SCT Crystal Ball 2021

Written by The Salamander on March 18 2021

Those of you who have played this in the past will already know how this works, but for anyone new around here:

For each category, you get 5 points for a correct prediction, 4 points if your prediction is only one place off, and so on, down to 1 point if your prediction is five places off, and 0 points if it’s any further off than that. So, for example, if the team you pick to come 17th does in fact come 17th, you’ll get 5 points. If they come 16th or 18th, you’ll get 4 points, if they come 15th then 3 points, etc. Note that the SuperCoach categories refer to the home-and-away season only. 

Entering is easy. Just post your predictions in the comments below before the deadline. If you want to change your entry, you can do so anytime up until the deadline by replying to your original entry with the changes you wish to make.

The deadline for entries is the first bounce of the AFL season (Today, 7:25 PM AEDT). 

At the end, the results will be tallied up, and the person with the most points wins.

I was hoping to put together the results of last year’s crystal ball, and use that as part of this introduction, but I didn’t have time this week, so I will have the results of last year’s competition and a summary of this year’s predictions for you next week.

Because there’s only a bit over ten hours between the announcement of this and entries closing, I’m using a shorter entry form this year, so you don’t have to expend too much brain power in too short a time:

Premier:

Runner-Up:

Minor Premier:

Wooden Spoon:

Brownlow:

Coleman:

Rising Star:

Number 1 SuperCoach defender (total points):

Number 1 SuperCoach midfielder (total points):

Number 1 SuperCoach ruck not named Grundy or Gawn (total points):

Number 1 SuperCoach forward (total points):

Best player under $250,000 (total points):

Best player under $450,000 (total points):

OPTIONAL: Big, ridiculously bold call for the season ahead: – no points for this one; just a bit of fun.

 

Some of last year’s bold calls were quite prescient:

“Patrick Cripps won’t win Carlton Bnf” – RAFA

“GWS miss finals” – Beano Deano

“Crows to finish bottom 4” – Gunboat Diplomacy

While others were a bit further off the mark:

“Gold Coast will not win a game” – Cuzza2

“Daniher kicks 8 to secure Bombers 17th flag !!” – Wighty

“Brisbane to miss finals” – Kid81

Luckily, Nateo’s nightmare scenario didn’t eventuate:

“No 2020 Grand Final”

 

Will any of our predictions this year be that dramatic? Best of luck either way, and once again don’t forget that entries close Today at 7:25 PM AEDT!

 

 

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  1. Premier: Geelong

    Runner-Up: Port Adelaide

    Minor Premier: Geelong

    Wooden Spoon: North Melbourne

    Brownlow: Cripps

    Coleman: Dixon

    Rising Star: Rowell

    Number 1 SuperCoach defender (total points): Laird

    Number 1 SuperCoach midfielder (total points): Merrett

    Number 1 SuperCoach ruck not named Grundy or Gawn (total points): O’Brien

    Number 1 SuperCoach forward (total points): Dunkley

    Best player under $250,000 (total points): Campbell

    Best player under $450,000 (total points): De Goey

    OPTIONAL: Big, ridiculously bold call for the season ahead: – no points for this one; just a bit of fun. All of Lloyd, Neale, Gawn and Danger won’t be the highest scoring supercoach players in their position.

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  2. Premier: Geelong

    Runner-Up: Richmond

    Minor Premier: Richmond

    Wooden Spoon: North Melbourne

    Brownlow: Oliver

    Coleman: Hawkins

    Rising Star: Rowell

    Number 1 SuperCoach defender (total points): Lloyd

    Number 1 SuperCoach midfielder (total points): Oliver

    Number 1 SuperCoach ruck not named Grundy or Gawn (total points): Goldstein

    Number 1 SuperCoach forward (total points): Dangerfield

    Best player under $250,000 (total points): J. Clark

    Best player under $450,000 (total points): Nankervis

    OPTIONAL: Big, ridiculously bold call for the season ahead: Hawkins and Cameron combine for 6 goals to end Richmond’s dynasty

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  3. Premier: Geelong

    Runner-Up: Richmond

    Minor Premier: Geelong

    Wooden Spoon: North Melbourne

    Brownlow: Steele

    Coleman: Lynch

    Rising Star: Rowell

    Number 1 SuperCoach defender (total points): Stewart

    Number 1 SuperCoach midfielder (total points): Neale

    Number 1 SuperCoach ruck not named Grundy or Gawn (total points): O’Brien

    Number 1 SuperCoach forward (total points): Dangerfield

    Best player under $250,000 (total points): Campbell

    Best player under $450,000 (total points): Liam Duggan

    OPTIONAL: Big, ridiculously bold call for the season ahead: Year of the Seagulls defenders will kill it this year and Lloyd will be the highest average player

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  4. Premier: Brisbane

    Runner-Up: Port Adelaide

    Minor Premier: Port Adelaide

    Wooden Spoon: North Melbourne

    Brownlow: L Neale

    Coleman: C Dixon

    Rising Star: M Rowell

    Number 1 SuperCoach defender (total points): J Lloyd

    Number 1 SuperCoach midfielder (total points): L Neale

    Number 1 SuperCoach ruck not named Grundy or Gawn (total points): J Witts

    Number 1 SuperCoach forward (total points): P Dangerfield

    Best player under $250,000 (total points): B Campbell

    Best player under $450,000 (total points): J DeGoey

    OPTIONAL: Big, ridiculously bold call for the season ahead: – Hawthorn to finish 8th

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  5. Premier: Brisbane

    Runner-Up: Port Adelaide

    Minor Premier: Brisbane

    Wooden Spoon: North Melbourne

    Brownlow: Rowell

    Coleman: Daniher

    Rising Star: Rowell

    Number 1 SuperCoach defender (total points): Laird

    Number 1 SuperCoach midfielder (total points): Merrett

    Number 1 SuperCoach ruck not named Grundy or Gawn (total points): Witts

    Number 1 SuperCoach forward (total points): Dangerfield

    Best player under $250,000 (total points): Daniher

    Best player under $450,000 (total points): Brodie Smith

    OPTIONAL: Big, ridiculously bold call for the season ahead: Gold Coast Suns will make the finals this year for the first time

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  6. Premier: Richmond

    Runner-Up: Brisbane

    Minor Premier: Richmond

    Wooden Spoon: North Melbourne

    Brownlow: Cripps

    Coleman: Lynch

    Rising Star: Rowell

    Number 1 SuperCoach defender (total points): Lloyd

    Number 1 SuperCoach midfielder (total points): Oliver

    Number 1 SuperCoach ruck not named Grundy or Gawn (total points): Reilly O’Brien

    Number 1 SuperCoach forward (total points): Dangerfield

    Best player under $250,000 (total points): Paddy Dow

    Best player under $450,000 (total points): Tom Phillips

    Big, ridiculously bold call for the season ahead: Carlton becomes the first team to win 22 home-and-away games in a season.

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  7. Premier: Port

    Runner-Up: Brisbane

    Minor Premier: Port

    Wooden Spoon: Adelaide

    Brownlow: J.Macrae

    Coleman: B. King

    Rising Star: T. Powell

    Number 1 SuperCoach defender (total points): Ridley

    Number 1 SuperCoach midfielder (total points): Steele

    Number 1 SuperCoach ruck not named Grundy or Gawn (total points): ROB

    Number 1 SuperCoach forward (total points): Dunkley

    Best player under $250,000 (total points): Powell

    Best player under $450,000 (total points):P.Cripps

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  8. Premier: Geelong

    Runner-Up: Port

    Minor Premier: Port

    Wooden Spoon: Adelaide

    Brownlow: Bontempelli

    Coleman: Dixon

    Rising Star: Rowell

    Number 1 SuperCoach defender (total points): J Lloyd

    Number 1 SuperCoach midfielder (total points): L Neale

    Number 1 SuperCoach ruck not named Grundy or Gawn (total points): O’Brien

    Number 1 SuperCoach forward (total points): Dangerfield

    Best player under $250,000 (total points): Powell

    Best player under $450,000 (total points): T Phillips

    OPTIONAL: Big, ridiculously bold call for the season ahead: – no points for this one; just a bit of fun. – I’m going out on a limb here – Dunkley to finish the year with the most tackles by 5 or more

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  9. Premier: Port

    Runner-Up: Brisbane

    Minor Premier: Geelong

    Wooden Spoon: Adelaide

    Brownlow: Cripps

    Coleman: J daniher

    Rising Star: Rowell

    Number 1 SuperCoach defender (total points):
    C Daniel

    Number 1 SuperCoach midfielder (total points):
    L Neale

    Number 1 SuperCoach ruck not named Grundy or Gawn (total points): T English

    Number 1 SuperCoach forward (total points):
    P Dangerfield

    Best player under $250,000 (total points):
    P Dow

    Best player under $450,000 (total points):
    C jiath

    OPTIONAL: Big, ridiculously bold call for the season ahead: – no points for this one; just a bit of fun.
    Afl will change time of GF to twighlight or night

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  10. Premier: Geelong

    Runner-Up: Port

    Minor Premier: Geelong

    Wooden Spoon: North Melb

    Brownlow: Petracca

    Coleman: Jeremy Cameron

    Rising Star: Matt Rowell

    Number 1 SuperCoach defender (total points): Llllllooooooyyydd

    Number 1 SuperCoach midfielder (total points): Neale

    Number 1 SuperCoach ruck not named Grundy or Gawn (total points): Witts

    Number 1 SuperCoach forward (total points): Dunkley

    Best player under $250,000 (total points): Powell

    Best player under $450,000 (total points): LDU

    Bold call: Swans to win a final

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  11. Premier: Geelong

    Runner-Up: Brisbane

    Minor Premier: Brisbane

    Wooden Spoon: Adelaide

    Brownlow: Dangerfield

    Coleman: Daniher

    Rising Star: Rowell

    Number 1 SuperCoach defender (total points): Laird

    Number 1 SuperCoach midfielder (total points): Neale

    Number 1 SuperCoach ruck not named Grundy or Gawn (total points): Nic Nat

    Number 1 SuperCoach forward (total points): Dangerfield

    Best player under $250,000 (total points): Matt Flynn

    Best player under $450,000 (total points): The big O

    OPTIONAL: Big, ridiculously bold call for the season ahead: – no points for this one; just a bit of fun. Collingwood below 11th

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