Review Good, Bad, Ugly v Collingwood

[Moonwatcher]

Didn’t play.

Why?

 

[Moonwatcher]

He didn't

Why?

 

[ABAB]

You've got like four hundred posts a day. Spend that time getting a job and buy a membership you free loading joke.

4 hundred posts? Don't worry my shares portfolio is probably bigger than your combine assets

 

[MsTopG]

I’m done with Milera. Slow and soft. Drop him.

He isn't getting better as well btw. He's been in the system 5 years.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

The early bit was Obvs frustrating missing so many chances

But that last quarter was frustrating for other reasons , we didn’t go for it enough and played too safe … bit of a pattern when we get on top for a quarter we can’t back it up

 

[Pilchard_Adams]

The bad: Collingwood with the biggest Bradbury since Bradbury

 

[Cap]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned the goal kicking

It was pretty bad.

 

[dogs105]

Why?

Damaged the tendon at the top of his kicking leg last week.

 

[Southerntakeover]

4 hundred posts? Don't worry my shares portfolio is probably bigger than your combine assets

Then buy a membership you scab

 

[cleanhands]

So he got out coached and didn't respond to what Collingwood was doing.

Still don’t get your point

 

[jenny61_99]

Why?

Injured in the game last week (early).

 

[dogs105]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned the goal kicking

It was pretty bad.

Was likely costly.

 

[clinto69]

52 hit outs to 27 but lost clearance 46 to 25. Something is clearly wrong there. ROB is a great ruckman but there is a massive disconnect with the mids.

 

[BACCS]

Well that was pretty hard to go down like that but it had that feeling from early in the match when we missed so many gettable goals. Kicked at goal like a side that didn't believe they could beat a premiership contender. Seems a mental thing.

I'll try put the disappointment aside and be objective as there's still some stuff that's not bad but in the end we come up short when we should have iced the match early.

The Good:

• Jones was excellent, bounced back from a quiet match beautifully, looked up for the fight, put his body on the line, hit the score board. Best on for us.
• Tilthorpe continuing to stick his contest marks. This is a pleasure to watch & going to be so important for us over the years.
• Hinge was pretty good.
• Laird played pretty well.
• ROB was pretty good, stuck many good marks and asserted his aerial dominance with an undersized side.
• Soligo backed up a good performance with another one. Not sure why subbed out?
• Doedee was very good with his marking also, shame about that one time caught holding by not kicking it sooner as he played nearly flawless other than that.
• Pedlar again getting involved, kicking some goals though should have had more.
• Rankines early goal but overall a little underwhelming from him today, feel like his work rate to cover the ground has dropped a bit the last couple weeks? Not sure if thats true or he's just not getting as involved.
• Michalanney another strong performance, dont think his direct opponents kicked a goal again.
• Sloanes tackle to get us going in the 3rd, battled hard late in the match but just lacked leg speed to go with the rampant pies players by that point.
• Our forward 50 entries in the first quarter were beautiful, failure to capitalize ultimately cost us the match.
• Dawson pretty good, maybe not dominant best but bounced back from an average one last week to be more effective.
• Keays going to Daicos with the tag at start, seemed to throw him well off his best. Should show the comp a thing or two that he's human afterall & doesn't love close attention.

The Bad:

• Pedlar's goal kicking
• Rachele's goal kicking
• Butts gifting Collingwood a goal & should have in the goal square late. Defended not too bad much of the day but these cringe moments when he's near the ball are tough watching.
• Fogarty just couldn't get into it today.

The Ugly:

- GOAL KICKING. That's the match right there.


Pretty disappointing loss. Might very well rue that one later in the year if we challenge for the 8. If you told me we lose by 1 point before the match I may have felt that's not bad but because we failed to take advantage of long periods of dominance it burns more. I don't want to rubbish too many players because mostly that effort was there, ultimately we couldn't kick the goals that mattered & that's the match more than anything else we did or didn't do.

Onwards to Geelong in Crow graveyard.

MM absolutely blanketed Elliot, did Elliot even touch the ball? Can't remember anything he did such was Max's dominance. Killed him in any one on one contest. Elliot is someone that can have a day out against us too.

 

[VictorianCrow85]

We tend to kick a lot of behinds in Geelong because we don't believe we can win. Interesting set up to that game already needing to be confident in front of goal

Yep fully believe today we kicked at goal like a team that hoped to beat a contender, not one that believe they could.

 

[MsTopG]

MM absolutely blanketed Elliot, did Elliot even touch the ball? Can't remember anything he did such was Max's dominance. Killed him in any one on one contest. Elliot is someone that can have a day out against us too.

Max is bloody good. After 50 games he's gonna be scary for oppo.

 

[1970crow]

Terrible

• goal kicking
• lowering eyes kicking forward
• being too cute

Poor

• Should of played Thilthorpe on Moore.
• Schoey should never be a sub in his current form, Crouch would have been better
• Rachelle was selfish and poor with vision
• Milera and Rankine were very average

Good

• Jones
• Rob marking
• Peds continuing to grow

moore chooses who goes to, forward don't get to puck their opponent. Unless they're performing a nullifying role.

 

[CrowToon]

I expect us to climb the ladder then play a few years of finals and then be premiership contenders, what about you?

We are currently playing a brand of footy that could make finals. We have been in winning positions in nearly all of our games and have been 'in' all of our games. With a team on a trajectory such as ours we should be seeing improvements each year. If we don't make finals this year it should really happen next year (1 year). Should take the next step by the following year (Year 2). Top 4 is anyone's version of contender. Surely.

Given what we have seen so far this year and extrapolation for natural improvement, fitness and any further recruitment gains that should be what is realistic.

As I said anything less is stagnation.

 

[VictorianCrow85]

MM absolutely blanketed Elliot, did Elliot even touch the ball? Can't remember anything he did such was Max's dominance. Killed him in any one on one contest. Elliot is someone that can have a day out against us too.

Elliot has been ordinary this year, lots of Pies supporters suggesting he needs a rest prior to today. A scalp regardless as we know all too well what he can do if he has a good day.

 

[ABAB]

Then buy a membership you scab

Clearly being a member doesn't make you more knowledgeable.

 

[feenix67]

Then buy a membership you scab

Whats the point in buying a membership when, according to you, we should just hand back the license?

 

[CrowBloke]

Well, was that not the game there like what Butts did since we loss by a point?

Mate.
Yes.

I have commented on BOTH <<slaps forehead again>>

 

[Red mist]

They did. We should have had that game buried at half time.

We should have been five up half time for sure. Our ball movement zigzag short out of defence was killing them. We were all over them.
But, we don’t have a blinking midfield so when clearances get on the negative and the tap ruckman is a scientist plonker that can’t nail a productive mid, we are always going to give up that first spread.

 

[cleanhands]

52 hit outs to 27 but lost clearance 46 to 25. Something is clearly wrong there. ROB is a great ruckman but there is a massive disconnect with the mids.

He’s not a great ruckman if he’s not connecting with our on ballers

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

Subbing Soligo was a disaster.

He had 24 touches to 3 quarter time. 8 in each quarter.

Seriously, wtf. Surely you sub TT, Tex or Fog out before him.