2018 - What do you expect from the club?

[sandsmere]

Finish 10-11-12.
9 wins.
Higher scores. 2 or 3 100+ pointers would be nice.

A better functioning attack. Levi improved last season. If he can do that again in 2018 it will be a great help.
Some natural from Jimprovement Jack, Charlie, Pickett, Sammo etc. can be expected too.

[cookie2]

The departure of Gibbs will be a challenge for us early on but I think BB can rally the troops and get the younger guys to step up. Hoping to see our overall skills, tackling and ball movement improve to get us 3 or 4 more wins and our players growing in confidence.

[sydneybluesfan]

I'll wait till the pre season games and see the game plan/style we are playing before working out where we will finish...unless we stop putting 7 men down back
and play a proper forward line we will continue to struggle to kick goals and the wins wont happen..

Spot on. Unless we find a way to hurt other teams on the scoreboard when we have the ascendancy then we will continue to struggle to win.
We haven’t done anything yet personnel wise to improve our scoring - we appear to be banking on natural improvement, which is what 17 other teams are also doing.

[tonyo]

Spot on. Unless we find a way to hurt other teams on the scoreboard when we have the ascendancy then we will continue to struggle to win.
We haven’t done anything yet personnel wise to improve our scoring - we appear to be banking on natural improvement, which is what 17 other teams are also doing.

There is more room for natural improvement with our list than just about any other team, though.

Curnow, SPS, Marchbank, Fisher, Williamson, Pickett, Cuningham have all now played a clutch of games and the upside there is enormous. And I am genuinely hopeful this group will improve our scoring options significantly.

Throw in some probable growth in Kennedy and Lang, and #3 in the draft and there is serious optimism.

If McKay and/or Kerr can click as well, and Levi keeps kicking straight, we will trouble plenty of sides.  I know GIbbs is a loss, but with that comes the opportunity for others to step up.

It may not show on the W-L ratio, but if we can be in as many games as we were last year, this time we will win more.

A lot of ifs, but 10 wins is not out of the question.

[Jack Burton]

The expectations on McKay and Kerr are interesting. McKay played 1 game last year and had very little impact. I'm really hoping he can come on as a player this year as that would make a huge difference for us, but I haven't seen anything yet that makes me think that will happen. I've only seen a little of Kerr (much less that some others on here), but what I've seen doesn't make me think he'll have significant impact at AFL level in 2018. If one or both of these guys can becomea regular dangerous forward that would help enormously (assuming we can get the ball in there quickly and often enough), but I think we'll be relying on Casboult, C Curnow and Wright to kick the majority of our goals this year

[ElwoodBlues1]

There is more room for natural improvement with our list than just about any other team, though.

Curnow, SPS, Marchbank, Fisher, Williamson, Pickett, Cuningham have all now played a clutch of games and the upside there is enormous. And I am genuinely hopeful this group will improve our scoring options significantly.

Throw in some probable growth in Kennedy and Lang, and #3 in the draft and there is serious optimism.

If McKay and/or Kerr can click as well, and Levi keeps kicking straight, we will trouble plenty of sides.  I know GIbbs is a loss, but with that comes the opportunity for others to step up.

It may not show on the W-L ratio, but if we can be in as many games as we were last year, this time we will win more.

A lot of ifs, but 10 wins is not out of the question.

As Richmond showed you improve when you fix the holes on your list and settle on a game style..........three important players in and a rebuilt contrarian forward line made the difference....youth doesnt guarantee improvement. Boltons game plan's and in game tactics are still unproven and he is also learning as a novice coach.... I think he needs to show improvement as well as the players.

[JonHenry]

I expect a huge year from Weitering.
His third in the system and he is a very talented player.
Hopefully he gets stronger and starts to control our half back line with intercept marks he was known for in his junior years.

Williamson is also important as he, like weitering have a powerful kick which can open up games and help scoring.

Pickett is also one I hope comes on in leaps.
He is very talented and hard at it. If/when he finds his feet and gets his fitness right he will be very handy.

McKays development is crucial.
He needs to play 15-20 games and hopefully he kicks 25-40 goals.
He will be a very difficult match up if he is fit and firing.

[flyboy77]

You bet both are raw. But Harry definitely showed he can cut it at the highest level.....

And from what others have said, Kerr struggled with carrying an injury most of the year?

[Jack Burton]

Williamson is an interesting one. Really liked what i saw from him this year, and i agree his kicking is fantastic. But our backline is the only area where we have depth, and we can't play them all. Weitering, Plowman, Marchbank, Jones, Docherty and Simpson would appear to be certain starters, and Rowe or A Silvagni will play some games depending on matchups. Where does Williamson fit?

[Jack Burton]

I forgot Byrne and Macreaadie, I'd like to see more of them too