Oppo Camp Non-Essendon Football Thread XVI

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Max Holmes is a good young player

 

[DapperDon]

Did Cameron play in the GWS GF loss? He just said he thinks this is the biggest crowd he's played in front of, I'm assuming that got a bigger crowd

Probably louder, GF crowds are 50% fan 50% corporate

 

[Goat Hird]

Can't help admire Geelong, been calling them pretenders every year for some years now but if you have a crack every year, you may just break through.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

By far the best game of the weekend

Best game but not sure it’s by far. It was a fair bit better than Richmond and Brisbane but that game was awesome too.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Oh and…

**** YOU COLLINGWOOD HAHAHAHAHA

 

[Blind Turn]

Max Holmes is a good young player

I loved the skill he showed in hoofing the ball high into the grandstands from the goal square for the match-winner

 

[fishardansin]

Oh they train for close finishes!!

lol

Finally, they got caught out rolling the dice. Numbers out the back gave Rohan enough time to drop a chest mark.

They have done very well by coming forward to overlap defensively. They roll the dice moving the ball. It has seen them MASSIVELY overachieve this year.

You can't keep winning close games relying upon Essendon, Melbourne and then Carlton throwing away game-winning opportunities.

Their percentage tells you how good they are. But you can't doubt their heart and commitment.

Pendles and Sidebottom have been amazing this year, but age catches up with EVERYONE and all of a sudden. Even Fletch looked a bit cooked in his last 5 or 6 games.

They have a tough call to make on De Goey. If they trade him and Grundy out this year they can load up on the draft and continue building their list as they should. However, if he goes and Sidebottom and Pendles diminish with age next year they could fall off a cliff and finish bottom 4 next year.

 

[Call Me Cake]

Watching the win was sublime but bittersweet because it reminds me of how little we've seen the Bombers in them. The moment the cup gets lifted on the podium after the speech is gonna burn yet again. We need to get back here.

 

[Bjchan13]

Best game but not sure it’s by far. It was a fair bit better than Richmond and Brisbane but that game was awesome too.

It was by far for me. 4 qtrs of high pressure from both teams. Some of the skills under that pressure was the best of the best

 

[joey_jo_jo]

Wouldn't Murphys law say Collingwood lose this by a goal or less?

Why yes, yes it does

 

[JayJ20]

At least Collingwood got close vs the ladder leaders in a QF. We've been competitive in only one final in 18 years. Get your shit together Bombers.

 

[DERO]

How good is footy? (Apart form when our lot is involved of course)

 

[ghostdog]

Max Holmes is a good young player

Thought the same. Very impressive.

 

[Dave]

How good is footy? (Apart form when our lot is involved of course)

Been 3 very good games so far.

 

[ghostdog]

Oh and…

* YOU COLLINGWOOD HAHAHAHAHA

They can get a massive f****** dog up 'em.

 

[BrunoV]

I just found it interesting how we can spend 3+ years supposedly working on getting a gameplan right (and failing miserably) and Geelong can just flick a switch and play a different way successfully.

It helps when you have the foundation correct.

The basis of any successful plan is going to be aggression and strength at the source, pressure without the ball and a two way work ethic.

From there it is really just tinkering around the edges.

It doesn't say they are doing anything radically different anyway. They had a willingness to 'blow things up' and maybe restructuring the coaching set up was radical but on field it comes down to taking more risks.

 

[raskolnikov]

Umpires courted Collingwood all year only to leave them stranded at the altar on their wedding day.

 

[BrunoV]

Scary how far off we are to these sides.

Have we ever played in a game with the level of pressure in these finals?

 

[jmoo wan]

Was just about to say, no chance I could watch this if it was us.

nah it would be fine - we’d be 6 goals down by half time and not looking like giving any more resistance.

 

[windyhill]

Eat shit filth

 

[Doss]

Scary how far off we are to these sides.

They feel like they might as well be playing a different sport to us.

 

[TheBrightSide]

Collingwood losing by a kick in a game that really counts. Thank you footy Gods.

Respect to Gary Rohan

23

Gary Rohan

Age

33

Ht

189cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.6

2star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

4star

G

1.0

4star

D

8.8

2star

K

6.0

2star

HB

2.8

2star

M

3.4

3star

T

2.3

3star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.8

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

4.2

5star

G

1.2

4star

, when I saw he was playing I was tempted to make a crack about Geelong going in with only 21 players. That last goal from 50 was impressive.

 

[boncer34]

Think Pies fans are upset tonight just wait till Freo send them out in straight sets next week.

 

[TheUnicorn]

Oh damn, for some reason I thought Freo Vs Doggies was on tomorrow!

Hell yeah!

 

[Albertross]

Think Pies fans are upset tonight just wait till Freo send them out in straight sets next week.

#sittinginthestandswithus