my end of year 2007 ladder.(with reasoning below, assuming no team has a shocking injury run)
Fremantle,
Adelaide,
Collingwood,
Western Bulldogs,
West Coast
Sydney,
Geelong,
St Kilda,
Richmond,
Essendon
Hawthorn,
Melbourne,
North Melbourne
Port
Carlton,
Brisbane
Fremantle, steam rolled into the finals this year, momentum building.
Adelaide: just a quality team, drifted off late this year, be keen to make amens next year.
Collingwood might seem a little high, but they have been gifted possible the best draw for any club in the past 10 years. hate em, but expect them to do well.
Doggies: Add akermanis, plus another years experience on some of their quick youngsters....should have a good year.
West Coast: Will suffer a bit of a premiership hangover, but will bounce back, too much quality in their backline and middle.
Swans: Keep buying up enough experience to stay competitive. will dip a bit, as teams are working them out.
Geelong: too much talent on their list to not make the 8 next year, and thompson should have a better year coaching.
Sainters: New coach, still got a decent list. good enough to beat half the competition.
Ninthmond...nuff said.
Us: Realistically we will prob bounce back to middle of the field. Optimistically we would make the 8....who knows.
and well who really cares about the rest.
thoughts?
what are your feelings on next season?
cheers
tom
crystal ball - ladder 2007...
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In no particular order...........
Don't Richmond finish ninth?
WCE will be up there, as will the Swans again.
Freo will be up there. The Essendon factor gives them an edge they previously haven't had.
Dogs barker will be louder..Aker and Darcy...and they should do better. However, I'm thinking they'll go in with that expectation and will actually lose an edge. With injuries this year they rose to the occasion to play above their station. Next year they'll have to cope with a full list, and by rights should do very well. I hope so but don't expect it. The other side of the coin is that they'll continue to improve. If they do, they just might scare a few contenders.
Bombers should improve after a dismal '06. Unlike the Dogs, I don't think we expected to do very well, and injuries kept it worse than it might've otherwise been.
The filth are difficult to work out. They should be lower eight with their list.
Adelaide are too arthritic to contend.
Port may surprise.
Lions will struggle bigtime.
St. Kilda can still be anything, but like Geelong, they just need to get over themselves.
Demons...the perpetual almosts? Neitz is on borrowed time I think...age will catch him up, and without him they are a different team. White and Yze are close behind him.
Hawthorn can be anything, but only bottom six.
Roos will beat Carlton, and it'll be wonderful watching Carlton get yet another spoon.
Don't Richmond finish ninth?
WCE will be up there, as will the Swans again.
Freo will be up there. The Essendon factor gives them an edge they previously haven't had.
Dogs barker will be louder..Aker and Darcy...and they should do better. However, I'm thinking they'll go in with that expectation and will actually lose an edge. With injuries this year they rose to the occasion to play above their station. Next year they'll have to cope with a full list, and by rights should do very well. I hope so but don't expect it. The other side of the coin is that they'll continue to improve. If they do, they just might scare a few contenders.
Bombers should improve after a dismal '06. Unlike the Dogs, I don't think we expected to do very well, and injuries kept it worse than it might've otherwise been.
The filth are difficult to work out. They should be lower eight with their list.
Adelaide are too arthritic to contend.
Port may surprise.
Lions will struggle bigtime.
St. Kilda can still be anything, but like Geelong, they just need to get over themselves.
Demons...the perpetual almosts? Neitz is on borrowed time I think...age will catch him up, and without him they are a different team. White and Yze are close behind him.
Hawthorn can be anything, but only bottom six.
Roos will beat Carlton, and it'll be wonderful watching Carlton get yet another spoon.
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