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Collingwood coup as Cox chooses

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Monday, June 02 2014 @ 03:52 am ACST

Curious choice of club by Cox. Yes it's the biggest, richest and probably has the best development facilities. But he'll be 24 when season 2015 starts, realistically he'll need at least 1 or 2 full years in the system before he can hope to be competitive. So from 26 to 27 he'll want to get say 3 or 4 good seasons in.

But Collingwood already have one of the best young ruckmen in Brodie Grundy (age 20, 202 cm) and are playing another youngster, Jarrod Witts, as a key forward and backup ruckman (age 21, 208 cm). So if they hold their form, or more likely get better, they'll be at the peak of their powers just when Cox is trying to break into the team.

I would've thought there are many other clubs that have only one genuine quality ruckman, often a few years older, who would be much more likely to see Cox as a long term number one ruckman or potential key forward.

Perhaps Collingwood out bid all the rest as a tactical move - deny the opposition his talent and if he turns out to be really good then all the better.

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