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12 hours ago, layzie said:

If Collingwood are to keep winning I hope it's from these penalty shootout games. Eventually they will die.

I'm bullish on Collingwood's chances this year as they have a great blend of attacking flair, defensively sound and play with a ton of spirit.

However, you'd have to wonder how sustainable all these close losses are in terms of their chances in September. The law of averages will suggest they'll start losing some close ones in the late rounds and finals. 

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Have to feel for Leigh Adams a bit.

They just had a great win and have a few winnable games ahead of them.

But North have started the process of getting a priority pick.

What does the coach do:  tank to get the pick or go all out and build some belief and confidence in the next 5 games. 

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21 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

I'm bullish on Collingwood's chances this year as they have a great blend of attacking flair, defensively sound and play with a ton of spirit.

However, you'd have to wonder how sustainable all these close losses are in terms of their chances in September. The law of averages will suggest they'll start losing some close ones in the late rounds and finals. 

Agree, at some point and especially this late in the season all those 'penalty shootout' wins catch up with you. 

Just hope they are nice and wrecked for our game. 

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25 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Have to feel for Leigh Adams a bit.

They just had a great win and have a few winnable games ahead of them.

But North have started the process of getting a priority pick.

What does the coach do:  tank to get the pick or go all out and build some belief and confidence in the next 5 games. 

It's such a flawed situation. I wonder if the AFL will have the Kangas under a microscope on the lookout for any action not within the spirit of the game? Maybe Ben Mackay's forward move recently should have been scrutinised more! Will let it slide until Davies Uniacke lines up at Full forward and Goldstein goes to Full back but at that point I expect an investigation! 

Real talk though I'd go with the confidence and belief route. It's underrated. 

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34 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Have to feel for Leigh Adams a bit.

They just had a great win and have a few winnable games ahead of them.

But North have started the process of getting a priority pick.

What does the coach do:  tank to get the pick or go all out and build some belief and confidence in the next 5 games. 

Those post-match scenes were so heartwarming. Some of the players did an entire lap of the ground, hand-slapping as many fans as poss. And when they sang the song… 🥹
To think they’d orchestrate losses to get a PP is very disheartening. 

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Reckon Collingwood have burnt a lot of 'petrol tickets' to get where they are. Hopefully they fall away form now.

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With regards to Collingwood, the average percentage for a grand finalist since 2012 is 134%. (MFC's percentage in 2021 was 130%)

Collingwood are currently 106% so they would be defying absolute football logic if they make the GF this year.

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