantle

5) Adelaide

6) Hawthorn

7) Carlton

8) Sydney

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9) Geelong

10) Port Adelaide

11) Western Bulldogs

12) Melbourne

13) Gold Coast

14) St Kilda

15) West Coast

16) Essendon

17) North Melbourne

18) Richmond

 

 

Kenny, brad Scott and Goody would all be in trouble with that outcome, maybe also Bevo.