NON-MFC: Round 02

[At Least I Saw a Flag 5,248]

4 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

Full credit to him but it is kind of annoying that Bobby Hill's two best games are the difference between Collingwood's entire McRae era being a failure or not.

I would be well pleased to see that arrogant parasite-on-a-throne club drain away to the gutter it crawled out of.

There are already credible rumours of rifts within the club and when the paint starts to scratch off you can bet we'll get another look at all the unresolved racism, sexism and drug issues their clout enabled them to suppress without resolving.

Holy [censored], I really do hate Collingwood.

Maybe, but not nearly as much as I hate them.

[Mel Bourne 4,515]

Look, I loathe ‘em…

…but we’ve only won one more game than them this year. 

[The Great Pretender 463]

We can all laugh but regrettably they have the silverware from 2023 and we don’t. 

[Guest]

23 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

Look, I loathe ‘em…

…but we’ve only won one more game than them this year. 

But we’re not reigning premiers. And we didn’t come into this season expecting a cakewalk. And we didn’t get ahead of ourselves. We also don’t have swelled heads and we don’t think we’re invincible.

Let’s enjoy their slo-mo bubble bursting while it lasts. 😃

[chookrat 4,250]

2 hours ago, Gawndy the Great said:

His demeanour in the Sydney presser was very eye catching. He looked panicky and desperate. If they go 0-3 then statistically they won’t win it. top 4 becomes almost out of reach and finals is even 50/50. Just look at the cats from last year.

Saints match up very well and I think are in with a real shot to cause a major upset. They move the ball very well and are one of the harder sides to score against. 

I don't get the argument that you cannot win the flag if you lose the first 3 matches on the basis that it hasn't happened before. There are 23 games in the season and between 16 and 17 wins gets a top 4 finish and probable home finals. Whats to say a team cannot lose the first 3 games and win 17 of the remaining 20 to finish top 2?

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, The Great Pretender said:

We can all laugh but regrettably they have the silverware from 2023 and we don’t. 

That makes it all the more funny 🥳

Besides, it’s now season 2024. We all start fresh. 

[Guest]

47 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Way too much Schadenfreude going on here.

 

There’s no such thing as too much schadenfreude when it comes to Collingwood. 

[kev martin 9,896]

I believe they are the most talked about club in the AFL, fans, antifans, and

media. That is what they want from us. Whether they win or lose, they want to be in your head.

Stop it, give them nothing of your time. Let them bask in oblivion.

[Demonland 72,213]

 

[Demonland 72,213]

6 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Could someone come up with the stats on final positions after starting with 3 losses, pls?

The stat I heard about 0-2 was only 18% of teams starting 0-2 since 2000 made the finals. I imagine the % for 0-3 is a lot lower. 

[TheWiz 766]

For anyone interested there was a good article in The Age which looks at Sydney’s high press effectiveness as a blueprint against Collingwood:

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/high-press-high-reward-did-the-swans-give-the-footy-world-a-blueprint-for-beating-collingwood-20240318-p5fda1.html?btis

[doc roet 1,287]

I am so looking forward to this game tonight in anticipation of a pies loss. I want so desperately to see them get done. My preference would be after the siren, but wouldn't knock back a 10 goal loss either. If the game starts to blow out pies way,TVs going off. I want to see them and their supporters hurting. I have even gone to the point of looking who they have next ( brissy in Brisbane) and feeling good about that. I think I need help.

[Demonland 72,213]

Coin Toss Ladder for those keeping score

Teams that won the coin toss in Round 1 went 6-3

[Demonland 72,213]

THURSDAY, MARCH 21

St Kilda v Collingwood at the MCG, 7.30pm AEDT

ST KILDA

In: J.Sinclair, Z.Jones
Out: L.Collard (omitted), B.Crouch (omitted)

Last week's sub: Lance Collard

COLLINGWOOD

In: B.Frampton, T.Mitchell, R.McInnes
Out: C.Dean (omitted), A.Johnson (omitted), W.Hoskin-Elliott (managed)

Last week's sub: Fin Macrae

[Gawndy the Great 9,011]

9 hours ago, chookrat said:

I don't get the argument that you cannot win the flag if you lose the first 3 matches on the basis that it hasn't happened before. There are 23 games in the season and between 16 and 17 wins gets a top 4 finish and probable home finals. Whats to say a team cannot lose the first 3 games and win 17 of the remaining 20 to finish top 2?

 Nothing, it is just statistically unlikely. Sure you get an outlier event from time to time (Doggies in 2016). But it’s hard to win 17/20 games. What also doesn’t stack up is the way they play and win. It is hard to back it up and sustain. 

[Demonland 72,213]

[Master Chief 80]

Pies

Cats

Dockers

Dees

Swans

Doggies

Power

Giants

[dl4e 5,851]

Saints

Crows

Dockers

MFCSS

Sydney

Suns

Port

Giants

[dees189227 12,394]

Would love to see the Saints win tonight 

[Master Chief 80]

4 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Would love to see the Saints win tonight 

Me too but if Collingwood have to win I will be quite happy that Ross the Boss is sitting 0 and 2.

Edited March 21 by Master Chief

[roy11 3,853]

Very interesting to see if/how the Dogs bounce back this week against the suns. 

Surely Caleb must start that one

[dees189227 12,394]

Just hope the swans do a number on the bummers

[Jaded No More 68,922]

4 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Just hope the swans do a number on the bummers

Sleep easy

[BDA 22,755]

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

Hawks haven’t beaten us since 2018. What a great state of affairs. Hope they don’t beat us for another 100 years

[dl4e 5,851]

13 minutes ago, BDA said:

Hawks haven’t beaten us since 2018. What a great state of affairs. Hope they don’t beat us for another 100 years

Drew in 21. They have also pushed us a couple of times. No easy feat on Saturday.