Collingwood have been knocking at the gates for some time, without ringing the bell.
Much like the Colliwobbles of the 60s, 70s & 80s.
Collingwood are easy. They lack for genuine midfielders.
Very good flankers, a lack of genuine midfielders.
Strange, actually, that there last premiership side, 1990, their only one in 50 years, had a great set of mids.
Shaw, Francis & Russell - small inside mids
McGuane & Turner - medium inside mids
Millane, Wright & Brown - outside mids
Yet since that 1990 premiership it appears they've forgotten how important Shaw, Francis & Russell were for them.
Don't know why!!!
Their positional depth is as follows:
Great depth on their flanks.
Again, short for genuine inside midfielders.
The Colliwobbles should have taught them that you CAN'T disguise flankers as genuine midfielders.
But at Collingwood, because they're Collingwood, they reckon they're too smart to learn.
Blair, as a rookie, was a very, very small step in the right direction.
Collingwood, as ever, in the finals but not quite good enough.
Much like the Colliwobbles of the 60s, 70s & 80s.
Collingwood are easy. They lack for genuine midfielders.
Very good flankers, a lack of genuine midfielders.
Strange, actually, that there last premiership side, 1990, their only one in 50 years, had a great set of mids.
Shaw, Francis & Russell - small inside mids
McGuane & Turner - medium inside mids
Millane, Wright & Brown - outside mids
Yet since that 1990 premiership it appears they've forgotten how important Shaw, Francis & Russell were for them.
Don't know why!!!
Their positional depth is as follows:
| B | Clarke (21,181,34,12) | N.Brown (20,195,23,4) | Maxwell (25,193,95,23) |
| Lockyer (29,178,191,111) | Reed # (18,192,0,0) | Goldsack (21,193,33,4) | |
| HB | O'Brien (22,187,60,3) | Prestigiacomo (31,193,195,3) | Johnson (27,182,171,50) |
| Toovey (22,189,17,4) | Reid (19,195,6,2) | Dyas# (21,180,0,0) | |
| Cox (23,188,14,4) | |||
| Blight (18,189,0,0) | |||
| C | Pendlebury (21,190,55,35) | Swan (25,185,100,59) | Wellingham (20,185,12,4) |
| Cook (21,186,12,1) | Barham (20,181,0,0) | ||
| Rounds (18,181,0,0) | |||
| Francis# (19,181,0,0) | |||
| HF | Thomas (21,185,63,52) | Cloke (22,196,78,95) | Medhurst (27,179,140,240) |
| Didak (26,184,138,195) | Dawes (20,193,6,5) | *smile* (20,181,6,4) | |
| Corrie (24,186,53,48) | Thoolen (19,196,0,0) | ||
| McAffer (21,187,0,0) | |||
| McCarthy (19,189,6,3) | |||
| F | Rocca (31,195,238,411) | Anthony (21,192,12,25) | Davis (27,177,161,201) |
| L.Brown (27,194,181,84) | Rusling (22,190,17,19) | Bennell# (19,174,0,0) | |
| Bryan (27,197,45,19) | |||
| R | Fraser (27,202,174,143) | Shaw (23,184,71,18) | O'Bree (30,182,215,80) |
| Wood (22,204,29,6) | Sidebottom (18,184,0,0) | Blair# (18,172,0,0) | |
| Keeffe# (18,204,0,0) | Beams (19,186,0,0) | ||
Great depth on their flanks.
Again, short for genuine inside midfielders.
The Colliwobbles should have taught them that you CAN'T disguise flankers as genuine midfielders.
But at Collingwood, because they're Collingwood, they reckon they're too smart to learn.
Blair, as a rookie, was a very, very small step in the right direction.
Collingwood, as ever, in the finals but not quite good enough.
