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.