ur spot on, umpires absolutely shocking

I thought it was a great game. That coverage went all over the world, & the MFC stood up on the big stage.

The team will learn heaps from that game, At the moment we match top sides sporadically.

Soon we will dictate weekly. Great to see some Flash Magic today.

I was proud of the team today.

Our Queens Birthday game is alive and very well.

Top turnout from the Demon Army today.

Take a bow. Our kids stood up-Jamar Beamer Green all Great.

That was september pressure today.

what if junior played?

I thought it was a great game. That coverage went all over the world, & the MFC stood up on the big stage.

The team will learn heaps from that game, At the moment we match top sides sporadically.

Soon we will dictate weekly. Great to see some Flash Magic today.

I was proud of the team today.

Our Queens Birthday game is alive and very well.

Top turnout from the Demon Army today.

Take a bow. Our kids stood up-Jamar Beamer Green all Great.

That was september pressure today.

All what you say is true but you know what!

WE DID NOT WIN

And at the end of the day that is all that matters.

We will never be a force while we except anything less than a win.

They did however play with a lot more fire than last week.

Dunn in the forward line is a good move and while he did not kick a bag he fought it out every time it came near him.

No easy kicks when you play on him.

I have been a big critic but Jack earned his spot today.

All what you say is true but you know what!

WE DID NOT WIN

And at the end of the day that is all that matters.

We will never be a force while we except anything less than a win.

They did however play with a lot more fire than last week.

Dunn in the forward line is a good move and while he did not kick a bag he fought it out every time it came near him.

No easy kicks when you play on him.

I have been a big critic but Jack earned his spot today.

Actually we will Never be a force 'Till we have a great list, & develop that list first. Then we won't accept Any poor attitudinal stuff. Bodies on the line boys, go Beamer.

All what you say is true but you know what!

WE DID NOT WIN

And at the end of the day that is all that matters.

We will never be a force while we except anything less than a win.

They did however play with a lot more fire than last week.

Dunn in the forward line is a good move and while he did not kick a bag he fought it out every time it came near him.

No easy kicks when you play on him.

I have been a big critic but Jack earned his spot today.

Sure i agree with you. But our forward line is not playing senior footy yet (Bate & Greeny aside).

Yes it is not acceptable to not win, but The MFC can be proud of our Block buster fixture today.

Another 20-30 Games into that midfield, Liam Jurrah. A Jack Watts who doesn't stop and think before doing. In time he will just do.

Remember if Greens last shot had not shaved the post we would have been 12 points up.

Today is another great game to file away and use as a learning tool in future.

ur spot on, umpires absolutely shocking

meh they were better than last time we played and were hardly shocking imo.

We were not outplayed for most of the game. In fact besides the start our backline and midfield were all over it. We won contest after contest in several fantastic passages of play. Sure our forward line is still a work in progress but in the game I watched we were the better side and deserved the win. In fact had Brad Green had his kicking boots on we wouldh've. Still I walked away happy in the knowledge that

1. We are definately on the right track 2. Collingwood are still pretenders 3. Collingwood bought a dud in Jolly to go with that other dud Fraser and 4. I though we copped the raw end from the umpires.

Agree on Warnock when he kicked down the line and found Jolly who found Lockyer for the goal to tie. Personally thought one of Grimes or Bartram shouldh've have circled him for the handball and then the switch, not to be.

Got a feeling that Warnock may need to be replaced down back before we win a flag. Seems to get the jitters and on the last line, this can lead to problems.

Hats off to Moloney and Jamar, Wow, sensational games from the two of them.

Just gotta love the footy!!

who played on Heath shaw today??

whoever it was, hats of to you....

Lynden Dunn killed Shaw today.

The defensive half forward is the role he is most suited too. Unfortunately forwards need to be attacking players.

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Disappointed with the draw (I would have found myself $500 the richer if we had won...)

Given the mauling we copped last year, I'm really pleased with our development. Our tenacity in the last quarter was exceptional - How good was Jones' smother to set up the Bate goal?

It was also good to see a Collingwood supporter completely humiliated after making a few ill-considered snow jokes in a pack of Melbourne supporters!

cheers guys, hard to tune in overseas, a draw tough to take. bigger upside on the dees future than the pies......

give em hell

Dunn totally kept shaw to zero impact

Dunn also presented well and early in the game pushed out presti to take a good mark

bails has called for consistancy across the park. We had only one player under 10 touches and that was dunn who to Heath to the claners.

Pies have 7.

If we have a team will 21 contributors each week we will go a long way

The best thing was walking out of the G and seeing the dejected look on the face of EVERY collingwood supporter ....thats a win!!

robbed?

We were lucky not to lose by 10 goals.

Today's lesson is once again, play like crap at the start of the game and you will lose.

We absorbed an enormous amount of pressure in the first 10 minutes, not sure we can blame our slow starts for today but rather, Collingwood was absolutely on frenetic fire at the start.

Obviously they weren't going to be able to sustain it, we were just lucky they didn't get 5 goals on the board in that burst.

To our credit, we absorbed all that and started to get our game underway. The signs were good for us in the second half of that first qtr, so I think we did reasonably despite the Pies' opening burst.

In the face of intense pressure, we didn't capitulate!

Can someone explain whether this playing with no one inside 50 assist us against Collingwood today or harmed our chances of kicking a decent score?

I thought it assisted us. In fact, good coaching up forward for a change. We don't have strong tall marking forwards, so our shorter forwards would have been exposed to huge physical pressure from the Collingwood backs.

Instead, by the likes of Green, Miller, Dunn, Bate etc. running quickly into the wide open space in front of our goal, they weren't under such physical pressure from the Pies backmen. And those backmen were caught wrong-footed because they were forced to defend running towards our goal, rather than what they prefer & do well, defending a ball coming towards them (and our goal).

Just how it appeared to me. Of course once Jurrah's around, things can be different.

Match Day discussion, like match day is now over - you can discuss the match in post match discussion here.

question - (not that it makes much of a difference given the filth had more opps than us) - Clokes kick on goal after the siren at quarter time was touched by a demon before going through...... if after the siren goes, shouldn't the play be stopped as soon as it is touched, and not counted as a rushed behind as it was?

Nope, the ball must come to complete stop.

So theoretically, a player could bomb it in from 90 metres out and if a player managed to volley it through for a goal or a point, that would be allowed? I know that's drawing a long bow, but the rule seems a bit messy to me.

I think the quarter should be over as soon as the ball is touched or hits the ground, as with Rooke's goal in last year's grand final. It would be play on usually, so I don't know why they make an exception after the siren.