Final Eight Prediction

1. Collingwood
2. Geelong
3. Hawthorn
4. West Coast
5. Carlton
6. St. Kilda
7. Essendon
8. Fremantle

9. Sydney
10. Melbourne
11. Richmond
12. North Melbourne
13. Western Bulldogs
14. Adelaide
15. Brisbane
16. Gold Coast
17. Port Adelaide

1st Qualifying Final – Collingwood V West Coast – Friday night. Collingwood come out with pressure on the ball carrier we haven’t seen before this year. First quarter margin will be close to five goals and will remain that margin until the last where the Pies will kick ahead. BOG : Pendelbury, most goals, Dawes with three

2^nd Qualifying Final – Geelong V Hawthorn – Saturday night. Geelong will go in heavy favourites but we will see the Hawks win this one in a extremely tight game. Buddy is the star kicking six in a best on ground performance.

1^st Elimination Final – Carlton V Fremantle – Saturday. Fremantle limping into the finals will be no match for Carlton. The blues will win this one easily by around ten goals and the Blues fans will have a glimmer of hope that Carlton can go all the way but that will get squashed the following week. Murphy best on ground with Garlett popping up with five. His only goals of the finals campain.

2^nd Elimination Final – St. Kilda V Essendon – Sunday. This will be match of the round. The Saints and Essendon put in all on the line and the margin is never more than a couple of goals. Watson BOG, Big Hurley with another bag of four.

1^st Semi Final – West Coast V Carlton – Friday night. No one can match West Coast over there. The rest of Melbourne rejoices in the fact that Carlton are out of the finals race again. For the hell of it, Carlton were up at three quarter time again. Cox best on with a mixed bag of two and three goal kickers.

2^nd Semi Final – Geelong V Essendon – Saturday night. Essendon will put up a fight but will fall short. If the margin is more than four goals at three quarter time it could get really ugly for the Bombers. Hurley kicks four again but Selwood ends up BOG.

1^st Preliminary Final – Collingwood V Geelong – Friday night. This is the upset very one has been waiting for Geelong somehow pull off a victory in a tight game. Chapman best on with Mooney kicking four

2^nd Preliminary Final – Hawthorn V West Coast – A very unlikely prelim. Hawthorn will be in control for most of the game. Buddy again stands up but Hodge is BOG.

Grand Final – Geelong V Hawthorn – It’s a rematch of the 2008 final and lives up to that game. Rioli as always shows some magic, but it’s the new Cats coming up with the chocolates. It’ll be three flags in five years for the team, putting them up as one of the great teams in the modern era. In a close Norm Smith, Selwood comes out on top. Buddy kicks his three but so does Pods.