What australianrules.com.au thought

WE'VE opening the vaults and brought out the preseason predictions of our zany crew of australianrules.com.au experts and celebrities.

Back in March we put series of questions to our people and then locked their answers away. They've begged us not to reveal their thoughts but here goes.

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Collingwood in the grand final, we told you so.

1. WHO WILL BE THE TOP EIGHT AFTER THE QUALIFYING ROUNDS?

Tim Barlow: Port Adelaide, Collingwood, Brisbane, Sydney, Fremantle, Adelaide, West Coast, Essendon.

Neil Belford: Port Adelaide, Collingwood, Brisbane, Sydney, Fremantle, Adelaide, West Coast, Essendon.

Bloody Idiot: Port Adelaide, Collingwood, Brisbane, Sydney, Fremantle, Adelaide, West Coast, Essendon.

Kev Court: Port Adelaide, Collingwood, Brisbane, Sydney, Fremantle, Adelaide, West Coast, Essendon.

Paul Daffey: Port Adelaide, Collingwood, Brisbane, Sydney, Fremantle, Adelaide, West Coast, Essendon.

Les Everett: Port Adelaide, Collingwood, Brisbane, Sydney, Fremantle, Adelaide, West Coast, Essendon.

Rick Kane: Port Adelaide, Collingwood, Brisbane, Sydney, Fremantle, Adelaide, West Coast, Essendon.

Little Boy Blue: Port Adelaide, Collingwood, Brisbane, Sydney, Fremantle, Adelaide, West Coast, Essendon.

Rob McLean: Port Adelaide, Collingwood, Brisbane, Sydney, Fremantle, Adelaide, West Coast, Essendon.

Annabel Mounsey: Port Adelaide, Collingwood, Brisbane, Sydney, Fremantle, Adelaide, West Coast, Essendon.

Brendan Murray: Port Adelaide, Collingwood, Brisbane, Sydney, Fremantle, Adelaide, West Coast, Essendon.

Oroton: Port Adelaide, Collingwood, Brisbane, Sydney, Fremantle, Adelaide, West Coast, Essendon.

Cameron Palmer: Port Adelaide, Collingwood, Brisbane, Sydney, Fremantle, Adelaide, West Coast, Essendon.

Michael Steven: Collingwood, Port Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, Fremantle, Adelaide, West Coast, Essendon.

Damo Suziki: European Travellers, Peel Thunder, Boxwood Hills, Jerramungup, Doodlakine, Burracoppin, Innaloo, Inglewood Kiev.

2. WHO WILL PLAY IN THE GRAND FINAL?

Tim Barlow: Brisbane & Collingwood

Neil Belford: Brisbane & Collingwood

Bloody Idiot: Brisbane & Collingwood

Kev Court: Brisbane & Collingwood

Paul Daffey: Brisbane & Collingwood

Les Everett: Brisbane & Collingwood

Rick Kane: Brisbane & Collingwood

Little Boy Blue: Brisbane & Collingwood

Rob McLean: Brisbane & Collingwood

Annabel Mounsey: Brisbane & Collingwood

Brendan Murray: Brisbane & Collingwood

Oroton: Brisbane & Collingwood

Cameron Palmer: Brisbane & Collingwood

Michael Steven: Collingwood & Brisbane

Damo Suziki: Boxwood Hills & Jerramungup

3. WOODEN SPOON.

Tim Barlow: Footscray

Neil Belford: Footscray

Bloody Idiot: Footscray

Kev Court: Footscray

Paul Daffey: Footscray

Les Everett: Footscray

Rick Kane: Footscray

Little Boy Blue: Footscray

Rob McLean: Footscray

Annabel Mounsey: Footscray

Brendan Murray: Footscray

Oroton: Footscray

Cameron Palmer: Footscray

Michael Steven: Footscray

Damo Suziki: Podsol

4. BROWNLOW MEDALLIST(S).

Tim Barlow: Adam Goodes, Mark Ricciuto, Nathan Buckely

Neil Belford: Adam Goodes, Mark Ricciuto, Nathan Buckely

Bloody Idiot: Adam Goodes, Mark Ricciuto, Nathan Buckely

Kev Court: Adam Goodes, Mark Ricciuto, Nathan Buckely

Paul Daffey: Adam Goodes, Mark Ricciuto, Nathan Buckely

Les Everett: Adam Goodes, Mark Ricciuto, Nathan Buckely

Rick Kane: Adam Goodes, Mark Ricciuto, Nathan Buckely

Little Boy Blue: Adam Goodes, Mark Ricciuto, Nathan Buckely

Rob McLean: Adam Goodes, Mark Ricciuto, Nathan Buckely

Annabel Mounsey: Adam Goodes, Mark Ricciuto, Nathan Buckely

Brendan Murray: Adam Goodes, Mark Ricciuto, Nathan Buckely

Oroton: Adam Goodes, Mark Ricciuto, Nathan Buckely

Cameron Palmer: Adam Goodes, Mark Ricciuto, Nathan Buckely

Michael Steven: Nathan Buckely, Adam Goodes, Mark Ricciuto

Damo Suziki: Pat Dalton

5. THE BIG STORY.

Tim Barlow: Footy won't be in the news much.

Neil Belford: Fremantle will win games away and I won't know what to say.

Bloody Idiot: Football? WHAT'S. Football.

Kev Court: The Reds'll win at the MCG and that's no bullshit.

Paul Daffey: Neil Balme will call for the elbow to the jaw to legalised.

Les Everett: Patrick Smith will write it.

Rick Kane: I'll write it.

Little Boy Blue: I'll see Subi win as often as the Blues.

Rob McLean: A key player will miss the grand final (and Loxton will lose because of it.)

Annabel Mounsey: Alistair Lynch will be gorgeouser than ever and this time I'll nab him at the grand final celebration at Brunswick Street Oval.

Brendan Murray: I've already predicted a triple dead heat in the Brownlow, what could be bigger?

Oroton: It won't be the year of the Cats.

Cameron Palmer: I'll umpire the Sunday Football League grand final.

Michael Steven: Collingwood will finally get a bit of publicity. And there's something big in store for Anthony Rocca.

Damo Suziki: Damian Drum will get the bullet.

Well there you have it. If you see any of the crew at a grand final celebrity function make sure you let them have it over some of their predictions.

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