Season 2008 Time Capsule Prediction Thread

[Scorlibo]

1. How many games will we win out of the 22 Home and Away games?
14 games

2. Will we make the final 8?
yes

3. How many goals will Brad Johnson kick?
43

4. How many goals will Scott Welsh kick?
33

5. Who will have the better season Cooney or Griffen?
Cooney

6. Who will be our Best and Fairest Winner for 2008?
Cross

7. Who one of our players will get the most brownlow votes for the Dogs?
Cooney

8. Who do you think will be our most improved player this season?
Hill

9. How many possessions will Daniel Cross get in Round 1?
26

10. What position will we end up on the ladder come Round 22?
6th

11. Which young pup will make his debut first?
Guy O'Keefe

12. How many points will we beat Richmond by in Round 5?
23

1 - Incorrect - 1.5 games off (and glad to be)
2 - Correct
3 - Incorrect - 7 goals off (makes Johnno's season look a bit better)
4 - Incorrect - 10 goals off
5 - Correct
6 - Correct
7 - Correct
8 - Correct (I think Hill is definitely our most improved, hence correct)
9 - Incorrect - 1 disposal off
10 - Incorrect - 3 places off
11 - Incorrect - It was a toss up between Guy and Callan at the start.
12 - Incorrect - Draw

That makes 5 correct. I think I'm winning

[BulldogBelle]

Please remind me to steer clear of similar threads for next season.

Nahhh, it's all in good fun...you will get sucked into the vortex again when I start the 2009 capsule.

That makes 5 correct. I think I'm winning

Well 4 for sure....although perhaps the No. 8 question we will have to do a poll on the most improved for season 2008. Hill, Cooney, Griffen there are a few possible candidates for that.

[BulldogBelle]

1. How many games will we win out of the 22 Home and Away games?
14 - Close 1 off

2. Will we make the final 8?
yes - Correct

3. How many goals will Brad Johnson kick?
52 - Close again 2 off

4. How many goals will Scott Welsh kick?
47 - 4 off this time

5. Who will have the better season Cooney or Griffen?
COONEY - Correct

6. Who will be our Best and Fairest Winner for 2008?
COONEY - Missed it by that mutch

7. Who one of our players will get the most brownlow votes for the Dogs?
COONEY - Correct

8. Who do you think will be our most improved player this season?
AKERMANIS - l would have to be close on this one, did drop off towards the end of the season

9. How many possessions will Daniel Cross get in Round 1?
32 - Not quite

10. What position will we end up on the ladder come Round 22?
5th - Wrong

11. Which young pup will make his debut first?
GRANT - Wrong

12. How many points will we beat Richmond by in Round 5?
45 - Wrong

Not too bad l think

[LostDoggy]

1. How many games will we win out of the 22 Home and Away games? 12 Wrong

2. Will we make the final 8? No Wrong


3. How many goals will Brad Johnson kick? 45 Close

4. How many goals will Scott Welsh kick? 33 Close


5. Who will have the better season Cooney or Griffen? Griffin Wrong

6. Who will be our Best and Fairest Winner for 2008? Boyd Wrong

7. Who one of our players will get the most brownlow votes for the Dogs? Akermanis Wrong


8. Who do you think will be our most improved player this season? Akermanis Close

9. How many possessions will Daniel Cross get in Round 1? 22 How many did he get?


10. What position will we end up on the ladder come Round 22? 9 Wrong


11. Which young pup will make his debut first? Josh HIll Right

12. How many points will we beat Richmond by in Round 5? 13

13 out

[Pembleton]

Was with me at the Essendon game busy telling me before the first bounce that there was no way Eade would ever consider playing Mcdougall on Lucas because Mcdougall would get killed.

Just goes to show what he knows.

Hahaha, i was just checking back to see if i had filled out the questions, and came across this.

What a dunce Eade is sometimes! I should have said, 'any smart coach wouldn't play Doogs on Lucas.'

[bornadog]

Hahaha, i was just checking back to see if i had filled out the questions, and came across this.

What a dunce Eade is sometimes! I should have said, 'any smart coach wouldn't play Doogs on Lucas.'

A little harsh there, it was a preseason practise match and a good guide to see where McDougall is at.

[Sockeye Salmon]

A little harsh there, it was a preseason practise match and a good guide to see where McDougall is at.

Well, we found out.

[bornadog]

Well, we found out.

Thats my point and why Eade did it.

[LostDoggy]

I got the B&F correct...dunno why i said crossy but 1 point, THATS WHAT IM TALKIN ABOUTTT!

[LostDoggy]

1. How many games will we win out of the 22 Home and Away games?
12 Wrong, can live with that one

2. Will we make the final 8?
Yes Correct

3. How many goals will Brad Johnson kick?
46 4 off, but if you don't include finals I was only 1 off

4. How many goals will Scott Welsh kick?
32 11 off, my bad

5. Who will have the better season Cooney or Griffen?
Cooney Correct

6. Who will be our Best and Fairest Winner for 2008?
Morris Close enough

7. Who one of our players will get the most brownlow votes for the Dogs?
Cooney Correct

8. Who do you think will be our most improved player this season?
Ray Not quite

9. How many possessions will Daniel Cross get in Round 1?
28 3 off

10. What position will we end up on the ladder come Round 22?
8th Wrong

11. Which young pup will make his debut first?
Ward Pretty sure this is right

12. How many points will we beat Richmond by in Round 5?
54 54 points off, oh well

Not too bad, but not too good either.

[LostDoggy]

1. How many games will we win out of the 22 Home and Away games?
14

Thought I was being optimistic, but still wrong. Glad to be.

2. Will we make the final 8?
Emphatically, yes.

YES.

3. How many goals will Brad Johnson kick?
31

Hmm..

4. How many goals will Scott Welsh kick?
55

Nope.

5. Who will have the better season Cooney or Griffen?
Griffen

Well, the umps disagree with me on this one. (I think Griff had the better finals series, though, which should count more, right?)

6. Who will be our Best and Fairest Winner for 2008?
Aker/Crossy

Well, half a point, I suppose. Aker was looking good for it after round 13.

7. Which one of our players will get the most brownlow votes for the Dogs?
Aker

Nope.

8. Who do you think will be our most improved player this season?
From last season, Aker. From the younger playing stock, Higgo, Hill and Andrejs (obvious picks, I know). My smokey: Big Will. I think he’ll go much better than most think. 25 goals at least, and a heap of presence and mongrel.

Well, Aker, Hill and Willy definitely improved from last year, Higgo got injured and Andrejs.. well...

9. How many possessions will Daniel Cross get in Round 1?
24/25 (24.5)

ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. (Two different stat sheets even disagree and Crossy has one extra handball in one, thus 24/25!)

10. What position will we end up on the ladder come Round 22?
4th/5th

Close... again, like mjp and hujsh, we were the only really optimistic ones here at the start of the season, and I STILL got it too low.

11. Which young pup will make his debut first?
Callan Ward

Correct!

12. How many points will we beat Richmond by in Round 5?
Will be closer than expected, I fancy. 12 points. (Or a blowout of 100+ points.. we don’t do things by halves when it comes to Richmond)

Well, it WAS closer than I expected. AND we again proved that we don't do things by halves when it comes to Richmond. I'm claiming style points here.

Well!

[LostDoggy]

13 out

Josh Hill made his debut last year.

[osakabulldog]

1. How many games will we win out of the 22 Home and Away games?
fourteen

2. Will we make the final 8?
yes

3. How many goals will Brad Johnson kick?
35

4. How many goals will Scott Welsh kick?
40

5. Who will have the better season Cooney or Griffen?
griff

6. Who will be our Best and Fairest Winner for 2008?
griff

7. Who one of our players will get the most brownlow votes for the Dogs?
griff

8. Who do you think will be our most improved player this season?
boyd

9. How many possessions will Daniel Cross get in Round 1?
the stats guys will lose count in the third quarter

10. What position will we end up on the ladder come Round 22?
fourth

11. Which young pup will make his debut first?
brennan stack

12. How many points will we beat Richmond by in Round 5?
28-16-184 to 7-5-47....so, 137 points

[Pembleton]

A little harsh there, it was a preseason practise match and a good guide to see where McDougall is at.

I was being a bit silly with the dunce comment, but i still think it was stupid and of no value as an experiment. Trying him on an opponent he had some chance of matching up on might teach you something, but Eade used him on Lucas instead. Instead of providing a guide, i think it wasted a chance to get a feel for where Doogs was at, because 'not a good opponent for Lucas' was a box already well and truly checked.