David King and Gerard Whateley have named their top four seeds following Round 1 of the 2023 AFL season.
King and Whateley will each rank four teams they have the most confidence in going forward on a weekly basis throughout the year.
The seedings will be updated as the season goes on via SEN’s Whateley.
See their seedings below:
KING
1. Collingwood
“The Pies, Gerard.
“I want you to get on board.
“It won’t be long before you’ve got the Pies at one.”
2. Melbourne
“Just Melbourne being Melbourne.
“They bash teams to within an inch of their lives.
“They looked to play with more dare, more go-forward, more corridor and still maintain their back six with integrity even though they didn’t have Steven May, Bayley Fritsch, Jack Viney.
“There is so much missing from that team but they still looked exactly the same.”
3. Sydney
“Love what they’re doing with this young group.
“Another 20 games might just be enough for them. Humbled in a Grand Final, looked to have bounced, boys becoming men.
“They’re going to be thereabouts again.”
4. Port Adelaide
“I have brought them up the chart.
“That’s a powerful performance. They played with real dare, real energy, through the corridor, with youth going crazy.
“I didn’t have them in my eight at the start of the year but after one round they have spiked.”
WHATELEY
1. Melbourne
“Because I think their system is supreme.”
2. Collingwood
“Just pure exhilaration.”
3. Geelong
“Unperturbed.
“That was the highest quality Round 1 game I’ve seen in many a year.”
4. Port Adelaide
“I’m the same (with the Power).
“Their performance was absolutely worthy of a place in the seedings there at four.”