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19 minutes ago, poita said:

Collingwood's medical team must be doing something right given their record over the past 12 weeks. How have we gone in that period? 

You mean having half their team out injured? yeah they've been great. They are probably the only part of that club not doing well

We haven't had anywhere near their injury list

13 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

FYI Lions nearly at full “available” strength

Noah AnswerthShoulder3-5 weeks

Keidean ColemanKneeSeason

Tom DoedeeKneeSeason

Darcy GardinerKneeSeason

Lincoln McCarthyKneeSeason

what does that mean? they are missing 5 best 22 players. they have more injuries than us

zero excuses for us not to front up

On 11/06/2024 at 10:52, whatwhat say what said:

in 2024 that's:
- spargo playing in opening round when mlies off fitness issues; not seen since with his achilles injury
- lever playing with a stuffed knee since Anzac day eve
- may playing with broken ribs vs crom and clearly not 'right'
- oliver playing with a busted hand vs bears
- petty hobbling around like a 77 year old with a cactus ankle for the last four weeks
- viney's ongoing shoulder issues that seem to have been around for the entire season
- petracca being sent back on field with busted ribs, lacerated spleen, and partially punctured lung

our medical dept needs a change

welcome to AFL. Players have to play through injury. most guys by now are carrying a couple of injuries

Viney and May were our two best on the weekend

or maybe we should get Collingwoods medical team with half their list out injured. Meanwhile we have 1-2 key players on our list

What a man Christian is. So honest, always team first, so talented but never arrogant. 

Can only imagine what he has gone through. I’m shocked it was so bad. And every player that runs out knows that can happen

37 minutes ago, KingDingAling said:

Petracca will 110% be at Collingwood next year. That’s what I’ve heard. 

i get my posts deleted for posting nonsense rumours

if any mods have time please follow this guy around

farkin [censored]

Man we look so much better on paper with Lever back

He was arguably winning our BnF before he got injured. Makes everyone look better down back and creates many rebound chains 

Hope he can turn out to be our version of Wang-Milera from Saints. We certainly could use some fast rebound and a nice kick

Just now, Deelectable said:

Thought the same but would one of Howes or Bowey make way for AMW? Maybe Brown? Lever to come in also.

true hard to know

we’ll have to see how Salem recovers after training too

Excellent development by the club. Waiting until he is in great form to give him his chance. 

And he should get plenty of it down back!

We might have 10 kids under 50 games playing this week

the highest number of any club including north

im getting a renewed excitement for the season to see how we go

Clarry has put together 7 of the greatest seasons ever by a Demon.

Whatever he is going through we must support him. He deserves that and more

What happened to the horse thread?

quality banter, just gone

is nothing sacred?

1 hour ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

I think we still had more shots at goal in that last quarter than Scotland had in a whole tournament. 😩

true. Scots took a Braveheart approach to the Euros. HOOOLLLDD!

robbed of a pen though

9 minutes ago, rpfc said:

No need to assume. We had and expected score of 55 from our 47 entries…

47 expected entries?

Expected score has be rolled out

time to close thread

IN Lever, AMW, 

OUT Salem (if injured),  Tommo (stiff) 

I'd like to see Jeffo get a game this year at some point to get a taste

I'm glad to hear he is progressing well.  Him and JVR could be a nice combo in a couple of years

29 minutes ago, Gawndy the Great said:

Its also a mini rort. Errol Gulden was bought up in country victoria football. How does that then turn into Sydney academy player? You shouldn't be permitted to come in and swoop on players from anywhere in Australia and claim them as Academy players. Again if you are going to allow that, then make it that any junior talent can be scouted and added to any clubs academy from anywhere in Oz. Give all clubs 1 academy selection per each draft and be done with it. 

I didnt even know they got Gulden through the academy.  what a joke!

So Mills, Heeney, Blakey, Gulden etc all gifted to them. Never using a top 10 pick. The most blatant favouritism in the league.

They would not be near finals without the academies

29 minutes ago, Binmans PA said:

Bowey and McVee practically had identical games.

13 for Bowey at 62%, 4 intercept possessions, 4 score involvements, 3 rebound 50s, 9 pressure acts and 208m gained.

14 for Judd at 64%, 6 intercept possessions, 2 score involvements, 3 rebound 50s, 6 pressure acts and 209m gained.

The only difference is Bowey had 4 turnovers and Judd had 0, but still went at 64%.

I thought both were handy on the night. And one of Bowey's score involvements, where he won possession in a stoppage under extreme heat and hit a target inside 50 that pretty much no one else in our team could hit is precisely why we need to find ways to push him up to stoppages or even have him off the back of stoppages ala Salem in 2021.

I think they're both developing well. Bowser has had some average moments this year, but he hasn't been alone there. Sure, that intercepted handball that led to a North behind early in the game was poor, but otherwise he was solid. 

I love both of these two guys, they both have pace, composure and are beautiful kicks at 21 and 20.

I love them both too but 4 turnovers turns a good game into a poor game and usually leads to 4 scoring shots

Jefferson has 17.11 goals in his last 7 games in a poor team 

certainly trending the right direction

It was embarrassing 

deserves a fine

we have posters bagging our players

posters telling fellow supporters to [censored] off if you didn’t attend the game without an acceptable excuse

of course we have supporters bagging our coaching

none of this happens when we are winning. a strange phenomenon 

think i might take a breather from this ‘supporter’ site

42 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

How the hell can we look so spent and unable to run in the last quarter when we've just come off the bye?

it’s all mental 

mental weakness. not physical

We are not the team we were. Clearly. 

A third of our team are kids. We doesn’t deserve to be favourites against any expect the bottom few. 

Lets develop the kids, try to lay down a decent game plan and plan for the future 

Lever in hopefully