Predicting The 2026 AFL Ladder From Bottom To Top

We lock in a full mid-season AFL ladder projection, from wooden spoon candidates to a premiership pick that might surprise you. Then we run finals scenarios, compare Squiggle against the AFL website ladder, and finish with tipping comp updates plus Round 16 tips. 
• bottom ladder calls and the race for the number one draft pick 
• the crowded mid-table and who sneaks into the wildcard spots 
• top-four contenders and why percentage can decide positions 
• finals bracket predictions including a grand final storyline 
• Squiggle.com ladder differences and what that changes in finals 
• BJ Show Footy tipping update and who leads after Round 15 
• Round 16 tips, favourites, and upset watch 
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Transcript

Bottom Ladder And Early Calls

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Okay, welcome all to our overall What I really am thinking is this may not be the correct way I really call but I'm using the AFL positions, the overall ladder. I have gonna be signing to who is I think Shimpei finals. And it's it's quite difficult to pronounce that Essinant is gonna be bottom. The last time I bought West Coast and Richmond in that mix, but now we can see Esin and we'll get that first time in over such a long time. They will my pick will now get the Mama One draft pick in that session. They are on the way to making that happen, and unfortunately, Essinant are my 18th. Richmond are coming nets. I think among a really good solid season nets. They're all coming very good 10 years ago. They want the team to look out for in season 2000. Richmond will finish in that bottom part with West Coast. Well, I think they got a much better season. I think look out. They're gonna look really good. Coming to Port Adelaide. It's a season they're not gonna play finest. We all know that they're gonna be in the bottom part of the ladder. Really, the first time they really win that position. Coming 14th North Melbourne, can that be the question? Could they be a better second half? By the time I record this, I really think North Melbourne will be the team to really finish in that mix. I think they should be a bit higher in my opinion, but I calculate them here in the way results. Coming up the next one is the Giants. Are they a team that play finals? Uh I put them here. Anything can happen. This is only a mid-season portractions. And I'll share my overall very soon. Stay tuned for that one. St. Kilda. That is, I don't know where they are at the moment, that is. I really think they can do a better season. I think that'll be a better team. They've got to play it really from the Gold Coast Carlton. A few names. I'm not gonna say names, but from the clubs, very good clubs, and I still can't put it together. And then we finished with Conywood just outside of that top ten in that wild card, and they lost it by points. These really markable losses. I think they could easily be finished in that top ten. They just got out, they got more percent than wins. So I'm putting Collingwood in that limp spot. I really think they will have one of those seasons to forget. Here we go. Coming into their passing on Conningwood. Just let me drag that up. Here we go. So

The Wildcard Fight Takes Shape

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I'm just focusing on 10th to 7th on your screen, and you can see sixth to third, and we'll see who's we're gonna see the idea of that. So how could we see Carlton play finals? Do we see Carlton seeing them in that top 10? I don't think so. I think one step better from Josh Fraser to have a really solid season 2027. I think they'll have a very good year. I think they'll be very lucky to be in that top ten, they earn it. But did they finish strong with final? We'll be sharing the final stay tuned for the final series. How different are the ladders? Don't know. We'll share that. Gold Coast, very lucky to be in the mix. They've each Shay coming the first half of the season. Can we have a second Gold Coast finish in that top four? Even in that top six, I believe they can. I think Gold Coast in real life, this is just my prescriptions on mid-season, but I think they can do well. Next one is the Melbourne Demons. A lot of teams did not expect this team to be in under Stephen King's first year. I put them 17th. I regret that now. I put them in my top 10 in now. I actually put them in eighth in my now. Next team is the Western Bulldogs. A team that's really struggled this year. Just recently against LA Western Bulldogs at Marble Stave in Thursday night for 57 point loss. Then they win by 22 points against Saint. A team that that's being that just want to win when they feel like it. They want to win game. This is the big difference on your screen right now. It is two and up from two, two wins from two losses. A team that's lucky to play in that top in that wildcard. Stay tuned because who they first is on your screen. Western Bullocks and Melbourne and Gold Coast and Carlton. I will be doing a flick of a coin. I'll be making left is head, cars is right. That's it. So the dogs, well done. Could I continue on? I think they'll make the lucky to be in that top in that wildcard spot. But we come to now our acid spot Brisbane Lions, the rain plentiers. Could they make it? Could they vote three in a row? I guarantee they won't. And but anything can happen. They get the chance, they safe very nicely. It was eight points clear from the Dong to be in that top six. Well done there. LA Crows, especially in this spot, they finished rain plentiers to finish top from 15th to first. Now they're finishing fifth. I think this will be a really good chance. They're really strong and finishing fifth. This is the right choice. They have only got one chance to go all the way, fifth spot. We come to our fourth is Geelong Cats. The only difference is six percent exactly. 122.1, 116.1. Why exactly the same win, same loss? That is it. 0.6%, same point everything. So anyone can win fourth spot. Really intending to be putting LA closed there, but Geelong Cats. Lucky to be in that top four. Second chance, doubled, almost making themselves to make to a mother granny. So could I put Geelong in that top four? No. I had to put them in even lower than that because of the way of the A and their experience. But you never know. Geelong could be smart finishing second chance. With Hawthorne, they earned that spot. The way they finished the season off last year on the same Mitcham, they have a one-step chance of winning apprenticeship here. Really changing because they have had some struggle. They bring good players back in the team. I put Hawthorne in that spot. Now the moment we're in Rainfall. I said Sydney. Sydney right there. But my goodness, the overall Sydney swan. That's Friantle Dockers. One loss. That's not even Prential. They have one loss for the whole year. I don't think that will happen. Friantle will finish top two. I did not see them finishing top. I bought top. But this is a bit different from the last time you saw my Friantle come home with me, Main Prentice. There, my potential of the AFL ladder. Alright, hope you enjoyed that. Stay tuned for the final series.

Finals Bracket And Grand Final Pick

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Alright, we are here for the final series. So, on our screens we have the Western Bulldogs and Cohen Blues and the Melbourne Demons and the Gold Coast Suns. So I presume both teams we really are the f Thursday night and a Saturday afternoon Twilight game, I reckon. Both at the MCG. I'm going to be coining to Leffy's head. For the first game, and well done on the effort for the dogs. That's guy over the line. I think I'm going to pursue this my previews of who how this game went. So Carl came out on fire. They're winning all night when the dogs just came home in the last quarter. I'm going to be drooping on the right hand side, which is Tails. Gold Coast, same with Melbourne. I think Gold Coast is fired, all come together. Then something went really differently. Gold Coast came out at the MCG and took on a beauty. We now take dough down to the first one, the second quarterfight final. This is a Thursday night at the SCG pack house. My apologise. This is not I really this will be a Friday night. So I'm just making up things as I go in my projections. Sydney and Hawthorne, they're ready to go. Who I think I'm pointing my left hand up. Richard's heads, Sydney for me. And a really, really, really, really interesting one. We come into the second internation final between the Brisbane Lions and the Western Bulldogs. Look, the dogs are really challenged all night, but Brisbane really too good. I went for heads for this one. Now, this is going to be interesting. Save the LA Crows and goal because that will be a Saturday night football. Now, this will be the Thursday night game. The last time these two met was mid part of the season, round 15-16, around that time. John came out and firing. Freeontal home. Free until we win this game by a very nice margin there. The LA Crows host the Gold Coast Suns. Adelaide should win. Back in the LA Coast. I went for heads there. The next one. Well, this is gonna be quite interesting. The winner will go to CD between the Cats and this will be at the MCG. The next one we all see MCG. Buy Friday and Sasley. Simple, basic, done. And I am backing up. It's gonna be a really tough one. These are hard games, but I think Brisbane, I would love to see them playing finals. The way they've been playing their football this year, they've been really challenged. They lost against, or I think not just Hawthorne, I don't think, but especially in Geelong at home at the Garder. So Hawthorne will win this game, and they'll travel to Friantal, the host for a pointy final spot in the grand final. The next team is Geelong and the LA Crows. And I am going to present Tails, and I do not know how I'm gonna say the LA Crows will win this in a very close game. This will not be at GM HBA. I would love to see that happen. But we do have our pointy finals, and I am going to really think one and only Fiantal should win this game. But Hawthorne have found ways to win games. They've gone the hardest way to presume, won the biggest ones. But I think Fiantal, with all their favourite system, they will make the grand final. They are my favourites to win it. But I am back here at the Sydney Swans. I think Alay will struggle, they'll make to the spot. They lost their semi-finals last year against Collingwood, if I've got my corrections, to Sydney Swans. And now this is gonna be the interesting first versus second. These two not met in the final series, which is fine by me. But these two men. But I'm going to say right now that I'm going to say Sydney Swans are the 2026 AFL Plainers. That this is gonna be quite wild saying that. I didn't even look. And that's why I'm gonna say I really think Friendship should win this. But I will say this right now. Sydney came out on fire. They aren't by six goals. Friendship came being front in the three-quarter time. Six goals at 38 points. The last Sunday circles I can record North Melbourne and Gold Coast. So at the final quarter, Sydney just had the run and they hold on four points and one of should be one of the miracle grand finals in history. Three until Sydney Swans, you are my AFL 2020 grand final 20. So there you go. There you're my grand final. That's on the AFL website. Stay

Squiggle Versus AFL Website Ladder

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tuned. We also have another one. Which is called Squiggle.com. That are you. Hey, it's time to share the 2026 ladder on Squiggle. I can't say too much. This is very much the same. Very much. But there is a slightly different in this ladder. The top four. It's one step different between Adelaide and Hawthorne. And that's how different that is. Melbourne and Brisbane. Brisbane don't change. Melbourne don't change. West and Waddles in the mix. Calden don't even play finals. So look at the restrictions on a Scrigger point of view and then the AF4 official point of view on their website. They're very, very, very different, are they? The only thing they're different, it's Conrad make the finals. But the only thing they make finals is their draw St. Gilda's knocked out of it. With the Giants as well, all in the mix. So with Carlton, North Melbourne, Port Alley, West Coast, Richmond and Essendon, no hope. Especially from Wells Aid from Carlton to Essendon, they're all right out, but a very low percent. So regardless to no matter what, who is the favourites for the flag? And this is gonna be a quite interesting projection. Will we see the LA Cruise play pretty final? Could we knock out the main Pentiers? Is Riental and Sydney? Are they gonna be the favourites for the flag? Let's find out. But this is my projections in the Squiggle April projections. Let's go now to what I will think to the 2026 projections. Wildcard to the grand final projections. Final series. Right now. So well on to 300, Sydney Geelong and the LA Close, who from Brisbane Lions, Melvin Demons, Coast Suns, Western Models, and as well, trying to win Map Pines or making to my 2026 mid-season ladder projections overall at this point. Stay tuned for my overall at the end of the season.

Squiggle Finals Simulation And Upsets

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Alright, let's check out the final series on Squiggle.com DelayU Patrick. Alright, welcome to the Squiggle.com DelayU Patrictions final series right on your screen. Well, we got two four different clubs paying for the knockout final. Same thing, heads left, right. So I'm going to do a little exercise saying left, right, left, right, all that. And when I said stop, that's the team. I don't know who's making this round time for my squiggle ladder. Final series projections mid-season. Here we go. Tails for game number two. God coast is got knocked out. Melbourne and Coningwood MacPye. So I reckon Friday and Saturday night. Friday night, people's first Bulldogs and the Suns. Melbourne and Collingwood. Can't say wrong, but here we go. Your hands and tails, thinking guess. It starts now. Melbourne Deanland, Ida Collingwood at the MCG. The next one's a pretty tough one. We go to the knockout in the nation final number one, Hawthorne and the Western Bulldogs. That'll be Friday night. Then we have four games. So I reckon Thursday night will be Hawthorne and the Western Bulllocks. Friday night, Brisbane and Melbourne. Twilight will finish with City and Geelong and then the Friontal LA game. So we'll go to Inhalation Final Mum one, Quad of Fire Mumber 2. Inneration number two, finish up with Qualify Mummer 1. Here we go. Hawan and the dogs. And they take the win there. Let's go to Quantify number two versus the swans and the cat. I've chosen Sydney as the winner there. We go to the Inhalation number two. But we're gonna go to the final game. In my thinking, this will be a Saturday night game. Friontal and Adelaide. Oh boy. I'm a bit nervous with this game. Is Friantal out after this hard work? Cats, Adelaide, do the biggest ups there. Stop! No, they can't go back. The LA Coast. I know I have a feeling that Friontal Dockers had that second chance, but we got two more games on our hand. Inhalation final number one and inhalation final number two. We did stay the hawks on that one, I believe. Babe, I if they didn't clear up, I do apologise if they do. Yeah, we didn't mean to put the Inhalation Final Number One as that one, but I don't know what happened there. But we'll go to number two and then we'll go to number one in the Nation Finals. Brisbane and Melbourne. Here we go. Starting now. Stop! Brisbane gets the win there. That's what I would choose. And I'll choose my tips in just a moment. Who I think should want it. Then the Hawks and the Bulldogs. This will be at the MCG, in my opinion. Not Marble. No games really play at Marble. We're not such for a long time. But here we go. Who is my tip? Stop. You can't go back after you decided. This is the bron the biggest upset of the round. Now, I will actually choose my actual tips in just a moment on this. But this is the one the biggest upset. Team final number two. Between the cats and the lions, MCG, followed by three and tall and Western Bulldogs. There's no way. That three and tall have been knocked out. Now, if we're a close supporter, they will have the tack on the dogs. But this is I will change my petitions in just a moment on this video. Right what I'm saying right now. So between these two sides, the sin file number two, between the cats and the lions, my Bridgeelong and Brisbane. My hands and towers starts now. Brisbane won that, fair enough. And the Dockers and the Bulldogs known Frientral and Western Bulldogs. Stop. I accept that. That will be a stop. Freental win that. Now this is the biggest interesting comes a long long way. The LA Cross and Brisbane. And the Sydney strong Friental Dockers. Oh boy. Four non-Victorian teams. The Victorian teams are out. Freeman's trying to make it. LA are hosting this final. They are not going to say never say never. But we're going to put in final number two. Here we go. Freyental in the grand final. And boy, Adelaide and Brisbane. Who's that? Let's find out right now. Stop. And I get right now. Adelaide and Freental. That's a big question on that. Here we go. Stop, Friental. You're my penny's. Well done. But now, let's clean this up. I'm gonna clear this up right now. The Tankin League Honey could be my fa uh my tip to win. World Coast, Friental, Hawthorne, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide. We'll add diverse into Hawthorne. So Hawthorne will beat Adelaide. Sorry, being honest here. Geelong and Brisbane. Geelong will take the W. Hawthorne, Brisbane is now out. Geelong and Sydney Friend Hall. That will be my predictions. Melbourne and the Western Bulllocks gone. Then Hawthorne, Hawthorne to Adelaide. And besides that, I think this could be the final series. Very similar teams made it last year. Between the Dogs and the Demons made in wildcard. What do you think? I'm being really honest with you. Semi-finals. I personally think Adelaide should made it through to the Penny Final. The way we've gone through this season. Could we make to the Penny Final as a close supporter? I'm being totally honest with you. Do you like this? Hopefully. But anyway, that's the scribble round. Stay tuned. More fun stuff. Such as the BJ Show Footage Show. Stay tuned. That's coming up next.

BJ Show Tipping Leaderboard Update

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Now we come to the BJ Show Footy tipping update. Hope you enjoy it. Let's see what happens. Who's first? It's who 12th. Okay, well, we're finishing off with the BJ Show Footage Show. We can see on our screens our 12th to 1st. You can see it overall. Very, very tight in our top three. Our highlight is me. Yes, that's it, me. I am in third spot. But Queen Liz 28. Then we have the Tank Puka Bar 9. Az Bear in 10th. So we have an idea who is going to finish in that top four. There's might be a fun surprise who's gonna win, you know? It's all about fun. That's that's the most part. We have coming up with TK in eighth. So in ninth spot. In eighth spot, we have Buzz Dog Triple Eight. We have Fitz Gutter in seventh. We come following with Benjamin H in sixth spot. Cruz Lover 1989 in fifth. Then we have Port Fan 1988. BJ Show. Alex Lynn 23. And Zoe Lovadino in first. So the overall. Who is gonna take that death spot? But the overall in third and fourth spot is the BJ Showing and Port Fan 9088. We're after 15th round. That's it, 15th round. I'm gonna share that right now on the BJ Showdy Show. So on down on my screen, we got the overall. Here is your ladder. And unfortunately, I'm not done that great overall in fifth after 15th round. That is the standard overall. But in overall standard, there's been some changes in. And this is where, you know, who portfan 1988 got seven sticks for TK. As well, Asbear, Linny23, sorry, Labaduto in overall. Got five both five tips. Going down to quite a bit. With Benjamin H, Cruiser Love 89, FitzGuzzer, Buzz Dog, Twitter 8, and the BJ Showwood's pink. Cook about my nine. And then three overall is Quinn Liz 28. There's all I'm gonna say, be smart when you tip, be very smart. And I can see I'm gonna share the tips who tip what in for these rounds. So I gotta say, pretty good effort from a few people, very silly to not tip the Gold Coast zones. I presume I tip Gold Coast. I really thought I did that, but I'd somehow tip her form. But I didn't. I tipped Gold Coast then. Some really good moments, good start. Go tipped Carlton, Conwood as well, North Melbourne, and St Kilda. So if I got St. Kilda lot uh and changed the dog, something could change. So there was my overall part, but I'm gonna share my tips right now. What do you think? You know, I'm gonna go back here just for a moment. So three and tall, I hadn't tipped them by 25 and 6. Well, nine was overall. I made a big difference in that. Gold Crows with a disappointment in there. LA Crows bounced back with a very back-to-back win there. Carlton looking absolutely dangerous. West Conningwood with a big win. North Melbourne and the Saints. I went with them, but the dogs caught the win there after that embarrassment loss. But this is an interesting fact. Sydney, I tip them by 10 points. Could they be bigger? Could they be smaller? We got Hawthorne and the Giants. They are coming up next. I tip Hawthorne and I think they'll take a good win there. Stay tuned for my actual PowerPoint and all of that. This is just the live ladder and the A440 Timmy Comp.

Round 16 Tips And Final Thoughts

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We got in my highlights there. We have Carlton and West Coast. I tip Carlton there very nicely there. Another game should be a mother good win there for the pies. Should be a good close one. I believe Richmond can find some magic there. In the showdowns, no, I don't think anyone will be really teaming point. And I think how much important this will be a good showdown there. North Melbourne and Essendon. I really think North Melbourne will take this win there and the finish off. They look very, very much alive. They are favourites and they'll take the W here. And favourites are free and tall, North Melbourne, Adelaide Crowe, Collingwood, Halton. All form the same percent as the Tree and Tall and Gold Coast. We have also saying 5% is West Coast and Essential, 6%. Same with West Coast. You know, 2% is Guns Richmond and the Giants there as well. Gold Coast. You know, really the this game's the only game will be more the entertainment and it's Thursday night football. So people will really want to enjoy that game as well. The Hawthorne Giants. That could be anyone's game. I think the Giants played some good football on Friday night. They'll bring some really good action. I don't think this is gonna be one way, but you never know, West Coast can find a way. Whereas Collingwood and Richmond beat Boeing there. And the showdown 6, I don't think it's gonna be more. It's gonna be a sold out. Hopefully we could crowd there. North Melbourne and Essendon. I don't think it's gonna be more interesting, Boeing games, you can see. But I've read into Friendton and Gold Coast. I reckon more people be surprised how much response gold coats will be very, very brave to take the upset off the round. They're not over the underfavorites, but they're the most top parts of being unfavourites. So there we go. I've got like I said, I've got Sydney, Hawthorne, Carlton, Collingwood, Adelaide, North Nelman, and Franch Hall are my tip for round 16. And that's it. Hope you enjoyed that.

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