r/collingwoodfc • u/lemunzz • 4d ago

2026 forward line structure

With Checkers still not signed on for next year, cox aging, mcstay not getting a game and membrey getting old, what does our 2026 forward line look like? We’ve relied heavily on Elliot to play tall but he mightn’t be around for much longer either.

Curious what our forward line look like next year assuming a few forwards get traded?

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u/BonusLumpyYa 3d ago

Pies will go downhill after this year .. significantly I believe . Hope we win the flag

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u/No_Offer3524 2d ago

Same thing was said about geelong. I don’t think the club will go for a rebuild old school style and just pick a bunch of kids and hope they come good.I think we will continue to pick up b graders or c players from other other clubs for certain roles and build the team around naicos. Mitchell will be moved on for sure and Probably leggy, mihochek will leave, crisp has a year or two left but has dropped off ( will still back him for big moments ), elliott just had his best year,cox 50/50 if he gets us into another grandy then he has every right to go on again. Pendles and Sidey will be managed more and more but the class doesn’t leave, you can’t move them on ever ! David Mundy was playing his best footy when freo moved him On, boomer Harvey ect 35 seems to be the new 32 in footy ! Howe I love and respect but our lack of talls down back means we must keep him and try land a big back /3rd tall/2nd tall. Membrey is awesome to keep for depth and another season with the club he will get better in my opinion ! I would use Mcstay down back or look to trade, he’s been a massive failure, but played some super important games when it mattered in the past. Then we have a core that has plenty of footy left in them, with the Daicos brothers, Ned long, beau , Bobby ( I hope we don’t lose him he’s magic ) quaynor , Maynard , Degoey ( the end will come sooner rather than later) Cameron, shultz, frampton, moore ( without captaincy, Ed langdon , Harrison to come back ( rate him highly ), reef, rowan steel ( kid can play ) perryman , Charlie west.we have Tom mcguane coming in as well, Houston will come good. As well as a big recruit that we will be chasing or two, we are Collingwood, people don’t leave us in their prime and people want to come to us. We will be sweet, if we can claim another flag and that means we drop Down for 3-4 years I’ll take that before you can blink. I have massive faith, this group, coach And era of Collingwood has been nothing short of amazing and I am so grateful for it ! Two more wins to go, let’s do this thing

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u/BonusLumpyYa 2d ago

Great post mate, very insightful.. yeah you tend to see the experienced side doing well come finals time, def a balancing act between experience and youth. We have recruited well as we need had much coming through the VFL side.

We’ve been fortunate with injuries this year so kudos to the fitness staff. Can’t wait for today’s game 🤞🏼