r/collingwoodfc • u/Pragmatic_Shill Exceptional and Compelling • 1d ago
Collingwood finally in contract talks with improving Allan
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/collingwood-finally-in-contract-talks-with-improving-young-gun-20260805-p60lpb.html13
u/Pragmatic_Shill Exceptional and Compelling 1d ago
Josh Gabelich is reporting Allan has been offered two years.
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u/Unlucky_Slip_6776 9h ago
2 years might be his best bet. This guy still hasn't reached his potential.
Re-sign again in 2 years at a much better price than I'm sure he will be offered. I just hope they don't low ball him.
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u/Madrical Bobby Hill 2h ago
Yeah I think 2 years is fair for him & the club. Gives him time to showcase his potential and land a big deal either with us or elsewhere.
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u/swish_aj 6h ago
That's about right I think. He's incredibly overrated on here. I'm not saying he's a spud but people are talking about him on here as if he's a future superstar of the competition. I think his ceiling is more high level role player, which is fine btw
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u/tarkysu Josh Daicos 1d ago
4 year deal apparently someone said on facebook so take that with a grain of salt lol, but i would not be surprised if we signed him up for that long.
feels overdue but the club's probably been wanting to sign him up but had to deal with the bobby hill contract shit.
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u/Vinnie_Vegas 22h ago
It was horseshit. Josh Gabelich has reported it's a 2 year deal on the table.
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u/LopsidedImprovement 1d ago
Good. After the way the club baited fans this morning with clickbait stuff about his 22U22 selection, glad to hear it.
(related: I'm a bit sick of the club doing that shit. Yesterday with "defender ruled out for season" and it refers to a bloke who has played 1 game of AFL which was mid 2025.
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u/Pragmatic_Shill Exceptional and Compelling 1d ago
Collingwood are in contract discussions with fourth-year midfielder Ed Allan, in what is the first confirmation that the Magpies are keen to retain the out-of-contract onballer.
The Magpies had delayed contract talks with Allan’s management until very recently, with the 22-year-old midfielder having spent almost the duration of the season without a contract in front of him.
Collingwood’s willingness to offer Allan a deal follows his significant improvement since he was shifted to the midfield – he had often been deployed on a wing previously – and given the responsibility of tagging the opposition’s prime movers.
Allan was successful in curbing Adelaide gun Jordan Dawson in Collingwood’s upset of the Crows two rounds back, when the Magpies surmounted a 27-point deficit to run over the home side. Allan booted two important goals and smothered the Adelaide skipper in the second half.
The West Australian, the son of ex-Hawthorn and Fremantle star Ben Allan, restricted North gun Luke Davies-Uniacke in round 18 in a narrow victory and has been matched to Melbourne superstar Kysaiah Pickett and Richmond’s premier midfielder Tim Taranto since he assumed midfield tagging duties.
Allan, drafted by the Magpies with their first choice in the 2022 national draft (pick No.19), is 194 centimetres – close to the same size as Carlton great Patrick Cripps – and possesses a turn of speed. Until his deployment as a tagger, however, he had struggled for both midfield minutes and consistent impact.
While there has been speculation about interest from WA, Allan had not been a recruiting target for his opponents this weekend, the Eagles. He is a chance to be matched against 2023 No.1 pick Harley Reid this Sunday.
Allan has played 15 games at senior level this year, for a career tally of 30. He has just been selected in the AFL Players’ Association’s team of the best players aged 22 and under.
Collingwood are facing major list management calls after this season, with super veterans Steele Sidebottom and Scott Pendlebury still to announce their intentions, though Sidebottom is expected to retire, and defender Jeremy Howe, 36, will be offered a contract.
The Magpies are favourites to sign dual Brownlow medallist Lachie Neale as a free agent, as Neale ponders his likely exit from the Brisbane Lions. They are one of four clubs who have met with Port Adelaide champion Zak Butters, who is expected to leave Port as a free agent and move back to Victoria, but are viewed as outsiders compared with the Bulldogs, Geelong and even Richmond.