How is St Kilda at $1.80?
They are heading in one direction and it's south
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1. West Coast ..... Injuries hurt them this year yet they still made the semis. A luckier run and the Eagles will be right up there.
2. Sydney ............ No real standouts again means they'll be in show for back-to-back.
3. Hawthorn ........ A tougher draw but their list is better than most.
4. Fremantle ........ Won't be spending the first half of next season learning Lyon's gameplan again as they did this year.
5. Coll'wood ........ Charity recruiting help from the Demons will keep the Pies up there
6. Richmond ........ Here's hoping with 12 more months of experience. No guarantees as we'll be vunerable to injuries to key players like Maric and Cotch. Draw is kinder next year.
7. Geelong .......... Hanging in there with nifty top up recruiting but eventually they will slide out. Will it be next year or the one after?
8. Carlton ............ New coach but still the same list that promises but fails when it matters whose older players are another year older. A better run with injuries should see them play finals.
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9. Adelaide .......... In turmoil losing Tippett for nix. Won't have the soft draw they had this year.
10. Essendon ...... Another year of early season media and bomberblitz mega-hype on the back of recruiting Goddard before falling away again
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11. Brisbane ........ My outsider smokey next year. I still think they are another year or two away but the Lions will have the easiest draw.
12. North Melb ..... Don't rate them. Got lucky with a soft draw this year and we're shown up as pretenders being annihlated in the first week of finals.
13. St Kilda .......... heading south and it will only get worse.
14. Port Adel ....... Developing young side. Will win more games than this year especially at home.
15. Melbourne ..... Enough said - basketcase!
16. Gold Coast .... Third year should see them start beating sides around them on the ladder more often than not.
17. Bulldogs ........ Rebuild in full swing. Will vy with the Giants for youngest list in the AFL.
18. GWS ............. Another year struggling to win a game. Similar to what the Suns went through this year.
