Autopsy Collingwood: Where to from here?

[Pleasedontfail11]

Lol

You asked which younger players were injured and then you laugh when I answer. Shows your knowledge on a few of those players you highlighted. A lot of them got games this year or would have if they were not injured. Many won't make it but some will be players.

 

[Trent the flight Steward]

If Ed Allen, who to me looks a player of promise is half as good as he's dad he'll be good support to daicos.
I still think a full strength Collingwood is the best side in the comp. Their list in incredibly thin though. I think they should retired sidebottom though, but the schultz trade still puzzles me. They had ginnivan, hill and mcreery it was a strength. Now they'll miss petracca.

Richards will leave for further opportunities and will get in a future 2nd or 3rd, but they have few players of any trade value. They should get Peter Wright in trade week for a 3rd and they should look at getting Hobbs too

 

[South of the Yarra]

Lol

Amazingly, McInnes has kicked 8 more goals than Sam Walsh this year despite playing 10 less games.

 

[Madblue]

Rebuild....

 

[Matrix10]

At least they jagged a flag when they got the chance, unlike my underachieving outfit.

Your chance to jag one this year.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Amazingly, McInnes has kicked 8 more goals than Sam Walsh this year despite playing 10 less games.

McInnes is a key forward... He's also rubbish

 

[Pleasedontfail11]

McInnes is a key forward... He's also rubbish

He is 21 and more a flanker atm.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

He is 21 and more a flanker atm.

A flanker who averages 5.9 touches a game?

 

[South of the Yarra]

McInnes is a key forward... He's also rubbish

Yet has more impact than Seagull Sam.

 

[eddiesmith]

If Ed Allen, who to me looks a player of promise is half as good as he's dad he'll be good support to daicos.
I still think a full strength Collingwood is the best side in the comp. Their list in incredibly thin though. I think they should retired sidebottom though, but the schultz trade still puzzles me. They had ginnivan, hill and mcreery it was a strength. Now they'll miss petracca.

Richards will leave for further opportunities and will get in a future 2nd or 3rd, but they have few players of any trade value. They should get Peter Wright in trade week for a 3rd and they should look at getting Hobbs too

Ginnivan was a soft player who wanted out and not only wanted to go to a club he loved but also somewhere he’d get free kicks.

 

[The King!]

They have arguably the best player in the comp - he is in the discussion.

They have some other class, they never got a decent run of it this year- probably at least make finals if they had a slightly different bit of injury luck.

Feels like freshen up and retool and be fine to my mind.

 

[PhatBoy]

Rent free, this is a Pies thread

Which you managed to try to steer towards Richmond 2020 in your last post.

 

[Pleasedontfail11]

A flanker who averages 5.9 touches a game?

At about 50 percent game time.

 

[Arr0w]

Chips in with Houston, Perryman and Membrey, while retaining most of their older players?

I guess its an understandable strategy, but the next 2 seasons will be an interesting period

 

[Dangerousfield]

Chips in with Houston, Perryman and Membrey, while retaining most of their older players?

I guess its an understandable strategy, but the next 2 seasons will be an interesting period

Nick Daicos will probably be 30 by the time Pendles retires.

Pies are loading up, which indicates they think 2024 was the abberation rather than 2023 being the abberation

 

[beerbandit]

Chips in with Houston, Perryman and Membrey, while retaining most of their older players?

I guess its an understandable strategy, but the next 2 seasons will be an interesting period

Macrae has openly said that he will let other clubs do the developing.

Proof will be in the pudding if they can sustain it or not, it’s worked for Geelong so can’t see why it won’t for Collingwood

 

[Arr0w]

Nick Daicos will probably be 30 by the time Pendles retires.

Pies are loading up, which indicates they think 2024 was the abberation rather than 2023 being the abberation

They'll be hungry to prove they could still give the top 4 a shake

Macrae has openly said that he will let other clubs do the developing.

Proof will be in the pudding if they can sustain it or not, it’s worked for Geelong so can’t see why it won’t for Collingwood

The difference with the Cats, they continued to add more talented kids, but there is no real set formula in these circumstances

 

[beerbandit]

They'll be hungry to prove they could still give the top 4 a shake



The difference with the Cats, they continued to add more talented kids, but there is no real set formula in these circumstances

Geelong haven’t really had any top draft picks over recent years with pick 7 a couple years back the exception.

Every kid who get drafted can play footy, it’s just surrounding them with the best possible people to help them succeed. (Which is what Geelong has done very well).

Collingwood looking at FA and adding a few kids through the draft each year. You never know, a diamond in the rough sometimes pops out like a Dane Swan with pick 58.

 

[Jen2310]

Geelong haven’t really had any top draft picks over recent years with pick 7 a couple years back the exception.

Every kid who get drafted can play footy, it’s just surrounding them with the best possible people to help them succeed. (Which is what Geelong has done very well).

Collingwood looking at FA and adding a few kids through the draft each year. You never know, a diamond in the rough sometimes pops out like a Dane Swan with pick 58.

For all the talk that Geelong don't take kids, they have taken 5 first rounders to the draft in the last 5 years.
Two of their most noted as Sam De Koning and Holmes.

2019 - Stephens (delisted), De Koning
2020 - Holmes, - then they got two others from that draft (Ollie, Bruhn) just two years later.
2022 - Clarke (May have been from the suns, but they still took the pick to the draft)
2023 - OSullivan

Top 30
2020 - Neale
2021 - Conway