What might the AFL team list look like in 2012 and beyond?

Question

I thought this:

Adelaide

Brisbane

Carlton

Collingwood

Essendon

Fremantle

Geelong

Gold Coast (Kangaroos go North (more than before  ))

Hawthorn

Hobart (Bulldogs go south (not west))

Melbourne (merged with Richmond, cause they're pretty much a kilometre away from eachother)

Port

Sydney

West Coast

Wollongong (merged with St Kilda)

Answer 1

Same as it is currently with west Sydney and QLD coast teams added.  maybe - not likely but North Melbourne and Melbourne combine.

*i also think a Melbourne team maybe hawthorn will move down to Tasmania*

Answer 2

Adelaide

Dublin

Brisbane

Carlton

Collingwood

Essendon

Belfast

Fremantle

Geelong

Kangaroos

Kilkenny

Hawthorn

Dogs

Melbourne

Tigers

Galway

Port

Sydney

West Coast

Saints

Cork

Answer 3

Adelaide

Brisbane

Carlton

Collingwood

Essendon

Northern Crocs (Freo has folded and gone to North Australia sharing gaes at Broome, Darwin and Cairns)

Geelong

Vikings - (a Canberra based club playing also in Albury and Wagga)

Hawthorn

Hobart (Bulldogs go south (not west))

Melbourne (merged with Richmond, cause they're pretty much a kilometre away from eachother) ... Melbourne Tigers ... I like but they have to go Gold and Black

Glenelg - (Port have gone broke through corruption and graft and spending far too much on an over-rated list)

Sydney

West Coast

Panthers based out of the biggest sports club in NSW I think (Penrith) (merged with St Kilda)

Answer 4

Adelaide

Brisbane

Carlton

Collingwood

Essendon

Fremantle

Geelong

Gold Coast

Hawthorn

Hobart

Melbourne

North Melbourne

Richmond

Port Adelaide

St. Kilda

Sydney

West Coast

Western Bulldogs

Answer 5

well North Melb on top, thats about all i can come up with

Answer 6

Adelaide

Port Adelaide

West Coast

Fremantle

Brisbane

Sydney

Gold Coast

Tasmania (formerly Hawthorn)

Geelong

Now here's where it gets interesting.  The remaining Victorian based teams.

Collingwood

Carlton

Essendon

Western Bulldogs to merge with St Kilda

Melbourne to merge with either North Melbourne or Richmond

Either North Melbourne or Richmond to die.

Answer 7

Mine is:

Adelaide

Brisbane

Carlton

Collingwood

Essendon

Fremantle

Geelong

Gold Coast

Hawthorn

North Melbourne and Melbourne merger

Port Adelaide

Richmond

Sydney

St Kilda

West Coast

Western Bulldogs.

There is no way that by 2012 four new teams are going to be formed. The Gold Coast will be lucky to play by then, and they have already started to establish the club. St Kilda won't merge, Richmond doesn't need to merge, and I don't think the Bulldogs will relocate. The only club I can see folding in that amount of time is Melbourne, but I think Stynes will save them. The Kangaroos won't relocate. If any merger takes place it will be Melb and Nth Melb, but I don't think that will happen.

Answer 8

2012 (Only 1 Addition, No Change):

1. Adelaide

2. Brisbane

3. Carlton

4. Collingwood

5. Essendon

6. Fremantle

7. Geelong

8. Gold Coast (Will come in according to plan in 2011)

9. Hawthorn

10. Melbourne

11. North Melbourne

12. Port Adelaide

13. Richmond

14. St. Kilda

15. Sydney

16. Western Bulldogs

17. West Coast

Beyond:

1. Adelaide

2. Brisbane

3. Carlton

4. Collingwood

5. Essendon

6. Fremantle

7. Geelong

8. Gold Coast (2011)

9. Hawthorn

10. Hobart (Tassie finally get a team after the Melboure-North merge to even up the competition to 18 teams) (2016-2020?).

11. Melbourne Kangaroos (Money troubles will continue, forced to merge).

12. Port Adelaide

13. Richmond

14. St. Kilda

15. Sydney

16. Western Bulldogs

17. West Coast

18. West Sydney (2014 or 2015?)