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Jobs for the boys.

Yep - and then, in the following passage of play, Clarry tackles the Carlton player holding the ball. Not paid.

This post got lost from last night, but here goes: Just back - a few thoughts in random order: May asleep on Curnow for the first two. Felt for Jeffo with the shanked kick and dropped chest mark in the second quarter but, to his credit, he worked his way back into the game and deserved his mark and goal. He really puts his body on the line - this isn’t Weid Mk2. He also should have had a free, as he was tripped right in front of goal, just before Clarry’s HTB wasn’t paid. Skills terrible - you can sort of see what they’re trying to do with the game plan but skills to execute are a long way off. Melky well held after the Q1 Kozzy fantastic Fritta played reasonably well - looked like he was being played on the flank early doors, which I didn’t mind. I couldn’t believe the stats were so heavily in our favour when I saw them: it seemed as though Carlton were marking everything, whereas we were playing butterball. Langford is a jet. Can’t hold the umpires responsible for the loss, but they were absolutely appalling tonight: armchair ride for 2 of Moir’s goals, and two ridiculous 50s. Felt sometimes as if they were getting an armchair ride up the field. Can’t see what Kolt is bringing to the team at the moment, unfortunately. Langford will be an absolute jet. It was actually a fun second half to watch, but those non paid frees in quick succession, completely killed our momentum. I’m not sure what the answer is re: Goody. You can sort of see what they’re trying to do, but how come 22 professional footballers cannot pull it off? Either your game plan is wrong for this group or it’s not being coached well enough. Hopefully, once our new CEO and President are installed, we will see some decisions made: we’re in rabble mode and, really, this season has been a dead rubber from the start due to no leadership and that’s not fair on the members.

Welcome home Terrance! The thing that struck me at the game was how much better we look with Kozzy playing solely in the middle. Not only for his speed out of the contest, but his field kicking is laser sharp, which sticks out a mile in this team. Honourable mentions to Melksham, JVR and Langford also kicked well in the field.

The Lindsay spray? I don’t know - normally this guy is in the AFL enclosure.

A Pies supporting friend said that happened directly in front of him and he was shocked at May’s vitriol.

One of our own ❤️💙

I believe they were involved with the Father Son program at the club, but not sure if they still are?

Had a mate from Melbourne who played in that Cairns Lions flag a couple of years ago, could not speak highly enough of Flash.

Nor was it shown on the screen at the game. This often happens when there’s a big differential.

They do have better skills and execution, but I’d maintain that was quite a lucky win.

On the train home from the game: that was a hard one to take. Boys played very well: a couple of brain fades at the end was all that was in it. Langdon did a great job on Daicos, especially in the first half. The umpiring most definitely had an influence on the game, but not the sole reason we lost. Pies just that bit cleaner and savvy - they were lucky today. All in all, a great effort and once we get cleaner use, we’ll be thereabouts.

What is it about Collingwood fans?

I think the poster was referring to Dingley, not Caulfield 👍

I’d say that any potential player or coach would be insane to look at us until our new off field set up is (a) highly credentialed and (b) settled in place. I have no inside knowledge but it now appears that the Pert/Roffey era has been quite damaging for the club. Did they ride the coattails of our fantastic premiership without using the opportunity to propel the club forward? I don’t know - but the noises and whispers of the past 2 or 3 years, coupled with on field stagnation in the same period would possibly suggest this. I wonder if too much was based on the assumption that Gawn, Brayshaw , Oliver and Petracca would automatically and effortlessly bring an era of greatness? Instead, I think the untimely loss of Angus has brought the whole house of cards down and exposed a lot of rot behind the facade.

A Twitter?

To me, it Speaks volumes about the way the club has/is being run.

Chag Pesach Sameach!

Sadly, the Coach himself has also been saying it for 3 years. The fact that nothing has changed in that time (in fact it’s got worse) is astounding.

💯 We need to find a CEO, a President, make a decision on our whole coaching team, make decisions on our senior ‘stars’, put together a coherent game plan to at least try to win a couple of games this year….then look around to see which players are on the market.

Nail. Head. Hit.

If he said the list of candidates was underwhelming, then that is great news. It means we have someone overseeing things, who won’t look at mediocrity. It feels like we may have been slipping back into our boys’ club ways over the past couple of years, where people within the club, may have been content to ride on the coattails of 2021 and think that it’s all just ‘going to happen’. There seems to have been a fair bit of protectionism around the place - including at coaching and playing level.

While I will still be going to games and supporting the club, the last two games have been a continuation of the downturn which began, truthfully, in 2023. Even though we made top 4 that year, there were not that many games where we looked convincing. Last year, maybe the Dogs and Hawks games early on were dominant performances but, after that, we were not very good at all. This season, apart from a workmanlike performance against GWS, we have regressed. I can’t believe that a whole squad of professional sportsmen have not been able to grasp and implement a change in game style. Sure - it may take a few games to perfect, but I literally cannot see what the new game plan is - I really can’t. It’s very much like 22 individuals playing together for the first time.

30 minutes of the purest footy. We were unstoppable in that Finals series. Unstoppable.

Just got back - that was absolute garbage from start to finish. I would say only Bowey, Chin and maybe Henderson and Langford got pass marks. Skills are atrocious, really really bad. We played like The Dog and Duck today and made a not very good Gold Coast look brilliant. I have a hunch that something is not right within the four walls - I have nothing to base this on, other than watching a team that looks completely disconnected from each other. And this is supposed to be a group that has ‘healed’ and ‘full of love for one another’? Give me a spell. Also - this new system we’re trying? I can’t even tell what it is, unless it’s to lull the opposition into a false sense of security about how bad we are, and hope to jag a few goals when their guard is down. Can’t wait for the press conference: “there are certainly areas we need to get better at.”, “not up to the level”, “well done to Gold Coast”, “beaten in all phases”. Tick them off the list. The buck has to stop with Goody now - granted, he’s not out on the field, but he is in charge of this rabble.