future forward line

[Demon trucker 1,788]

JUST THINK HOW GOOD THE FORWARD LINE WILL LOOK, in about two years time, three mobile unstoppable forward in watts, LJ, and bate, gawn and fiz in the ruck and resting at full forward, Colin. s. playing half forward, flanker, gysbert, and traps kicking them from outside 50, tom and jack.t. kicking one or two a game each,woni pinching two or three a game, and the flash pinch hitting now and again, it will be a muilti goal kicking forward line, without having to rely on one or two boys kicking them. Also Morton at CHF, what else can anyone think, how the foward line wiil look?, can you see my vission?

[Gooner 9]

Fitzy is still an unknown. If he doesn't make it as a forward, I don't think he'll make it.

There's too much competition for ruck spots around his age at the moment.

It'll be good, although I still think we need a really good quality FF.

Hopefully Fitzy or a late pick in the next few years will be that FF.

[Batemania 4]

JUST THINK HOW GOOD THE FORWARD LINE WILL LOOK, in about two years time, three mobile unstoppable forward in watts, LJ, and bate, gawn and fiz in the ruck and resting at full forward, Colin. s. playing half forward, flanker, gysbert, and traps kicking them from outside 50, tom and jack.t. kicking one or two a game each,woni pinching two or three a game, and the flash pinch hitting now and again, it will be a muilti goal kicking forward line, without having to rely on one or two boys kicking them. Also Morton at CHF, what else can anyone think, how the foward line wiil look?, can you see my vission?

no offence, but u have listed our 2009 draftees as ones that will make our forward line unstopapable when it was regarded as one of the worst drafts on record.

[Gooner 9]

It's really easy to get excited about talent purely based on where it was picked in the draft.

Whilst that's the best indicator that we've got at the moment, it's no guarantee.

Hopefully we'll be able to trade for a quality FF, or more likely, pick up a quality FF with a late pick.

I'd be really happy if we were able to pick up someone like a Bradshaw type with a late pick. I think that's our best chance.

[jayceebee31 692]

It's really easy to get excited about talent purely based on where it was picked in the draft.

Whilst that's the best indicator that we've got at the moment, it's no guarantee.

Hopefully we'll be able to trade for a quality FF, or more likely, pick up a quality FF with a late pick.

I'd be really happy if we were able to pick up someone like a Bradshaw type with a late pick. I think that's our best chance.

AGREE- we need an experienced tall forward,we cannot expect miracles out of Watts for a few years yet. Roughhead from Hawthorn would be ideal.

[Gooner 9]

Haha, good luck getting Hawthorn to give up Roughy!

But you're right, we need that dominant key forward. It's possible that we'll be able to use a lesser forward, but to do that, we need to have a superiour midfield. That may be the route that we go down.

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

Every year we get a new thread putting up names who are only "potentially" good, and other names that have been at the club 5 minutes.

I don't mean to rain on peoples' parade, but if every one of those names became a star, it would be freaky. Statistically speaking, half of them will disappear without a trace.

[Gooner 9]

I agree that we're expecting every player to become a star.

However, with the amount of top 20ish picks we've got, there's a much greater chance of most of them coming through.

I agree that we can't get too excited on the basis on potential only, but there's still the makings of a good team.

I still think we need another key forward, but we're on our way to being a very competitive side in a few years.

[jnrmac 19,394]

JUST THINK HOW GOOD THE FORWARD LINE WILL LOOK, in about two years time, three mobile unstoppable forward in watts, LJ, and bate, gawn and fiz in the ruck and resting at full forward, Colin. s. playing half forward, flanker, gysbert, and traps kicking them from outside 50, tom and jack.t. kicking one or two a game each,woni pinching two or three a game, and the flash pinch hitting now and again, it will be a muilti goal kicking forward line, without having to rely on one or two boys kicking them. Also Morton at CHF, what else can anyone think, how the foward line wiil look?, can you see my vission?

Really good.

[Akum 2,660]

Every year we get a new thread putting up names who are only "potentially" good, and other names that have been at the club 5 minutes.

I don't mean to rain on peoples' parade, but if every one of those names became a star, it would be freaky. Statistically speaking, half of them will disappear without a trace.

Valid point. But the other side of the coin is that there's so many players with so much untapped potential at the club that if only half of them disappear without a trace and the other half get close to their potential, we'll be a damn good side.

Remember Hannabal and his "top 6"?