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Hey Jen. I don’t post too often these days but just wanted to echo the widely held sentiments here. So good of you to take the time (along with others who do so) to inform us of insights re training and new recruits. I have a connection to young Bianco and would love to see him progress. But I...

Brilliant. And I love your avatar. A true Scotsman.

ex Great post. Agree 100%

Really well expressed and I’m sure sums up how many of us feel.

I remember around 2012-13 or thereabouts listening to footy talkback and at that time Richmond were considered a basket case. The laughing stock of the competition. Gerard Whately referred to them on Grandstand as 'the adolescents of the AFL' and the Australian's Patrick Smith referred to them...

PS Knightmare good on you for offering this transparent scrutiny of your own performance! I like it. If only government ministers, bosses etc would make themselves so accountable :)

I agree with Knightmare on the Beams trade. At the time I felt it was an injudicious price. I think it was a knee jerk reaction to being so close in 2018 when our midfield got owned in that last quarter by WC. We thought Beams could fix it. Adelaide did a similar thing in 2018, thought they were...

Like this one a lot. Our midfield falls away in the contested area in big games. Too may elite players that don’t run both ways when it counts. What this kid has going sounds like the right stuff. Excited to see what he evolves into in a couple of years.

One of my faves at Collingwood and only going because of our half arsed list management. Glad he’s going to Freo. Like you guys as a club. Hope he really gets a good run and plays great footy for you.

Disappointed. One of my favourites. Like him a lot. Had courage and never had a chance to get a good run at it. Very sad about this one.

That was a fantastic win by your side against the odds with several star players missing and in foreign territory. I’m completely shattered that my team lost but at the end of the day have to congratulate the Giants on such a fine performance. (What is sport if we can’t occasionally be...

The two areas that need correction are clearly the midfield stoppages and key forward. You can often address problems without a big fish. I reckon Richmond won a flag because they missed the big fish but filled out their list with capable best 22 players playing roles in areas of deficiency -...

If we win today this week is going to be tough for me. My three brothers, me and my long suffering Mum are all passionate Pies supporters. My Dad is a Richmond supporter. He has worked out these Machiavellian mind games over the years. He lurks in his shed/man cave knowing we are agonising over...

The stats in the HS this week showed we are only #1 for list injuries this year over the past ten years. 3rd in 2013. But I believe a closer analysis would show we have more soft tissue injuries to best 22 and key players than most other clubs. I also believe this has cost us between 1 and 3...

Thanks for your practical, level-headed posts. I know everyone has their own way of dealing with significant losses (Richmond hurts these days, I don’t like them) and catastrophising is often the order of the day. But personally it helps me more to try and dwell on the positives and what might...

I felt like we all under rated the list this year. The obliteration of Richmond in the prelim was the most exciting and unexpected thing I’d seen from Collingwood since the 2010 prelim v Geelong and the 1990 second semi against Essendon. In the GF I thought we could win if Grundy was able to...

I’m willing to bet if Lynch had chosen us Caro would be waging a one woman crusade against the flawed inequity of the free agency system. Because he chose Richmond - all quiet on the Caro Front. She’s a classic in her selective outrage. I agree.

Ha ha ... very witty indeed :)

This would be a really good way of swinging it if Beams was worth two first rounders. I don’t accept the premise that he is. Giving up two first rounders (regardless of what comes back) for a 29 year old is bad business and we shouldn’t be lured into it just because Adelaide were foolish enough...

Thanks JB. I haven’t done much but lurk on BF the past couple of years but I always enjoy reading your posts. Always thoughtful and intelligent. I don’t know how we arrest the narrative either but I think expunging the needless Collingwood fanfare like Matthews did in ‘90 is a way forward...

I’m normally an advocate of knowing one’s history. I teach History. In this instance I actually think it would be positive for our Club to remove itself from its past as it is simply too debilitating. We need to try and create a new ‘narrative’ for ourselves. Maybe pretend we are the New York...

This is why Greg Baum is the best writer in football.

I really appreciated this post and recognise that in part what you’re probably doing is part of an ongoing therapy that we all need right now. I 100% agree with you. The media like most people today lacks historical perspective and historical empathy. I was born in ‘70. I cried in my mother’s...

Thanks. This is actually greatly appreciated and the kind of consolation that has helped me get through what has been the latest in a lifetime of agonising Collingwood losses. FWIW while we’re spreading the love Geelong are my ‘second team’ - if it’s possible to have one when you bleed black...

Apologies for the intrusion. I hope you’ll allow me to do this as part of my recovery - Your team was fantastic and despite the media pumping up Collingwood as favourites you overcame a first quarter deficit and the demons of 2015 to play your best footy when it counted and overcome a...

Haven't been on BF for a long time but had to get on tonight to say I am So happy and I love youse all!!!!

Along with the odd Dad joke I like to occasionally respond to my kids with Arnold from 'Different Strokes' - "Watcha talkin bout Willis!?" It's a really good get out when you've got nothing to say and they somehow find it funny despite never having seen the show.

The Quinlan miss was probably the worst - not sure how many GFs Lockett would have featured in for us but with Quinlan there in 79 and 81 I back us to win both those flags. The guy was a superstar. To have beaten that evil empire in two GFs would have made my younger life (and adult mindset)...

Going purely on highlights (in other words I know very little) if I was Hine it'd have to be out of Cerra, Coffield or Fogarty. We don't need a midfielder but Cerra oozes class and could be a handy, versatile utility. Seems to kick a lot of goals and has clean disposal and good instincts. If he...

Gavin was very stick-like as a teen playing for Marcellin and Templestowe. He built himself up a good deal through the gym through his late teens and early twenties. Looking at Tyler's footage he has a similar physique and seems light on his feet like his Dad. A traditional wingman's build...