2025 Ladder Predictions

[WatWouldCyrilDo]

Wouldn't it be quite humorous if we had Carlton, Essendon and Richmond finish in the bottom 3?

As a completely unbiased observer, I think that needs to happen for the good of the game. Especially Carlton.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

Wouldn't it be quite humorous if we had Carlton, Essendon and Richmond finish in the bottom 3?

i would imagine it to be a real rib tickler for some!

 

[Mr.X]

probably safe to say the teams below will end up somewhere in the bottom four

Blues
Tigers
Demons

 

[beerbandit]

Finished a way to early ladder prediction

Hawthorn
Adelaide
Collingwood
Brisbane
Geelong
GWS
Gold Coast
Western Bulldogs

Sydney
Fremantle
St Kilda
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Carlton
Essendon
Melbourne
West Coast
Richmond

 

[lacrow]

Assuming no significant injuries, Crows top 4. Bookmark it.

 

[GreyCrow]

We can see when you edit your posts

 

[hawkman]

I'm surprised a few are getting sucked into the Dogs finishing top 4 again. They just don't do it under Beveridge

There are nomally a few shocks that no one sees coming so just throwing a few in

Fremantle
Brisbane
Geelong
Gold Coast
Hawthorn
GWS
Collingwood
St Kilda

Bulldogs
Sydney
Carlton
Adelaide
Essendon
West Coast
Port Adelaide
North Melbourne
Melbourne
Richmond

Pretty content with my prediction from September so far. Only really missed on Fremantle and Adelaide

 

[Madas]

How everyone feeling about North jumping into the 8 now

 

[Mr.X]

These teams will not play finals in 2025

Eagles
North
Blues
Tigers
Demons
Bombers

 

[hawkman]

These teams will not play finals in 2025

Eagles
North
Blues
Tigers
Demons
Bombers

Would almost include Port in there

 

[BigVic]

		W	L	D	%
1.	Hawthorn	19	4	0	135.1%
2.	Geelong	16	7	0	120.7%
3.	Brisbane Lions	16	7	0	115.9%
4.	Gold Coast	16	7	0	112.4%
5.	Adelaide	15	8	0	132.5%
6.	Collingwood	15	8	0	115.8%
7.	GWS	14	9	0	123.8%
8.	Western Bulldogs	14	9	0	122.5%
9.	St Kilda	12	11	0	104.2%
10.	Sydney	12	11	0	102.6%
11.	Fremantle	11	12	0	92.1%
12.	Carlton	10	13	0	100.9%
13.	Port Adelaide	9	14	0	84.4%
14.	Essendon	8	15	0	90.1%
15.	Melbourne	7	16	0	82.7%
16.	North Melbourne	6	17	0	82.7%
17.	Richmond	5	18	0	60.0%
18.	West Coast	2	21	0	65.9%

QF1: HAWTHORN v Gold Coast
QF2: GEELONG v Brisbane Lions
EF1: Adelaide v WESTERN BULLDOGS
EF2: COLLINGWOOD v GWS

SF1: Gold Coast v WESTERN BULLDOGS
SF2: BRISBANE LIONS v Collingwood

PF1: HAWTHORN v Brisbane Lions
PF2: GEELONG v Western Bulldogs

GF: HAWTHORN v Geelong

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Would almost include Port in there

Agreed.

Imo we now have 11 teams fighting for 8 final spots.

 

[Miluxx]

I'm 99% sure Gold Coast and Adelaide will play finals.

 

[Mr Meow]

Change from last year's finalists (early take):

-Port, Carlton out.
-Some or all of Collingwood, St Kilda, Gold Coast, Adelaide in.
-Bulldogs, Geelong and Sydney other sides in danger of falling out. More likely one or two of them rather than all three.

Give it another month and things could completely change, of course. But the last 7 teams I mentioned look to be the early pack of "scrambling for finals" sides.

 

[RCAB]

At this point the eight is set... Freo might be able to get in.

 

[Django]

At his point who knows.

Brisbane look to be thereabouts again. Pies/Geelong are going about it right to mount a challenge later in the year. Both teams would be hopeful. Giants been close in recent years, but have stumbled. I'm not sold on Hawthorn yet, but they have been impressive. Day's injury will hurt them though.

Heaps to be played out yet.

I'm particularly interested in looking at the bottom of the ladder and the teams that are looking likely to be down there. Melbourne are much worse than I expected. I gave them a chance preseason of turning it around. They traded away their first pick this year too.

They are horrible to watch. So spiritless as well. It's absurd given the amount of Premiership players on their list. Goodwin has overseen one of the worst fall from graces I have seen. They won a flag, then went 10-0 to start the next season. Somehow lost all form and went out in straight sets in 22, then a similar tale in 23 in straight sets, except by that time it was apparent the team did not have a functioning forward line/play. They are a rabble of a football club right now. In my opinion they need a circuit breaker, and that is Goodwin. The bloke is done in my opinion. Amazingly too, I would doubt he has much currency in the coaching market, which as a recent Premiership coach is an absolute indictment on his reputation externally, let alone within the club.

West Coast look awful. Definitely a chance at finishing last. It's only a fifth of the way into the season, so plenty can happen yet, but West Coast look rudderless/boring and uninspiring in most games aside from the game away against Brisbane.

Richmond had a surprising win against the Blues, which will come in handy later in the year when we don't want to finish last. I certainly hope we don't.

We'd be hoping to jag a win or two against a few teams on our day. We will miss more often than we hit though.

I'd say I'm more confident than I was preseason that we might not finish last.

 

[RCAB]

At his point who knows.

Brisbane look to be thereabouts again. Pies/Geelong are going about it right to mount a challenge later in the year. Both teams would be hopeful. Giants been close in recent years, but have stumbled. I'm not sold on Hawthorn yet, but they have been impressive. Day's injury will hurt them though.

Heaps to be played out yet.

I just told you... Other than Freo, no team outside of the 8 will push for finals. If you have a case for any of them make it.

 

[Saints4ever]

I just told you... Other than Freo, no team outside of the 8 will push for finals. If you have a case for any of them make it.

Sydney, Western Bulldogs, Fremantle.

Any of those 3 could easily finish in the 8.

 

[Django]

I should add to my original post. North are looking bottom 4 right now, or thereabouts. Thinking it might click a bit for them later in the season and they will win a few (maybe wishful thinking maybe, who knows). They should be showing more than they have in my opinion. Been unspeakably rubbish for at least 5 years.

 

[FFB1]

I'm 99% sure Gold Coast and Adelaide will play finals.

If I had that level of confidence I’d be loading up, Sportsbet are only 60% confident that happens.

 

[Handsuper47]

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

I look forward to seeing how my insane predictions plan out.

So far in retrospect, I think I should swapped Adelaide and Carlton around lmao