Toast Round 16 = Gold Coast 42-120 Collingwood

[Doc1763]

Frampton 15 disposals, 2 goals and played forward, ruck and in defence.

Hard to justify his omission as he provides so much in game insurance across 3 areas of the ground.

His versatility is going to be so valuable

 

[BigVic]

A beautiful win for us. Complete performance with Elliott booting 5 goals

 

[3rdMan]

Frampton 15 disposals, 2 goals and played forward, ruck and in defence.

Hard to justify his omission as he provides so much in game insurance across 3 areas of the ground.

He's shown what he has all year, he's pretty good in three positions. Unfortunately, he may not be first choice in any of them.

Seems clear we've got Murphy ahead of him in defence and McStay will play forward. His best chance might be to replace Cox as second ruck. He's been good and is a better forward and ruck, but doesn't have Billy's flexibility.

 

[Go Woods]

Hardwick to Suns with some help from the AFL

Yep, already locked in imo.

 

[windchimes]

His versatility is going to be so valuable

He was good today.

How can we get him into the backline without losing any of Moore (lmao), Howe and Murphy?

 

[Finnishpie]

L
Like father like son.

That makes me think of Callum Brown.

 

[Go Woods]

Great strong showing all around.
With the business end fast approaching the boys have a real steely look about them.
We're on a mission.

 

[Finnishpie]

He was good today.

How can we get him into the backline without losing any of Moore (lmao), Howe and Murphy?

Howe plays forward or wing?

 

[Black_White]

He's shown what he has all year, he's pretty good in three positions. Unfortunately, he may not be first choice in any of them.

Seems clear we've got Murphy ahead of him in defence and McStay will play forward. His best chance Oi e in might be to replace Cox as second ruck. He's been good and is a better forward and ruck, but doesn't have Billy's flexibility.

Not first choice in any, granted.
But being able to play in any of those three gives him an advantage over those who would be first choice.
In finals that flexibility can be the deciding factor.

 

[FromTheBoundaryLine]

Fantastic performance. Some of our passages of play are just breathtaking in their audacity and execution. Our pressure on the Suns was great most of the match too. You beauty.!!!!

 

[windchimes]

Howe plays forward or wing?

I’m a shade suss about him as a forward but he could perhaps play a bit more as a rebounding half back flank type with Nick staying in the guts.

His ball use is under utilised sometimes, imo

 

[Black_White]

That makes me think of Callum Brown.

Not sure how old man ever got 3 votes at any stage of his career.
And definitely not on that ground.

 

[SouthernPie]

I seemed a bit strange to me that Howie was substituted so early. He would be wanting to increase his match fitness , I would've thought. It nearly came back to bite us on the bum with both Bruzzy and McGreery sore at the end.
Maybe it was designed to keep Jeremy "safe" for next week.

 

[Doc1763]

I seemed a bit strange to me that Howie was substituted so early. He would be wanting to increase his match fitness , I would've thought. It nearly came back to bite us on the bum with both Bruzzy and McGreery sore at the end.
Maybe it was designed to keep Jeremy "safe" for next week.

In Wade we trust

 

[Monco Matt]

The 1st half was sensational football. The 2nd half was pretty good but not superb. Was wanting a 100pt win but 78 will have to do I suppose!!

Outside of that 20 min patch where they kicked 4 unanswered, we controlled the game completely. I thought the Suns looked beaten from the opening bounce which is a good sign for us that they probably believed they couldn't beat us regardless of the effort they put in. So, in these situations you get a win that looks like a training run.

It might be a horses for courses situation but Frampton plays week in week out from here. His versatility is really valuable. Kicked a couple of goals and defended strongly. Did what we needed him to do at both ends. Markov as well provides a lot of energy and speed; he plays as well. Not sure who goes out for JDG, probably HH but it is going to be really tough to squeeze in everyone soon. Guys will have to make way that don't deserve to. Great place for the team to be.

Well done, Pies! Carry on.

 

[3rdMan]

I seemed a bit strange to me that Howie was substituted so early. He would be wanting to increase his match fitness , I would've thought. It nearly came back to bite us on the bum with both Bruzzy and McGreery sore at the end.
Maybe it was designed to keep Jeremy "safe" for next week.

Second game back and the game was over. He was playing great, so just about management.

The other reason would be to get a look at Frampton in defence.

 

[jmac70]

Very happy to be wrong about this being a danger game.

Maybe we are the real deal.

 

[stormskye]

Dave got his tip wrong by about 110 points

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Very enjoyable game. Thought this might be a tough game, so I'm absolutely overjoyed that we've won as convincingly as we have.

When we're allowed to play corridor football and run in waves, we're a force to be reckoned with. It's so aesthetically pleasing to watch as a supporter and no wonder why we're the hottest ticket in town at the moment.

Great effort by Jamie to kick 5 goals. Had a quiet first half of the season with only 10 goals before the bye, but since the bye he's now up to 7 goals already (2 last week, 5 today). Hopefully he wins Goal of the Year after that effort to keep the ball in play and run around the goals to soccer it off the ground.

Our back six was the backbone of our victory today. Noble, IQ, Howe, Moore, Markov were all on fire and looking for any opportunity to move the ball quickly and catch the Suns out of position.

Frampton will be hard to push out. 15 disposals and 2 goals is enough to keep him in the side next week. I'm still hoping that McStay does well tomorrow in the reserves to push for senior selection next week. I think he'll really help us with freeing up Mihocek who's been kept quiet the last few weeks.

The Daicos boys are just a blessing for us at this point. Hitting targets, gut running and elite skills.

The Dogs next Friday night will be a great contest. I'm wary that our biggest losing margin under Fly was against them last year just prior to the beginning of our 11-game winning streak. I'm hoping our clearance game has improved enough from last year where they destroyed us in the middle. Compete with them in this department and we go a long way to keeping up this winning run.

Looking forward to a relaxing rest of the weekend

 

[Monco Matt]

Dave got his tip wrong by about 110 points

Really? Did he tip us by 188 points? Doesn't sound like Dave.

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Just realised that was our biggest winning margin in 7 years.

 

[Finnishpie]

Dave got his tip wrong by about 110 points

We all make a mistake every now and then......

 

[memo48]

Liked the experiment of Frampton forward. Found out he can play a role there too, which is going to put pressure on Cox and CaCameron.

I think it put more pressure on Johnson to be honest. If Frampton plays forward, you can swing him into the ruck or back like when Howe was subbed off.
Much more flexibility for the coaches, I actually like it as they come into finals this little tweaking with the structure.

 

[legendstatus]

Glad to be wrong. I said last week that this Will be our toughest away game for the year and a real danger

 

[OniAu]

Frampton 15 disposals, 2 goals and played forward, ruck and in defence.

Hard to justify his omission as he provides so much in game insurance across 3 areas of the ground.

Modern day Adam Hunter - Love the versatilty , could prove crucial in finals circumstances