For a start I'm talking about balance and structure when applied to game plan and the personnel we have to implement, both established players and recruits likely to be in the mix in the immediate future.
To go forward fist we need to go back and with hindsight examine what was, what has been altered already before we can speculate on what is to come.
No finger pointing or personalities involved here please, we all know the past issues and personalities that drove them I think it's now time to look forward.
So unlike Knighta and other sharp footy brains I'm just a rough nut footy barracker and lover of the almighty Pies and my aim here is to just start the ball rolling and see if the BF collective think can give us all a blueprint for the future
Dateline GF evening 2010 and Collingwood supporters everywhere are celebrating sweet, sweet success. The banal tripe usually served up by the footy media is replaced by sensationalist tripe rhapsodising about 'The Press' and all things Collingwood.
We are all aware of what happened from that point onward so please lets not rehash back and forth. As Pies supporters we need to move forward together and forget the past. The last 3 years has seen a huge change in players, coaching and support personnel and game plan. We have recruited well with an eye to the future and Buckley's preferred game plan is becoming clearer simply by the focus of our recruits.
For me the key changes in last years player lists has been and will continue to be a changing of the gaurd - an effort to ensure a smooth transition of key personnel to sustain a finals competitive side whilst doing a rolling rebuild.
First and most dramatic was the fall from grace of big Darren, given that he could barely get off the ground anymore it was no real shock that a fully fit and aggressive young ruck took over the mantle of first ruck. We made a play for young Adams this off season and landed our fish, it seems to me he was recruited to replace Luke Ball and with displayed form and attributes so far seems a reasonably good chance of doing so. That retains our grunt at the coalface.
The other big factor in the second half of the season was the movement of Ben Reid to the forward line and the strong positive effect that had up there. Will a fully fit Keefe fill the breach down back? I'm inclined to think so, doubtless he will never attain Ben's surgical disposal but with his height and manaueverablity can make his own impression.
IMHO those are the knowns and the rest is speculation, but what fascinating stuff with increased height and grunt being drafted in, ball users like Broomy and the sheer electrifying pace of people like Swampy are going to provide rivetting viewing and much pleasureable speculation.
To go forward fist we need to go back and with hindsight examine what was, what has been altered already before we can speculate on what is to come.
No finger pointing or personalities involved here please, we all know the past issues and personalities that drove them I think it's now time to look forward.
So unlike Knighta and other sharp footy brains I'm just a rough nut footy barracker and lover of the almighty Pies and my aim here is to just start the ball rolling and see if the BF collective think can give us all a blueprint for the future
Dateline GF evening 2010 and Collingwood supporters everywhere are celebrating sweet, sweet success. The banal tripe usually served up by the footy media is replaced by sensationalist tripe rhapsodising about 'The Press' and all things Collingwood.
We are all aware of what happened from that point onward so please lets not rehash back and forth. As Pies supporters we need to move forward together and forget the past. The last 3 years has seen a huge change in players, coaching and support personnel and game plan. We have recruited well with an eye to the future and Buckley's preferred game plan is becoming clearer simply by the focus of our recruits.
For me the key changes in last years player lists has been and will continue to be a changing of the gaurd - an effort to ensure a smooth transition of key personnel to sustain a finals competitive side whilst doing a rolling rebuild.
First and most dramatic was the fall from grace of big Darren, given that he could barely get off the ground anymore it was no real shock that a fully fit and aggressive young ruck took over the mantle of first ruck. We made a play for young Adams this off season and landed our fish, it seems to me he was recruited to replace Luke Ball and with displayed form and attributes so far seems a reasonably good chance of doing so. That retains our grunt at the coalface.
The other big factor in the second half of the season was the movement of Ben Reid to the forward line and the strong positive effect that had up there. Will a fully fit Keefe fill the breach down back? I'm inclined to think so, doubtless he will never attain Ben's surgical disposal but with his height and manaueverablity can make his own impression.
IMHO those are the knowns and the rest is speculation, but what fascinating stuff with increased height and grunt being drafted in, ball users like Broomy and the sheer electrifying pace of people like Swampy are going to provide rivetting viewing and much pleasureable speculation.
