"There's two areas of improvement for next year – one is their fitness levels because they've got to have the ability to run out quarters which we didn't do this year. Secondly, the addition of (James) Podsiadly and (Eddie) Betts, I think that gives them some more firepower in attack. Betts is just such a good front and square crumber and Podsiadly obviously offers them a real target, I think we'll notice the difference."

"I know the way the club would be thinking, and anything but a final berth wouldn't be accepted. I think they have a good list, a list that can improve, and with a fresh direction and the likes of (James) Aish, (Lewis) Taylor and (Darcy) Gardiner being added in through the draft, I certainly think a finals berth is what 'Leppa' and the rest of the team would want. (Matthew) Leuenberger hasn't had a great run with injury, but when he's been out there he's been a massive contributor. (Jack) Redden and (Tom) Rockliff, you know what you'll get from them and (Pearce) Hanley coming off the backline has been super. I reckon there's still improvement for those guys and the finals is a real possibility."

"I think there's a very strong correlation between teams that lose a Grand Final often making it back within the following year or two. So I expect Fremantle to be back in the top four. They've got a very unique playing style that I don't think the other clubs have worked out yet so I can see them being hungry and desperate and they'll get back in the top four and should make the Grand Final again."

"I have a feeling that the Cats can be right up there again. I think the top teams are not as good as they could be, because of three or four years of high draft picks going to the clubs up north - Greater Western Sydney and the Gold Coast Suns. So I don't think the teams up the top are as good as they could be, especially when it comes to the depth of players. So Geelong has got a young team now, and it would need everything to go right to win the flag, but I think it could. If we get everything right, and Tommy Hawkins is fit again, I think we'll be right up there."

"As Guy McKenna has already said, the expectation that we want to play in September is a welcome pressure. As a club, I think everyone agrees with him. We haven't had a whole lot of luck with injuries over the three years. We just need our taller players to stand up and have a good year. Our midfield's good, our key defenders were pretty good but we just need our key forwards and our ruckmen to stand up."

"I don't know that they will set the world on fire in the win-loss column. I still believe they have one more year of the journey to acclimatise to League football. They've started to include some more seasoned players in Josh Hunt and Shane Mumford, another monster ruckman to share the load with Jonathan Giles. They have extraordinary young talent and I think they want to win more games and start giving something to their supporters. They'll surprise a few teams and I think they can win four, five or six games this year. The emergence of someone like Jeremy Cameron last year, I reckon you're going to see a couple more guys who we just go 'my God, how good is this kid?' The midfield will be where that happens."

"Obviously the midfield's been strengthened. So I'm hoping that takes a little bit of pressure off the defence. Up forward, I'd really love to see, round one, Mitch Clark who I think is the most important player, Jesse Hogan, who I haven't seen much of but I hear a lot of great things about, Chris Dawes and I'd like Jeremy Howe somewhere around there as well. So if that midfield can do their job, it takes pressure off the defence and it should also provide opportunity for a forward line – if everyone stands up – that should be capable of kicking goals."

"They took everyone was taken by surprise this year so it's going to be pretty tough to maintain that standard, the draw will make it harder too. Their list is young though and it's developing all the time and there's plenty of first-round draft picks starting to show their potential. A lot of them have played 50-plus games now and are starting to make a name for themselves in the competition. All Port supporters would feel pretty optimistic about 2014."

"I'd like them to improve, but I don't think their draw is as good as it was in 2013. Hopefully they make the top eight again. I like their game style and I hope Shaun Hampson stands up. I just reckon they were one forward short last season, someone else who can kick goals other than Jack (Riewoldt). Jake King does a reasonable job, but we need to find a crumbing forward I reckon."

"Dream draw. Nic Naitanui has got to stand up. Midfield has to find pace. The player group that led them to a preliminary final three years ago and a semi-final two years ago, that nucleus of players are still there and are a bit more mature now. Players like Andrew Gaff, Jack Darling, Scott Selwood, Luke Shuey and Josh Kennedy all need to now stand up and fulfil there potential. They were touted as playing off in a Grand Final last year and fell way short of the mark. Injuries cannot be held accountable for that. They have a potent forward line with Kennedy, Darling, and Mark LeCras. So they have the capabilities of kicking 100 points a game. The other point is who is going to stand up when Darren Glass, Dean Cox and Beau Waters start to go? So the challenge is for blokes to take the reigns."