A Bendigo Advertiser on-line poll asked footy fans which club that missed the BFNL finals in 2016 was most likely to push inside the top five in 2017?

To see the results, click through the photo gallery.

The Bloods will have coach Brady Childs back on deck in 2017 after he recovered from a knee reconstruction, while small forward Kaiden Antonowicz comes with big wraps from the Shepparton Swans.

Kangaroo Flat narrowly missed last year’s finals, but the Roos’ long list of departures has fans doubting their finals aspirations this season.

Castlemaine, under new coach Derrick Filo, is an unknown quantity, while Maryborough and Gisborne have a lot of ground to make up. 

Here’s this week’s BFNL fans poll.