How far could "this" team go in 2017?

[RudeBoy]

Sadly, I doubt Swanny will be around next year and I am doubtful we'll get much out of Elliott, though I hope I'm wrong on both counts.

Our progress will largely depend on a qualitative improvement from Grundy, Moore, De Goey, Cox, Treloar, Maynard and Crisp as well as the return of Scharenberg, Ramsay, Langdon and Keeffe.

[derkd]

[Pies4shaw]

Collingwood should be moving heaven and earth to get Swan to go around again. There is not a player on the list who can offer what he does.

[derkd]

[Sir Alan of Didak]

The club believes it can win the 2017 Premiership...all planning for past 3 years has centered around that objective.

[derkd]

[Pies4shaw]

[Mugwump]

Honestly, I have no idea. So much depends on how fast the youngsters develop. DeGoey, Aish, Scharenberg, Treloar, Marsh, Maynard, Moore, Ramsay, Grundy and even Elliott are all players who you would expect to be on an upward growth path. I'd include Adams except I think he is already a gun.

I fear that by the time this team graduates, Buckley will have lost the faith of the powers that be and he will miss out on harvesting what he has planted and nurtured.

Sinclair is missing from this side - perhaps reasonably enough - despite being an important part of our future : elite line-breaking speed is missing from this side, and Elliott and Sinkers and Ramsay are all going to be necessary to provide it.

If Swan and Cloke are able to produce another year with anything like their better quality then that will help, of course.

Result ? probably 7-8 as we build toward brighter days in 2018.

[stui magpie]

[gurugeoff]

Onballers are same as this year - looks kinda good in a certain light, but shine the torch at the 12th spot we are in, so it can't be all that good.

- Pendles is slow, Varcoe does get much of the ball, Crisp is only average/good player, Adams not real classy, but goes well

forward line - Cloke pretty much finished, Howe couldn't make impact this year on forward line, Sidebottom not really a forward, Fasolo/Moore have some class, but not real big impact on score line at the moment.

in anwer to your question , would hope to make finals, but we need X factor and class from somewhere.

[MatthewBoydFanClub]

This team in my opinion could go all the way, but the reality is that since 2010 we have been going backwards. We have to change those parts of our game that are failing and reinforce those aspects of our game where we are succeeding. The Thompson biography is interesting in that it shows that you don't have to change the coach to succeed, but you need to change the things you are doing wrong. In Geelong's case their fitness regime was deficient. The change to a new fitness manager in 2007 produced a premiership.

[inxs88]

Until our training drills improve, with kicking accountability improving we shall be a middling side.

[Presti35]

Throw in Michael Hurley and yeah.

[woftam]

[think positive]