What are the positives to come out of 2014?
Hooker now an a grade key defender
Joe coming along nicely
Heppell now legit elite
Youngsters like Zerrett showing a lot
Recruiting Chappy
What are the positives to come out of 2014?
Hooker now an a grade key defender
Joe coming along nicely
Heppell now legit elite
Youngsters like Zerrett showing a lot
Recruiting Chappy
The wins against Collingwood, Carlton and Richmond.
They were nice.
pies and fark carlton are ■■■■■
Hooker and Hep definitely.
Got some games into Gleeson who looks good.
Joe will be a star
Ambrose looks a likely sort
Zac Merrett
Paddy found consistency
Carlisle and Hurley both showed they can be effective at both ends
Finished 7th considering
Hurley
Ambrose came along nicely.
Zaka played a sensational 3-4 game patch in Jobe's absence.
Record memberships
Hooker, Heppell, Baguley and Zac Merrett.
Daniher is set to be a powerhouse next year.
Colyer
Hooker - Great decision from him wanting to stay and prove himself, rather than be traded back to WA
Colyer - Most improved player. Elite kicking and now adds 1-2 goals a game
Heppell - Gun midfielder
Chappy - Still has the hunger and desire to play
Zerrett - This kid can play
JD - Send him back to Ungarie for a pre-season on the family farm
Daniher/Carlisle showed signs of being monster forwards
Heppel became a superstar
Hurley was brilliant, very underrated season
Ryder
Zerrett's disposal
Chappy's output
The improvement of Bags
The Return of the King
Zaha's middle portion of the season
Hooker's consistency
That's about it
Positives
Zerrett
what Jerrett showed in the first half of the year
Fact that steak knives got a game
winderlich going round again
made finals
Joes Development, need big preseason
Ambrose came from no where.
Heppell close to Elite. and most valuable at Essendon
Hooker and Hurley combined in defensive partnership.
Backline looked solid without D Fletcher in most games he missed later in the year (apart from final 2)
Improved defence and midfield this year.
Carlisle had 2 great games up forward, will get confidence from this.
Orazio looks like he has some talent and awareness.
Did the right thing moving on bradley and gumbleton with their retirements.
Gleeson was good early in the year, and forced his way back into the team for a final.
Back 6 of Bags, Hooker, Fletch, Hibberd, Hurley, Dempsey is top class.
Bags, yep. Definitely a positive, took his game to another level. No longer have to worry about the opposition small forward smashing us.Hooker, Heppell, Baguley and Zac Merrett.
Daniher is set to be a powerhouse next year.
The season's positives:
- Heppel becoming an elite mid
- Hooker now the best CHB in the league
- Ryder's best season to date
- Hurley dominating down back
- Baguley is a gun
- Joe D showing signs of what he could be. Also improving his goal kicking
- Our defence being ranked in the top 4 in the comp
- Winderlichs last half of the year
- Colyer resurrecting his career
-Zerret being our best first year player since Heppel
- Buckets overcoming a form slump early in the season and kicking 8 against the Dogs
- Emergence of Paddy Ambrose
- Smashing Carlton, Collingwood and Richmond
- Being the first team to crack the Portress
-Bomber Thompson's coaching and his press conferences
Just off the top of my head.
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Angry at myself for not pointing out bags,
Great point Rosso. Gone are the days when someone like like Fasolo or Betts would kick 6. Bags shuts them right out now.
We still only lost the final by 12 points. A much better showing than previous years.
A-grade defence and once we have a fit and firing Daniher with Carlslile then yeah ■■■■ will roll.
Oh PADDY AMBROSE!
Bags is a tackling machine!
- Carlisle kicked 8 goals in a match, so he CAN play forward.
- Daniher has shown a lot more than we thought we'd see in his first 20 odd games
- Heppel has taken the next step, he is now a bona fide A-grade mid.
- The Merrets and Paddy Ambrose will keep getting better and better
- Our defense is pretty damn good, lead by Hooker and Hurley.
- Fletch might go around again
- Bomber Thompson coached us for a year. Even if he doesn't stay at the club, our players will have learnt valuable lessons from him.
- We took on ASADA in court, and showed that the investigation was predetermined to find us guilty, as was instructed from the AFL.
2 All Australian squad members. Heppell elevated his game. Ryder career best season. 4th best side defensively. Hibberd, Bags, Carlisle all improved. Joe Daniher kicked 4 in a final. Licka put games together.
Heaps of positives. Roll on 2015.
The new training facilities are a big win.
And I think we can say we survived one of our years of draft sanctions ok.
didn't get booted out of finals