Your surprise packet for 2016

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Why don't we vote for who is going to be the biggest disappointment! Any takers

[Wells 11 5,422]

Why don't we vote for who is going to be the biggest disappointment! Any takers

Jeez we're a depressed bunch on here enough of the time without that. AND That theme runs through just about every thread thats created lol. I dont think we need a dedicated thread for it.

[Bombay Airconditioning 6,408]

Why don't we vote for who is going to be the biggest disappointment! Any takers

I won't say disappointment but I hope we don't try and play Frost, McDonald, Dunn and Garland in the same side and I think Garland will miss out.

[Mad_Melbourne 877]

I won't say disappointment but I hope we don't try and play Frost, McDonald, Dunn and Garland in the same side and I think Garland will miss out.

I am adamant that Frost will play 3rd tall/ruck and it makes perfect sense to keep the rest in a reasonably settled backline. Any major injuries and Frost can be used in defence but he will play as a forward especially to start with that's for sure

[Fitz Fitzpatrick 886]

This is a real stiff call considering he really has only played one AFL game and got caught out 3-4 times in complete no mans land resulting in opposition goals. Whilst he definitely gave a great showing of himself, Grimes is still ahead of him and rightly so seeing as a long term injury is the only way he will be getting a game and it is unlikely the club will promote him ahead of Viv Michie.

Grimes problem is he doesn't have the core strength to be able to stand up in a contest and assert control over a disputed ball. Too often he is caught doesn't haven't have the physicality to force the contest in melbournes favor. I love his courage though and occasionally does some fantastic stuff

[dee-luded 2,959]

Like Dunn?

dunn would be a good Olympian, he comes good in the big contract years

[dee-luded 2,959]

Dunn has always shown a bit.

yep, like his early years, running with the flite, not. tiptoes, i would have said footsteps.

[Bombay Airconditioning 6,408]

Id rather Grimes doing the 1% 'ers and stuffing up the kick occasionally, than Harry O doing SFA hard stuff, getting the ball on the cheap, and then running like hell and bombing it to the other team. Like he does every fricken time

Id rather they both don't play and have Salem and Melksham on the back flanks.

[Carlos Danger 380]

The sub rule should never have got past the pre-season testing stage but what's done is done and it's finally been scrapped.

Getting a game actually meaning you get a game is the way it should've always been.

Guys like ANB and JKH I can see thriving in the post-sub football world. Neal-Bullen in particular.

Edited December 3, 2015 by Carlos Danger

[P-man 13,366]

 

Jayden Hunt. The kid has talent (and jet-boosters). He just needs a run at it, and that's (finally) looking likely.

And.

Though not at all a surprise, i expect Jack Watts will have a very good year.

One of the factors that make Jesse Hogan so extraordinary is that he did not take the usual 4–6 years to come-on.

The haters tend to forget that Jack Watts was drafted as a skinny 196cm 17-year-old. They still treat him as a messiah, albeit a fallen one.

God save poor Sam Weideman from rediculous expectations.

Having reviewed this thread. with a nomination for both Hunt AND Watts (arguably the two biggest surprise packets of 2016 along with Gawn's dominance), I declare @wretched.sylph the winner of the 2016 Crystal Ball 

Edited October 21, 2016 by P-man

[Willmoy1947 4,140]

TRACK

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Track,Kent,O'Mac,J.Smith,Hunt and Harmes

[Blistering 541]

On 15 November 2015 at 6:42 PM, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Dean Terlich and Matt Jones to go 1 and 2 in the best & fairest.

Club house leader until Round 22.

[DeeZee 7,445]

Melksham

[Ted Lasso 19,549]

Christian Salem to play 22 games and remind everyone how talented he is and how big an impact he can have

Clayton Oliver to have a Patty Cripps-like second year and go very close to taking out the Bluey ( no pressure clarry )

Joel Smith to play 5-10 games in the seniors. 

Jack Trengove to come back in ripping shape and re-establish himself as a long term prospect for the MFC

 

 

[ManDee 7,222]

33 minutes ago, Abe said:

Christian Salem to play 22 games and remind everyone how talented he is and how big an impact he can have

Clayton Oliver to have a Patty Cripps-like second year and go very close to taking out the Bluey ( no pressure clarry )

Joel Smith to play 5-10 games in the seniors. 

Jack Trengove to come back in ripping shape and re-establish himself as a long term prospect for the MFC

 

 

Jumped the gun Abe, save that for the 2017 thread.

[Ted Lasso 19,549]

Just now, ManDee said:

Jumped the gun Abe, save that for the 2017 thread.

My bad, oh well, that's my 2017 one. 

[CBDees 3,167]

Lynden Dunn to be in Collingwood's top 22.

[stevethemanjordan 6,952]

Srsly.

Salem, Oliver, Brayshaw, Petracca, Weed have only shown glimpses of what is yet to be untapped.

Then there's the further improvement in consistency of performance from Viney, Tyson, Hogan, Watts, Hunt and Gawn.

Trengove could potentially be a new recruit if he can bullet proof his body and add some real power in the off-season.

Lewis, Hibberd and Melksham as new recruits. All senior players. One of them a a genuine champion player.

The change is monumental when one considers that only a few years ago the excitement and potential for improvement was largely based around a couple of high end draft picks.

The potential for us to make mega strides is now real. The list is teaming with young talent and the majority of it comprise of players who are within a year or two of each other. One of several ingredients that will boost our chances to win that elusive flag.

Clearly we've made it through the eye of the storm and all I can see now is clear blue skies and unearthly cherub beings fluttering about in front of me.

The momentum that the Hogan and Lewis signings have brought should not be underestimated in any way. The club is now seriously building.

 

 

I'm going to take a cold shower.

Edited October 25, 2016 by stevethemanjordan