1. West Coast - best list by far
2. Freo - same as you Moi with the WA double.
3. Doggies - will improve again. Only ? is how their blokes coming back from knees will go.
4. Melbourne - they'll probably choke again come finals time but I think their list is pretty strong.
5. Swans - still a quality side and well coached
6. Saints - new coach but same old sainters tredding water.
7. Richmond - our time has come
and 13 wins is realistic.
8. Essendon - gone for the quick fix which may pay off if Lloyd stays fit but they'll be just one year wonders with Hird, Michael, Johnsons, Fletcher all near the end.
9. Adelaide - hentschel iffy, biglands iffy, still reliant on their older champions who'll be another year older. Eventually something has got to give and statistically normally one top 4 side crashes.
10. Hawks - will improve and may be in the top 8 for part of the year but then just miss out
11. Geelong - bye bye Bomber. Just don't seem to have any major changes to their list which will make them improve under a coach who seems lost for new ideas. Still wishful thinking that Steven King will have an injury free year and star like when he was younger.
12. Port - thereabouts. Depends alot on Tredrea's fitness. Up and down throughout the year.
13. Brisbane - in transition and rebuilding.
14. Carlton - a threepeat of spoons would be great but I think they'll win more than 3 games this year as their kids a quality.
15. Collingwood - won't happen but they are simply crap. If they are still relying on Bucks to win games for them then they are in worse trouble. Geez that pic of him in the herald-sun was off today
. His face looked like a 80 year old freddy krueger.
16. Roos - bye bye Laidley. Instability off-field is destructive as we know and their list is ordinary due to short-term recruiting to try and keep competitive. On top of it Laidley comes from the Spud school of AFL coaching.
