My preferences:
West Coast
Collingwood
North Melbourne
Geelong
Hawthorn
Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Sydney
Also, Scott Lucas has temporarily taken over top spot in my list of my most hated people and terminal illnesses, nudging out Lara Bingle, Leonard Casley and prostate cancer. I had committed myself to going to Perth next week if we secured the home final, but because of him and Freo (the insipid tanking little f***ers) that's not going to happen, and my first trip back to Perth since moving has been further delayed.
On the game though, I think we had that scare coming: Essendon's attacking game is naturally built to scythe through a low-pace defence like WCE's. A short, sharp, low altitude style of delivering the ball into the 50 is a recipe for disaster when many of the big guys bar Jones and Glass can't really keep up. And also, muchos credito to Essendon's goal:behind ratio, fantastic again as it was when they beat us earlier in the season. There's no reason they can't have a massive year next year as far as I can see.
Anyway, get the finals on the road IMO. Now that Big Kev's dead I think I'm nearly the most excited man still breathing bereft of any fashion sense.