Pies are super fit. The way they win contests and move from contest to contest is amazing. No passengers. Daicos has a poor night and Cripps rises. Hate to say it burn it looks like 2023 again.

The Filth have done this off a 5 day break

Can we learn to be this resilient please?

Can we learn to field kick with some precision?

It should never take 2 years to learn a gameplan…

Regardless of personal Collingwood go into every game believing they can win whilst other teams are beaten mentally before the first bounce.

7 minutes ago, Dingo said:

How can we recruit them ?

Free parking at Gosch’s paddock, free city loop tram - unlimited journeys, corrugated iron beach hut on Port Phillip Bay.

5 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

Regardless of personal Collingwood go into every game believing they can win whilst other teams are beaten mentally before the first bounce.

Run and run and 1%s and run and skills

Pressure and Pressure and defensive run and intercept marking

1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

The Filth have done this off a 5 day break

Can we learn to be this resilient please?

Can we learn to field kick with some precision?

It should never take 2 years to learn a gameplan…

Agree, It’s comical that this is even thrown up. Collingwood and the Dogs can have key personnel out and still play exciting attacking footy but not us.

10 minutes ago, Spargonicus said:

Free parking at Gosch’s paddock, free city loop tram - unlimited journeys, corrugated iron beach hut on Port Phillip Bay.

Portsea Polo VIP tickets and Hotel drink vouchers ?

27 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

No suspension. Both players were committed

So was Archer and the dogs player but they still rubbed out Archer

52 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

Season over for Freo, Pies resting quality players and still running rings around the opposition and here we are struggling to run out games and trying to learn a new game plan which has been around for years.

Pies rested Pendlebury ..checkers had an abdominal strain ..Maynard is managing plantar fasciitis & De Goey is a liability at the moment. They play a system based game which they’ve played (with a few tweaks & the odd new player) for 4 to 5 years. Geelong is similar. We’re not at that stage ..yet. It’s still a very long season so I’m not quite as carried away with them …Freo have fallen off a cliff

How Bad are Freo & their 2 rucks isn’t working, surely Jackson isn’t happy

2 hours ago, Chook said:

Has Luke Jackson won possession at all so far tonight? He's always buzzing around contests looking vaguely like he's doing something but never seems to actually impact the play.

2 hours ago, Grouse said:

Was just about to say the same thing. 5 possessions half way through the second. Getting smashed when in the ruck. A much better player than that.

1 hour ago, Demon Disciple said:

Not too sure I’d be salivating over the prospect of bringing LJ back in a hurry either. Hasn’t done too much in his time over their and has stagnated badly, particularly for the $ he would be on.

LJ horrendous. He actually hasn't improved since he was with us. If he wants to come back he'll need to take a severe haircut - and that ain't gunna happen.

1 hour ago, BoBo said:

If Archer is suspended for 3 weeks then (Clarke was it?) also needs to go. He didn’t have to jump into Shultz.

And I also am not saying it should be a suspension, but if players have to take ‘reasonable care’ then he has to be gone.

1 hour ago, deegirl said:

The AFL being such an imagine conscious organisation, and one that is worried about a concussion class action, I bet they bring in some type of rule to stop players trying to run off the ground like Schultz did then. It wasn’t a good look.

and given their propensity to suspend for outcome is the Freo player a chance of being suspended? And I’m saying this not because I think it worthy of suspension but who can tell what the MRO will do

You’re right about the MRO.

Some players would get 6 weeks for that – some players would get Zero.

54 minutes ago, BoBo said:

So was Archer and the dogs player but they still rubbed out Archer

Who is the aggressor??

Proactive/reactive??

It looked 50/50 to me

Edited May 8May 8 by Sir Why You Little

3 hours ago, Jumping Jack Clennett said:

Treacy should line up Moore’s back with his knee, the way he did to Max in the practice game.

Unlikely, since Moore, like his father, studiously avoids getting into vulnerable positions, like being in front of the pack.

12 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Who is the aggressor??

Proactive/reactive??

It looked 50/50 to me

You might be missing my point.

I’m not saying (or would even argue on the merits of the act in isolation) that he should get suspended.

I’m saying that if Archer (chuck in Curtis from North as well) got 3 weeks, then the Freo player should get something.

If he doesn’t then the MRO/AFL is being inconsistent.

Which it is.

To be perfectly clear, I don’t think any of them deserve any weeks. Including the Freo player tonight.

Edited May 8May 8 by BoBo

1 hour ago, BoBo said:

You might be missing my point.

I’m not saying (or would even argue on the merits of the act in isolation) that he should get suspended.

I’m saying that if Archer (chuck in Curtis from North as well) got 3 weeks, then the Freo player should get something.

If he doesn’t then the MRO/AFL is being inconsistent.

Which it is.

To be perfectly clear, I don’t think any of them deserve any weeks. Including the Freo player tonight.

You could be right, i am not arguing

I am just making the point that, that particular incident was a genuine 50/50 with both players genuinely going for the ball, there was no malicious intent from either player, so i would find it difficult to suspend a player….

Thank goodness I didn't see a second of that game.

Unfortunately Collingwood are going to be up there again & it's going to be hard to beat them.

But surely more heat falls on JL

I love watching Collingwood play. Key personal out and yesterday they still get the job done because others stand up as a team.

Say what you want, but McRea is a brilliant coach and his numbers speakers for themselves.

They're 100% premiership contenders imo.

8 hours ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

LJ horrendous. He actually hasn't improved since he was with us. If he wants to come back he'll need to take a severe haircut - and that ain't gunna happen.

It was his second game back from a 4 week injury. He was close to BOG in his 2 games prior to injury and probably ranked 3 or 4th best ruckman at the time.

With Darcy back out with injury he will be primarily rucking and will start dominating games again.

I'd take him back with open arms if we can pull it off

10 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Run and run and 1%s and run and skills

Pressure and Pressure and defensive run and intercept marking

I remember when after winning the Brownlow, Woey was asked what had changed that year for him. I mean, he did have a breakout year. He said, amongst other things, that before every game he wrote in black texta on his arm: "run, run, run".

1 hour ago, Hellaintabadplacetobe said:

It was his second game back from a 4 week injury. He was close to BOG in his 2 games prior to injury and probably ranked 3 or 4th best ruckman at the time.

With Darcy back out with injury he will be primarily rucking and will start dominating games again.

I'd take him back with open arms if we can pull it off

me too - he had a few great moments last night. But clearly still coming back. A dynamic player. In the right mix of teammates / balance, can be devastating. So good at following up the groundball after rucking, and setting up a teammate with a forward space handball.

Te Pies have absolute faith in their team mates. When the ball is in dispute the trust they will win it and as soon as they do they spread. They are always kicking to space and they know thats where it will be kicked

Very well drilled. All on the same page.

You can see we are trying to get to that point.

And what a gem Jamie Elliott is. To think we nearly had him. I like the fact there are very few histrionics from him. He kicks a goal and the celebrations are generally muted. No hubris. Great big time pressure player. Kudos.

Pies had a great win and predicatably the media use the victory as validation of their premiership favoritism. And fair enough they earned that given how they managed their list, which put a spotlight on the sustainability of their system and method.

Freo had every opportunity to win this game. You can mount a very legitimate argument that they dominated Pies in most areas except the scoreboard. Freo almost doubled Collingwood's entries last night (62 to 34), which underlined their inefficiency, 'purple mist' going forward. Collingwood continue to play this brand of defensive half scoring and are ridiculously efficient and good at it. Its funny because i remember hearing Simpson mention a few times that it is not a sustainable scoring source where-as forward half / mid field turnovers are more desirable. Pies were also a) very accurate b) incredibly efficient with their i50 >> score (Freo 19% vs 44% in goal effieiciy : inside 50's).

Whilst Collingwood won, a team that is more efficient offensively would have mounted a considerable victory last night. So i wouldnt get too caught up with the Pies hype just yet. They are in form and found a way to win whilst resting their pensioners.

Jackson working under Gawn is a vastly different proposition to Jackson working alongside a potato in Darcy.

I would have him back in a second.

55 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Jackson working under Gawn is a vastly different proposition to Jackson working alongside a potato in Darcy.

I would have him back in a second.

Same. He looked awesome prior to hurting himself earlier this year.