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He had his shot and a little bit of luck would have made him a revered premiership coach but same applied for Ross Lyon. LargesseĀ disappeared quickly forĀ failure to back up on strong finals campaigns andĀ once sugar daddy left it was game over.Ā 

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56 minutes ago, Demonland said:

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C'wood will be up for this.Ā  Let's spoil their party!

59 minutes ago, A F said:

I'm more worried about Collingwood playing out of their skins for Buckley's last game.

You’re assuming that he has the players in his corner… they certainly haven’t been playing like they’re with him.

 
58 minutes ago, Demonland said:

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1 minute ago, dazzledavey36 said:

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I love the media frenzy now, all trying to be relevant.

Ryan & Niall beat them to the punch, got the scoop...well done to them.

Stevo a long way back treading in quicksand...waiting for Browne and the rest to pile on.

Regardless of if the players play for him on Monday they are all auditioning for the new coach from now till they are appointed. Fully expect the pies to come out firing on Monday in a way we haven’t seen this yearĀ 


I heard this news this morning when listening to SEN whilst driving back from Geelong to Drysdale and I had a chuckle to myself at the thought of some Demonland posters going into a frenzied panic attack at the thought of Collingwood all of a sudden becoming a super team on Monday and beating the Demons. If Melbourne were to lose, it would only be because they forget about the way they have played for the first 12 weeks and apply no pressure and change their game style.

1 hour ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

Collingwood will be more dangerous on Monday because of this

Nah, I wouldn't sweat it.

Ā They wont be.Ā 

The emotion of playing for someone might be at the start of the game for around 30-45 seconds... the adrenal response. And then...normal. service.Ā resumes.

You see it all the time in the first few minutes of Grand Finals... the stress response, scrappy football etc etc...Ā 

Player's cannot keep telling themselves throughout a match 'I've got to do it for Buckley, I've got to do it for Buckley', its exhausting and useless as you're not on task.

If we lose, its ostensibly becauseĀ weĀ lost it due to a lack of pressure or adherence to structure.Ā 

If we lose, we lose on our terms, not because Collingwood have won.

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1 hour ago, Demonland said:

Can you imagine if we lost Yze during the year?

Perhaps we should be more worried if Troy Chaplin stepped down based on what Gawn, Brayshaw and TMac said to the press after the Brisbane game? He is credited over the last 4 years as having banged on about defence as the ball moves from our forward to defense areas. That pressure contributes significantly to our interceptions in defence as the ball comes in under pressure without good direction. Players have said basically that they are finally "getting" what Chaplin has been saying. See 2:44 below and the question from Lloyd referencing Troy...

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Amazing how negative thoughts suddenly start emerging over Buckley’s resignation, something mooted for months.Ā 

Neuroticism still runs deep in the veins of many Dees supporters.Ā 

Losing Yze, losing on QB, etc etc.Ā 

Even if we win the flag, folks will say that we will fall off the cliff in 2022. Or that winning brings defeat that much closer.Ā 

Danny from Droop St morphs into Roger from Demonland.

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1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I'll throw a spanner..

If we lost Yze to a senior gig, would you take Buckley as aĀ midfield coach?

YZE is a key strategic resource. That loss would be far greater than midfield advice and direction.

Pendlebury numb " i have never experienced this before"

Have a chat to Nathan Jones chum, he's had 7 coaches....!

Buckley can clearly coach and should probably be a premiership coach already. But he's in an absolute basket case of a club at the moment with upheaval at every level of the club since the exit of Eddie.

It reminds me of The Death of Stalin.

I feel sorry for Buckley. He seems like a decent guy and he's a good coach, but the club he's part of is a complete dumpster fire.

48 minutes ago, JimmyGadson said:

Supporters need to relax.

This will be massively draining on CollingwoodĀ players during the week. There will be many thinking about their future given the events that have transpired at Collingwood since last year's trade period. The club is a shambles atm with everything they've faced.

If anything, this gives Goody and co another reason to G ourĀ guys up and prepare them for a hot first quarter. Clearly Collingwood will throw everything at as in the first quarter and if we can match their intensity (assuming it'll be there), then we will roll them after that.

Collingwood have bullied us on many occasions, we're the oldest rivals in the game.

It's time to give it to them.

Great post JG.

Our side will simply kick into gearĀ  and Max will have them do what they have been doing for 3 months.Ā  The Pies mindset, if its platying out of their skin for Bucks, will simply be an indictment on them and the football dept at the Pies.Ā 

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Great speech and presentation by Buckley - he's good.

My Collingwood supporting brother will be [censored]-a-hoop about this. Though from the way he speaks, there is a huge and vocal plurality of Pies fans who think Eddie and Bucks walk on water, and will be incensed at this.

I'd say this will be another wrinkle in the storyline about the board challenge. Mark this down as something the Browne ticket will use in their board challenge: the treatment of favorite sons despite checkered CV's.Ā 

Pies getting on the front foot IMO to get Ross Lyon, with Carlton also holding a whole of FD review

2 minutes ago, Axis of Bob said:

It reminds me of The Death of Stalin.

If any scene from that movie is analogous to Collingwood, it would be this one.?
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Can't see Clarko getting an offer, he has coached the Hawks into 2nd last.

And I would be very surprised if Ross Lyons message hasn't passed its use by date....

Sam Mitchell?

Personally, I don’t like the whole ā€œLet’s do it for (insert name)ā€ as it puts undue extra pressure on the players. When Jimmy Stynes passed away all you’d hear is Let’s do it for Stynesie! The next game we played, we lost. I can’t imagine how much worse this made the players feel. ?Ā 

2 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

I'd say this will be another wrinkle in the storyline about the board challenge. Mark this down as something the Browne ticket will use in their board challenge: the treatment of favorite sons despite checkered CV's.Ā 

I agree with this.

Korda needed something to differentiate his board from the Eddie board. This is them cutting the cord from the Eddie days in the eyes of supporters.

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Intense flashbacks to round 23 2017....

send help, quickly.Ā 

2 minutes ago, Pennant St Dee said:

Pies getting on the front foot IMO to get Ross Lyon, with Carlton also holding a whole of FD review

That is what I am thinking, funny when one club forces another's hand


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