The Hard Road To The Premiership

[sydneybluesfan]

That's how it sometimes happens...as the season progresses one or two players will step up, exceed expectations and become a key target.
We can't see it now...but at the end of the year you look back and see it was there all the time.

We don't know who.
It may be a small forward
It may be one of the big youngsters.
It may be one of the backmen moved forward.
It might be the guy who suddenly realises his potential and gets a bit more accurate
It may be one of the guys who've been languishing in the reserves accumulating experience who suddenly clicks.
Or best of all it may be a combination of several.

...and if that's a bit "pie in the sky" thinking I don't think it's any less plausible than a stagnating forward line that fails to kick 224 goals with a main goalkicker netting less than 22 for the season.

Don't get me wrong -  I hope your right and obviously we need a combination of improvement, especially given that the bulk of our forward line is so young. The only way is up for most of them as McKay, Kerr, Pickett, SOJ and Curnow have played a combined total of 14 games and kicked 12 goals. But this has to be the nucleus of our forward line for the future.

My main point is we have the equal worst [statistically] and most inexperienced forward line in the league. It is extremely rare for a 1st or 2nd year player to average more than one goal per game, and Levi has averaged 1 goal per year over his 70 game career. At best he might break out to 30-35, but that would be a massive jump based on the evidence so far.

So the most probable outcome is we will average low 20's in scoring shots, and therefore have 4-6 wins - but hopefully with a properly functioning forward line starting to appear in the back half of the year which we can build on in 2018 with the recruitment of an established goal kicking forward to add to the mix.