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One positive at least is that those that think JvR won’t make it can stfu now.

Langers called the filth all duck and no dinner and 5 of their players jumped on him in the first two mins. That scum bag finished Gussys career and our finals with that deliberate shoulder hit and not one of our player puts a hand on him the whole game. We are soft as butter and its big part of the reason we are out of the 8. Better to stand for your teammate than stand for [censored] all.

Goody will make some huge, huge changes next week. Billings to start. Laurie sub.

I thought he'd at least be on the receiving end of one or two crunching tackles. He gave them instead. And his mate Moore pushed his knee into Tracs spleen. Way to wave the flag for Gus. Maynard not bruised even fairly isn't a great look. Especially after all the talk about a response.

Kudos to Neal Bullen and his job on daicos today. Gawn cannot keep carrying this team. Others need to start stepping up.

I thought Windsor did well.

People working behind the Scenes and our Football Department have let us all down in a huge way. you do not come back from this, the damage (whatever it is) has been done. We have been deceived. Look at Grundy last night. To not play him last year was sheer arrogance and stupidity This Club is like a Ferrari that hasn’t had a Service in 3 years. We need new people running the place. Top to Bottom The List can be salvaged but only with tough calls

Rivers was terrific. Kozzy tried hard but his inaccuracy like Fritta's really costly. The younger players weren't disgraced, McVee, Howes and Windsor all serviceable. Our midfield was shocking, led by Viney who was a liability. Max was intent on grappling all game and was completely nullified by their rucks. The backline misses Lever's leadership and instruction, but I think it's time to work out whether we want to play slingshot and it probably means we need some list changes or revert back to the forward half game style of 2021-2023 that we appeared to play today. Goody isn't getting the sack, nor should he, so we need to look at other ways to improve. Season most definitely shot though.

All i want from this game is to see WCW jump the fence and put the slipper into you know who as he lays on the ground

The most damning stat I've seen is today was our lowest pressure rating of the year. After last week's debacle. That is disgraceful.

This won't be a popular post but I thought the lads had a real crack. I'm not angry or disappointed because aside from finishing off infront of goal I thought the game was an improvement from Freo. We're a bottom of the 8 sort of side this year for a few reasons

Team stats very even. Occasional lack of intensity but so did the Pies. Gameplan looks to be basically OK but no run and carry or angle-kicks to break open lines and angles. Similar shots on goal. Our in close to outside handballing is atrocious. Our kicking skills inside F50 is worse.

Huge game. With our insipid performance last week we have put ourselves under huge pressure - both in terms of our effort levels being rightfully knocked all week and the need for the four points. But the pies also desperately need a win to keep in touch with the 8. We played poorly in our previous losses, but the freo game was different. Understanably, there has been some strong comments and condemnation on dl this week. But i dont take anything from last week in terms of our game plan, sytems, personel and lines. Apply that level of effort and any meaningful analysis is superfluous. But this is goody's 8th season as coach and that was the only time under goody that we appeared to give up. They have earned the benefit of the doubt. But they get that benefit just once. I'm super excited. I am firmly of the view that in terms of method our plan is to revert to our normal method, with improvements to our turnover game, come the end of the season. I think we will revert to that model today. Forward half, contest based, win the inside 50 count football (and go back to a more transition based game against the roos). Basically the same model we employed the last time we played the pies. And I suspect we have long set ourselves for this game, and planned accordingly in terms of our high performance program. I hope I'm right. We will know if I am pretty early I reckon. Dees by 27.

I'm ashamed of the club today. We've played like trash for weeks now, but not not stand up on a big day like today was so disheartening. Letting Maynard get through a full match of footy without giving him any physical attention after what he did to a beloved demon was shameful. One of the worst things I've say through as a diehard supporter of this club, and I've say through decades of [censored] at this point. Mentally weak. Shameful. Disappointing. Our premiership window ends with a whimper while that thug runs around like he's at training.

Let’s not get too excited about that game. Geelong have the worst rucks by far in the league and opposition rucks dominate them every game. Not playing Grundy in the finals was a huge mistake but moving him (and his contract) on was the right thing to do. Gawn is not a forward and neither is Grundy. They were no good together.

Leave it alone. The goal was to win today not to take Maynard out. If people want to rip their memberships up over this then they can [censored] off

There is nothing worse than losing to Collingwood, but putting up an effort like that after what they did to Gus really hurts, it feels like the soul of the club is gone, the players don't seem to want to actually fight anymore.

Looks at the umpire every time he's touched. Can't stand the bloke and the protection racket around him. That 50 was a disgrace.

Pack your bags Simon, you're done.. While you're at it take Richo, Pert, Roffey, Chaplin, Williams, Stafford and Tim Lamb with you on the way out.

Goodwin has been in charge for 8 years. 7 of them were failures. That is a fact.

Drafting high-contest vs high-skill players got us a premiership, but is coming back to hurt us.

Ahhh Sidebottom.. go on another bender and run around the streets naked, weirdo.

The best way to honor Gus today is to beat the Pies

Nice cameo from Luker Kentfield today kicked a couple, looked the part and is no shrinking violet. Great effort Luker. 👍

Football hasn’t been the same for me since last year’s finals and it probably won’t ever be again. Today has just about killed the last bit of hope I had for the season. Time to take a break from football.

I’m so jealous of how good of a footy club Collingwood are and it makes me sick. Our standards are so so low. Our inaccuracy in big games is not isolated. It’s mental weakness.

People think the effort was there? we played with intense desire for about 7-10 minutes in the 3rd. did you feel it? when the crowd got involved. aside from that we tried a bit. but no where near level needed

i'll save a post about the game until later but by gee Collingwood fans have sunk to a new low. The absolutely vile stuff being said about angus and the championing of maynard made me sick and also just very sad. Genuine waste of oxygen, the lot of them.

A disgraceful display. I hate Collingwood and losing to them is humiliating.

Which one is it? FWIW, it's not the former. This is not a "Ferrari" list. We've been extracting consistent and largely excellent football from the bones of this list for four years. But with the drop off from Viney, Oliver and May, the absence of Lever and the need to throw Petracca forward more than we'd like, the list around them isn't good enough to keep us in contention. Compare that with Collingwood who today covered for De Goey, Mitchell, Pendlebury, Elliott, Cox and Mihocek with players like Kreuger, Noble, Harrison, Macrae, Sullivan and Dean.

From the ground, there was plenty of want and intensity, particularly early. All the indicators said we should have been much closer at half time - on top in clearance and contested possession. The simple fact is they converted all of their chances (and most of their half chances) and we didn’t.

That was just more rubbish. Zero confidence. Zero intensity. Zero clue. Deplorable skills. We are playing like a bunch of drunks. I can’t believe how far our form has plummeted in the space of 6 weeks or so. There is something rotten in the club. There’s no demon spirit anymore. Goody survived one near death experience. He won’t survive another. He needs to sort this out and fast otherwise he’ll be in the jobs market come seasons end.

[censored] THIS GAME AND [censored] THE AFL Take Maynard out and call it a day

He chose Billings, didn't he? Meanwhile someone like Woewodin with double the heart is overlooked for no f-ing reason.

billings sub! i dont have to eat my shoe!

Just get the job done Demons. Hit them hard when the opportunity is there. Real Hard

Last week was a shock. it's been a long time since the team capitulated like that. So it's back to basics. show some heart and pride in the guernsey. I've no idea how the result will go. Pies undermanned but they have the wood over us in this fixture. Would love to see Clarry get back to his normal self today. Go dees

Have to give a lot of credit to Alex Neal-Bullen for his job on Daicos. Although I thought it robbed us of a system component he certainly did a great job. 15 possessions a career low for Daicos?

As a bit of light relief for you all…we were sat with the Demon Army today and my kids and I were enjoying getting involved with the chants. After the “M..E..L..B…..” etc chant had finished, my 11yo daughter turns to me and says “The Pies fans are quiet, because they’re still working out how to spell Collingwood!” 😂

He's delusional as they come.

Hey Boofheads.... 2 words Angus Brayshaw Leave your jumpers at the door...

Sorry, but this just makes my blood boil

A main reason for our struggles is Oliver going from a superstar to a C grade plodder. He has always been an ordinary kick, but he offers no drive anymore. We should revisit a trade at the end of the season, because his contract is an albatross now. Salem is also cooked. The decision to play him at high half back means we get no value from turnovers. Compare what he gives compared to Saad. Laurie is an average VFL player. The decision to give him another two years before the season should put Tim Lamb on notice. Great effort by ANB.

Inaccurate has nothing to do with it. Our shots are from the pockets. Collingwood kicks theirs from direcrly in front. We have a shot directly in front from 50 and hit a target on the pocket. Daicos slots his from 55 out directly in front. This is 100%, undoubtedly, unequivocally structural. This is a coaching decision. It's how we played in 2021. It's how we're playing now. We have a 60 goal forward in Fritsch who consistently can't get into games. We consistently kick to spare defenders. We are poorly coached.

It’s pretty sad we have gone from being the hardest team to play against for years to this.

Pleased with the performance of JvR, Gawn and ANB. That's about it...

We have kicked 4 goals, in over 3 quarters of AFL football. I don't know what it is, but there is something seriously wrong in this football club right now and it needs to be addressed ASAP. Today, we have played an injury depleted Collingwood, yet their pride stands up. Can you imagine for a second, how we would go, right now, with a similar injury list. We cannot hit targets, we cannot isolate targets and we allow opposition to hit unmarked players, coming out of their backline, while we hit opposition players on the chest. I reckon G. Lyon knows something, but he can't say Season over.

Melbourne supporters need to be filthy about this [censored] and we need to stop [censored] around. I don't care if you're in the Demon Army, the Demonland podcast, an absolute one-eyed diehard... We won a flag in the worst possible year to win a flag when we were all locked in our homes and couldn't attend. Then we back it up with four (4!) straight finals losses at the MCG. The club has resumed regular programing and it is absolute rubbish! Collingwood has eleven, 11 of its best 22 out. They have zero forward line. We are missing Jake Lever. After everything this club went through after last year's Qualifying Final, to play like this... If anyone even tries to justify this I'll lose it. We have no changed as a football club. What happened in the off season was nothing short of a disgrace. This club has always lacked heart and it always will. I haven't fully recovered after last year's semi final loss and I am now deeper in my resentment for this club. What a waste of my [censored] time and money.

Maybe I’ve been sucked in by the Jake Lever interview and all the other media interviews this week, but I can’t see how we lose today to a undermanned Collingwood. With the talent that we have, and an expected 100% application of effort, we get the job done. Dees to win the inside 50 count by 15+ Dees to win contested possession by 10+ Dees to play a strong forward half game. Dees by 26pts

Coach says nothing. Demonland: "Why isn't the club explaining what is going on? Where's our Comms Team?" Coach gives interview. Demonland: "Blah blah blah. Talk is cheap. Let's see some action."