Autopsy AFL 2024 Round 13 - Pies v Demons Mon June 10th 3:20pm AEST (MCG) The BIG Freeze

[Fadge]

For sure.

But last year they weren't incredible. They literally were a goal or two difference every week (including finals and the GF) between being a good team and an average one. They fell over the line on a weekly basis.

A slight drop off, of even 2 or 3% would have made a significant difference to their season. And I think they have dropped off this year. Not heaps, but enough to not be able to carry the bad lapses they had during games last season.

It's not as if they were a dominant force that were 10 goals better than everyone else.

I suspect you're getting confused with 2022 - Collingwood had the best percentage in the league in 2023, despite playing a handful of dead rubbers late in the season.

I guess it's easy to get confused between seasons when a certain team is a regular contender.

 

[Apex36]

Now be nice, he wasn't born the last time a premiership player pulled on the navy blue.

Yeah he was, Judd didn’t retire that long ago

 

[greening22]

To be fair, it’s a football website where we do things like… oh gee I don’t know… make predictions about what might happen during a game?

We get some of those predictions wrong and we get some of them right. So to chime in after a game when the result is known and tell somebody they “have no idea” is pretty poor form.

I too hope we get to play in finals, reckon it would be a great game. Hopefully your fellow Pies poster shows more class whatever the result.

This is my 1st contribution to this site tonight but pray tell what constitutes "class" from your perspective? I am simply curious. Goodnight & good luck.

 

[greening22]

You’re forgetting about the massive armchair ride the umpires gave them.

Plus if Maynard hadn’t knocked out Brayshaw they would have lost, then faced Carlton in the semi, and we all know the blues would have destroyed them.

You should go & see the classic Lindsay Anderson/Malcolm McDowell early 1970's British Film titled "IF". I mean if the Collingwood defenderTed Potter had been awarded a free kick for a very high tackle - watch the replay, my friend - very, very late in the last quarter of the 1966 Grand Final & so Barry Breen would not have had the opportunity to kick that pivotal point that won the SAINTS their one & only premiership. C'est la vie! I could provide numerous similar examples both in a football & a non-football sporting context but really it is an exercise in futility. Goodnight & good luck.

 

[No SPIN]

Well Collingwood have made a thing out of sniping a star Melbourne midfielder to get a result.

Won't be long until that "gameplan" gets used for other clubs.

Like I said be afraid be very afraid

 

[No SPIN]

Nah I work, unlike Pies fans

Menial and repetitive employment, I’d guess based on the uninspiring intellect you display here.

 

[domus]

No excuses for either side today, could be season and flag window shut for the loser today.

Dees by 50, pies fans to blame the loss on the dopey American being out.

Eight first choice players missing and we wallop the Dees on the rebound! Good stuff Maggies!

 

[domus]

Cox ?

McStay and Richards too! Joey is a gun.

 

[domus]

Laughable?

Do you consider Collingwood dominant last year?

Did they not fall over the line in many games, including finals?

Did they not have many bad patches during games that saw them give up relatively large leads throughout the season?

Did we not win the flag in a dominant display which was in no way reflected on the scoreboard in conditions which suited the high scoring talent laden Lions?

 

[eddiesmith]

Menial and repetitive employment, I’d guess based on the uninspiring intellect you display here.

 

[Monco Matt]

Reading comments from the neutrals in here is hilarious. You can smell their fear. None of them expected to see a Collingwood team missing so many key players take the Dees to the cleaners today. They know when we get players back we will not be beaten (I mean, we are hard to beat right now!!). Back to Back is coming losers, prepare yourself.

 

[danster168]

Reading comments from the neutrals in here is hilarious. You can smell their fear. None of them expected to see a Collingwood team missing so many key players take the Dees to the cleaners today. They know when we get players back we will not be beaten (I mean, we are hard to beat right now!!). Back to Back is coming losers, prepare yourself.

Yeah no. Melbourne is a rabble. Collingwood weren't much chop today. Didn't impress me. It was simply just the dees doing what the dees do best. Squandering shots on goal for fun. And the pies were just kicking unrepeatable goals out of their butts from the fringiest of fringe players.

 

[CaptainHowdy87]

Very big of the pies fans to cheer that dog campaigner who ended a career

He was on borrowed time. Any game could've been his last. It was a freak incident. Maynard's been suspended once or twice in his career for very minor incidents, so he deserves the benefit of the doubt that he was only going for a spoil and not trying to bump. Say what you will about him being a "wannabe tough guy" as people like to call him, but he's never been a sniper. He's always been a hard but fair player.

Should Pies fans be upset with Lincoln McCarthy for that bump in the Grand Final which essentially ended Nathan Murphy's career?

 

[david addison]

I saw kruger play vfl this year or last I can't remember, anyway who was that freo player the pies got with the treble clef. not treble clef, what's it called clef palate, curly hair what's his name oh god i can't remember. he does hair loss ads at the moment. anyway his 1st season in b&w was in the vfl and by god he copped it from over the fence. just horrible. every week. a million dollars and this is what we get blah blah blah. i mean geez. i really wanted to see him with that cup in 2018. anyway kruger copped a bit of that at vic park this year. that crowd really sux sometimes. anyway i feel like we say stuff but we don't do stuff, know what i mean, i mean really. if knowing is half the krump, what's the other half? i used to watch madtv all the time. have we got knobs? hmmm. i don't know, I'll put you through to the manager, his names mr p ness, can you say that back to me. no. well you almost said penis. do you think it's possible to fall in love through a store window? dermot got in a fight with the guy who signed the writ for the voice to parliament. i didn't witness it, but i was at the game. last year's granny that is. lions & pies fans must have been overjoyed that almost everyone involved in that referendum got seats. anyway i'm not a camel. but something happened at the granny that broke my back. on the scoreboard, right, I mean barely tolerable is the racial propaganda, the gender propaganda, the cashless, paperless nonsense, just about every facet of agenda 2030 was on display. the only things missing was meat still on the menu, and travel to the game from more than 15 minutes away still allowed. but get ready for that. probably why albo was there. wanted to see how the social engineering was coming along. anyway here's the tipping point, and alanis should've waited for this. the scoreboard switched to green energy, save the planet blah blah blah, and I look up, and the lights are on. under a cloudless sky the ******* lights are on. probably because 7 asked for it. isn't it ironic. don'tcha think. anyway the point of this monologue is that i haven't been to game since and i watched it today on telly and i've got a message for dees fans. here's some truth. you know jones? not the dees former captain. his brother who played for the swans. well he ended dane swans career. and you know natanui, well he ended levi greenwood

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Levi Greenwood

Age

35

Ht

181cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.1

4star

K

9.8

4star

HB

7.4

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

4.3

5star

CL

2.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

12.8

4star

K

9.2

4star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.8

5star

's career. my point is this. you could waste your energy booing maynard, but my advice would be to get over that. players end other players careers. happens all the time. here's some more truth. the moment brayshaw decided he needed to wear a helmet is the moment he should have quit. he missed the moment. too bad for him. and 7 tried to reignite that fire. shame on them. after all the pregame goodwill the 7 team effortlessly revert to their vindictive selves. exploiting players. after 12 months of reconciliation they try to reignite it. i mean just crap. i put my back out recently, so the tv's a bit heavy for me right now. i guess i could have put my foot through it. i reckon i could have. just get over it. that's my advice. if brayshaw was here right now, what would he say? he'd say, knowing is half the krump.

 

[Visions]

Hopefully Naicos is cooked but I doubt it.

You must be referring to Melbourne players rocking up to training after a Saturday night out and getting shipped off to Dorevitch Pathology for some tests.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

We were the best team over 2 seasons - that you misunderstand process in winning close ones, as luck, makes you look like a fool.
The luck argument has been dismissed in favour of process, and been acknowledged by serious observers of the game for at least a year.

I'm not sure what any of that has to do with my post?

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

Did we not win the flag in a dominant display which was in no way reflected on the scoreboard in conditions which suited the high scoring talent laden Lions?

No.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

We’ve had our fair share of bad decisions in GF’s that cost us flags?
So what goes around comes around.

So that's a yes?

 

[No SPIN]

So that's a yes?

We were the best team over 2 seasons - that’s not even debatable.
We won the flag in a dominant performance where we had 10 more scoring shots. The scoreboard flattered the Lions.
You can deride our victory as being pure luck, but as the old saying goes - “luck is when preparation meets opportunity.”

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

You can deride our victory as being pure luck, but as the old saying goes - “luck is when preparation meets opportunity.”

I did nothing of the sort.

 

[Tarkyn_24]

Well I wouldn't advocate that as much of a dog that Maynard is.

Anyway if anyone tries anything in his face Maynard will literally just run away (I've seen it).

What the **** is this shit?

 

[Pistol Night]

What the **** is this shit?

Typical bullshit that Carlton flogs spew out

 

[No SPIN]

I did nothing of the sort.

Go back to your post #635.

 

[tiger_tough]

Crazy that they sent him back out there. Desperate times.

 

[No SPIN]

Yeah no. Melbourne is a rabble. Collingwood weren't much chop today. Didn't impress me. It was simply just the dees doing what the dees do best. Squandering shots on goal for fun. And the pies were just kicking unrepeatable goals out of their butts from the fringiest of fringe players.

Not surprised our VFL side didn’t impress you.