1. Geelong - Will probably be better now they don't have all that baggage to carry
2. West Coast - Say what you want about them, they're still a class team, and will be therabouts again
3. Hawthorn - Will be a powerhouse team over the next few years, but still a step short of that mark right now
4. Fremantle - Expect Mark Harvey to kick a few of those prima donnas in the arse and get them firing
5. Collingwood - Younger players will improve, but older players will drag them down. Break even.
6. Port Adelaide - Made a GF this year, and despite the hammering they got will continue to improve, even if they don't finish as high as 07
7. Lions - Scared the shit out of many teams at the end of 2007 and will get better
8. St Kilda - I hate to say it, but have a list that should be playing finals. Premiership window all but shut though. The slide will be spectacular, and funny
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9. Roos - Passion and shinboner spirit can only get you so far. Will be the hunted in 08 and will suffer
10. Swans - Ageing list and shitty trading. Need to rebuild.
11. Blues - Would love to make finals, but I think our backline will continue to hamper us. 09 will be our year, mark my words.
12. Adelaide - Can't rule them out, and I understimate them at my own peril. But are another team like the swans that need to rebuild
13. Doggies - Still too small, and despite getting a decent ruckman will still get found out by bigger bodied teams
14. Essendon* - No Hird, and with Lloyd/Lucas/Fletcher another year older. Younger players aren't anything special. Will need a few fluke wins like 07 to have a sniff
15. Richmond - Showed signs of improvement late 07, but come on, they're RICHMOND
16. Demons - Dean Bailey has made it clear that this should be a rebuilding year for the dees, so expect a lot of experimenting and heavy losses

Premier: Geelong
Runner-up: West Coast
Brownlow: Sam Mitchell
Coleman: Johnathan Brown (Fev will be up there though with the delivery to him improving)
Rising Star: Shaun Grigg

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Premiers: Geelong
Runners up: St Kilda
Carlton's position: 6th
Brownlow medal: Nick Del Santo
Coleman: Fevola (100 goal year)
Who will Carlton select with pick 1 in the national draft: Kruezer
Rising Star Winner: Cale Morton
Surprise headline: ATO investigates Collingwood, Mcguire blames Swan.

Premiers: Geelong
Runners up: St.Kilda
Carlton's position: 9th
Brownlow Medal: Nick Dal Santo
Coleman: Fevolution (95 goals)
Who will Carlton select with pick 1 in the national draft: Matthew Kreuzer
Rising Star Winner: Trent Cotchin
Surprise headline: "Wallace Sacked!"
Carlton Membership for 2008: 42,523
Genuine "Break out" Seasons: Joey Anderson
Carlton B&F: Chris Judd / Brendon Fevola
Carlton All Aust Reps: 3

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Premiers: Geelong
Runners up: Hawthorn
Carlton's position: 8th
Brownlow medal: Dunno........one of either Judd, Franklin or a Burgoyne.
Coleman: FEVOLA - 92 goals
Who will Carlton select with pick 1 in the national draft: Kreuzer
Rising Star Winner: ohhh, tough one. I'm gonna say that it's not gonna be a kid from this years draft. More likely to be a kid picked in the 06' draft that has yet to play and i'm gonna stick with my original prediction of Grigg!
Surprise headline: WOW! Carlton aren't crap anymore.

Some more predictions.

First Coach to Go:- Terry Wallace followed closely by Niel Craig
Wooden Spooners:- Richmond followed closely by Adelaide.
How many Goals will Josh Kennedy kick:- 25
Carlton B&F Wiiner: Judd, followed by Stevens and Simpson.
Carlton Membership: 38,900

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Premiers: GEELONG
Runners up: ST KILDA
Carlton's position: 7th
Brownlow medal: CHRIS JUDD
Coleman: FEV
Who will Carlton select with pick 1 in the national draft: KRUEZER
Rising Star Winner: COTCHIN
Surprise headline: BLUES CRACK 45K MEMBERS!

Premiers: WestCoast
Runners up: Hawthorn
Carlton's position: 7th
Brownlow medal: Chris Judd - ofcourse
Coleman: Brendan Fevola - ofcourse
Who will Carlton select with pick 1 in the national draft: Matt Kruezer
Rising Star Winner: Ryan Jackson
Surprise headline: The Ratten-Juddernaut Blues keep rolling on

Premiers: Geelong
Runners up: Brisbane
Carlton's position: 8th
Brownlow medal: Judd
Coleman: Fevola
Who will Carlton select with pick 1 in the national draft: Cotchin
Rising Star Winner: Leuenberger
Breakout season: Hartlett
Surprise headline: Suspicions of tanking growing at Tigerland

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Premiers: West Coast;
Runners up: Port Adelaide;
Carlton's position: Finish 8th H&A, win 1st final - 6th;
Brownlow medal: Daniel Kerr;
Coleman: Brendan Fevola (113 goals);
Who will Carlton select with pick 1 in the national draft: Matthew Kreuzer;
Rising Star Winner: Mitch Clark by the length of the straight;
Surprise headline: "Greg Miller: We may have overpaid for Jordan McMahon";
Carlton Membership for 2008: 47k;
Genuine "Break out" Season: Michael Jamison;
Carlton B&F: Chris Judd;
Carlton All Aust Reps: 4 - Chris Judd, Brendan Fevola, Michael Jamison, Marc Murphy;
2008 Draft Smokie: Pick 36: Callan Ward (Carlton);

Premiers: Fremantle
Runners up:St Kilda
Carlton's position: 6th
Brownlow medal: Sam Mitchell
Coleman: Nathan Thompson
Who will Carlton select with pick 1 in the national draft: Kreuzer
Rising Star Winner: Leuenberger
Surprise headline: "Eddie caught with his fingers in the Pie" accompanied by a naked shot of McGuire and Buckley

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Barrel,
Love your optimism. 47K membership will require Sir Dick to purchase at least 5,000 of them like he did this year, but its the call of Michael Jamison in the All Australian team that cracks me up. If Jamo makes AA then i'd be backing him for the Brownlow. Add to this the inclusion of my man Murph and you have me in stitches. Quality Barrel! Quality!

Draft smoke: Patrick Veszpremi. Will go top 20 but will show top 5 qualities.

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Premiers: Geelong
Runners up: West Coast
Carlton's position: 8th
Brownlow medal: Jonathon Brown
Coleman: Fev
Who will Carlton select with pick 1 in the national draft: Kreuzer
Rising Star Winner: Ryan Jackson
Surprise headline: Andy D caught in bizarre gay love triangle

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Massive improvement tipped in 2008, but most are focussed on midfield and the effect up forward.
If we compete with teams and do well, expect Jamo to further blanket opponents, but start to run & create. Matthew Egan is good, but his season was overrated. I see 'experts' diagnosing our improvement, and our improved defence will be attributed to Jamison.

I suggest you don't back him to win the Brownlow - just because he makes the AA team doesn't mean he'll vote - Darren Glass.

Veszpremi - Top 5 qualities - what, in the Pie-eating competition?? I guess someone needs to takeup the void left by Stewie Dew ........

Premiers: Geelong
Runners up: Hawthorn
Carlton's position: 7th
Brownlow medal: Chris Judd
Coleman: Brendan Fevola
Who will Carlton select with pick 1 in the national draft: Matty Kreuzer
Rising Star Winner: Brett Ebert
Surprise headline: Good Friday Footy

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Premiers: Can't go past Geelong ATM even though back to back flags are hard to win
Runners up: St Kilda
Carlton's position:Tenth
Brownlow medal:Gary Ablett
Coleman:Fevola
Who will Carlton select with pick 1 in the national draft:Kreuzer, but leaning towards Cotchin for shock value
Rising Star Winner:Joe Anderson
Surprise headline:"I was wrong!"- Mark Williams.

First Coach to Go:- Rodney Eade
Wooden Spooners:- Essendon*
How many Goals will Josh Kennedy kick:-I don't follow Box Hill....
Carlton B&F Wiiner: Andrew Walker
Carlton Membership: 40,000

Barrel,
Two words .. Stop It!

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Premiers: St.Kilda
Runners up: Geelong
Carlton's position: 6 (win first final)
Brownlow medal: Marc Murphy
Coleman: Fev
Who will Carlton select with pick 1 in the national draft: Cotchin (best player available)
Rising Star Winner: Aisake O'hAilpin
Breakout Season: Brett Ratten
Surprise headline: KB and Patrick Smith missing after being hired to edit the in-house Carlton magazine. They were last seen being beaten up in the toilets by Mark McLure, Jim Buckley and Wayne Johnston.

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You've got to be kidding me Jamison in the AA and murphy he is a good player but wont make AA and if Jamison get in AA i spose cain ackland will win our b&f, not likely actually not possible

i spose cain ackland will win our b&f, not likely actually not possible[/quote]

Given the current curse, you never know, could be good thing.

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