The below article is from Cats' forward Aaron Black as part of the Players' Voice series by AFLPlayers.com.au. The full article can be found here, in which Aaron writes of his new experiences at Geelong and where he's come from.

It was late in the trade period when the Geelong opportunity came about. I’d come off a frustrating last two years at North where I only managed three games across that time, and I had another year to run on my contract, so I thought it’d be good to look elsewhere and get a chance.

In the end, it was an easy decision for me and I jumped on it. The environment really suited me and thankfully my interview went well and the trade went through.

At the time, there was talk of Shane Kersten and Nathan Vardy leaving so my thinking was that could potentially open up a spot, but even if that didn’t occur I still would have pushed to go to the Cats.

The last few years at North Melbourne were particularly tough, and I’m sure other players who play regularly in the VFL understand that it’s not where you want to be. I still felt that I could play at the highest level so I wasn’t going to give it up and that’s why we thought the best chance would be to look elsewhere. North’s forward line was really strong the last few years and it was a difficult group to break in to.

My plan during that time was just to go back to the VFL and enjoy my footy, don’t think about things too much and play the best you can, with the view that perhaps another club is watching.

Read Aaron Black's full article here at AFLPlayers.com.au.