Review Good, Bad, Ugly v Collingwood

[BACCS]

Our rucks were pathetic tonight

ROB absolutely saved us around the ground. His marking was on song tonight and in critical spots too.

 

[MsTopG]

Probably the only console there is we kept the best side in the league to 59 points. That said, we pissed away a big statement win.

Good:

Soligo had a big three quarters. Hopefully he's not injured as that sub was mind boggling stupid.

Pedlar stood up and made plays. Is building nicely into the year.

Jones really cements this run of form with a 20 and 2. Could have easily got 20 and 4 as well.

I thought we defended stoutly. Not only the aforementioned 59 points, but our continious ability to stifle Collingwoods break aways. Doedee, Butts, Murray etc all had their moments.

Dawson played a big game.

Thilthorpe had an influence around the ground. Shame he wasted that shot.

We gave the blueprint on how to beat Collingwood at least.

Ugly:

How we handled that last quarter. We played it terrified of Collingwood instead of properly.

Goalkicking, and honestly, with that last quarter went, did we put too much pressure on ourselves to get that fast start?

Nicks had the first game in a long time where he was comprehensively outcoached. The sub was a terrible call as Soglio was one of the leading mids. Not only that, but playing your star mid in Dawson as a loose defender when it mattered reeked of fear.


There are positives there in that game, but yeah, pissed away a big statement win.

Nicks shit the bed. The result is directly on him.

 

[Tex Danger]

Pies would have been licking their lips seeing us drop Dawson out of the midfield. That's a desperation move of a team trying to save a game, not win it.

Dawson was clearly carrying a shoulder injury so I think we were forced to move him out of the coalface

 

[sj33333333]

unless he was completely spent? He’d played his arse off.

Check mineral last 6 kicks.4 scores against.disgrace

 

[Pilchard_Adams]

Moving Dawson back to the kick ins was such a little bitch move.

It's been said before that many decisions come from the leadership group on field. Might not have been a Nicks call

 

[Moonwatcher]

Didn't play to the conditions from Q2 onwards when it started getting a bit slippery

Played our same way - lots of short passes/leads, lots of handballs around the clinches. Has been working other weeks but became unstuck/messy tonight

Needed to keep it simpler. Collingwood more prepared to soccer or knock it on into space

Also brutalised at stoppages.

Still managed 6 more scoring shots.

 

[ABAB]

How was that?

They were kicking to the open side in the last quarter and just attacked from there.

 

[MsTopG]

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

I was done with him years ago. Overrated pretender.

 

[1990crow]

So how many years now since we beat Collingwood anywhere?

Ohh the fact we don't ever beat a team should make us all feel so much better.
We need to be a better club.

 

[Mutineer]

Dawson foot skill tonight was below par

7 clangers

 

[pjcrows]

So how many years now since we beat Collingwood anywhere?

7

 

[MsTopG]

O’Brien was good. Not sure what you mean.

He’s had much worse games.

O'Brien's marking was great. His rucking is shit.

 

[cleanhands]

Yup, pressure will do that.

Even some when not under a great deal of pressure, he’s better than that

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Still managed 6 more scoring shots.

Got them very early when it was drier

 

[The Karma Bus]

Was Soligo injured? Why the * was he subbed off?

He got a reasonable hit in the old scoreboard pocket and was slow to get up. Not long after he was subbed.
So possibly that.
I doubt he was subbed without injury, surely not.

 

[jenny61_99]

This club is really hard to barrack for.

No it’s not. Far out, we were up against flag contenders and very nearly won that. Our lack of composure (and shit goal kicking) and their incredible self belief are what did us in. That would have been a very exciting game to watch as a neutral. Unfortunately for us it was a bit shattering.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

ROB was good. We needed him at more ruck contests though. I don't think we got the balance right there.

 

[Punchy Bassett]

???

Dominated hit outs, took a stack of contested marks.

Dominated hit outs means **** all, watch what they did with those hit outs

 

[Coopers]

All the games that we have lost this year have followed the same pattern - dominate large patches of the game and miss a pile of easy shots.

Have we had more scoring shots in all our losses this year? Probably?

 

[CrowBloke]

Nicks last quarter tactics.

We fight and scrap and claw all game, get 14 points up in spite of schoolboy goalkicking (an insult to schoolboys, btw), then Collingwood kick a goal, Nicks pees himself and goes all defensive.
That stops us in our tracks. It stops us from doing everything that we did to get 14 points up in the first place.

Instead of sending messages out to attack, attack, ATTACK, Nicks sends the message to play meek, defensive footy.
Nicks needs to grow a pair.
The goalkicking was crap, for sure, but the game was still WINNABLE and he blew it.

 

[cleanhands]

O'Brien's marking was great. His rucking is s**t.

His rucking and communication with on ballers is crap VB is responsible

 

[jenny61_99]

Collingwood had just played on f*****g Tuesday, unbelievable all time virtuoso performance by the Club to stuff that game up.

We won after a five day break.

 

[Firewalker]

He also needs to make much better decisions.

Was infuriating after Noble’s goal they get a rare centre clearance and Rechele gets the ball and immediately needed to get it forward but instead runs sideways and gets tackled and ball goes the other way

 

[Punchy Bassett]

ROB absolutely saved us around the ground. His marking was on song tonight and in critical spots too.

I'll say it again his hit outs were useless. Max Gawn dominates like that he feeds our midfielders

 

[Mutineer]

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

Amazing he keeps his place, fumbles it nearly every time he gets a touch, rarely a 1 take player since he's come back.