Season 2015 Prediction

[Hiss]

No improvement ! Poor recruiting! Game plan too predictable . No depth. Ladder prediction 10th. Sorry I would love to be a dumb sack and believe in bullshit, but I have based my assessment on other clubs and their depth in particular . I hope I am wrong and we pull off a miracle , but this is highly unlikely! Unless you make the top 4 and the end of the season , you just become cannon fodder and are eliminated very quickly in week one of the finals . This season has already proved that. So Pies fans brace for Tenthwood!

[35forever]

Sadly it does look that way Hiss, though I tend to disagree about the recruiting, I think they've done quite well, especially last year. Shazza & Freeman looked great before both of them missed the entire season, and one is already going to miss next season, though we don't know for sure, not until the club says for certain he'll be back in round 8.

Then we'll know

Unfortunately there's been no sign of change. My best hope was that Bucks would come out and take SOME responsibility for the last 3 seasons, then admit he probably trained the boys too hard and was going to completely revise his methods in 2015. "We'll get the best people from around the world and get some confidence back into the players and the club in general.

That would've made me FAR happier than dumping him & finding a new coach, but so far there's been nothing of the kind. So far it's just "blame the players and the injuries (has anyone ever had 3 years of shockingly 'bad luck' with injuries before?), and we're gonna teach the guys to be "more resilient". To injury that is. I've also heard we're gonna get people in to look at the injury toll, even though it's just bad luck. (are we gonna hire psychics???)

It's a well known dictum that one cannot solve a problem unless one admits there's a problem to solve, and I've seen not a jot to indicate that Buckley believes anything other than that the fates have conspired to thwart him. Even the Blind Freddies on here recognise, for the most part, that something has not gone quite according to plan, but you'll hear no such sentiment emanating from the Westpac Centre. If there's no change then there's no change.
My god, I can even see Melbourne faring better than us next year. At least they're on the up, and it was always going to take a while given the depth of how broken things were, but there's confidence there, as there always is when the coach has the total belief of the playing group, it doesn't actually matter how good the coach is, it's all about how he's perceived.

...as we'll continue finding out in 2015

[melliot]

The footy we played in the second half of the year was bottom 4 quality. If we continue that trend we could be lower than 10th.

Hopefully our kids develop and we don't have as many senior injuries which results in better footy than later half of 2014.
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[collie dog]

One thing is certain about next season Hiss. Collingwood will finish lower on the ladder than they did this year. But don't expect the BB (Blind Brigade) to accept that. They buy all the spin that Buckley and Eddie pour over them.

If the problems this year were just about injuries, and surely we can see that it was more than just bad luck that caused them so they are likely to occur again in similar numbers unless training methods are altered, then we might believe in a recovery at Collingwood. But we all know the problems go much deeper than that. We are still waiting for an effective game plan and a side structured (like Hawthorn and Freo who had plenty of injuries themselves this year) so that any player who steps into a role can play it.

But Buckley believes blind effort alone by players will win the day. Well effort might have worked in his personal playing career, but it didn't necessarily help his teammates, and it sure won't turn us into a footy powerhouse. You need top coaches to do that. Ken Hinkley is the perfect example of what a REAL coach can do to turn a footy club around. I would think we should be considering exactly what coach we want to replace Buckley so that we can pull off a coup. Eddie has done it before when he got Malthouse. Come on Eddie. Wake up and smell the roses. Buckley is the worst coach at Collingwood since Murray Weideman - and that ended in tears for a club legend too.

[Mossi]

[Pies4shaw]

"Certain" is a big call. Not that we expect you to acknowledge that next year, of course, if Collingwood doesn't finish 12th or worse.

[Dawesy31]

gee, It's getting to the point where every second thread I read on here is by someone on my ignore list.... says something about some so-called supporters of this great club.

On topic though, I truly believe with fewer injuries and the continued emergence of our young players, we can challenge for top 4 in 2015

[John Wren]

next year should be the most even season we have seen in a long time. by virtue of this i predict to make the eight and final four we'll see teams making it with less wins than previous.

[What'sinaname]

Co11ingwood

11th it is.

[MatthewBoydFanClub]

This is the first time ever as a Collingwood supporter, I have no idea where we'll finish in 2015, because there are too many variables at this point, with recruitment and long term injuries. If we can get our fitness program right and if we can assemble a medical team that can get players up to play, then that will be the key to rising back up the ladder. Adversity makes you a better coach, so by that reasoning Buckley will be a much better coach next year. Given we expect to lose Lumumba, the recruitment of Moore and hopefully Clark will strengthen both our ruck stocks and forward line and Keefe and Frost will be better as key backs with the extra experience of this season. All that will amount to nothing if we can't assemble a midfield combination. Kennedy has to be fully fit, as does Dyer and Thomas. Peddles can't do it all. Swan can't repeat the year he has had. If all the cogs fall into place, I don't see why we couldn't finish first or top four. Hate the word rebuild. We should be aiming to at least return to the eight and I can see no reason other than injuries and fitness that will stop our return to the eight.

[John Wren]

it's not a rebuild it's an evolution.

[jackcass]

[jackcass]

[slangman]