Kane Cornes believes just six teams have the opportunity to lift the premiership cup in 2020.
While speaking on SEN on Monday, Cornes broke all the AFL teams into three different groups of six; teams that can win, teams that can't and teams that are in the finals mix.
In the six teams that can take home the cup, Cornes named all four preliminary finalists of 2019 (Richmond, GWS, Collingwood, Geelong) as well as the Western Bulldogs and West Coast.
In doing so, Cornes left off Brisbane, who did enough to finish the home-and-away season in second place.
At the other end of the table, Cornes said Gold Coast, North Melbourne, Adelaide, St Kilda, Fremantle and Carlton don't have a chance at glory in 2020.
That leaves Hawthorn, Sydney, Port Adelaide, Melbourne, Essendon and Brisbane in the middle tier, fighting it out for the two final top eight spots.
Cornes gave some reasoning behind his top six selections, which can be seen below.
Cornes on Richmond:
โRichmond can clearly win it. Theyโre in as good a shape as any team in recent memory to go back-to-back.โ
Cornes on GWS:
โGWS can win it, no doubt.
โThey got (Sam) Jacobs in, Callan Ward back, get Toby Greene and Josh Kelly fit, Jeremy Cameron is in his prime. They got two further top-10 draft picks to add to their talent.
โ(Stephen) Coniglio fit, Giants can win it.โ
Cornes on Collingwood:
โCan win. Theyโll be thereabouts.โ
Cornes on Geelong:
โEven though they lost Tim Kelly, one of the best midfielders in the competition.
โThey get Jack Steven, heโs got rid of that pot belly, he looks fit. (Josh) Jenkins will be handy. (Patrick) Dangerfield, (Joel) Selwood and (Tom) Hawkins still with some good footy left.
โI know their finals record is poor but I still think they can win the flag.โ
Cornes on Western Bulldogs:
โThey have a list capable of winning it.
โJosh Bruce and Alex Keath plug some holes for them and their midfield is as good as any in the game.โ
Cornes on West Coast:
โThe addition of Tim Kelly maybe gives them the best midfield in the comp.
โJack Darling is emerging as one of, if not, the best high key forward in the game.
โHighly dependent on the fitness of (Nic) Naitanui, Josh Kennedy and Jeremy McGovern just how far West Coast can go.โ
