It wasn't all that long ago and we dominated them in the last half after a really poor start. 

MELBOURNE 

B: Jayden Hunt, Tom McDonald, Neville Jetta
HB: Michael Hibberd, Sam Frost, Jordan Lewis
C: Christian Salem, Clayton Oliver, Nathan Jones
HF: Dom Tyson, Jack Watts, Mitch Hannan
F: Alex Neal-Bullen, Christian Petracca, Jeff Garlett
FOLL: Cam Pedersen, Bernie Vince, Jack Viney
I/C: Tomas Bugg, James Harmes, Oscar McDonald, Jake Melksham
EMG: Jay Kennedy-Harris, Jake Spencer, Josh Wagner

IN: Christian Salem

OUT: Josh Wagner

COLLINGWOOD 

B: Jeremy Howe,  Lynden Dunn,  Brayden Maynard 
HB: Josh Smith, Tom Langdon, Matthew Scharenberg 
C: Steele Sidebottom, Scott Pendlebury,  Tom Phillips 
HF: Jordan De Goey, Alex Fasolo, Will Hoskin-Elliott 
F: Callum Brown, Darcy Moore, Tim Broomhead 
FOLL: Brodie Grundy, Taylor Adams,  Adam Treloar 
I/C: James Aish, Jack Crisp, Ben Crocker, Levi Greenwood
EMG: Mason Cox, Chris Mayne, Jackson Ramsay 

IN: James Aish, Callum Brown, Alex Fasolo, Tom Langdon

OUT: Jamie Elliott (ankle), Tyson Goldsack (shoulder), Jackson Ramsay (omitted), Daniel Wells (calf) 

NEW: Callum Brown

And everyone who thinks that we always get the rough end of the umpiring pineapple should have a look at this game. 

This was the time of year that we were all waiting with great hope for the return of Max Gawn and Jesse Hogan and I'm sure many of us thought that would be enough to rid us of the days when we would underperform against teams we were expected to beat easily.

Then came the injuries to our captains, to Jack Watts and a couple of others and our expectations were tempered again. 

It's a long time since we beat Collingwood five times in a row - possibly all the way back to the 50s or 60s. I think our team of today could make it happen.

Some say if you walk past the mcg at night, you can still hear the collingwood boos

I was in LA at the time. Downtown where the mobile reception is horrific, so much so that some locals that live in the area don't even bother with data and just rely on wifi. Just so happened that this Sunday night I was in a data deadzone at a place that didn't have Wifi. I would get reception at random points and had to rely on this for score updates. At one point, Melbourne was down by 5 goals. I couldn't get a signal until about the 26th minute mark of the 4th. At that point I think it was 2 points the difference. I check again moments later...no signal. Kept refreshing. Nothing. 

I had to wait until almost 2am local time when I got out of the shithole that is "DTLA" before I knew the final result. 

I've watched Watts' goal about 20 times since. Spewing I missed it.

The thing that killed me about this game is we still allowed Collingwood to kick a goal late in the game after Watts' goal.

The same thing in the West Coast game this year and GWS last year when we literally held on by a few seconds because we don't understand how to control the ball through kicking, marking, gettting well back back behind the mark quickly and using all the time from said mark to control the game.

You can still attack by doing this, you just don't have to constantly run yourself into trouble by handpassing at every opportunity.

28 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

The thing that killed me about this game is we still allowed Collingwood to kick a goal late in the game after Watts' goal.

The same thing in the West Coast game this year and GWS last year when we literally held on by a few seconds because we don't understand how to control the ball through kicking, marking, gettting well back back behind the mark quickly and using all the time from said mark to control the game.

You can still attack by doing this, you just don't have to constantly run yourself into trouble by handpassing at every opportunity.

Yeah kind of annoying. At the time I tried to be happy that we were in front. 

Such a great day and one of my fav wins for the year nonetheless 

1 hour ago, Whispering_Jack said:

It's a long time since we beat Collingwood five times in a row - possibly all the way back to the 50s or 60s. I think our team of today could make it happen.

If memory serves me correctly, Jack....

6 in a row from late 1986, including the 1987 Victoria Park game where Athas Hrysoulakis manned up Robbie at the first bounce and told him he'd karate kick him if he touched the ball - a player ahead of his time. Must have worked, as Tulip only kicked 3 in a 10 goal win.

High water mark is 7 from 1939 (including a GF), and from 2nd semi 1955 (two flags).

Let's shoot for the record.

We are already in the era of ' Never losing to Collingwood ever again. '  We are a monty to get the record including a drubbing this week.

No Pendelbury, De Goey along with Adams and Wells looking likely to miss

This is ours to lose. 

 

We have to win this game to maintain Jordan Lewi's record of never having played in a losing side to Collingwood.