Or if your name was casually bandied around as trade fodder?There were also rumours at the time that the players from the Collingwood premiership team had a pact and they wouldn’t be traded involuntarily, and that securing Buckley broke that pact. Given Lockett wanted to get away from the pressures of the footy-fanatical Victorian public and media. Buckley chose Collingwood.Collingwood named ten untouchables – players they would not trade to Brisbane. The contingent of Nathan Buckley, Peter McKenna and Darren Millane also make the cut.Ranking that group is a task for another day, but when doing so, make sure to reserve a place for Swan.The difficulties of narrowing down a list of 10 servants of a club that has been around since 1892, is the multiple generational gaps. I'm only going to make my opinion on the players that I have either seen or watched on video. Anyone can contribute to The Roar and have their work I’ll just say on reputation, Collier x 2, Coventry x 2 & Rose and of those I saw Greening (didn’t actually see that much of his career), Thompson, Daicos & Buckley. You can only teach those things to a certain extent. Interestingly, 1990 aside, Matthews never coached Collingwood to a finals win in their 1988 (two finals), ’89, ’92, and ’94 campaigns.Tony Shaw retired at the end of 1994 and he was courted by Carlton for an assistant’s role.
To top it off, Collingwood incurred several injuries.This game at the time convinced me that Collingwood were done for 2011. Treasurer Allan McAllister took over.The New Magpies were a great concept, but the execution was horrible. Due in no small part to the fact it occurred on the biggest stage of all, Grand Final Day at the MCG. They did this also in the final round of 2010, but fortunately played a club in Hawthorn who adopted a similar attitude.It was Geelong who went out there to make a statement, smashing Collingwood by 96 points. Most of them fizzled also. He also stacked the halfback line with guns and drove counter attack from defence – again, something that’s a given nowadays.But he struggled in other areas – not least of all in championing plodders.
Dayne Beams' return has lifted Collingwood above all rivals when it comes to star quality. He's done it at the top level for 12 years, with one ordinary and one poor year. For that reason I'd have many many players ahead of him including Collier's brother( forgot his name) , Lou Richards, Dlck Lee, Peter Moore, Bill Picken, Darren Millane, Scott Burns, Tony Shaw, Wayne Richardson, Peter McKenna, and Ted Potter. Collingwood’s 23.15 (153) was – at that time – the highest score Carlton had conceded.
Collingwood fans pine about it to this day, but the club was spectacularly unravelling. Shaw felt because he had transformed himself into a great player from limited materials, he could do that with anybody else.While Shaw might’ve been limited on-field physically, he wasn’t limited on-field mentally. I would’ve watched Geelong games to see Gary Ablett Senior at full forward, and Peter Daicos in the forward pocket.Fitzroy – who often picked up scraps due to their dire financial situation – was the likelier destination. Maybe not the Best AFL Mark of All Time but certainly the most famous. Harry Collier. Swan, amazingly, got 36 or more disposals in 40 careers games, with 32 of those matches coming between 2009 and 2013.Swan’s consistency was unmatched, and was on full display in the premiership-winning season of 2010. New Magpies president Ranald Macdonald resigned.