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Afl 08

Well the season is just around the corner so i thought it high time to start a thread for '08. I think we need some pre-season predictions as they were fun to check back on at the end of the season (especially when you predict that the grand final winning coach will be sacked like i did haha). I'll get back with mine soon.

To kick off a bit of discussion however, so Chris Judd is named captain of Carlton today. Obviously the best player they have in their team, if not possibly the competition, however having not yet played a game for the team he's going to captain I do find that a little strange. I wonder if it's ever happened before? (actually i think it may have happened when John Rantal transferred to North Melbourne from Essendon at the start of the 1975 season - the year we won our first flag).

Not surprised with Judd's app but it will probably divide the Carlton faithful.

Was a reluctant Capt at the Eagles - will this be in their best interests?

My predictions

Brownlow - J Brown / Kerr

Premiers - Geelong (beating St Kilda)

First coach sacked - Wallace. There is word that if Terry Wallet is 1-5 or worse after the first 6 games he is gone with Sheedy the replacement.

Rising Star - Rhys Palmer

Wooden Spoon - Richmond

Coleman - Brown

My Ladder

Geelong
St Kilda
Fremantle
West Coast
Port Adelaide
Western Bulldogs
Hawthorn
Brisbane

North Melbourne
Sydney
Collingwood
Adelaide
Carlton
Melbourne
Essendon
Richmond

quote:

Originally posted by drew k Wooden Spoon - Richmond

a bloke that hasnt played a game for the club will lead them out in round 1, HUGE Mistake, stevens was the choice for me!


No real suprises, geelong to shit it in again, St Kilda should do well if they can get over there under acheivement, hawthorn will make the 8 but not have a season like they did last year, i thin k Franklins inner demons will get the better of him, Freo should do well.

wallace will probably be the first sacked if we dont have a good start to the season.





my ladder


Geelong
St Kilda
Freo
Collingwood
Bulldogs
Adelaide
Hawthorn
Brisbane

Port
West Coast
Sydney
Richmond
Carlton
North Melb
Melb
Essendon


brownlow: gary Ablett jnr


first coach sacked: wallace


Rising Star: Chris Masten


Coleman: Fev or brown

Premiers: Geelong (beating Adelaide � they have got to be close, i reckon they just need a bit of luck with injuries)

My Ladder...

Geelong
Adelaide
Collingwood
North Melbourne
St Kilda
Fremantle
Port Adelaide
Hawthorn

Brisbane
West Coast
Carlton
Bulldogs
Sydney
Essendon
Melbourne
Richmond


Brownlow: Kerr
First Coach Sacked: Terry Wallace
Rising Star: Kreuzer
Coleman: Brown

Im predicting big things for my Hawks this year. If we can harness the Buddy/Williams forward line and have a good run with injuries the top 4 beckons. Equally hoping for a big Geelong hangover to last the entire season.

Good to see Paulie C you are still crapping on about the Buddy opium den. Expect a thread about him sometime again in July that you heard from a chick at a bahmitzvah that he and the rest of the Hawks are in the shit only for the thread to dissapear like the previous one/s.

Richmond will sack Terry Wallace in round 3 and appoint Kevin Sheedy.

My ladder

Hawthorn

meh who cares about the rest.....

I don't follow AFL much but I started following Collingwood in Grade 2 so I guess they'll win every game of the season and finally get that damn cup.

My top 8 (not necessarily in order, but pretty close to it)
Geelong - Premiers
Adelaide
Collingwood
Kangaroos
Port
Hawthorn
St Kilda
Sydney

Richmond wooden spoon.

Fremantle and Sydney will be less than 1 game separated 8-9 at the end of the season.

If Adelaide play Geelong in the GF they will lose by around 77 points (and I'm not just saying that because of last year).



Actually I have no idea, its still cricket season so footy won't get any attention from me until that ends. I have no idea how anyone apart from Port are looking.

Re: Afl 08

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Originally posted by Dean Millson To kick off a bit of discussion however, so Chris Judd is named captain of Carlton today. Obviously the best player they have in their team, if not possibly the competition, however having not yet played a game for the team he's going to captain I do find that a little strange.

Yeah; that's fucking stupid.

How is that stupid?
Every player wants to be as good if not better than Judd, so why not make him the beacon for the younger kids (and certainly some of the older) to look up to. Which is what carlton has needed for years.

I feel for Stevo (as he has worked hard in the past few years) but its about whats best for the club not the player.

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Originally posted by promowhore How is that stupid? Every player wants to be as good if not better than Judd, so why not make him the beacon for the younger kids (and certainly some of the older) to look up to. Which is what carlton has needed for years. I feel for Stevo (as he has worked hard in the past few years) but its about whats best for the club not the player.

Being a captain is more so about being well-known and respected within a club than being an exceptionally good player.

How can you lead a team if you don't know half the player's names?

He's obviously impressed the leadership group over the summer, it's probably not that drastic (in terms of him not knowing anyone's names )but it could really go two ways. It will either work brilliantly, or if Judd fails to fire then it will be termed to fail miserably (and the media will have a field day with it, and it will be Denis Pagan Mk II). If Steven's was made captain and didn't fire then it probably wouldn't be something that would be focussed on as much because there is nowhere near the expectation on him.

With everything that happened under Denis Pagan, I honestly thought the last thing that Carlton would do would be to hand the captaincy to someone who is clearly not very 'Carlton' (because that was what everyone and anyone from inside the place who could get near a journalist at the end of last year was saying was wrong with Denis Pagan), but maybe Ratten has wised up and realized that if Carlton is going to go anywhere it's actually got to get over itself & start looking forward.

I hope not, because there's nothing I like better than seeing Carlton sitting at the bottom

should be another top year of AFL action..

Brownlow - Chris Judd
Coleman - Brown
Premiers - Adelaide to beat Geelong
Top 8 (after round 22)

Geelong
St Kilda
Adelaide
Hawthorn
Western Bulldogs
West Coast
North
Sydney
----------------
Brisbane
Essendon
Port Adelaide
Collingwood
Fremantle
Carlton
Melbourne
Richmond

ill make a dream team comp for us again, mad new feature can join 3 leagues with your one team.
opens up next monday and ill be looking to defend my title


Geelong
pies
west coast
hawks
fremantle
lions
dogs
Kangas

i reckon that fight for 7/8 spot will be epic... gonna be a lot of teams fighting for those possi's come the end of the season

hmm i'd like to be different but

brownlow: kerr or goodes (even though goodes winning it makes me physically ill)
rising star: rhys palmer (especially with hasleby injury). could be bird/muston/myers/pfeiffer however if they get games
coleman: franklin

Geelong
West Coast
St Kilda
Adelaide
Hawthorn
Bulldogs
Collingwood
Sydney


Premiers: Geelong
Wooden Spoon: Richmond (please)


Rising Star: Andrejs Everitt
Coleman: Matthew Pavlich
Brownlow: Daniel Kerr
Most Improved/Brownlow Smokey: Adam Cooney

so pumped for this year seeing i missed half of last season coz of travel. im wrapped footy is back... going from last years improvement im hoping the hawks dont get to ahead of themselves.

watched a couple of the games last weekend. its still hard to tell who the big movers will be and which players are gonna take the league by storm. but of course there are the usual suspects

caught 3 quarters of the tigers game...i just dont see how they will even be contenders for a top 8 spot. did they recruit poorly? does wallace need to go? or does richo need to go... seems like his a bad smell. sorry paulie.

im finiding it hard to guess a top 8 let alone the whole ladder. i think adelaide have had plenty of chances in the last few years and once again they will fall lower on the ladder even though they sanked collingwood a few weeks ago.

Geelong
Fremantle
West Coast
St.Kilda
Hawthorn
Adelaide
Collingwood
Footscray

Sydney
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Brisbane
Essendon
Carlton
Melbourne
Richmond

Premiers: Geelong
Spoon: Richmond
Brownlow: Brown
Coleman: Fevola
Rising Star: Beau Muston or Max Bailey


Herald Sun Supercoach is heaps better then the AFL one. It goes by the stats in the paper.

If you wanna sign up i just made a league. The code is 984985 and the name Trance Addict 2008

http://supercoach.heraldsun.com.au/

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Originally posted by sLiCk_NiCk caught 3 quarters of the tigers game...i just dont see how they will even be contenders for a top 8 spot. did they recruit poorly? does wallace need to go? or does richo need to go...

the answer to all those questions is no... they are just richmond


also made a SC for first time this year, will jump in your league. (3 leagues with one team is SICK)

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Originally posted by FiK also made a SC for first time this year, will jump in your league. (3 leagues with one team is SICK)

yeh its about time

the blues will finish in the top 8

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Originally posted by eROs.au the blues will finish in the top 8

So what you're saying is that at least 8 teams are going to have their points stripped for some reason?

go the Pies!

how the hell did the saints pull that ruckman off? geez nice pickup

dunno why everyone's putting the dogs in their top 8's.. i dont rate em at all

pump up!

tranceaddict league turnout this year is pitiful

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