Collingwood - One trick pony

[Fork 'em 6,983]

Stick it right up 'em Lingers 😎
Game on moles.

 

Edited August 4, 2022 by Fork 'em

[dazzledavey36 54,944]

I can sort of half see why some may have the [censored] with Ed and his comment.

Me personally? I [censored] love it. It's pure honesty, and adds more theatre to the game.

In this day and age where characters of the game have unfortunately died out and players are now trained up to be more like robots with stock standard cliché's, it's so refreshing to hear a player's perspective on what he genuinely thinks of a teams recent performance. 

And yes, I'd be saying the exact saying thing if it was a Collingwood player doing the same thing to us.

If Collingwood need a few words to spark them up then that says more about them. 

I can tell you one thing, if we lose tomorrow night, it certainly won't be because of a few words thrown out by Langdon.

More of this in our game I say.

[Supreme_Demon 3,851]

Would of preferred Ed Langdon to be a bit more humble. Let our actions do the talking.

Anyway, it will definitely be a very tough and exciting game tomorrow night.

I genuinely despise Collingwood and their feral supporters.

I encourage as many Melbourne supporters as possible to show up!

GO DEMONS!!!

[dees189227 12,394]

Langdon has probably made himself a target but he's said it so he can't take it back.

But look we haven't beaten them inawhile so maybe focus on that

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3 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Langdon has probably made himself a target but he's said it so he can't take it back.

But look we haven't beaten them inawhile so maybe focus on that

Reckon he's sharpening the focus nicely.

[adonski 12,143]

We'll win the centre clearances by +20 

[NeveroddoreveN 1,034]

Love that he has added a bit more spice to the game.

We are going to be brutal this week, we want Collingwood to go hard at us, we need the test.

Who goes harder for longer?

I predict we are going to beat then by around 50 points.

Now is the time to get in opponents head...FInals are coming!

[layzie 33,805]

19 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I can sort of half see why some may have the [censored] with Ed and his comment.

Me personally? I [censored] love it. It's pure honesty, and adds more theatre to the game.

In this day and age where characters of the game have unfortunately died out and players are now trained up to be more like robots with stock standard cliché's, it's so refreshing to hear a player's perspective on what he genuinely thinks of a teams recent performance. 

And yes, I'd be saying the exact saying thing if it was a Collingwood player doing the same thing to us.

If Collingwood need a few words to spark them up then that says more about them. 

I can tell you one thing, if we lose tomorrow night, it certainly won't be because of a few words thrown out by Langdon.

More of this in our game I say.

Yeah I can understand people's concerns but I think there's a touch of MFCSS about them too, which I understand even more. 

Apart from some words Ed could have used differently like 'all duck no dinner' and 'one trick pony' I saw his comments and praise for the opposition. He said when the game is on their terms they are real hard to stop (compliment) and said we need to try and dampen it (respect). I took this as suggesting we needed to be on our game.

The question is pertinent though, if they beat us with fast movement and chaos then he won't be proven wrong. Let's see them try to beat us another way if that way is taken from them, we believe in our system and I'm glad Ed believes in it too.

Edited August 4, 2022 by layzie

[binman 42,972]

1 hour ago, DEE fence said:

Collingwood is a hard running team, I kind of thought that was our trick as well

They haven't introduced tenpo control to their game yet.

I say yet, because I'm sure they will at some point. 

The other big difference to us is they rely on moving the ball quick and aggressively for their scoring. 

Langers is right - that represents a structural weakness in their method.

Take it away and they will struggle to kick a winning score. 

But they are likely to keep trying to go fast, which means they are likely to turn it over heaps. That might be ok against orher teams, but we will prey on, and punish turnovers. Which is how we generate most of our scoring.

The only way to take that away from us is not turn it over. And the only way of avoiding that, if we are on, is play safe  don't take risks (eg take on the corridor) and go down the line. Which is what we want. 

Catch 22.

We will smash them.

Edited August 4, 2022 by binman

[Demonstone 22,526]

Who would know more about one trick ponies than Mister Ed?

[DeelightfulPlay 2,548]

I agree, @layzie

Ed strikes me as quite a grounded guy but it seems like he isn't as nuanced at the media as others (or rather that the subsequent response from the media misses the nuance!).  This brings to mind that time he was seen as slagging off his ex coach at Freo last year.  Foot in mouth, even though he's not trying to be disrespectful!

[picket fence 17,169]

2 hours ago, DubDee said:

Let's keep Langers away from the media for a while hey? No doubt McCrae will be showing these comments  in the room tomorrow.  Doesn't make a huge difference but clearly doesn't help us

If blokes need a wind up to perform they aint much good

DEES TOMORROW NIGHT COMFORTABLY!

[Gorgoroth 12,954]

It’s not smart, I’d rather if he was going to say those things that we were A. In a good stretch of form, B. He actually got a kick and not slaughtered by a grandfather and C. Can actually take the hits he will get, he doesn’t bounce the best.

[Demons1858 1,760]

Is this what langers is referring to?

[Mel Bourne 4,515]

Well, let’s just hope that Ed isn’t eating words-on-toast for breakfast this Saturday. 

[hemingway 7,627]

Don’t like it all. What’s the protocol here. Would he be given the ok by the club or has he just gone off at the mouth. Can’t see the coaches being impressed unless there is some Machiavellian thinking going on. Should have remained humble and not comment on the opponent. Stupid. 

[Vipercrunch 2,827]

I heard today the AFL were expecting a crowd of just over 60,000. Maybe this is a well thought out strategy to get that to close to 80,000 instead. Unfortunately if they attend hoping for a close one, they’re going to be disappointed.  Melbourne by 50+.

[KLV 1,765]

And the cliché lingers, I thought you were better than that 

[Dr. Gonzo 24,219]

What does "all duck, no dinner" mean?

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2 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

What does "all duck, no dinner" mean?

Ginnivans game style.

[layzie 33,805]

14 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

Well, let’s just hope that Ed isn’t eating words-on-toast for breakfast this Saturday. 

And let's hope he has his wheat bix for tomorrow's breakfast.

[Dr. Gonzo 24,219]

Actually the comments that struck me the most from his interview were;

"Our defence is definitely our biggest strength and to be honest we probably pride ourselves on making Friday night games pretty boring to watch for spectators. "

I wasn't bored last week! 🤣

[layzie 33,805]

5 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Actually the comments that struck me the most from his interview were;

"Our defence is definitely our biggest strength and to be honest we probably pride ourselves on making Friday night games pretty boring to watch for spectators. "

I wasn't bored last week! 🤣

I'd rather a 'boring' 90 points scored than 120 in a shoot out 

[monoccular 17,430]

For those of us who aren't twits please explain.

[bobby1554 1,244]

55 minutes ago, hemingway said:

Don’t like it all. What’s the protocol here. Would he be given the ok by the club or has he just gone off at the mouth. Can’t see the coaches being impressed unless there is some Machiavellian thinking going on. Should have remained humble and not comment on the opponent. Stupid. 

I think he knew exactly what he was saying. The club would sanction every media contact the players had, so they would have known about this interview. And possibly what he was about to say. Mind games. Just watch Collingwood lose their focus a little tomorrow.