Good afternoon, one and all. I’ve been mostly checked out of football for about a month now, so it’s sort of crept up on me that we have an AFL Draft going on tonight. What’s more, it’s the first AFL Draft to be conducted over the better part of two days, with the first round…
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2017 AFL National Draft – Draft Day/Night Discussion (plus PSD and Rookie picks)
Good morning, everybody! Well, it’s here. After the lull and then last-minute shock of the trade period, before another lull again, we arrive at the most important day on the AFL off-season calendar. Welcome, one and all, to the 2017 AFL National Draft, coming this year from the Sydney Showgrounds. Collingwood enter this year’s selection…
The Practice Matches Approach…
Greetings, fellow Magpies. And a Happy New Year to you all! Is it just me, or is this place a bit dusty right about now? With the bulk of the long hot Aussie summer behind us and the start of a new football season getting ever closer, I thought now would be as good a…
Pre-Season Draft and Rookie Draft – Call of the Picks
Good morning, residents of TCB. Welcome to the AFL Pre-Season and Rookie Drafts. Today our list management team will put the finishing touches on our playing group for 2015 and provide the Collingwood faithful with a complete picture of the playing resources that will be available to the club as it heads into next year….
National Draft 2014 – Discussion and Call of the Picks
Greetings, fellow Magpies. After an eminently forgettable 2014 premiership campaign and an equally bruising off-season, it’s time to cast our eyes ahead to the future and return to the well of hopes and dreams that is this time of the year, where the champions and stars of tomorrow begin their journey as professional footballers, each…
A Special Assignment
Don’t adjust your sets. This is not a hacked transmission. This really is an article about something else besides all things Collingwood, though there are black and white threads interwoven in this piece, as there are in most things. (I originally planned on posting this this during the week, to provide some break in the…
The Finishing Touches: Pre-Season Draft, Rookie Draft and the Road Ahead
After a fruitful trade, draft and Free Agency period (the true success of which will not be known for some time), Collingwood will finalise its playing list for the 2014 season today with just a single pick in the Rookie Draft, which by all reports will be spent on re-drafting the 65th pick from the…
Draft Day/Night – Discussion and Call of the Picks
It’s that time of year again, fellow Magpies. That time when the disappointment of an underwhelming year can be put behind as the eternal light of hope begins to shine again. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the 2013 National Draft. On this day (if not this exact date) 12 months ago we went in with…