Luring four-time premiership coach Alastair Clarkson to North Melbourne received’t be sufficient to elevate final 12 months’s picket spooners in to the AFL finals, in accordance with the league’s captains.
The annual skippers’ survey served a swift reminder to the brand new Kangaroos coach concerning the job in entrance of him, with not one of many captains selecting North Melbourne to make the highest eight.
But Clarkson’s males weren’t the one ones given a kick, with Essendon, who even have a brand new coach in Brad Scott, Hawthorn, the West Coast Eagles and GWS, below new mentor Adam Kingsley, all failing to attract a vote as a possible finalist.
Instead, Brisbane, reigning premiers Geelong and Melbourne have been rated the perfect probabilities to not solely make the finals however the grand last.
Eight of the 18 captains declared the Cats would return to the decider.
But curiously, a minimum of one skipper, not new Geelong chief Patrick Dangerfield, felt the Cats wouldn’t even make the finals, drawing 16 votes, with membership captains not allowed to vote for their very own staff.
In all, 13 completely different golf equipment have been thought-about potential probabilities to contest the finals, whereas 5 completely different golf equipment have been picked to achieve the grand last, portray the image of a restricted race to the premiership.
When it got here to particular person honours, Melbourne star on-baller Clayton Oliver was the most well-liked alternative because the Brownlow Medal winner, getting 5 of 18 votes.
Brisbane star Lachie Neale and Fremantle’s Andrew Brayshaw have been subsequent finest with three.
Gun Geelong ahead Jeremy Cameron and Richmond’s Tom Lynch have been the most well-liked picks to win the Coleman Medal because the AFL’s main goalkicker, getting 12 of the 18 nominations.
The 2022 Coleman winner, Carlton’s Charlie Curnow, received only one vote to go back-to-back.
No.1 draft choose Will Ashcroft, taken by the Brisbane Lions as a father-son choice, was an amazing choice to take out this 12 months’s Rising Star Award.
THE CAPTAINS’ PICKS
Which seven different golf equipment do you assume could make this 12 months’s high eight?
17 – Brisbane Lions
16 – Geelong Cats, Richmond
15 – Sydney Swans, Melbourne
12 – Fremantle
11 – Collingwood
9 – Carlton
6 – Western Bulldogs
5 – Port Adelaide
2 – Gold Coast SUNS
1 – St Kilda, Adelaide Crows
Which different membership is more than likely to achieve the grand last?
8 – Geelong Cats
4 – Melbourne, Brisbane Lions
1 – Richmond, Sydney Swans
Which participant from one other membership do you assume will win the 2023 Brownlow Medal?
5 – Clayton Oliver, Melbourne
3 – Andrew Brayshaw, Fremantle; Lachie Neale, Brisbane Lions,
2 – Marcus Bontempelli, Western Bulldogs; Touk Miller, Gold Coast Suns,
1 – Patrick Cripps, Carlton; Christian Petracca, Melbourne; Callum Mills, Sydney Swans
Which participant from one other membership do you assume will win the 2023 Coleman Medal?
6 – Jeremy Cameron, Geelong Cats, Tom Lynch, Richmond
1 – Nat Fyfe, Fremantle; Harry McKay, Carlton; Jack Gunston, Brisbane Lions; Tom Hawkins, Geelong Cats; Charlie Curnow, Carlton; Aaron Naughton, Western Bulldogs
Which participant from one other membership do you assume will win the 2023 AFL Rising Star?
8 – Will Ashcroft, Brisbane Lions
2 – Sam Darcy, Western Bulldogs
1 – Aaron Cadman, GWS Giants; Jai Culley, West Coast Eagles; Finn Callaghan, GWS Giants; Cameron Mackenzie, Hawthorn; Reuben Ginbey, West Coast Eagles; Harry Sheezel, North Melbourne; Judd McVee, Melbourne; Mattaes Phillipou, St Kilda
Source: www.news.com.au
