3 years ago I thought to myself we would be an incredible team in 2013. In those days, my hopes were pinned on the following players:

Watts

Trenners

Scully

Gysberts

Grimes

Chip

Jamar

Now 3 years on, I am thinking we will have an incredible team in 2016. Now my hopes are pinned on

Watts

Hogan

Toumpas

Viney

Maxy

Mitch

Dawes

Am I dreaming again ?

I gave up trying to do this, it's better for your sanity.

wouldnt say your dreaming

personally i dont look at names , improvement is my credo

on that basis your list of 2010 has been a bit battered.

but your next list has some hopes, due to a fd that has set guidelines and wont take less

so i think you can dream

most of all be positive, it will happen

2017 is the year I'm hanging for BBB, so it's 4 years for mine.

Although I still hold hope finals could be as soon as 2015. 2017 is when I think we could snare a flag!

Now 3 years on, I am thinking we will have an incredible team in 2016. Now my hopes are pinned on

Watts

Hogan

Toumpas

Viney

Maxy

Mitch

Dawes

Am I dreaming again ?

Watts? ... yep your dreaming!

If Jack Watts is still on our list in 2016, he'll be spending more time in a padded cell than on a football field.

That list needs more midfielders.

I wouldn't be giving up on the captains Jack just yet.

Please don't do it to yourselves, just see what happens and try to enjoy the ride.

Please don't do it to yourselves, just see what happens and try to enjoy the ride.

I think we've all been on this roller coaster far too long, waiting for it to stop the downward fall and start clicking back up the rise.

Next time I'll ride the tea cups.

That list needs more midfielders.

I wouldn't be giving up on the captains Jack just yet.

Agree.

Jimmy Bartel was in and out of the Geelong side and thought to be too slow in 2006. By the end of 2007, he was a premiership player and a Brownlow medallist.

The injection of some pace and class into a midfield that lacks it can make a massive difference to a player like Trengove.

So much of this comes down to our ability to keep this list together,

we are asking to keep our big names, frawley, hogan, and co from leaving and drag in new talent, with free agency every year this is going to get harder until we improve

I love this stick together theme Mark Neeld seems to be working really hard on,

3 years ago I thought to myself we would be an incredible team in 2013. In those days, my hopes were pinned on the following players:

Watts

Trenners

Scully

Gysberts

Grimes

Chip

Jamar

Now 3 years on, I am thinking we will have an incredible team in 2016. Now my hopes are pinned on

Watts

Hogan

Toumpas

Viney

Maxy

Mitch

Dawes

Am I dreaming again ?

You're going to need a more mature mid's name amongst that 2016 team.

Keep the faith ... faint hope is what sustains us.

Talls look well stocked: Clark, Hogan, Frawley, Dawes, T McDonald, Gawn, Jack Fitzpatrick

We need more mids and a crumbing forward.

Only recruit those described as "tough". Class of 2013 - Luke Dunstan, Cavarra, Dominic Sheed, Ben Lennon.

The area we need to hope in most is the midfield. We just need to pray that something happens and all of a sudden instead of Jones alone we can sudden develop a range of quality players to support Nath. Then all of a sudden I feel we'd go form horrible to at least competitive and with a proper future.

There's still plenty more young midfield potential on our list compared to most other teams besides Geelong and the expansion teams in my mind. Most other sides have their best midfielders playing and playing well and aren't stocked in their reserves with future good midfielders.

Guys like Sylvia, Howe, Tapscott, Bail, Kent all have that rotational midfield quality that hasn't been harnessed yet because they don't play in a good side. Throw in Viney, Blease, Toumpas, Evans, Taggert that's a nice amount of talent. Can a good preseason change McKenzie, Magner, Couch, Matt Jones and Trengove from below league level to at or above league level, you'd be silly to right them off. And then we for once get it right/lucky on draft day and get a Sidebottom/Beams pairing that play from day one and do well. Then we need a miracle in a guy to step in straight away and be one of our top guys. Whether its a mature ager like Barlow or a trade like Josh Kennedy we just need a bit of magic.

The talls, the small defenders and small forwards (even minus a gun crumber) will all take care of themselves because we've got talent at those positions. But we need a midfield miracle to save us come this years list turnover.

Can't do these types of threads anymore. the NOW is more of a concern than 3 years from now. We're always planning ahead, let's get our act together now, not some time in the future...

As long as we are not getting smashed every week I'll be happy. Anything else would be a bonus.

in 3 years I will be near 50 and never seen our team win the ultimate success, I do hope this will change.

in 3 years I will be near 50 and never seen our team win the ultimate success, I do hope this will change.

Well at least your not a Richmond supporter.......One finals appearance in 33 years.........

We need a STAR ...

The area we need to hope in most is the midfield. We just need to pray that something happens and all of a sudden instead of Jones alone we can sudden develop a range of quality players to support Nath. Then all of a sudden I feel we'd go form horrible to at least competitive and with a proper future.

There's still plenty more young midfield potential on our list compared to most other teams besides Geelong and the expansion teams in my mind. Most other sides have their best midfielders playing and playing well and aren't stocked in their reserves with future good midfielders.

Guys like Sylvia, Howe, Tapscott, Bail, Kent all have that rotational midfield quality that hasn't been harnessed yet because they don't play in a good side. Throw in Viney, Blease, Toumpas, Evans, Taggert that's a nice amount of talent. Can a good preseason change McKenzie, Magner, Couch, Matt Jones and Trengove from below league level to at or above league level, you'd be silly to right them off. And then we for once get it right/lucky on draft day and get a Sidebottom/Beams pairing that play from day one and do well. Then we need a miracle in a guy to step in straight away and be one of our top guys. Whether its a mature ager like Barlow or a trade like Josh Kennedy we just need a bit of magic.

The talls, the small defenders and small forwards (even minus a gun crumber) will all take care of themselves because we've got talent at those positions. But we need a midfield miracle to save us come this years list turnover.

you forgot to add pick 2 from this years draft coming up!

you forgot to add pick 2 from this years draft coming up!

to go with our other pick 2, hey ?

3 years from now, Cale Morton will still be running from Brendan Lade

I hold out little hope that we will every win another flag, by 2016 I will be happy with a team that is competitive and starts most weeks with an even chance.

Beyond that i will probably be pushing up daisys

I hold out little hope that we will every win another flag, by 2016 I will be happy with a team that is competitive and starts most weeks with an even chance.

Beyond that i will probably be pushing up daisys

Pushing up Daisy's what? He may be well be a part of our future so I wouldn't be pushing anything up him.

C'mon OD, whatever happens we are still better off than some. Not sure who but there must be others out there worse off than us!

Pushing up Daisy's what? He may be well be a part of our future so I wouldn't be pushing anything up him.

C'mon OD, whatever happens we are still better off than some. Not sure who but there must be others out there worse off than us!

I Have given it 20 minutes thought Rev and I cannot come up with anyone.

As for daisy do we need another x Collingwood crock?