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Robroy22 said:
When their stadium gets finished they'll be expecting to play "home finals" so we better enjoy it whilst we can.
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When they’re getting on a plane every second week like the interstate sides, they’ll have a case.
They already have a walk up start to finals every year, with fixturing giving them 8-9 wins.
Home finals is a bridge to far.
 

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JuniorB said:
Great article about Pendles:



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Providing the full text because it is absolutely worth a read.

The Daicos brothers are brilliant and Patrick Lipinski has been a revelation. Brayden Maynard is tough as nails and Ash Johnson has been an X-factor. Jack Ginnivan is more than the hype and Darcy Moore may be the most brilliant Pie defender in a generation.

But for all the new and improved parts of the rollicking chaos that is Collingwood in 2022, there has been one calming constant.

Scott Pendlebury is so often the man who grabs the ball, makes time stop around him and coolly finds an option that either defends, or helps steal, a lead. He is a worthy contender for the mantle of best Magpie of all time but, strangely, when people talk of the greatest players in the league since 2000, he doesn’t seem to be bracketed with Gary Ablett Jr or Chris Judd.

Champion Data has delved into the Pendlebury file to assess his career and the value he still provides each week approaching the age of 35.

Precision Pendles​

While the “basketball background” tag has become an internet meme mocking the groupthink laziness of commentators, it has long been shorthand for his 360 degree vision through traffic and ability to construct space where others can’t.

Champion Data’s kick rating ranks how often a player successfully hits their kicks compared to the AFL average based on the difficulty of that kick. It is acknowledged that the contested and congested nature of how midfielders get the ball makes it more difficult for them to achieve a higher kick rating than defenders and forwards.

Since 2012, Pendlebury has the highest kick rating of any regular midfielder – and 350 games down this has not diminished. At 34, he is still the best kicking midfielder in the AFL in 2022, with a kicking rating of +7.8% significantly up on his career rating of +4.5%.

Being the architect of Collingwood’s ball movement through precision kicking out of the middle is still his trademark.

Team sacrifice​

The 2022 renaissance of Collingwood has provided many storylines. One that has been underplayed is Pendlebury’s switch to defence, and then switch back to the midfield as troops were lost.

From Rounds 1 to 7, he played 55% of his time in defence and was ranked second in AFL Player Ratings for mid-sized defenders at 15.7.

As injuries hit, the captain was called back to his old home in the midfield. From Round 8 onwards, 87% of his playing time has been in the midfield. And while his player ratings have dropped to 13.0 in that time, he has essentially been playing the most accountable midfield role.

He is still posting very respectable midfield numbers but, if a Patrick Cripps-type is winning the ball out of the middle, it’s invariably Pendlebury who clamps down.

Naturally, his clearance numbers have reduced because he’s doing more stopping than ever. The veteran has sacrificed part of his game for the greater good but it’s barely been noticed.

Ice in his veins​

When games have been up for grabs in all those last quarters for Collingwood this year, Pendlebury, more than anyone, has stepped up in the frantic final minutes.

Champion Data’s ranking points are weighted towards when a game is on the line and it’s here when the skipper stamps his authority. Pendlebury is the best performing Pie in last quarters, averaging more ranking points in the heat of Collingwood’s thrilling finales than any other.

He’s also ranked second for Collingwood in first quarters, so when a tone needs to be set or game needs to be won, it‘s Pendlebury who leads the way.

Mr Consistency​

It’s Pendlebury’s consistent excellence that staggers. Perhaps he gets marked down in those greatest player discussions because a Pendlebury game looks very similar to the one before, and the one before that.

In 2010, Champion Data introduced player ratings points that value an individual game. It is based on more than just disposals and, over that time, it’s generally determined that anything over 10 points represents a good game for a midfielder.

During that span, Pendlebury has played 281 games and achieved a 10-point rating 251 times. He has the astounding hit rate of 89% of his games being “good”. His nearest peer since 2010 is Ablett Jr, who achieved 85.2% over 189 games.


The cream of midfield talent from the last decade feature down that list: Matt Priddis, Clayton Oliver, Dane Swan, Marcus Bontempelli, Nic Naitanui, Jobe Watson, Sam Mitchell, Patrick Dangerfield and Nat Fyfe.

Pendlebury has played more games than any of them in that time period and his consistency eclipses them all. To put it in perspective, Oliver at 83% is the nearest active player to Pendlebury’s hit rate; a player who week-in-week-out impresses the AFL with his level of consistency.

Granted, Oliver’s figures contain his early years in the game, whereas Pendlebury’s first 60-odd games were played prior to 2010. But for Oliver to match Pendlebury in games and consistency as per these ratings, he’d have to play the next six full seasons while recording approximately one ‘below good’ game per year.

Crazy.

Trophy cabinet​

Apart from a Brownlow Medal, Pendlebury has just about every accolade the game offers.

Even then, his record of polling at least 13 votes in every count from 2009 to the shortened 2020 season speaks to the freakish consistency.

Six All-Australian selections as part of eleven squad selections, five best and fairests amid thirteen top three-finishes, a premiership and a Norm Smith Medal is almost incomparable.

He’s had the most handballs ever by a VFL/AFL player and, assuming an injury-free 2023, is on track to break Robert Harvey’s record for most disposals ever by an VFL/AFL player in less games than the St Kilda champion.

To round it all off, Pendlebury has played and captained the most games ever for the league’s’ most famous club.

Pendlebury looks like he could go on forever, but this weekend and perhaps next, treasure the low-key wizardry of one of the best to play the game as he once again takes on the pivotal role in a Collingwood premiership drive.

Is he in the Ablett and Judd class? Absolutely
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sideswipe said:
My target market has always been a plural, but only ever got a singular.
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Got a plural market once but the outcome was twice the angst.
 
Apples said:
Just a request; can we stop putting Herald Sun links that don't work? Perhaps a screen-shot if that's allowed?
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See my post above. With Firefox and the Bypass Paywalls Clean addon you can read Hun article to your heart's content.
 
JuniorB said:
See my post above. With Firefox and the Bypass Paywalls Clean addon you can read Hun article to your heart's content.
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Or maybe if you think it’s important enough to post a link you could also post the story or the salient points of it.
 
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Letter from Captain Scott Pendlebury, on behalf of the players

A letter from Pendles to the Magpie Army
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Magpie Army,

Before we close the door on 2022 and celebrate the E.W. Copeland Trophy tonight, we wanted to send a note to all members and fans across the country – and the world – to say a sincere thank you for your support this season.

What an enjoyable year of footy it has been.

The strength of our Club comes from the passion and dedication of Collingwood people.

Our members and supporters have played a critical role and it is this dedication that has helped drive our team forward. I can assure you, as players, we don’t take for granted how fortunate we are to be members of the Collingwood Football Club.

It hasn’t been lost on us just how challenging the last couple of years has been for many supporters and how the pandemic impacted the Magpie community.

While this year has felt a lot more normal, we won’t ever forget the sacrifices supporters made to keep our Club going and to keep the game going in 2020 and 2021 – when many of our fans kept paying for memberships despite not being able to attend matches.

It may seem a distant memory now but we think the challenges of the last couple of years actually meant we cherished and enjoyed the moments more in 2022 – and there were many!

The moment the cheersquad returned to the Club to make the first banner of the season.

The moments players made their AFL debuts and the moments players celebrated their milestones.

The moments our children and families joined in on the team song.

The moments of individual and team brilliance – Darcy Moore and Jeremy Howe holding down the fort. Jack Ginnivan kicking five. Ash Johnson’s goals from the boundary. Beau McCreery and Brayden Maynard’s game-changing tackles. Josh Daicos kicking goal of the year (at least in our eyes).

The far-too-many moments there was a close finish. The Cooollllliiiiingwoooood chant. The roar of the crowd.

Jamie ‘Billy’ Elliott. After the siren. Against Essendon. And then against Carlton. King Clutch.

It has been a season of many moments and we are so grateful those moments could be shared with the loudest and the proudest fans in the Magpie Army.

Thanks for showing up in force and being there for us - it means absolutely everything to know we have an extra player at every match. You epitomise what it means to stand Side by Side – week in, week out, in the cold, in the rain, in the stands, on the tele, at our training sessions.

To have you supporting us and cheering us on lifts our spirits as we work towards becoming better people and better footballers every day.

We also want to thank our coaches and all the staff and volunteers at the Club for their work which is valued and appreciated by all of us.

We want to also extend our congratulations to our VFL and VFLW teams, Wheelchair, Netball and Reclink sides who all made finals in their respective competitions. To our AFLW team who enter Round Six this week, we are right behind you and hope to see another finals series for the athletes in the black-and-white jumper.

To our partners – Emirates, KFC, La Trobe Financial and Nike – and all our corporate and community partners and coteries, thank you for your support.

We cannot wait for the next AFL season, and we look forward to seeing familiar faces and welcoming new faces at training and at games as we build on that momentum into 2023.

Thank you and Floreat Pica – may the Magpie flourish.

Yours Sincerely,

Scott Pendlebury, on behalf of the AFL playing group.
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interesting interview.....garry actually provided the engagement...interesting that buckley asked about the renewed love of the game comment that the players were talking about at the copeland. Honest response from jack. I wished a follow up was asked.
 
Markfs said:
interesting interview.....garry actually provided the engagement...interesting that buckley asked about the renewed love of the game comment that the players were talking about at the copeland. Honest response from jack. I wished a follow up was asked.
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Its one of the more inciteful interviews.
Credit to Nathan for asking the question which was answered with respect and honesty
 
Countrypie said:
Its one of the more inciteful interviews.
Credit to Nathan for asking the question which was answered with respect and honesty
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There was a touch of awkwardness after jack finished his answer. It's interesting when nathan interacts with his former players. I think with his history with his father that he doesnt naturally gush...he made a transition towards the end of his coaching but he never got out of the analytical mode....which isnt necessarily a total negative because i think chris scott isnt a clone of Fly either....but I wanted buckley to give a bit more praise...I know he wants to present himself as a balanced commentator but I think most people dont mind that he's still connected. Buckley has a bit of satire in him...actually Mcrae showed some also with his jordie comment at the copeland...but i just get the feeling that buckley is an evaluator of people and it might make them self conscious....the remnants of figjam... an interesting dynamic
 
Markfs said:
There was a touch of awkwardness after jack finished his answer. It's interesting when nathan interacts with his former players. I think with his history with his father that he doesnt naturally gush...he made a transition towards the end of his coaching but he never got out of the analytical mode....which isnt necessarily a total negative because i think chris scott isnt a clone of Fly either....but I wanted buckley to give a bit more praise...I know he wants to present himself as a balanced commentator but I think most people dont mind that he's still connected. Buckley has a bit of satire in him...actually Mcrae showed some also with his jordie comment at the copeland...but i just get the feeling that buckley is an evaluator of people and it might make them self conscious....the remnants of figjam... an interesting dynamic
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Agree 100%. I reckon there's a thesis waiting to be written about the dynamics in play. Buckley is in some ways, on a hiding to nothing when he ventures into this space as are the players for that matter
 

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