In Harmes Way

I’m hoping Sunday works out like our game vs Freo that I wasn’t optimistic about beforehand but turned out to be a lovely day in the sun with a comprehensive performance.

Yep. I lament the loss of James Harmes, but am too lazy to come up with something else.

Great post Andy, nailed it

That's because the club's Chief Communications officer is too busy running the AFLW program.

I liked Max on MMM this morning. A WCE opponent asked him why it took so long to give him a debut, Max responded “why did you let him go?”

The club absolutely had to stand up to the online threats against Goodwin that went too far, which Green's letter did. IMHO this is the only reason he wrote the letter. Unfortunately the lion's share of supporters including myself were looking for the club to (also) make some sort of a statement on how the club will respond as a whole (incl. board) to a particularly devestating result in a season of ongoing disappointments that compounds on the 0-5 start we had to the year. The standards you walk past are the standards you're willing to accept. The letter merely acknowledging frustration and that the "Board and I are committed to doing everything required to have our AFL program performing at the level we all expect" doesn't really cut it.

Anyone comparing a particularly bad quarter of footy yesterday against 186 has rocks in their head.

What’s even more inexplicable for me is that we started the game with our best first qtr for the year before we had the worst 4th qtr of all time in the same game

I thought it might be like the royal family not flying together in case the plane crashes.

Missed that news - what did AJ do to himself Ghosty?

Whilst Bergman would make us a better team, I like the intent of this thread around a KPF, given we seem to win inside 50 count every bloody week but can't win a game. Having somebody who can clunk a mark and take his 30 seconds (and hopefully kick a goal, god knows we need a few of those) allows our forward line to setup when we inevitably kick a point. I think we have enough medium sized players across the park to win a game. Just need a big banana up front. Have done for the last 4 years.

It was 2019 when I finally realised the footy department will always talk up the list/game plan irrespective of what they're actually seeing because they don't want to see the membership numbers drop off. In 2019 it went past hopeful optimism to what I considered to be borderline dishonest. Now you've just got to try to listen for the verbal cues on where we're focussing on improving and tune out the repetition.

You clearly don't remember 2013

If I could climb into a delorean and go back 25 years to convince the MFC brains trust to hold onto the wizard for life on a long term deal, I’d jump at the chance. Glad I don’t have to this time around

I was listening to the Dee Radio SEN broadcast with Ox, Nathan Brown and Daniel Ward. Hugely entertaining, really changed my level of enjoyment of the game. Their commentary mirrored the views on here re umpiring. Nathan was loudly urging the players to win it for the coach at the start of the last qtr, I had the same feeling.

7 news about to go into the winners rooms. I’ve never seen inside the umpires rooms before, should be interesting. I never thought both Fritta and Melksgam would work in the same forward line, but they were both outstanding today. Hats off.

It was round 18, 2015 https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/video/216186/press-red-for-ed-pies-vs-dees?videoId=216186&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1438654571001

How long were you waiting to drag that one out binnie?

Love this but hope it doesn't backfire like it did for the pies when they tried the same thing in about 2017 and we rolled them by 40 odd points. Ed, Straughnie and Tony Shaw looking very glum. It was gold.

I love the optimism on Demonland but am cautious because it’s an incredibly even comp. That said, I've tipped against us the last couple of weeks and was happy to keep doing this if it helped our winning streak, but I just can’t bring myself to do it against this mob. Hope Kos feels the love in Alice and kicks another bag.

Outcome based is complete bs. On that basis, the Hawthorn player who got a week for collecting Viney should still be on the sidelines because HV is still out due to concussion. It’s just the AFL covering their backsides for the future concussion based class action coming their way rather than administering a fair and just (and consistent) system that looks after the game.

Kudos to the bloke in standing room behind M4, level 1 who at the 38 minute mark of the last quarter and another umpiring delay yelled out “come on, I have to go to work tomorrow”

Great pic dazzle, thanks Bowser in career best form auditioning for a role as our backup ruck?

I wonder if Kossie is going to practice kicking barrels for goal after that effort in the 2nd that went at 45 degrees an OOB 😂

Dees win by nearly 10 goals, and win 5 in 6 games Demonland: play the backline in the forward line and drop all the pressure/effort players that don’t get 35 and 3. Don’t mess with a winning formula.