Prediction One season too many - Now 2024 Edition

[Maddo11]

Pendles at least won some of the footy. Where the * was Sidebottom all night?

Pendles disposal efficiency must have been 10% tonight, couldn't miss red and white players

 

[HairyO]

Pendles at least won some of the footy. Where the * was Sidebottom all night?

He is now staging for frees every opportunity. Has never done that before in his entire career. He knows he is on the way out, but wants to get to 400 ahead of anything else.

 

[Worm4]

Mason Cox

46

Mason Cox

Age

33

Ht

211cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.7

2star

K

5.2

2star

HB

3.5

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.2

4star

D

6.0

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.3

2star

T

0.3

1star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.0

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.8

5star

- no words

 

[OnceWeWereKings]

You could here Sidebottom creaking through the telly
Will play some good games this year because of his smarts but looked old tonight.
Pendlebury’s magic ability to create space & time is dissipating. If any player deserves to get to 400 it’s him.
Hope he doesn’t soil it a little by playing for frees like he did tonight.

 

[adammania9]

Mason Cox - no words

???

One of only 4 or 5 Pies who can hold their head high

 

[Goat Reid]

You could here Sidebottom creaking through the telly
Will play some good games this year because of his smarts but looked old tonight.
Pendlebury’s magic ability to create space & time is dissipating. If any player deserves to get to 400 it’s him.
Hope he doesn’t soil it a little by playing for frees like he did tonight.

Both should of gone out on top

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Breust looked cooked during the early stages of last season (8 goals in the first 6 games), but ended up with 47 goals. Some of these old boys just need to work into the season.

 

[Worm4]

???

One of only 4 or 5 Pies who can hold their head high

I see your standards have dropped. Collingwood shipped off the wrong ruckman

 

[Joao]

He is now staging for frees every opportunity. Has never done that before in his entire career. He knows he is on the way out, but wants to get to 400 ahead of anything else.

I don't like it. He's too good and classy as a player to be playing for frees.

 

[SC_Power]

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One of only 4 or 5 Pies who can hold their head high

Good call, to be fair he did have the bye in Round 0.

 

[Partridge]

Pendles disposal efficiency must have been 10% tonight, couldn't miss red and white players

You have to admire how the commentary team managed to ignore it with 100% efficiency however.

 

[juss]

I love the guy but Pendles looked horribly cooked last night.

My team has a few contenders as well, Grimes, Prestia, Macintosh.

 

[Partridge]

I love the guy but Pendles looked horribly cooked last night.

My team has a few contenders as well, Grimes, Prestia, Macintosh.

Grimes is good in the air and in bodying contests, but terrifying with the ball in his hand. McIntosh you have to acknowledge just gives everything all the time. Prestia it seems more his hamstrings staying in place than anything.

None look as bad as Pendlebury though.

 

[Blue1980]

Breust looked cooked during the early stages of last season (8 goals in the first 6 games), but ended up with 47 goals. Some of these old boys just need to work into the season.

Would have that also been because Hawthorn were getting flogged in most of their first 6 games?

Hard for a small forward to do much when you are losing by 10 goals plus.

Point taken though not writing off older guys just yet. A few pies boys do look like the end could be coming, but they have been terrible generally first 2 games apart from the Daicos boys and a few other exceptions.

 

[adammania9]

I see your standards have dropped. Collingwood shipped off the wrong ruckman

Collingwood didn’t ship off a ruck last year. Cox played a solid game last night.

 

[adammania9]

You have to admire how the commentary team managed to ignore it with 100% efficiency however.

Probably because Pendlebury’s efficiency wasn’t 10%, it was 84.6%.

 

[MJG14]

Thought Pendlebury was ordinary last night but I'm not ready to put him in this club yet.

Sidebottom was also unimpressive. I put him in this thread in 2021 because he looked absolutely cooked, then he came good again. I'll also give him a bit more time.

 

[Worm4]

Collingwood didn’t ship off a ruck last year. Cox played a solid game last night.

Geez, you'd have him back ( grundy) in a heartbeat I reckon if his contract wasn't so high

 

[JackFlash]

Pendlebury, Sidebottom and Cox will struggle to the end of this year.

 

[adammania9]

Geez, you'd have him back ( grundy) in a heartbeat I reckon if his contract wasn't so high

Interesting theory. Grundy was the 3rd best ruck on the ground last night. He took 1 mark, gave away 7 free kicks, got beaten easily in hit outs and the Swans lost clearances by a lot.

Trading him was the catalyst in winning Collingwood a premiership.

Do you want to think that one over?

 

[branedotorg]

Hawkins looking a long way off tonight but he (and the rest of the OAPs) have been written off how many times?

 

[PhatBoy]

Hawkins looking a long way off tonight but he (and the rest of the OAPs) have been written off how many times?

As I just posted in one of the seemingly endless cats tigers threads:

I actually for the first time ever thought In the first quarter MAYBE it was starting to catch up with him but he hit Cameron with a pinpoint pass from the boundary from a ground ball pick up and Cameron missed the shot, he collected another ground ball and dished off to Duncan who missed the shot, and he found space on the lead and slammed his shot into the post himself. He could have easily finished the game with 2 goals and 2 goal assists. By the end he just looked like he lacked a bit of touch more than anything, I think he will be ok

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Brodie Smith

33

Brodie Smith

Age

32

Ht

189cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.5

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

7.2

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.1

4star

MG

500.1

5star

D

17.1

4star

K

12.6

5star

HB

4.5

3star

M

3.5

3star

T

2.3

3star

MG

438.9

5star

D

17.2

5star

K

10.8

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

3.6

5star

.

 

[janty]

Harley Reid in WCE colours. Will be in Melbourne next year.

 

[hawkman]

Breust looked cooked during the early stages of last season (8 goals in the first 6 games), but ended up with 47 goals. Some of these old boys just need to work into the season.

Sidebottom was similar last year