The word 'your' is actually spelt 'you're' as one or two of you not surprisingly misspelt.The word 'your' is actually spelt 'you're' as one or two of you not surprisingly misspelt. I wasn't sledging either by the way, and I was only being honest about my feelings on the look of the Carlton side for 2006, so I apologise for upsetting anybody. As for my team, I feel that a repeat of 2002-03 is possible, as is a repeat of the last two seasons as the best Collingwood team does include many players with Grand Final experience as well as the down turn that has occurred since, so anywhere from a Grand Final to 15th is possible in that case with Collingwood, and injuries will play a part. The reasons to be optimistic though are reasonable because in 2002-03, Collingwood had the youngest playing list and played the most footy of all teams, and that included two premiership season Grand Finals, one pre-season Grand Final, and an exhibition match in London.
That amount of footy definitely effected the preparation of the last two seasons because a full pre-season was not possible, and this was shown last season with a terrible amount of injuries. The Collingwood backline is very good, and the potential of the forward line is even better. Last season, Chris Tarrant missed a lot, and was on one leg when he played. Rocca played two full matches before his injury. Buckley missed more than the first half of last season. Didak missed plenty and was unfit when he played, and Josh Fraser played 5 matches. This led to Blake Caracella and Travis Cloke receiving the best defenders of the opposition, and they both played well considering. Next season though with a fit Rocca, Tarrant, Fraser, and Didak in the forward line along with Buckley, T.Cloke, Caracella, Rusling and others leads to much optimism. The midfield needs improving, but it is good, and sometimes it's okay to lose in the middle and then launch an attack from the backline, because that is what Sydney did in every match last season, and they won the premiership.