SaberFang

And now I know why. Exact same feeling I had before the Essendon and both St Kilda games. Should've put a bet on Carlton, at least I'd be a little richer in the hip pocket instead of just heartbroken.

Now watch Carlton get the instant reply thanks to a BS free kick.

Only against Melbourne do the no-name spuds heading for delisting play a blinder. Every bloody time.

Oh great, Liam Jones kicking goals. This is embarrassing. If we can't beat Carlton, we don't deserve to play finals. Simple as that.

1 [censored] free kick in 3 quarters of footy? Give me a [censored] spell, you corrupt maggots!

Yep, very reminiscent of some other lazy performances this year. One of those matches where we're flat from the opening bounce and spend the rest of the game just hanging in there, without ever having a dominant patch where we convert goals.

I have no idea what Michie is doing in this team. Looks like we've lost another game at the selection table.

26 disposals to Gibbs at half time. Who the [censored] is on Gibbs? What the hell are you doing coaches, get a hard tag on now!

Why was Pedersen dropped? Why...?

Umps clearly found the $4.50 odds for Carlton too good to refuse. Making their intentions clear.

I'm so anxious I feel sick. Didn't feel this way before the Port game.

I wouldn't want to play them in round 1 next year without knowing their gameplan.

4th elimination final in a row. Cmon Dees, focus on the game at hand! Late changes for Carlton, Silvagni and Kerridge out for Everitt and Graham.

It's pretty well documented that Neeld was poisonous to the players and created a toxic environment.

So they hosted 2 games at Etihad? That makes even less sense.

Tiring hearing this trotted out regularly; if we'd drafted Wines over Toumpas, who's to say we'd have become the basketcase we did? Who's to say we would end up with a new recruitment team led by Jason Taylor? Or Peter Jackson as CEO? Or Roos as coach? Or the 4 wins in 2014 that allowed us to draft Petracca and Brayshaw? We'll just have to get Wines in 2 years via trade to make it a reality.

Brad Scott in his post-match presser:

Howe looked pretty pleased with himself after Collingwood's 9th win for the year. Must be thinking ahead to his weekly froths at The Swan. Dedication!

With all respect to the Toump, truly great players work through stuff like that. It's certainly more than poor luck that has resulted with Toumpas in the position he's in.

And Walker to kick the matchwinner. Beautiful.

Toumpas just cost Port the game. Wow, that's almost coach killing.

I turned over from the Showdown for 2 minutes and Howe took a regulation mark. The commentators couldn't control themselves, wetting their chairs with excitement. Just the usual brain-cell killing dribble from Seven's Saturday night commentary team.

Are you forgetting someone?

They are mindbogglingly bad, and Westhoff is having the worst game I've seen him play (personified by that kick for goal). Not to mention 10 minutes ago when he burned his teammate running open into the goalsquare (only to spray his kick for goal) and 5 minutes ago when he spoiled a ball rather than marked it, leading straight to an Adelaide goal.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but am I seeing Collingwood playing their manditory home game at Etihad Stadium against Gold Coast? Really...? They get theirs against Gold Coast and we get assigned St Kilda at Etihad twice. I really shouldn't be surprised by the transparency of AFL HQ these days, it's just amazing how they don't even hide it.