Do Collingwood need to enter a rebuild phase?

[Mynamesinuse]

Yep, and that's why they were delisted.

Although another team who would be expecting to contend for the flag saw enough in Cox to give him a Contract...

Like Membrey?

Older players give you a bit of insurance especially if you have no young talent.

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Why?
What if the best player misses games?
What if they have to fill holes as the team has injuries.
What if the media isn’t obsessed with them or are interstate.

Nothing is credible, the game is impossible to analyse, time to shut BF down

 

[Fadge]

Nothing is credible, the game is impossible to analyse, time to shut BF down

Nah, it's where you need to refer to the Fadgelow - the most unbiased Rating System around, and exclusive to BigFooty!

4 x interstate players in the top 6 of the Fadgelow, despite only one interstate team making it to the Preliminary Finals.

 

[bungalow_bill]

The 18 you refer to is probably 16 as finals dont count for votes.

A positive for young Nick considering how average he is in finals

 

[Corn Cobbers]

A positive for young Nick considering how average he is in finals

What are you basing that on champ?

 

[Fadge]

What are you basing that on champ?

Played in 4 x finals as a 20 and 22 year old, carrying injuries which would have prohibited him from playing lesser games, and consistently amongst the best players on the ground in all four finals...

I wish every player on our list was that 'average' in finals...

 

[Mynamesinuse]

Played in 4 x finals as a 20 and 22 year old, carrying injuries which would have prohibited him from playing lesser games, and consistently amongst the best players on the ground in all four finals...

I wish every player on our list was that 'average' in finals...

The injury narrative and one free kick away.

Can’t choose a favourite

 

[Fadge]

Like Membrey?

Older players give you a bit of insurance especially if you have no young talent.

Yep.

How lucky has he been to have contended for a premiership in 2025, the first time in his 10 plus year career?

 

[Worm4]

The injury narrative and one free kick away.

Can’t choose a favourite

I particularly like the free kick one. Its cuts deep.

 

[Mynamesinuse]

Yep.

How lucky has he been to have contended for a premiership in 2025, the first time in his 10 plus year career?

Sugar fix for an ageing list.

 

[Mynamesinuse]

I particularly like the free kick one. Its cuts deep.

Does this mean 2023 premiership doesn’t count after the appalling umpiring in the prelim that cost GWS the game?

 

[Fadge]

I particularly like the free kick one. Its cuts deep.

Yep.

Meanwhile, Carlton and Essendon supporters can only dream of citing an umpiring decision costing them the opportunity at a Grand Final appearance...

 

[Fadge]

Sugar fix for an ageing list.

Keep the sugar fixes coming, and keep contending for as long as possible!

Much better than what many other teams are experiencing in the 21st century competition...

 

[Worm4]

Does this mean 2023 premiership doesn’t count after the appalling umpiring in the prelim that cost GWS the game?

I think they tend to forget those anomalies when it doesnt suit the narrative

 

[timokane]

Not yet.

Can still win the flag in 2026.

More towards the back end of the 2020s for a full rebuild.

Still doing things on the run.

 

[Matrix10]

Because Daicos is so much better than them.

That's what happens when you're the best player in the game.

Nick is going to be a victim of his own
off the charts football mastery unfortunately, as far as individual honours go , but that's ok , I and all other supporters of the Black and White , care and bask in the glory of team success.

 

[ShereKhan]

Played in 4 x finals as a 20 and 22 year old, carrying injuries which would have prohibited him from playing lesser games, and consistently amongst the best players on the ground in all four finals...

I wish every player on our list was that 'average' in finals...

Give me another 'superstar' of the modern era who hasn't been in the best-2 players on the ground in their first 7 x finals. It's quite a finals resume - or lack of it - for a GOAT contender. I wonder why he can't turn H&A form into the finals...a genuine quandary. But I do admit, with the 2025 PF on the line, I did enjoy the zero kicks attained by the 'GOAT' in the entire last quarter...zero...nada....not a kick.

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Give me another 'superstar' of the modern era who hasn't been in the best-2 players on the ground in their first 7 x finals. It's quite a finals resume - or lack of it - for a GOAT contender. I wonder why he can't turn H&A form into the finals...a genuine quandary. But I do admit, with the 2025 PF on the line, I did enjoy the zero kicks attained by the 'GOAT' in the entire last quarter...zero...nada....not a kick.

Dustin Martin was not in the best 2 players on the ground in a final in his first 4 seasons, so there's one

 

[Fadge]

Give me another 'superstar' of the modern era who hasn't been in the best-2 players on the ground in their first 7 x finals. It's quite a finals resume - or lack of it - for a GOAT contender. I wonder why he can't turn H&A form into the finals...a genuine quandary. But I do admit, with the 2025 PF on the line, I did enjoy the zero kicks attained by the 'GOAT' in the entire last quarter...zero...nada....not a kick.

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Were the Tigers players in Las Vegas or Europe at the time?

 

[Fadge]

Dustin Martin was not in the best 2 players on the ground in a final in his first 4 seasons, so there's one

LOLOLOL.

It took the apparent 'Greatest Finals Player of the 21st Century' 8 seasons to even play in a winning final....

 

[Mr Meow]

Nah, it's where you need to refer to the Fadgelow - the most biased Rating System around, and exclusive to BigFooty!

4 x interstate players in the top 6 of the Fadgelow, despite only one interstate team making it to the Preliminary Finals.

Couldn't agree more.

 

[Fadge]

Couldn't agree more.

Oh no.

You're one of them....

 

[Mr Meow]

Oh no.

You're one of them....

Remember how much people laughed at your Fadgelow thread results, then I provided a far more objective analysis? Daicos has still not been the best player in the comp over a single season. Revisit that thread if you've forgotten all about it.

 

[Fadge]

Remember how much people laughed at your Fadgelow thread results, then I provided a far more objective analysis? Daicos has still not been the best player in the comp over a single season. Revisit that thread if you've forgotten all about it.

Yes, 'objective'.

If Daicos hasn't been the single best player in a given season, it is astounding that he's been the short priced Brownlow Medal favourite for 90% of the time since about round 6 of 2023, and had far more podium finishes in the major awards than any other player in the competition since 2023.

Must be the bookies taking the p1ss out of MuG PuNTeRZ.

 

[Mr Meow]

Yes, 'objective'.

If Daicos hasn't been the single best player in a given season, it is astounding that he's been the short priced Brownlow Medal favourite for 90% of the time since about round 6 of 2023, and had far more podium finishes in the major awards than any other player in the competition since 2023.

Must be the bookies taking the p1ss out of MuG PuNTeRZ.

I said a couple of years ago that 2026 would be the year where Daicos breaks through and has his first year as undisputed best performer of the season. I think this year he really will crack it. However he hasn't yet.