Collingwood Best and Fairest winner Brodie Grundy is using a photo to move on from the Pies’ Grand Final loss last year.

Grundy was a pivotal player in the loss with 10 disposals and 49 hit-outs, but his efforts weren’t enough to take home the premiership cup.

Instead of sulking over the result, Grundy is using it as a motivation to improve this year.

“There’s a photo that I have in my locker of me sitting there after the loss and West Coast are celebrating, as a bit of a reminder to just say hey, you don’t want to feel that again,” he told SEN’s Whateley.

“We all respond to trauma differently. I try to just focus on the good stuff.

“I obviously went away and freshened up and did things that made me feel good.”

But despite the heartache of the Grand Final, Grundy admits the Preliminary Final win against Richmond was more emotional.

“To put it into perspective, when we played Richmond and won that in the prelim, I knew that was going to be a massive, emotional, spiritual hurdle.

“I was so emotional, I didn’t know why and then after the Grand Final, a lot of guys were teary, we wear our hearts on our sleeve but for me, I was shell-shocked.

“I didn’t cry, I didn’t put my face in my hands.”

The Pies will aim to get revenge this year when they kick off their 2019 campaign against Geelong on March 22.

Hear Brodie Grundy's full interview with Gerard Whateley in the player below.