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Title: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: one-eyed on February 25, 2015, 07:49:13 PM
Duck's Top 8 For 2015
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February 25, 2015


Wayne Carey says it's still really a bit too early in the season to but we asked him to make this top eight prediction for season 2015.

Duck would like to reserve the right to make a change, as it stands now, here are his top eight!

Six are the usual suspects that were in 2014's top eight but there are two teams that have fallen out and two that Duck thinks will step up.

Duck's Top 8 For Season 2015 (Alphabetical Order):

    Adelaide
    Fremantle
    Geelong
    Gold Coast
    Hawthorn
    North Melbourne
    Port Adelaide
    Sydney

Two Out, Essendon & Richmond:

Essendon
 
“With all the turmoil going on, we don’t know what's going to happen, whether players will miss games and (if) they’re going to have a makeshift side,” Duck said.

“Off the back of all of that, Hirdy being back at the club, there’s just too much going on.

“They’ve been superb for the last two years doing what they’ve done, I think it will all get to them this year and I think they might just slip out of that top eight.”

Richmond

“Richmond were lucky to get there, they had to win a lot on the trot to sneak in,” Duck said.

“Then really poor performance in that final, it really showed the gap between where Richmond are at.

“I think they’ve got a little bit of work to do, they’re still building and I think this competition’s so tough they squeeze out.”

Two In, Adelaide & Gold Coast:

Adelaide

“I truly believe that they will come in to the top eight,” Duck said.

“They had their opportunities last year so many times.

“They were in front against the Kangaroos in the latter part of the year in Tassie.

“If they’d have won that game, they make the top eight and Richmond don’t.

“Everything fell in to place for the Tigers and everything fell out of place for Adelaide.

“I think they’ll have a little bit more luck.

“Tex Walker, captain of the club, he’s back, he’s played some footy, another big pre-season under the belt.

“I think they’ll come in.”

Gold Coast Suns

“You look through their on-ball brigade, young Jack Martin, we know Ablett, we know O’Meara all of these guys, they just have so much talent through there,” Duck said.

“Rodney Eade with a very,very good first up record at every club he’s been to.

“Only the two when he’s been senior coach, Sydney got them to a Grand Final, went to the Bulldogs, got them into a preliminary final straight away.

“He gets a reaction from these boys.”

http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/sport/afl/news/2015/2/wayne-duck-careys-top-eight-teams-for-2015/
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: dwaino on February 25, 2015, 07:50:15 PM
Assumes we will lose to Melbourne and Bulldogs again.
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: bojangles17 on February 25, 2015, 07:56:13 PM
Lol ,  fluff article with little substance  :lol
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: (•))(©™ on February 25, 2015, 08:15:45 PM
Educated guess at worst.
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: The Big Richo on February 25, 2015, 08:35:23 PM
Given the King would be a far better coach than our own, I find this ominous.
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: (•))(©™ on February 25, 2015, 08:36:23 PM
Get the King.
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: 🏅Dooks on February 25, 2015, 09:31:03 PM
Knows more about football than most here.
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: Phil Mrakov on February 25, 2015, 09:44:55 PM
He's right.
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: Tigers of Old on February 25, 2015, 11:26:00 PM
Dial a quote. Was a good footballer the DucKing.

For those who say he's right I guess they'll be loading up large for us to miss the 8 at the local Tab.


Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: Owl on February 26, 2015, 09:28:41 AM
Duck could play football but was always a poohouse strategist.  I could go over his long list of tactical blunders but I am sure I would be snipped...  So I give his prediction a great big methane exhalation and a thumbs down.
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: Chuck17 on February 26, 2015, 09:56:26 AM
Duck could play football but was always a poohouse strategist.  I could go over his long list of tactical blunders but I am sure I would be snipped...  So I give his prediction a great big methane exhalation and a thumbs down.

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Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: mat073 on February 26, 2015, 04:23:13 PM
Ducks obviously been reading far too much OER
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: bojangles17 on February 26, 2015, 06:21:23 PM
Given the King would be a far better coach than our own, I find this ominous.
coach at what exactly , throwing glasses or groping :ROTFL
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: the claw on February 26, 2015, 09:32:01 PM
weak as duck, get real mate you need to add carlton, collingwood and wet toast also going above us. my moneys on a finish closer to 14th than 8th.
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: YellowandBlackBlood on February 26, 2015, 10:08:27 PM
weak as duck, get real mate you need to add carlton, collingwood and wet toast also going above us. my moneys on a finish closer to 14th than 8th.
That will make the Hardwick decision easy......
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: mightytiges on February 26, 2015, 11:09:13 PM
Adelaide? :huh3.

Obviously, the only reason Carey has put them in is because he used to play for them.

Outside of the Hawks, Swans & Port, you could throw a blanket over the next 10 sides for the remaining positions in the top 8. It will all depend the draw, injuries, depth, breakout years from (young) players, etc.
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: 🏅Dooks on February 26, 2015, 11:16:46 PM
Adelaide? :huh3.

Obviously, the only reason Carey has put them in is because he used to play for them.

Outside of the Hawks, Swans & Port, you could throw a blanket over the next 10 sides for the remaining positions in the top 8. It will all depend the draw, injuries, depth, breakout years from (young) players, etc.

So your saying we could finish 13th?
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: (•))(©™ on February 26, 2015, 11:21:49 PM
Adelaide? :huh3.

Obviously, the only reason Carey has put them in is because he used to play for them.

Outside of the Hawks, Swans & Port, you could throw a blanket over the next 10 sides for the remaining positions in the top 8. It will all depend the draw, injuries, depth, breakout years from (young) players, etc.

Yes.
7th and 8th ARE charity positions, seeing as you put it that way.
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: Yeahright on February 27, 2015, 12:48:24 AM
weak as duck, get real mate you need to add carlton, collingwood and wet toast also going above us. my moneys on a finish closer to 14th than 8th.

Calrton :lol :lol
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: Diocletian on February 27, 2015, 02:58:02 AM
weak as duck, get real mate you need to add carlton, collingwood and wet toast also going above us. my moneys on a finish closer to 14th than 8th.

Calrton :lol :lol

Yeah keep laughing....until Mick "Ali" Malthouse plays rope-a-dope with Damien "Foreman" Hardwick yet again come round one.
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: Chuck17 on February 27, 2015, 06:51:01 AM
I wish we had Malthouse with Sheedy as coaching director

It would be a cutting edge duo on team tactics
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: Yeahright on February 27, 2015, 09:17:42 AM
weak as duck, get real mate you need to add carlton, collingwood and wet toast also going above us. my moneys on a finish closer to 14th than 8th.

Calrton :lol :lol

Yeah keep laughing....until Mick "Ali" Malthouse plays rope-a-dope with Damien "Foreman" Hardwick yet again come round one.

Still wont finish above us they are poo
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: the claw on February 27, 2015, 09:30:42 PM
weak as duck, get real mate you need to add carlton, collingwood and wet toast also going above us. my moneys on a finish closer to 14th than 8th.

Calrton :lol :lol

Yeah keep laughing....until Mick "Ali" Malthouse plays rope-a-dope with Damien "Foreman" Hardwick yet again come round one.

Still wont finish above us they are poo
yep probably middling again but in saying that so are we. so are we poo too.
Title: Re: Gold Coast & Adelaide to replace Richmond & Essendon in the Top 8: Carey
Post by: Yeahright on February 28, 2015, 12:10:41 AM
I'm not even sure they're middling, if they are they are the lowest of the pack