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Sylvia, Paul and Chris Johnson or Warnock. These are the players that should all improve and if we are being honest with ourselves have to improve for us to be a serios threat.

Bate, Dunn and Jones will all naturally get better with age, but the above quartet all have alot of work to do to become players we have hoped they will become for a long time.

IMO I think they could all be the players we want them to be especially Col and I think that next year he will repay the faith (hopefully), CJ has to work hard on his consistency and I think Danners just needs to put him on a wing and watch him do what Dal Santo does for the saints, they are both very similar, Warnock is the smokey but I believe he will be our third tall defender for most of next year and am looking forward to watching him progress. PJ is the one I worry about most, because I think he could be the best of the lot of them, but he just needs to learn how to mark above his head. I'm genuinely excited about him and I hope he shows us his worth, but he has to work hard. But hey don't big men take longer to develop :D

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I wouldn't have a clue, coz the gate is open for about 8 of our players.

...but, I can definatlely tell ya who excites me the most, and who I've nominated as my love child for 2007.

Jones.

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I expect Sylvia, Jones, Dunn & Newton to all make a marked improvement over their efforts of last season to further their credentials. :huh:

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Colin Sylvia.

I think he is going to be an absolute gun.

Once he does a full pre-season, I think he can gain his own and the playing groups confidence.

I see it as a make or break year for Col. He has to get over his "little boy lost" look and not think about his game.

I mean"Break" in as much as his asperations will be dashed if he doesnt break on through to top ten.

My next would be Bate as he has a lot more left to deliver even though I rate him not much behind Brock.

I see only gradual improvement from the rest.

I believe Jones is already going on all cylinders. I hope he keeps it up.

Newton and Warnock will be lucky to get 6-8 games between them unless things go awry.

PJ may have something to show. I wouldnt back it at evens. Maybe 3-1.

Theres a couple not in the hunt.

I dont think CJ has got it, I think he and Bell are over rated. Bell's endevour with CJ's prowess would be good.

Hope Im wrong. :(


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I dont think CJ has got it,

:(

Totally agree with you on that one. Grossly overated for such little output so far. He's played 1 decent game out of 13.

I'm hoping Miller's the man that improves out of sight and becomes one of the leading CHF's in the comp.

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Yes pants.

Or perhaps Norman with his knife in the shower...

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Don't be surprised if it is one of the older brigade, ie Robbo.

Free from knee complaints he might just get back to 70 plus goals next year.

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I'm going with Jamar. He is my adopted player for 2007.

More game time, with prolonged stints up forward and an increase in confidence, means Jamar will no longer be just the back-up.

Also, I have a gut feeling that Jared Rivers is about to really come of age. He has been solid since the start, but he has now graduated from the "School of Insane Bravery", and I expect big things from him.

Oh, and if McLean remains injury free....

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If we are talking about improvements from last years performances, my tip is Clint Bizzell.

If we are talking about players taking their game to a new level, my tip is Col.......

....but don't be surprised if Godders learns to side-step and kick over summer. :P

And if we are talking about coming out of 'no where' my tip is Juice.

While we are at it we might as well include who will 'fall from glory' next year as well.

I tip Wardy will not be in the best 22 by years end.

Go Dees - 2007. Dees are in Heaven (how corny is that!!) :lol:


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Given that towards the end of last year, Carroll played 3 great games and then was most-improved this year, for me the same has to be said about Bell. Last 3 games were a huge effort from him and i would not be surprised if he has similar success next year as to what Carroll had this year.

Bell is the one to watch, but Sylvia surely has to show why we took him at pick #3 some time soon, he will also be in contention for most improved.

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Daniel bell for me! the guy is ready to fire up and show how much of a true talent he has.. same with sylvia his time is now!

go dees!

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Sylvia's an interesting one.

I wonder just how much improvement is in him. So far he's mainly played a cameo role in most games, ie- a freakish mark here, a good goal there. And he has certainly been injury plagued so its been hard to get full games out of him.

On the other hand he started 2006 in full fitness and played the first 7 or 8 (NAB included) games and while he played well, he certainly wasn't A-Grade level.

So the question is have we seen the very best of him when not injured, or is he ready to explode and become a consistent A-Grade performer!

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