LAST EDITED ON 09-01-06 AT 12:52 PM (EST)...despite the LoJ delusionally insisting that Janelle was the #1 target from Day 1, the REAL #1 target from Day 1 was Dr. Will, the only former winner in BBAS.
Note that in Survivor: All-Stars, not a single person who got to the final three (the last challenge) in his or her first season was still around in the final seven. The guy who controlled the game (Rob M.) was one of two players in the top six who didn't even make the jury first time (along with Shii Ann). The top 3rd-place finisher was Kathy, in eighth. The top former winner was Ethan in 11th, with Hatch in 14th, Jenna in 16th and Tina in 18th (last) place.
All-Stars seasons tend toward the littler fish getting revenge against the bigger fish.
I don't think Will is joking when he says that he expected to be gone in a couple of weeks. After all, he knew that he would have taken himself out first, and he had to figure that a couple of other people would have figured that out.
And James and Dani, at least, had figured it out. But, with Kaysar protecting Will, he survived the first four weeks of Sovereign rule until he was able to get to a manageable number of alliances (including the Legion of Doom with James and Dani), and then he controlled the game and betrayed each of them the moment that he had the numbers pointing his way.
I would NEVER have predicted at the start of the season that CT would be able to manipulate this game as much as they were. So, while the outcome may have been predictable once CT got control, I doubt that anyone (including Will) predicted that CT would get into that position before the season started.