Collica - the forgotten Eagle

[Deepthroat]

We surely missed him on O'Loughlin yesterday.

Is he injured?

 

[The Passenger]

I don't think he would've taken O'Loughlin any better than anyone else. Not a refelection onhim, but more a reflection on how good O'Loughlin was.....

When he's on his day, there isn't a defender in the league who can go with him.

 

[Au_Blue#24]

O'loughlin always does well against the eagles - bastard !!

 

[The Passenger]

Originally posted by Au_Blue#24
O'loughlin always does well against the eagles - bastard !!

yea I've noticed that too - in fact the Swans always seem to do better than most other clubs against us......I get reminded constantly about it

 

[iceman]

Still, there must be a reason why he hasnt been in the team this year?? He, along with Chambers were in the starting 22 easily last year but seem to have fallen out of favour for some reason.

 

[Jabber]

If he had been playing regular senior footy, he probably would have done a reasonable job, but I doubt anyone would have had a great day given the sort of delivery the swans were getting out of the midfield.

 

[drexel]

Green and Hunter have taken Collica's place.
While Embley, Chick, Read, and even Braun have pushed out Chambers and Wooden.

 

[The Passenger]

Yes, Embley's form seems to have pushed Braun to the bench, which has pushed Chambers to the sidelines.....

As for Collica, it's debatable as to which should be our third tall option - Hunter or him........

 

[Jabber]

Collica plays over his height, but I wouldn't be comfortable calling him a tall option. Probably deserves to get a run down back before the finals though.

 

[The Passenger]

Originally posted by Jabber
Collica plays over his height, but I wouldn't be comfortable calling him a tall option. Probably deserves to get a run down back before the finals though.

he's a not back by any means, he's only 184cm, but he's the type of guy who'd take on the third tallest man in the opposition generally.

He'd probably take Cameron Bruce when we played Melbourne for isntance.....

 

[daddy_4_eyes]

Would prefer Collica over Humm*, which would release Hunter into the forward line. Hunter's a damn good mark, would come in handy up front.



*Love Humm's work ethic, but he's just not talented enough to play at AFL standard consistently.

 

[The Passenger]

hmmmmmm Hunter in the forward line I'm not sure about. He started off playing there though didn't he???? He just seems to be a dodgy kick.

But then I guess so are Haynes and Gaspar.....

 

[Thrawn666]

Originally posted by Black Thunder
hmmmmmm Hunter in the forward line I'm not sure about. He started off playing there though didn't he???? He just seems to be a dodgy kick.

His kick against Carlton last year was a good example of that

 

[jod23]

Collica simply must get a game, the sooner the better IMO. How he has fallen out of favour perhaps we will never know. It's easy to see why Chambers has missed selection week after week, our midfield dominance and required a minimum of tweaking. But our backline is our weakpoint. Surely a guy of Collica's skills and work ethic would be an asset back there??

Cmon Whoosha...play him.

 

[ozzult]

Who would have thought we would be coming up to Round 15, and saying that Collica hasn't even been able to crack a game yet.

 

[Au_Blue#24]

who's collica ?

 

[ozzult]

Originally posted by Au_Blue#24
who's collica ?

I'm not sure. Though I've heard he is a pretty solid backmen who rarely gets beaten.