Game Day Round 15: Collingwood vs. Adelaide, MCG Sun 25 June 1:10pm

[76woodenspooners]

Nobody follows north!

And nobody follows RCD Espanyol!

(Barcelona’s second team)

 

[#23 Hill]

People from Barcelona talk with a lisp purposely because of a former king of Spain who spoke with a lisp

Sycophants!

 

[KinderSmock]

Beau McCreery not playing VFL, neither is Frampton. Would imagine Frampton is sub tomorrow.

 

[Cobalt King]

Beau and Frampton not playing VFL

 

[Bramax]

generally agree, but port weren’t out of form, they beat Brisbane up at the Gabba a week prior

Yes and no.
Yes, Port beat up Brisbane a week prior.
But no, it wasn’t at the GABBA, it was at Adelaide Oval.

 

[unplugged]

Beau McCreery not playing VFL, neither is Frampton. Would imagine Frampton is sub tomorrow.

What would make you think Frampton is the sub over Mccreery?

 

[Cobalt King]

Beau will obviously be the sub

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

15 min march. Gee you’ll be doin it hard.

There's been a march for every home game this year.

 

[KinderSmock]

What would make you think Frampton is the sub over Mccreery?

Giving McCreery a week off to help with his recovery.

 

[LuckyLee]

This is a weird post !

Why’s it weird?

I just don’t think we’ve been playing all that well for quite a while, despite our ladder position. I don’t think our recent form measures up too well against Port or Geelong’s currently. Or Brisbane’s best. I’m hoping to see greater consistency and going for the kill rather than easing the foot off the throat as we have been regularly doing during matches this season.


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[JuniorB]

Giving McCreery a week off to help with his recovery.

If neither of them played today, could there be a late out?

 

[stormskye]

If neither of them played today, could there be a late out?

One the sub, one always held over as emergency

 

[Finnishpie]

Then he doesn't have more flexibility till we do see him forward. I am not sure he is going to get the ball enough up there.

He does have more flexibility because he can play permanently as a back. I don't think Cameron can be a permanent forward.

 

[#23 Hill]

Why’s it weird?

I just don’t think we’ve been playing all that well for quite a while, despite our ladder position. I don’t think our recent form measures up too well against Port or Geelong’s currently. Or Brisbane’s best. I’m hoping to see greater consistency and going for the kill rather than easing the foot off the throat as we have been regularly doing during matches this season.


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Brisbane's best? Do you think their best is better than our best?

 

[stormskye]

Why’s it weird?

I just don’t think we’ve been playing all that well for quite a while, despite our ladder position. I don’t think our recent form measures up too well against Port or Geelong’s currently. Or Brisbane’s best. I’m hoping to see greater consistency and going for the kill rather than easing the foot off the throat as we have been regularly doing during matches this season.


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Outside of port no team has been playing consistent good footy

 

[Fat Jesus]

Outside of port no team has been playing consistent good footy

We have actually for most of this year.
Injuries unsettled us a little. Expecting our boys to come home strong.
Port were inconsistent early and now playing well.

 

[stormskye]

We have actually for most of this year.
Injuries unsettled us a little. Expecting our boys to come home strong.
Port were inconsistent early and now playing well.

Some people expect us to win by 10 goals every week in a bloody tough comp.

 

[Fat Jesus]

Some people expect us to win by 10 goals every week in a bloody tough comp.

I think we are able to control games a little and sometimes it makes us look vulnerable. Healthy percentage though.
Finals football will be played differently.
Keep the foot on the throat.

 

[Big Bryza]

It's a 4:30 game next week, not sure we'll see any dew before 7pm?

It gets dewy (pardon the pun) a lot earlier in winter in QLD. Up there for a twilight game a few years ago and the surface was soaked when we went on to the ground after the game.

 

[Big Bryza]

Complacency will lead to disaster.

Our percentage actually isn’t very high for a side at 11-2. We’ve been doing enough but not smashing sides.

We’ve been comfortably beaten by Brisbane and Melbourne and beat Geelong and Port early in the season when both were out of form. We haven’t made a big on-field statement since around 2. Every team genuinely thinks they have a chance against us because we keep them in it. It’s time for that to stop.

It’s time for us to show a harder, ruthless edge.




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Geelong played well for 3 quarters before we overran them late. Port were coming off a 10 goal belting of Brisbane. Hardly out of form. The Lions did a number on us in a 15 min patch of footy. We lost to Melbourne by under a kick.

What i can agree with is that tomorrow is the start of a march to the finals. A statement game we are due to see.

 

[FromTheBoundaryLine]

Fly has made it clear that he doesn’t believe in “managing” players but he is certainly not averse to experimenting with different set ups to gain an advantage over the opposition. I think we’ll see a few different set ups leading up to finals. With Howe and Elliott back and JDG, Sidey, McStay also set to resume over the coming weeks he has plenty of scope to try things.
With Howe back we have reverted to the backline that got us within a whisker of a GF and with Markov off the bench he seems to be opting for speed and versatility this week. Given that Thilthorpe is Adelaide’s only really tall forward at 202cm (Fogarty and Walker solid 194cm players) I can see the logic in Fly’s approach. I also think Howe gives us another really good intercepting option. I thought Frampton looked a little uncomfortable against slightly smaller, faster players e.g. VanRooyen but has done well against the taller one’s. Expect Beau to be the sub.

 

[Jafo]

Don’t like when we play Marvel. Add to this it will be our home game

 

[Juan Ide]

Sycophants!

Thycophantth, surely?

 

[Gymnorhina tibic]

HH playing ahead of Beau can only be because he is on the bubble in Supercoach and in Fly's team.

 

[Finnishpie]

This selection has a fair amount of hubris sniff to it.
Not picking our best side will look very silly if we lose tomorrow

Who didn't they pick?