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My thoughts? Happy to oblige.
Carlton are still rubbish; Collingwood were just rubbisher.
But in all seriousness...
Collingwood - Whether or not Buckley can coach, the biggest problem I can see is lack of continuity in our playing stocks. It seems every year we turn over key and experienced players whom the football department have lost faith in. Take for example this year - Brown, Frost, Marsh and Williams. None of them duds, three of them getting regular games at new clubs, and those four had probably played more games in Collingwood's backline than anyone over the past two years. As a result we are relying on warhorses such as Goldsack and blooding new players such as Schade, which is all well and good occasionally but not year on year.
Carlton - This is the first time in 20 years that they are going about a rebuild the right way. My opinion on Carlton between 2008 and 2015 has proven to have been spot on despite the Carlton faithful on this site being blinded by multiple false dawns - you know we're coming, one kick from a Prelim, Judd's our saviour, Malthouse is our saviour, etc. etc. They now have some quality on their list and it will be interesting to see if they can be developed into a legitimate contender for the first since 2001. They will be nuisance value for the next couple of years in winning 6 to 9 games before their time may come. They still have a lot of gaps to fill but have a strong yet still shallow core with the likes of Cripps, Weitering and Docherty. And SPS, my god he can play.
Carlton are still rubbish; Collingwood were just rubbisher.
But in all seriousness...
Collingwood - Whether or not Buckley can coach, the biggest problem I can see is lack of continuity in our playing stocks. It seems every year we turn over key and experienced players whom the football department have lost faith in. Take for example this year - Brown, Frost, Marsh and Williams. None of them duds, three of them getting regular games at new clubs, and those four had probably played more games in Collingwood's backline than anyone over the past two years. As a result we are relying on warhorses such as Goldsack and blooding new players such as Schade, which is all well and good occasionally but not year on year.
Carlton - This is the first time in 20 years that they are going about a rebuild the right way. My opinion on Carlton between 2008 and 2015 has proven to have been spot on despite the Carlton faithful on this site being blinded by multiple false dawns - you know we're coming, one kick from a Prelim, Judd's our saviour, Malthouse is our saviour, etc. etc. They now have some quality on their list and it will be interesting to see if they can be developed into a legitimate contender for the first since 2001. They will be nuisance value for the next couple of years in winning 6 to 9 games before their time may come. They still have a lot of gaps to fill but have a strong yet still shallow core with the likes of Cripps, Weitering and Docherty. And SPS, my god he can play.
There is a good group of kids and another three in top 30 will be good for us.

