NON-MFC: Round 02

[BDA 20,895]

lions and pies to fall out of top 4.

reckon Swans, Giants, Carlton and ourselves will fill the top slots this year.

[adonski 9,506]

Pies have no 1st Round Pick- fantastic

Unfortunately, it belongs to the Dokkas, gone full circle in the death ride 

[leave it to deever 16,600]

The umpiring standard was horrendous and it's the first time I enjoyed it.

And if any Pies fan should stumble upon this post.....

That goal from the boundary line ....the ball was definitely out of bounds.

Edited March 21 by leave it to deever

[binman 39,699]

26 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Collingwood are so far off it that I’m not sure beating them right now is necessarily a sign that St Kilda are any good.

Totally agree.

It is so clear they are not fit enough, that's the story. 

Yes, the month less preseason has an impact but they look miles off being fit. The cats struggled too last year but didn't look anywhere near a unfit. Culture?

The way the game is now played, if teams can't cover the ground they're toast.

It's particularly true of the pies because they press up so high that need to be super fit, and quick, to get back on defence when they turn the ball over.

The can't atm and are getting walk in goals against them.

It's why I picked the saints and the swans.

[BDA 20,895]

people have forgotten that the Elliot mark for the first goal clearly bounced into his arms. an obvious non-mark.

reckon the out of bounds goal squared that injustice so pies can't complain on that front.

they did get stitched by the umps though.

[Demon Dynasty 16,413]

Initially i was ecstatic about last night's result.

Having slept on it overnight i think it's best we maimtain our decorum and respect here folks and not get too carried away with the Filth's 0 - 3 opening...

[daisycutter 28,728]

12 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

The umpiring standard was horrendous and it's the first time I enjoyed it.

And if any Pies fan should stumble upon this post.....

That goal from the boundary line ....the ball was definitely out of bounds.

if the filth don't get another free this whole season, they'd still be in credit

[Demonland 66,987]

Definitely not Photoshopped

[binman 39,699]

1 hour ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Initially i was ecstatic about last night's result.

Having slept on it overnight i think it's best we maimtain our decorum and respect here folks and not get too carried away with the Filth's 0 - 3 opening...

I'm considering lifting my media ban for the next little while to revel in what's sure to be 'what's going on with the pies' tsunami.

What goes up, must come down.

Edited March 21 by binman

[No. 31 744]

1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Carlton lost six (seven?) in a row early last season. Everyone wrote them off, said they wouldn’t make finals. Nek minnit…

True, but the effort/energy expended getting into the 8 after that horror run and missing out on a top 4 slot meant the Blues were not a realistic shot to go all the way in 2024.

[The Jackson FIX 2,308]

41 minutes ago, binman said:

It is so clear they are not fit enough, that's the story. 

Hang on a second - David King went to one pre-season training session and declared Collingwood on the brink of a dynasty?!

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 4,341]

A game-day / post-game thread to rival any for our games for mercuriality, length, euphoria, and sheer entertainment.

Thanks, all posters!

[daisycutter 28,728]

why no media chit storm over elliot's first goal from a no-mark bump ball?

[leave it to deever 16,600]

Sure the Pies had a bumper start to the season last year but they fell away at the end.

In reality they just snuck home with three iffy finals including the gf.

They beat us in a final by 7 points when we had an absolutely depleted fwd line and were a man down.

Just beat Gws by a point.

And we're lucky in the Gf with the soft advantage call and just snuck home again by a kick.

They were not a glorious flag team by any standard.

Look at our 21 finals campaign. That's how it's done.

Pies won't make top four and rightly so.

[Demon Dynasty 16,413]

47 minutes ago, binman said:

I'm considering lifting my media ban for the next little while to revel in what must be 'what's going on work pies' tsunami.

What goes up, must come down.

Revel away Bin!

[WalkingCivilWar 35,351]

Maysie says to me, “you look so happy today!” I said “yeah, Collingwood are 0-3!” He said, “yeah how [censored] good is that?! It’s a more beautiful day now.”

🥳

[Neil Crompton 4,993]

2 hours ago, Demonstone said:

This just in from AFL Headquarters:

If Collingwood lose to Brisbane next week and to a Jack Ginnivan-led Hawthorn the week after in Gather Round, they will be granted exclusive draft access to Nathan Fyfe's twin boys as compensation.

If that happens, expect to hear a lot about Collingwood, Owen Fyfe and Norton Fyfe.

Normally I’d just put a laughing emoji on your work D but not enough in this case. Just brilliant! 

[Smokey 4,218]

CoLLLingwood 😍

[whatwhat say what 20,492]

did liam henry do his hammy in the last few minutes?

that would be a massive blow for the aints; he was excellent 

[daisycutter 28,728]

4 minutes ago, Smokey said:

CoLLLingwood 😍

good one, smiokey

also collingw000d works too

[binman 39,699]

53 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

Hang on a second - David King went to one pre-season training session and declared Collingwood on the brink of a dynasty?!

I just listened to McRae's presser.

Rohan Connelly explicitly asked about the shorter preseason and whether they are behind the 8 ball fitness wise. 

McRae categorically denied that was the case. In fact he went further and said they were the fittest they had been in his time at the club and lauded the high performance team and the work rate of the players. 

If you take McRae at his word then that points to even bigger issues (their reliance on players over 30 being just one).

They simply did not work hard enough last night, you could see it - particularly in terms of all team defensive running and covering the Sant's spread.

If that is attitude not fitness they are in big trouble. 

It was a weird presser. McRae was speaking in metaphors and struggling to maintain his positive vibe schtick.  

Asked about being the first premier in years to have started 0-3, Mcrae was quick to correctly point out that the cats lost their first 3 games last year. To which the reporter (Connelly?) quickly responded to note the Cats didn't make the finals last year. 

Nice little drive by from McRae that i'm sure Scott will highlight when the Cats play the Pies.

On Connelly, its great he has been gong to the pressers for the last season and a bit, he asks excellent qs and isn't dismissed by the coaches like the less experienced reporters often are.

[Dee Zephyr 18,277]

1 hour ago, leave it to deever said:

That goal from the boundary line ....the ball was definitely out of bounds.

Yep, replay definitely shows it was out of bounds.

[binman 39,699]

44 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Revel away Bin!

Apologies to Demonstone, but this came to mind:

 

[Stu 881]

In the Kings Birthday game last year we showed teams that if you can get the ball outside of the contest you can outnumber the pies on the rebound. They throw a lot of players at the contest to win the ball back, but if they lose and the team can clear it, they're off. 

The aura Collingwood had meant that teams sometimes panicked when they had the overlap / outnumber going, and would often rush a kick either giving the ball straight back or allowing the Pies players to spoil, tackle etc.

Further, last year teams statistically had their worst scoring accuracy against the Pies. It was an uncanny stat that almost all teams worst goalkicking performance came against Collingwood.

This meant that when teams got momentum they weren't capitalising, giving the Pies a sniff. The confidence they had from all the close wins and comebacks meant they never lost belief. Conversely teams started to tighten up when they were 3 or 4 goals up half way through the last quarter fearing a Pies comeback. 

Now that teams have worked out how to pull apart Collingwood's game plan, the aura has started to fall and it is having the opposite compounding effect where the Collingwood players are feeling the pressure and making mistakes. The scrutiny premiers face the following season is intense, and I'm even more proud of the 10-0 start we had in 2022 in retrospect.

[binman 39,699]

6 minutes ago, binman said:

Apologies to Demonstone, but this came to mind:

 

If you plays this backwards you get a one word descriptor of the pies start to the the 2024 season:

• Unravel