I posted this on another Bally thread, but reckon it's appropriate here as well:
A couple of blokes that may be of serious interest to us at Collingwood are Ben Reid and Nathan Brown, who are ready made CHB's. If we let Goose go, they may be very appealing as "back-up's".
Both were taken in the top 10 of the 2006 "Super draft" and have about 3 years of AFL development behind them now. Brown did extremely well in his early games last year, at full, or centre half back (on big names, when he was just 19), so he's proven what he can do. While Reid apparently was switched from the forward line to the backline this year and reputedly did very well (in the VFL).
Either one could also free up our two Sam's to be totally attacking weapons off half back, which would in turn free up BJ to go semi-permanently forward. Those things could make us significantly stronger and help us kick more than the 10 goals a game we have been lately.
With Collingwood having Presti, Leigh Brown, Nick Maxwell and Harry O in their backline at present, there's little room for either one of the aforementioned, so they may well be very prepared to let one go, for Bally. I reckon I'd be very happy with that (only if Goose wants out, though, unless he's not up to it anymore).
Ben Reid:
http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/players ... fault.aspx
Nathan Brown:
http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/players ... fault.aspx
YOU GET WHAT YOU SETTLE FOR.