Simon....Godfrey.Its like your brother's girlfriend. If she does it for him, but not for you, then dont be jealous. If he finds the Pies system works better, then good luck to him. I'll focus on the guys wearing Red and Blue. Our discards are...our discards.

Now fairly regular player for the best side in the league. At round 11.

Do we really have a need for a defender who doesn't play tight and butchers the footy?By the way, the article actually strongly suggests Buckley won't play.

Malthouse has decided this guy can play!

Yeah we do, we lost Bruce you know... Wasn't saying Buckley was a great player, I'm saying that if he turns it around and plays great for Collingwood he'll do so in a role that woulda been handy for us...Geez, fair dinkum guys, this was not an argumentative thread, yet somehow people try and turn it into such

He's starting to play good footy in the starting 22 in the best side in the land.

Buckley would be in direct competition with Rohan Bail, who is fringe himself. I'd take Bail any day - torches it less often (but still more often than ideal) and his attack on ball and man is second to none.

Bail would probably get a walk up start with Collingwood also, eh? Buckley is almost esconced

He is actually a pretty good footballer who had a lot of bad luck at the wrong time when he played at Melbourne. I am not saying we should not have delisted him at all, but the Filth just might have scored another Bargain.Granted we are talking Round 1.

Nicely predicted WYL.

He was never "bruise free", also.

Now fairly regular player for the best side in the league. At round 11.

Malthouse has decided this guy can play!

He's starting to play good footy in the starting 22 in the best side in the land.

Bail would probably get a walk up start with Collingwood also, eh? Buckley is almost esconced

Nicely predicted WYL.

First, you're counting your chickens. Esconced? Walk-up start? It's early days.

Second, plenty of average players play in good sides. We delisted Armstrong and he went on to win a premiership with the Eagles. Does that mean we made a mistake?

Third, players can improve.

Anyway, good on him for making it. I don't particularly care what he does now, though.

Snap.

I think the real reason he was let go was because we had both Strauss & Blease in the wings developing to take his role, but they are both more talented.

In any case, he's just one less spud to complain about because he isn't performing.

Master of Tom Hawkins style getting away with it amongst good players.

I actually quite liked Buckley when he played for us, during one of our terrible years he was one a very few players who was willing to take the game on and he backed his pace.

I actually quite liked Buckley when he played for us, during one of our terrible years he was one a very few players who was willing to take the game on and he backed his pace.

That's the only good thing I can remember about him.

Sadly I also remember the groan as he turned it over - Ward-style.

At the moment though he looks like a bigger, stronger version of Blease. But he's hardly a player I'm disappointed that we let go off. Collingwood you would think would get the best out of someone and he's been handy. He'll probably play in a flag now.

I remember him playing on from a point kick-in and making it about two metres before getting caught - against North Melbourne of all teams. Not disappointed to be rid of him.

I remember him playing on from a point kick-in and making it about two metres before getting caught - against North Melbourne of all teams. Not disappointed to be rid of him.

I thought that was a rite of passage for a Melbourne defender!