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NAB Cup means nothing. The Dogs won it a few years ago but were always a good player or two from matching Geelong, Collingwood and St Kilda in the real deal. Carlton's won it a few times and not been near a premiership. Geelong won it in 2006 and went on to fall apart during the season and finish 10th. Long story short it's not that good of an indicator, even though winning it is certainly not a bad thing.

Imo Collingwood will drop off a bit and I say that as one of the few non Pies supporters who like them (due to family). A fair amount of injuries, Davis and Krakouer gone and a new coach who doesn't particularly convince me.

Ladder (kind of boringly like last years though...):

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

Cats vs Hawks GF rematch. The right team will win this time! ;)

He's long gone, definitely not coming back in 3 weeks :P

Guess you are unaware Krakouer did his knee and is out for the season.

i have noticed that a few people are giving the Bulldogs not much chance of a finals show. just wondering if there is any reasoning for that? because i would surely put us above richmond, north and adelaide at the least

I'll have a dip as well. I'm a bit bullish on Adelaide this year, I think the Dees and Tigers will also be better and that the pies will be in a bit of strife given the expectations they face. St Kilda will drop off ( i say this as a supporter of the club) and will play the kids a bit. Wouldn't surprise me at all to see North & the Bombers do much better than where i have put them.

I think there could be 3 games between 7th & 14th

1. Hawthorn
2. Geelong
3. West Coast
4. Collingwood
5. Carlton
6. Fremantle
7. Adelaide
8. Sydney
9. Essendon
10.Richmond
11. St Kilda
12. North
13. Melbourne
14. Brisbane
15. WB
16. Port
17. GC
18. GWS

15. WB
16. Port
17. GC
18. GWS

WOW... did McCartney come into your house on christmas morning and piss on your kids or something?

only better than the worst 3 teams in the AFL?

i can see bulldogs maybe making 7th but i think they will drop off a fair bit. 7th to 13th will be very close i reckon this year and will come down to percentage

Bulldogs strike me as a reasonably old team, that came 10th last year. Its hard to see them improving on that this season, and they may slide further. I can't see them making the 8 personally.

That said, if the likes of Lake and Cooney come back and have a full year at their best without injuries, they may surprise me

1 pies
2 hawks
3 cats
4 blues
5 eagles
6 dogs
7 swans
8 demons
9 dons
10 saints
11 roos
12 tigers
13 suns
14 lions
15 crows
16 dockers
17power
18 giants