What excites you about 2015

[jackcass]

[Jamie is only 19]

Faz consistantly deliverying up forward where he belongs

[Lazza]

[Pies2016]

Agree with all the posters so far, particularly the expected improved development of witts and grundy.
Thought i might go a bit left field with my wishlist for 2015. Im looking forward to watching the improvement of Crisp and / or Karnezis. The expectations on them isnt high, so if they make it as Dekka and co believe, it will give us options that we hadnt really banked on. Plus, what could be better than rubbing the lions nose it if either one or both of those boys were to step up and become automatic selections. We need to find a new diamond in the rough, like Langdon. To have come via Brisbane would be the absolute cream.

Neil - couldnt agree more about the broomhead / didak comparison, except one could really celebrate and the other one needs to learn to.

[Lazza]

[Neil Appleby]

If training is any indication, and coaches always tell us it is a great barometer, then we should be very excited about Freeman. This boy has been the standout for me. He's been bullocking, tough, as fast as greased lightning and just keeps delivering the ball forward from stoppages. He doesn't have the poise of De Goey or the beautiful delivery, but he just keeps getting it. He's loud, enthusiastic and confident.

Taylor Adams has been prominent in every session I've seen. He has worked very hard. Crisp, Varcoe and Seedsman have also stood out on the track, but it's another lad that blew me away in his only appearance in match practice and that was Timmy Broomhead. In the session before Christmas, he teamed up with Seedsman and Freeman to totally dominate in the stoppages.

The redeveloped list will probably mean we see De Goey, Maynard and Moore earlier than expected, with De Goey looking the most likely at this stage. Maynard has some mongrel about him and he tackles to hurt.

Smokey? Don't discount Michael Manteit. He's fast, has great endurance, is a very hard worker and is a nice user. Backs himself too.

[droversdog65]

Agreed about Maynard Apples that lad is a human piledriver with a harsh streak in him. Any player 1v1 with him that wins the ball will carry a reminder of just what it cost

As for Broomy, dear god the lad has the goods and it's about time we got to see them.

Freeman as you say is most likely to break into the 22 first along with De Goo who is as slick and composed as they come.

We won't be challenging for the flag at this stage but given a halfway decent run with injuries we could quite easily maul some sides during the season.

And it's about time we did . . . Collingwood have always been at their best when they have made the opposition feel physically and mentally threatened.

It's time to get on the front foot and make our own luck, sure there will be downtimes but this young team is going to be imposing in a physical way in a short time and it's about time the rest of the league got an understanding of what it will take to beat us.

[Tannin]

^Yep. Good thinking, though I'd rather that the rest of the league found itself with no damn clue as to what it will take to beat us. But that's for another year. One step at a time, comrades.

[Dave The Man]

Hopefully Grundy taking the next step

[droversdog65]

So true Tannin, build those tanks and frames, get a good tight playing group together that will play for each other when the chips are down and it really counts - that's the difference between a good team and a champion team.

[Flashman]

All of the aforementioned to varying degrees for me but I'll add the inclusion to our side of a ready made, tough, disciplined, multi faceted midfielder in Levi Greenwood.

Levi can play a lock down role very well and showed last year he can have an impact with clearances and is a ball magnet who win his own ball.

I was super impressed with his performance in the finals for Norf and as a breakout season his was a ripper. I reckon he'll match that for us even if it takes a few rounds to find his feet and he'll be at the pointy end of the Copeland Trophy count come the end of 2015.

[Tannin]

Hope you're right, Flashman. I know very little about Greenwood. It concerns me that he's had only one top-class season. Was that a flash in the pan? Or was he serving notice that he's ready for the big time, year on year? A lot of our established other-club recruits have disappointed. Not counting rejects (who are always a bit of a long shot), Neither White nor Young has managed to cement a spot in the fair-dinkum first-choice 22 despite impressive abilities and reputations, and there have been plenty of others who failed to impress after coming here. On the other hand, Luke Ball was a champion and Paul Medhurst was a gem, so it can happen. I'll watch his performances with interest. Ditto Armstrong (who impressed the better judges late last year), Varcoe, and Crisp.

[Flashman]

[rand corp]

Always love following the new recruits and like to see how some of the one's i liked in year one back up in year 2, 3, etc.

For example, liked Frost from the first game I saw him play in and was wrapped watching him get games last year, now interested to see if he can take it another step further.

Oxley and Marsh I am keen to see come on this year as well as Freeman and eventually the Shazzaburger.

Broomhead is another.

Basically, just like seeing the young talent develop and build towards a great team.

De Goey and Moore really excite me this year and can't wait to get a look at them.

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