2012 Ladder Predictor

[KT31]

1. Geelong
2. Collingwood
3. West Coast
4. Hawthorn
5. Fremantle
6. Carlton
7. Bulldogs
8. Essendon

9. St Kilda
10. Norf
11.Richmond
12. Melbourne
13. Sydney
14. Brisbane
15. Adelaide
16. Gold Coast
17. Port
18. GWS

[LostDoggy]

1. Hawthorn
2. West Coast
3. Carlton
4. Collingwood
5. North Melbourne
6. Geelong
7. Melbourne
8. Essendon
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9. Richmond (pleeeze)
10. Fremantle
11. Sydney
12. Western Bulldogs
13. St. Kilda
14. Adelaide
15. Brisbane
16. Gold Coast
17. Port Adelaide
18. West Sydney Muppetiers

Got to get it down so I can look back after 12 rounds

[KT31]

1. Hawthorn
2. West Coast
3. Carlton
4. Collingwood
5. North Melbourne
6. Geelong
7. Melbourne
8. Essendon
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Big drop from grace for the premiers and a team that has won three flags in six seasons.
North and Melbourne, not to many would predict this ?

[Remi Moses]

Can't see Norf finishing above the Cats, one of Norf, Melbourne or Richmond making the eight.
Lot of the so called experts have Sydney falling out!

[LostDoggy]

Big drop from grace for the premiers and a team that has won three flags in six seasons.
North and Melbourne, not to many would predict this ?

I think North will surprise many and the cats retirements will cause some grief. The ladder always flexes more than people think year on year - dogs were badly hit by jono's retirement last year as well as hall hitting the wall. I think Geelong will fall. North look primed to me and Melbournes list, new coach and Mitch Clarke up forward will make a huge dent IMO. All that plus I like to take a risk and go out on a limb

[LostDoggy]

Big drop from grace for the premiers and a team that has won three flags in six seasons.
North and Melbourne, not to many would predict this ?

If the thread was "who were the best teams of '11" then its really simple:

Cats, Filth, Pooshirt wearing team and blues or eagles.

Every year, however, teams step radically up and radically down.

Based on their current lists, which look balanced and with decent game time, I'm predicting Norf and Melbourne will be the radical risers and Cats to fade (as we did) pretty heavily due to the retirements they've had. Davis and others will hurt the pies as well as Buckley being new but I accept 4th was hope rather than evidentially based.

Happy 2 leave the obvious ladders to others as they rarely pan out year on year and I'm a risk taker anyway. Min 2 changes into the 8 this year IMO.

Anyway - what am I risking except pride? Norf have been our bunnies for 3 seasons in many respects but I suspect that will turn pretty heavily this year.

Happy with my ladder anyway