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Great win by the team tonight! Always beautiful to get a win over those pricks...

I may be wrong, but did anyone else notice Meg grab her right hammy just before she lost balance and then got cleaned up?

 

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Great game girls especially Cat Phillips for two inspired goals! ?Also great to see Jolly score the last goal of the match (as the last pick in the national draft)! Loved Emma Humphries run and neither Paxman or O'Dea disappointed!

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1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Paxman really impresses me.

Our own 'Diesel' :rolleyes:

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Prescient post on one of the Collingwood fan sites:

Our opposition isn't too crash hot though, hopefully they can improve and make a game of it in the 2nd half.

Oooh... I do love beating Collingwood :)

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1 minute ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Prescient post on one of the Collingwood fan sites:

Our opposition isn't too crash hot though, hopefully they can improve and make a game of it in the 2nd half.

Oooh... I do love beating Collingwood :)

They did...

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Thought I heard it mentioned in the commentary that we've got 6 or 8 of the team who are under 20. Is that right? If so, it explains their up-&-down form in both games so far. They played more as a team and combined much better in the second half & looked really good. 

 

Posted (edited)
16 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Prescient post on one of the Collingwood fan sites:

Our opposition isn't too crash hot though, hopefully they can improve and make a game of it in the 2nd half.

Oooh... I do love beating Collingwood :)

Yes according to the Pie supporters there were a few reasons they lost

  • Because of the Umpires
  • Because they weren't fit enough 
  • Because their ruck woman is tall but not very good but the most reported failing was....
  • They believed that Buckley went into the box after half time.

Strangely I think I respect Buckley more than the average Collingwood supporter does

Wonderful to hear the girls sing the Grand Old Flag after the game. May we hear it many more times this season 

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First half was terrible. The girls looked so confused in trying to structure up and were making terribly panicked decisions with the ball. 

2nd half I thought Hickey in to the midfield changed the game. She crashed in a won a few really nice clearances and then with Pearce, Paxman and O'Dea we had a midfield rotation that was dominating. It also signalled that they weren't afraid of losing the game to Mo Hope and had to go out and win it with the best players around the ball and getting it forward.

Cat Phillips is the female Isaac Smith. Just a power running machine. She's very raw and it won't always work for her but she can work a team over. Emma Humphries is impressive on a wing as well.

When Hickey was freed up the backline still had talent and belief. Clifford, Duryea, Downie, Smith (a gun), Patterson form a really strong unit down back.

The forward line is probably still the weak link. But Anderson looks a really classy forward who is only 19 and will get better. But they probably lack that 2nd tall option as well as a proper small goal kicker. Rocky probably comes in next game to see if she can add a combination of size and speed in the one player.

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5 hours ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

 

I think I may have the answer.  Still trying to confirm his number.

https://au.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-jankovskis-b1221811b

Looks like he altered his profile at halftime to delete: 'Member of Collingwood Football Club '

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10 hours ago, daisycutter said:

i hope someone taped what the coach said at 1/2 time and passes it on to goodie

Why pass it on to Goody? Our 2017 Men's team is never going to be that far behind, (particularly against Collingwood) and I suspect umpire #5 last night won't get a run in the "Little League"!

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7 hours ago, Akum said:

Thought I heard it mentioned in the commentary that we've got 6 or 8 of the team who are under 20. Is that right? If so, it explains their up-&-down form in both games so far. They played more as a team and combined much better in the second half & looked really good. 

 

I don't know that we can attribute last week's performance to 'form'... those were pretty extreme weather conditions, so it was always going to be a bit of a lottery as to who would win.

Posted

Paxman and O'Dea were terrific.

Ball use was much better in the second half. Mithen and one of the defenders whose name I don't know, turned it over every single time in the first half.

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1 hour ago, hardtack said:

I don't know that we can attribute last week's performance to 'form'... those were pretty extreme weather conditions, so it was always going to be a bit of a lottery as to who would win.

Id attribute much of last week to instructions...or lack of.( Broke every rule of wet weather footy )

This week showed a bit more nouse...if a bit delayed. Got to get the right players in the right positions ( for the day )

Hopefully much was learned

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12 hours ago, Return to Glory said:

There's no doubt in my mind that the Collingwood team we saw tonight is crying out for a coaching succession plan

But at Collingwood, changing coach is something you do when you're winning.

 

11 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

Won't be the last time we crush the Pies in 2017.

The one reason to hope Collingwood make the finals - the possibilitiy of beating them four times in a season.

The women's game has opened up a fun new kind of pre-season optimism!

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Tuned in when scores were level at 25 points each. So I only witnessed total dominance. Looks like the girls found the line in the sand at half time. Any one notice Eddy's very red face in the crowd? Either a bad case of sunburn or choking in his own hubris. 

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Its nice that they give the work experience kiddies a go at umpiring (#5).  I hope he is properly coached on that completely inept and biased performance.

The joy at the The Grand Old Flag...  loved it.

And I select ads that say "Getting behind the team that are getting it right"....with a picture of Daisy.  Very Classy.  (Stay Classy, SanDiego).

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12 hours ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

 

I think I may have the answer.  Still trying to confirm his number.

https://au.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-jankovskis-b1221811b

Confirmed.  He also did the Doggies vs Freo in round 1. 

5 hours ago, hardtack said:

I don't know that we can attribute last week's performance to 'form'... those were pretty extreme weather conditions, so it was always going to be a bit of a lottery as to who would win.

I think it was largely a gameplan issue.  Have a look at how we played last night.  I'm thinking they tried to stick to their plan in the wet and it fell apart.  If they'd abandoned the plan and just played for territory then they would have given a much better account of themselves. 

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I've just checked the Champion Data scores in the Hun and I was amazed to see that Collingwood's highest scorer was their ruckman, King with 150 points.

She scored this with 2 effective disposals, 0 marks, 1 clearance 3 tackles and 13 effective tap-outs.

How on earth does that give her 150 points, 2nd highest of all players?

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9 hours ago, ProDee said:

She's not the most skilled, but I love O'Dea's physicality.

She was the female version of Pedo, loved her attack on the footy and the opponent.

Overall, it was a super impressive team effort, they were being owned by the Pies in the first half. To not only run all over them but to hold them scoreless for the 2nd half was terrific.

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