I wouldn’t change a thing, says Treloar
ADAM Treloar says he has no regrets about choosing Collingwood over Richmond, despite the reality he would already be a premiership player if he had landed at Punt Rd.
Treloar said yesterday he knew he was “openly hated by Richmond fans” after he famously chose the Pies over Richmond because they had a “better list”.
But he believes landing at Collingwood has improved him as a person as well as a player, investing in relationships at the Pies in a way he failed to do at Greater Western Sydney.
He is desperate to knock over his old club GWS on Saturday to take on Richmond in a preliminary final, but not to prove he was right when he made that decision on a new club.
“Obviously watching [the Tigers premiership] I was like, ‘wow, two years before that I could have been there’. But, hand on heart, I wouldn’t change anything for the world,” he said. “Everything happens for a reason. I love these guys more than footy. At the Giants I was so young and they were just my footy mates. I didn’t give as much to them away from the field as I could have.
“I have a genuine passion for these guys and I wouldn’t change a thing about going to here or Richmond because Collingwood has helped shape me as an individual and a footballer.”
Treloar says he should have chosen his words better in November 2015 when he said Collingwood has “a younger list, a better list who in a couple of years time hopefully can win a premiership”.
“I didn’t really mean offence whatsoever to Richmond,” Treloar said ahead of tomorrow’s final against the Giants. “I thank them for their interest in me but I probably could have worded it better.
“I thought I was better suited to Collingwood because Richmond had players like me. They had Dusty [Martin] and Trent Cotchin and they didn’t need someone like me.”