Andy Collins - we landed the big one!

camel · **Posted:** Sat Oct 09, 2010 4:59 pm

Welcome to Carlton son. Hope you can achieve the same honour at the club as your uncle did in 1979. :thumbsup:

blueboy23 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 09, 2010 5:15 pm

great too see the boy WANTS to play for the blues,
hope you smash them up big fella, look forward to watching you over the years,
all the best

Headcutter · **Posted:** Sat Oct 09, 2010 5:30 pm

Readint the tigers fan site "punt road end" they are filthy at losing Collins, they talk about how popular he is amongst players and the fact he has the rare ability to find time and space and kicked goals in 9 of his last 10 games.
We have really won big with this one!!!!!!
Grigg is lazy and a bad bloke, Collins is a great bloke and has good skills, no doubt at all that this was a win for the blues

camel · **Posted:** Sat Oct 09, 2010 5:37 pm

Some YouTube highlights. Collins obviously has some ticker...

http://tinyurl.com/39zr9uh

moshe25 · **Joined:** Wed May 11, 2005 1:23 am **Posts:** 11671

Hope he can finish what his uncle started!!! Take that, Lofts!! :marchesani:

Blue Revival · **Joined:** Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:36 am **Posts:** 983

looks to have something. needs to bulk up tho

Blueboy74 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:25 pm

SATURDAY!!

jezza70 · **Joined:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 3:30 pm **Posts:** 1

Blue Revival wrote:

looks to have something. needs to bulk up tho

Agree. When I heard we got Collins, i thought back to round 15 Sydney vs Richmond, kicked 3 goals in the final quarter to get tigers over the line. Actually last two goals he kicked after going off with concussion. :clap:

Can kick, can find the ball, and has courage. :thumbsup:

My tiger friends are pissed...they can't work out why they would recruit yet one more player who cannot kick the footy and hit a target. Though to be fair to Grigg he has ability and can win the ball in close...he just can't kick and I don't think that will change to be fair.

BigBlueWave · **Joined:** Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:45 pm **Posts:** 3073

What the hell do we want with another small forward?

:razz:

blueslander · **Posted:** Sun Oct 10, 2010 5:24 am

BlueRob wrote:

What the hell do we want with another small forward?

:razz:

We have a cunning plan. Recruit all small forwards in the league and have a monopoly of this area of the game. We tried it this year with ruckmen,

Juddment Day · **Joined:** Wed May 19, 2010 12:38 pm **Posts:** 248

187cm = medium forward
make robbo and hoops earn their spots
i think we did this trade just to piss off richmond lol

tcblue · **Joined:** Tue May 02, 2006 3:27 am **Posts:** 161

Looks good. Seems like a great get.
Hes a another Bendigo boy. Has to be good.

.

Blues Clues · **Joined:** Sat Sep 09, 2006 2:01 pm **Posts:** 2099

Meant to be gang, just dripping in omens this one.

Nephew of a CFC premiership player Peter Francis (brilliant in 79 granny), from Bendigo (our famous old nursery) and now we have a ready made dangerous half forward who can slot in for the ageing Hoops or do the job Tex did in the Sydney final.

Replaces a self centered flower who grew up barracking for the Bombers even though his mum had the wisdom to barrack for the Blues. Just all wrong.

I wonder if he grew up a Blues supporter?

Crusader · **Posted:** Sun Oct 10, 2010 11:08 am

camelboy wrote:

Welcome to Carlton son. Hope you can achieve the same honour at the club as your uncle did in 1979. :thumbsup:

Where are the notches?

phoenix johnson · **Posted:** Sun Oct 10, 2010 11:36 am

Bendigo boy too.

Wasn't that a zoning area for us back in the day?

blue4 · **Joined:** Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:04 pm **Posts:** 976

75% of Bendigo are Bluebaggers. :thumbsup:

camel · **Posted:** Sun Oct 10, 2010 1:22 pm

Crusader wrote:

Where are the notches?

Princes Park Whistler · **Posted:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:34 pm

About to be interviewed on 3AW`s Sports tonight. Along with Grigg.

Jabbo · **Joined:** Wed Apr 01, 2009 4:16 pm **Posts:** 92

Spoke reasonably well and seems like a good bloke. He expects to play forward and also time in the midfield but hasn't apart from a brief chat sat down with Ratts. He was surprised when the trade came about but now it has happened is happy and looking forward to playing with the Blues.

Apart from the Swans game I don't know a lot about him but he sounds like a good bloke so im happy we got something for a player who in the end we didnt want.

thehulk · **Joined:** Sun May 28, 2006 9:18 am **Posts:** 163

3 things stick out about this kid:

1. Confident but not arrogant

2. Loyal - unlike hamill Mk2, was shocked he was up for trade.

3. Tough

Welcome mate. I have a good feeling about him

Andy Collins - we landed the big one!

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