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Has Kossi done anything the last three games? will need a big last quarter or it is Casey for mine.

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    Not sure why Spargo was subbed and not Pickett

    Hope he does something in the last because so far he has been well beaten 

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    Nothing surer than Collingwood pulling this off now they don’t know how to lose we will need to play some crazy footy to win this 

     
    1 minute ago, praha said:

    Umps have been great imo letting them play

    Yea agreed. They missed a couple soft ones both ways. Hope they don’t ruin it in the 4th.

    1 minute ago, Hopeful Demon said:

    Our defence was impeccable that quarter. That being said, our kicking into the forwardline needs a lot of work. We can't just rely on our defence to win us this game.

    Always kicking to double coverage on Max. Some very bad habits.

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    1 minute ago, Sydee said:

    Not sure why Spargo was subbed and not Pickett

    Hope he does something in the last because so far he has been well beaten 

    Yep, even wasting some inside 50 balls. There was one passage of play where he elected to kick out of our fwd 50 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

    35 minutes ago, deanox said:

    Expected score at half time 33 - 27 our way.

    Inaccuracy letting us down again.

    Other stats supporting that we have a small edge in a close game, leading tackles, takes inside 50, marks inside 50, contested marks, clearances, and contested possessions.

    Collingwood with more disposals - 20 more handballs. 

     

    There is a tactical battle with structures, Collingwood trying to get an overlap on the outside, which they then seem to use to cut inboard while we work to man back up. When they get it, they have scored. When we've denied it they have struggled to move the ball threateningly.

    Scoring a couple of goals from stoppages early was a real boon for them.

    Evenly poised, and it might come down to individual brilliance or team fitness.

    Well we really worked hard to contain the overlap and spare man than quarter. Pushed them wide but cut off options back in board.

    We dominated possession that quarter, +14 contested possessions, +30 disposals, for the quarter.

     

    6 more scoring shots. Those first half misses may come back to bite us.

    But honestly I want to see Pickett contribute something. He just doesn't do enough for me

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    Kozzie needs to stand up. And I don’t mean to attempt some ridiculous mark. Somebody. And likely some of our guys will need to do special things to hold off the notoriously fast finishing pies.

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    It would be nice to actually walk out of here and not deal with Collingwood scum 

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    Umpiring has been ok. Joel Smith’s “dangerous” tackle was a garbage call though. 

    34 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

    Should we have bought in Melksham as another scoring option because Spargo and Chandler aren't offering much 

    Yes for Spargo.  He's slow as since returning from the head knock

    Tempting though.

    Having said that, a goal each from Chandler and Kozzy this quarter might just get us the chocolates

    5 minutes ago, praha said:

    One of our best that quarter

    he was good. 


    Cracking game.

    Way too easy.

    Why is our goal kicking so poor today?

     

    12 point turnaround there


     hopefully that’s not the difference

     we miss a similar opportunity, they take theirs. Got to take chances against the pies 

     

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