Preview 2018 Collingwood Player Previews

[nahnah]

The concept is pretty straight forward, basically you nominate which players you want to do a write up on for this upcoming season. The write up can include last seasons stats, career summary, prediction on how they will go, general information on the player, career awards etc and of course a few pictures to make it look pretty.

Hopefully this gains enough interest that every player has a preview before the season starts, you can nominate multiple players but if you are going to please try and pick players that may not be as heavily sought after.

Write ups can be done anytime up until the beginning of the season, I will update the op as people nominate players.

1. Alex Fasolo - magpies42
2. Jordan De Goey - Stoods
3. Daniel Wells
4. Brodie Grundy
5. Jamie Elliott - Mkcaptain
6. Tyson Goldsack
7. Adam Treloar
8. Tom Langdon
9. Sam Murray - Mr Bombastic
10. Scott Pendlebury - nahnah
11. Jarryd Blair
12. Matthew Scharenberg - Saintly Viewed
13. Taylor Adams
14. James Aish
15. Lynden Dunn
16. Chris Mayne
17. Callum Brown - STAR_SHARROD
18. Travis Varcoe
19. Levi Greenwood
20. Ben Reid - WalterBlaknWhte
21. Tom Phillips
22. Steele Sidebottom
23. Sam McLarty
24. Josh Thomas
25. Jack Crisp
26. Josh Daicos
27. Kayle Kirby
28. Nathan Murphy - Pie 4 Life
29. Tim Broomhead - magpies42
30. Darcy Moore
31. Flynn Appleby - Pie 4 Life
32. Will Hoskin-Elliott
33. Rupert Wills
34. Tyler Brown - Pie 4 Life
35. Jaidyn Stephenson - Pie 4 Life
36. Brayden Sier
37. Brayden Maynard - Tarkyn_24
38. Jeremy Howe
39. Ben Crocker
40. Josh Smith
41. Brody Mihocek
43. Adam Oxley
44. Jack Madgen
45. Max Lynch
46. Mason Cox


Quick Example write up: ( don't have to follow this structure)

Jeremy Howe Preview;
<insert picture of generic Howe Mark of the year>
Player info; Height, weight, games, goals etc
Career summary; 2010 draft pick 33, first half of career for demons, lead demons goal kicking 2013, mark of the year 2012 etc

Last seasons stats;

What to expect for next season; how Howe will fair, change of position? how many games will he play ? in line for any awards?

 

[Saintly Viewed]

nahnah im very happy doing who else but Matthew Scharenberg.

the bergemeister is going to rule

 

[Pie 4 Life]

Flynn Appleby thanks

 

[WalterBlaknWhte]

Ben Reid please nahnah

 

[Mr Bombastic]

Love the idea nahnah. I'll take Sam Murray thanks.

 

[nahnah]

I gave people 5 hours to claim him so now I'm just gonna take Pendles.

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Matthew Scharenberg

Born 18 / 09 / 1995 (22)

Height: 191 cm Weight: 87 kg

Drafted 6 in AFL 2013 draft

From: South Australia (Glenelg)

Number 12










Poise. Perhaps no other word can better describe the abilities of Matthew Scharenberg at his best.


Recruited from South Australia the number 6 drafted Scharenberg has thus far played only 14 games.

He played 10 games last season after missing all of 2016. In 2015 he managed 4 games to start his senior career including his debut game against Melbourne at the MCG. He was a late inclusion that day but it was a nice start nonetheless. In 2014 he missed the whole season as well.

As noted, a much storied injury riddled few years has been his marker thus far.

Hopefully 2018 will be the new dawn. Another full preseason and finally fully fit, might just see our defence have a new Major. Then our new major will move to secure his general stripe in a few seasons.

Poise.

Since junior football young Matthew has constantly demonstrated poise on the field. Clear headed in traffic, often looking unrushed, has good judgment. A non risk taker at this early stage, but as he finds his feet no doubt he'll begin taking on his man that bit more. Yet always looks steady and unflabbable.

The aforesaid injuries has meant patience. After being drafted, he had his feet "corrected" via surgery. All was well, but injury struck again with a full knee reconstruction. Once that knee came good after a long arduous year, his other kneee decided to follow suit and we all waited yet another year. Both knees. That's a tough induction to football.

One thing we've all learnt is he has an incredible work ethic and prepares with total dedication. It might even be true that he might "over do it" such is his dedication.

Scharenberg isn't a noted loud talker but always presents well, in measured tones, his obvious maturity is a natural fit to over come the obstacles he's had to face.

Season 2017 began his trek back into senior football. Round by round the clamour for Scharenberg was getting louder. He really had to earn his way in, and after some stop and start he began locking in a defensive position as his own.

Now aged 22, our number 12 looks destined for a long term Collingwood career.

Season 2018 Predictions:

Plays 20 + games

Establishes himself as a rock in defence

Helps set up ongoing forward thrusts.

Displays outstanding decision making.

Positives:

Poise.

Classy decision making.

A natural footballer

To work on:

Taking more "risk" that it no longer is a "risk"

Speed

Become an automatic selection

Copeland Trophy:

Top 10 finish as he moves into an established player;
wins most improved player.

Player Sponsorship:

BigFooty Magpies 2017

Player Stats:

Season. Number. (Games) K H D M T
averages: disposals, marks, tackles
Totals Averages (per game)

2014 35 No games played; injured

2015 12 (4 games) 33 27 60 18 5
averages: 8.3 6.8 15 4.5 1.3

2016 12 No games played; injured

2017 12 (10 games) 125 77 202 75 9
averages: 12.5 7.7 20.2 7.5 0.9

Career 14 Games

 

[Mkcaptain]

Great idea!

I can stick a preview for Jamie Elliott in my player claim thread

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Ben Reid please nahnah

The perfect fit.

You know Ben Reid like Clark Kent knew superman

 

[STAR_SHARROD]

Callum Brown for me

 

[nahnah]

TradeDraft do you want Aisho?

 

[PicaBoo]

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Matthew Scharenberg

Born 18 / 09 / 1995 (22)

Height: 191 cm Weight: 87 kg

Drafted 6 in AFL 2013 draft

From: South Australia (Glenelg)

Number 12

View attachment 447964








Poise. Perhaps no other word can better describe the abilities of Matthew Scharenberg at his best.


Recruited from South Australia the number 6 drafted Scharenberg has thus far played only 14 games.

He played 10 games last season after missing all of 2016. In 2015 he managed 4 games to start his senior career including his debut game against Melbourne at the MCG. He was a late inclusion that day but it was a nice start nonetheless. In 2014 he missed the whole season as well.

As noted, a much storied injury riddled few years has been his marker thus far.

Hopefully 2018 will be the new dawn. Another full preseason and finally fully fit, might just see our defence have a new Major. Then our new major will move to secure his general stripe in a few seasons.

Poise.

Since junior football young Matthew has constantly demonstrated poise on the field. Clear headed in traffic, often looking unrushed, has good judgment. A non risk taker at this early stage, but as he finds his feet no doubt he'll begin taking on his man that bit more. Yet always looks steady and unflabbable.

The aforesaid injuries has meant patience. After being drafted, he had his feet "corrected" via surgery. All was well, but injury struck again with a full knee reconstruction. Once that knee came good after a long arduous year, his other kneee decided to follow suit and we all waited yet another year. Both knees. That's a tough induction to football.

One thing we've all learnt is he has an incredible work ethic and prepares with total dedication. It might even be true that he might "over do it" such is his dedication.

Scharenberg isn't a noted loud talker but always presents well, in measured tones, his obvious maturity is a natural fit to over come the obstacles he's had to face.

Season 2017 began his trek back into senior football. Round by round the clamour for Scharenberg was getting louder. He really had to earn his way in, and after some stop and start he began locking in a defensive position as his own.

Now aged 22, our number 12 looks destined for a long term Collingwood career.

Season 2018 Predictions:

Plays 20 + games

Establishes himself as a rock in defence

Helps set up ongoing forward thrusts.

Displays outstanding decision making.

Positives:

Poise.

Classy decision making.

A natural footballer

To work on:

Taking more "risk" that it no longer is a "risk"

Speed

Become an automatic selection

Copeland Trophy:

Top 10 finish as he moves into an established player;
wins most improved player.


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Excellent write up, minor detail : You forgot the much coveted BF sponsorship on his list of achievements

 

[Stoods]

Im gonna do De Goey

 

[Tarkyn_24]

Maynard please.

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Excellent write up, minor detail : You forgot the much coveted BF sponsorship on his list of achievements

And corrected, you are right.

I've just added some stats too, I've paired down the stats to keep it trim and taut.

I was tempted but left out

Fanboy:

Saintly Viewed

 

[Pie 4 Life]

#31 Flynn Appleby

Height: 187cm

Weight: 80kg

Recruited from: GWV Rebels (TAC Cup)

Position: Medium Defender

2017 Averages:
Kicks: 8
Handballs: 4.2
Disposals: 12.2
Kicking Efficiency: 66%
Disposal Efficiency: 67%
Marks: 3.4
Tackles: 2.4
Rebounds: 2.8
DT Points: 52.1

AFL Draft Central Profile:

Flynn Appleby is a defender who really burst into late draft calculations after nullifying a number of top forwards in AFL-listed Kayle Kirby, as well as the dangerous Gryan Miers and Jarrod Brander. Appleby can play against tall or small opponents and is strong one-on-one. He can match most players on the lead, has top agility and speed, but needs to work on finding a little more of the ball, averaging 13 disposals from half-back. At the Rookie Me Combine, Appleby recorded an impressive 8.07-second agility test and 3.06-second 20m sprint to go with his 21.7 yo-yo test result. He has the potential to play as a lockdown defender who can move further up the ground with further development.

Positives:

• Endurance
• Agility
• Closing Speed
• One vs. One defending
• Disposal

Appleby is one of the hardest workers that I have seen across the TAC Cup and no matter how many times he was turned down (U18 Champs, National Draft Combine), he continued to push to get the most out of himself. His second half of the season was akin to our fellow recruit Jaidyn Stephenson, but for polar opposite reasons. While Stephenson was catching the eye with his dashing play and touches of brilliance, Appleby was never beaten, defensively doing the job on a number of top prospects week in, week out.

His endurance and agility are elite, there is no doubt about that. He can run all day and wear an opponent to the ground. He is quite strong for a medium defender and can play tall or small, but he is probably suited to those 185cm-192cm forwards. His 20m sprint was 3.06 seconds which is not super quick, but still above average, and he has deceptively quick closing speed on the lead. Appleby also has really good disposal, and finished in the above average category, while also winning 43 per cent of his possessions in the contest.

Improvements:

• Aerial Ability
• Accumulation/Offensive drive

For mine the two areas he can continue to improve are his aerial ability - ie. his ability to get higher to spoil - and his accumulation or offensive drive. Due to the GWV Rebels lack of tall defenders, Appleby was forced into a negating role for the 2017 season and was played purely in defence. He had shown glimpses of playing midfield in 2016, but he did not quite get the chance to play there just due to available players in the team. He made the best of the situation however, with negating defenders rarely getting drafted, but Appleby showed that his performances were so good he was worth the punt.

##

What to expect in 2018:

It would be unrealistic to expect Appleby to feature in the senior team early in 2018. He has earned an AFL place due to his impressive performances at state level and I expect that is where he will begin and spend time to build that consistency again. If he can do that, and tinker with the aforementioned improvements to his game, then do not be surprised if he gets a call-up to the senior team later in the year. There is every chance rookies do not get a second year added to their career as we saw this season with Mitch McCarthy and Liam Mackie, but with Appleby's work rate, he will do everything in his power to push into that senior team.

Copeland Trophy 2018:

Appleby will be rated very highly by club officials and like an Alan Toovey, will probably poll a lot more votes than people expect - in the VFL B&F of course. He won't win many awards outside of club land, but in terms of his role and fulfilling his role each week, Appleby will be one who gets the tick of approval from VFL coaches. Honestly I would not be surprised to see him as a smokie for the VFL B&F such is the amount of love coaches have for this guy.

nahnah

 

[Pie 4 Life]

I'm gonna take that link issue up with Chief, trying to upload my pics of Flynn and computer says no

 

[Anzacday]

I'm gonna take that link issue up with Chief, trying to upload my pics of Flynn and computer says no

Size does matter.

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Size does matter.

The size of the wand doesn't matter, only the wizard that uses it

 

[magpies42]

Alex Fasolo and if nobody wants Tim Broomhead, I’ll take him too

 

[TradeDraft]

TradeDraft do you want Aisho?

Don't Think I could write a good of one as the other 2 that been done

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Don't Think I could write a good of one as the other 2 that been done

Just do your own style

Videos a little blurb

Maybe that picture with the umbrella

Maybe a picture of you and him

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Alex Fasolo and if nobody wants Tim Broomhead, I’ll take him too

If you have Tim Broomhead, I'm waiting for the bromance of him and Grundy

 

[Obese Arachnid]

#31 Flynn Appleby

Height: 187cm

Weight: 80kg

Recruited from: GWV Rebels (TAC Cup)

Position: Medium Defender

2017 Averages:
Kicks: 8
Handballs: 4.2
Disposals: 12.2
Kicking Efficiency: 66%
Disposal Efficiency: 67%
Marks: 3.4
Tackles: 2.4
Rebounds: 2.8
DT Points: 52.1

AFL Draft Central Profile:

Flynn Appleby is a defender who really burst into late draft calculations after nullifying a number of top forwards in AFL-listed Kayle Kirby, as well as the dangerous Gryan Miers and Jarrod Brander. Appleby can play against tall or small opponents and is strong one-on-one. He can match most players on the lead, has top agility and speed, but needs to work on finding a little more of the ball, averaging 13 disposals from half-back. At the Rookie Me Combine, Appleby recorded an impressive 8.07-second agility test and 3.06-second 20m sprint to go with his 21.7 yo-yo test result. He has the potential to play as a lockdown defender who can move further up the ground with further development.

Positives:

• Endurance
• Agility
• Closing Speed
• One vs. One defending
• Disposal

Appleby is one of the hardest workers that I have seen across the TAC Cup and no matter how many times he was turned down (U18 Champs, National Draft Combine), he continued to push to get the most out of himself. His second half of the season was akin to our fellow recruit Jaidyn Stephenson, but for polar opposite reasons. While Stephenson was catching the eye with his dashing play and touches of brilliance, Appleby was never beaten, defensively doing the job on a number of top prospects week in, week out.

His endurance and agility are elite, there is no doubt about that. He can run all day and wear an opponent to the ground. He is quite strong for a medium defender and can play tall or small, but he is probably suited to those 185cm-192cm forwards. His 20m sprint was 3.06 seconds which is not super quick, but still above average, and he has deceptively quick closing speed on the lead. Appleby also has really good disposal, and finished in the above average category, while also winning 43 per cent of his possessions in the contest.

Improvements:

• Aerial Ability
• Accumulation/Offensive drive

For mine the two areas he can continue to improve are his aerial ability - ie. his ability to get higher to spoil - and his accumulation or offensive drive. Due to the GWV Rebels lack of tall defenders, Appleby was forced into a negating role for the 2017 season and was played purely in defence. He had shown glimpses of playing midfield in 2016, but he did not quite get the chance to play there just due to available players in the team. He made the best of the situation however, with negating defenders rarely getting drafted, but Appleby showed that his performances were so good he was worth the punt.

##

What to expect in 2018:

It would be unrealistic to expect Appleby to feature in the senior team early in 2018. He has earned an AFL place due to his impressive performances at state level and I expect that is where he will begin and spend time to build that consistency again. If he can do that, and tinker with the aforementioned improvements to his game, then do not be surprised if he gets a call-up to the senior team later in the year. There is every chance rookies do not get a second year added to their career as we saw this season with Mitch McCarthy and Liam Mackie, but with Appleby's work rate, he will do everything in his power to push into that senior team.

Copeland Trophy 2018:

Appleby will be rated very highly by club officials and like an Alan Toovey, will probably poll a lot more votes than people expect - in the VFL B&F of course. He won't win many awards outside of club land, but in terms of his role and fulfilling his role each week, Appleby will be one who gets the tick of approval from VFL coaches. Honestly I would not be surprised to see him as a smokie for the VFL B&F such is the amount of love coaches have for this guy.

nahnah

Ken Brilliant.

One I'm really looking fwd to see how he develops.

 

[Stoods]

#2 Jordan De Goey

DOB: 15/3/1996 (21 years old)

Height: 191cm

Weight: 91kg

Drafted: Pick 5 in the 2014 national draft

Games: 50

Goals: 36

Touted by many as the next big thing at Collingwood, Jordan De Goey is a classy operator with a very bright upside and a lot of talent at his disposal.

De Goey debuted in 2015 in round 1 against Brisbane at the Gabba. He finshed his first season with an impressive 16 games and averaging 13.9 disposals per game, this earnt him a rising star nomination in the round 20 loss to Sydney and also managed to pick up the Harry Collier trophy at Collingwood for the best first year player that year.

Jordy's 2016 season was even better, as he really started to show signs of becoming that A grade gun that we all hope he becomes, he played a total of 20 games, averaged 18.3 disposals and kicked 16 goals

The 2017 season was a challenging one for De Goey. With so much hope of more midfield time and so much hope of him exploding and making a name for himself at AFL level it was disappointingly interrupted by an off field incident in the pre season. De Goey broke his hand in which he claimed he was palying with his dog and it happened. Shortly after he came forward and told the truth that he broke his hand in a fight. He received a 3 match ban and a $5000 fine from the club for doing so and reportedly had to earn back the respect from his fellow team mates. The club and supporter base were very upset about what had happened and for good reason, once the ban had been served De Goey returned and it was clear why he had now become and important part of the line up. He managed to increase his disposal average to 18.9 per game and kicked 14 goals from just 14 games and was really showing signs of future star, this was really evident in the round 18 clash against West Coast where he had 20 disposals and kicked 4 goals in a best on ground performance. De Goey's season was cut short after the round 20 Port Adelaide loss after he was sent in for surgery in his hip flexor.

Positives:

• Classy Operator
• Good Mark
• Damaging Player
• Hard at it
• Kicks Goals

De Goey is definitely one of those players that doesn't need 30+ disposals every week to hurt the opposition, give him 15-20 and he will do plenty of damage. That's not to say he can't/won't get to the high 20s average one day either! Very hard at the ball when up forward he is normally good for a goal a game at least.

Improvements:

• Discipline
• Fitness/2 way running

If you're a Collingwood supporter you know discipline is a big thing De Goey need to improve on to succeed. There was the obvious broken hand incident talked about above as an example and constant media reports and trade rumours regarding Jordy can be a worry as well, whether or not it's just the media making a story up or it is genuine, i think it's more than enough reason to have his discipline as an area of his game he can work on.

After speaking with Nathan Buckley at the members forum just earlier this month i spoke about De Goey possibly moving into the midfield and Bucks has said he still has some areas to work on such as endurance and 2 way running, the 2 way running would most likely come from a potential lack of endurance so that is another main area he can hopefully work on over the next couple years.

What to expect in 2018 for De Goey?

2018 in my opinion will be the year he breaks out and really gets the AFL world talking. His previous best tally for disposals and goals were 18.9 and 16, next year i believe he will improve on both and average 20+ disposals and kick around 25-30 goals. He will get a bit more midfield time but i still expect to see him up forward a fair bit as well, i would say 50/50 in terms of time played in mid and forward. De Goey will also finish in the top 10 of the copeland trophy for the first time in his short career.

I truly believe we have a star on our hands here and he will be an A grade player by 2020. I hope the club and supporters stick by him and continue to show faith because give it time and we will be rewarded.