![](https://images.bigfootymedia.com/icons/mobile-bullets/collingwood.png)
- Mar 28, 2023
- 13,246
- 25,815
- AFL Club
- Collingwood
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
LIVE: GWS Giants v Brisbane Lions - 7:30PM Sat
Squiggle tips Lions at 65% chance -- What's your tip? -- Team line-ups »
AFLW 2024 - Round 3 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Not meStooping to the low levels of wishing injuries to players is poor form..
We don’t do that at Collingwood. We stay classy!!!
Your in the wrong board!Stooping to the low levels of wishing injuries to players is poor form..
We don’t do that at Collingwood. We stay classy!!!
Stooping to the low levels of wishing injuries to players is poor form..
We don’t do that at Collingwood. We stay classy!!!
Our supporter base is many things, dunno if classy is one of them
Nah Tay can stick it up his arse. Wouldve played good mins in an area we’ve been weakened in most of the season had he not sooked it up.Are you sure?
(That doesn't sound right).
DC is in career best form - his marking has been a feature.Looks like we will ask Patrick Lipinski to spend time in the midfield. We know he is capable of playing a more inside role, provided he is not required to do it week after week. We will also I think ask others (Beau, maybe Jamie and Lachie to play rotations through there to compensate for the loss of JDG ithrough a team effort rather than an individual coming in as "like for like".
As others have mentioned, JDG played largely forward last week, and our midfield held up OK last week against the bestial Carlton midfield (until the final quarter).
Interesting that we have retained Long. He is clearly playing a role that it is harder for those on the outside to see, though I think from what I can observe he is clearly providing a physical presence around stoppages that we definitely need.
I think at this stage we are valuing stability over changing personnel with no prospect of any great benefits from doing so. Last week, we played in the vein of 2023 with pressure and swarming features again of our play, and so we are rewarding the entire team by only disrupting it by a forced omission.
Jack Bytel will have his work cut out - his opponent will be either Mills or Gulden.
The return of Rampe will strengthen their defence (if he is not being rushed back). This makes it much more difficult to follow the PA template, where they exposed the Swans' defence for height.
We are clearly going with the more hybrid model of forward line that, through necessity, we have created, with a plethora of dangerous small forwards along with two talls (McStay and Cameron/Cox) in the forward line. Most likely, I think Richards will be sub, as I think Lipinski will be needed in the midfield.
Swans won't be playing like last week. Their game last week is not overly useful for devising strategies to beat them, as it was an aberration. We will definitely be looking more at other games that the Swans recently lost as a more useful and realistic guide.
As usual everything will depend upon us configuring a midfield set up that can challenge the Swans, hinder their transition and allow us to move the ball with fluency.
Looking forward to see Darcy and Mason take on Grundy. I loved Grundy when he was with us, but I feel confident that Cameron and Cox together will hold him to account.
At 187cm, Rampe is not fixing their lack of height in defence. McCartin -at 194cm is shorter than McStay. And although Blakey is their tallest at 196cm we doesn’t have the body to match it with either DC or Cox when they rest fwd.Looks like we will ask Patrick Lipinski to spend time in the midfield. We know he is capable of playing a more inside role, provided he is not required to do it week after week. We will also I think ask others (Beau, maybe Jamie and Lachie to play rotations through there to compensate for the loss of JDG ithrough a team effort rather than an individual coming in as "like for like".
As others have mentioned, JDG played largely forward last week, and our midfield held up OK last week against the bestial Carlton midfield (until the final quarter).
Interesting that we have retained Long. He is clearly playing a role that it is harder for those on the outside to see, though I think from what I can observe he is clearly providing a physical presence around stoppages that we definitely need.
I think at this stage we are valuing stability over changing personnel with no prospect of any great benefits from doing so. Last week, we played in the vein of 2023 with pressure and swarming features again of our play, and so we are rewarding the entire team by only disrupting it by a forced omission.
Jack Bytel will have his work cut out - his opponent will be either Mills or Gulden.
The return of Rampe will strengthen their defence (if he is not being rushed back). This makes it much more difficult to follow the PA template, where they exposed the Swans' defence for height.
We are clearly going with the more hybrid model of forward line that, through necessity, we have created, with a plethora of dangerous small forwards along with two talls (McStay and Cameron/Cox) in the forward line. Most likely, I think Richards will be sub, as I think Lipinski will be needed in the midfield.
Swans won't be playing like last week. Their game last week is not overly useful for devising strategies to beat them, as it was an aberration. We will definitely be looking more at other games that the Swans recently lost as a more useful and realistic guide.
As usual everything will depend upon us configuring a midfield set up that can challenge the Swans, hinder their transition and allow us to move the ball with fluency.
Looking forward to see Darcy and Mason take on Grundy. I loved Grundy when he was with us, but I feel confident that Cameron and Cox together will hold him to account.
Dead right - no one can work out what Long is doing on the park!!Looks like we will ask Patrick Lipinski to spend time in the midfield. We know he is capable of playing a more inside role, provided he is not required to do it week after week. We will also I think ask others (Beau, maybe Jamie and Lachie to play rotations through there to compensate for the loss of JDG ithrough a team effort rather than an individual coming in as "like for like".
As others have mentioned, JDG played largely forward last week, and our midfield held up OK last week against the bestial Carlton midfield (until the final quarter).
Interesting that we have retained Long. He is clearly playing a role that it is harder for those on the outside to see, though I think from what I can observe he is clearly providing a physical presence around stoppages that we definitely need.
I think at this stage we are valuing stability over changing personnel with no prospect of any great benefits from doing so. Last week, we played in the vein of 2023 with pressure and swarming features again of our play, and so we are rewarding the entire team by only disrupting it by a forced omission.
Jack Bytel will have his work cut out - his opponent will be either Mills or Gulden.
The return of Rampe will strengthen their defence (if he is not being rushed back). This makes it much more difficult to follow the PA template, where they exposed the Swans' defence for height.
We are clearly going with the more hybrid model of forward line that, through necessity, we have created, with a plethora of dangerous small forwards along with two talls (McStay and Cameron/Cox) in the forward line. Most likely, I think Richards will be sub, as I think Lipinski will be needed in the midfield.
Swans won't be playing like last week. Their game last week is not overly useful for devising strategies to beat them, as it was an aberration. We will definitely be looking more at other games that the Swans recently lost as a more useful and realistic guide.
As usual everything will depend upon us configuring a midfield set up that can challenge the Swans, hinder their transition and allow us to move the ball with fluency.
Looking forward to see Darcy and Mason take on Grundy. I loved Grundy when he was with us, but I feel confident that Cameron and Cox together will hold him to account.
Yes, you could be right. But they are top of the ladder for a reason. They wouldn't be there if their defence was severely vulnerable, surely. I don't know much about the Swans...maybe they have another top 22 tall defender out atm? ( I know Melican is currently injured, but don't know his height).At 187cm, Rampe is not fixing their lack of height in defence. McCartin -at 194cm is shorter than McStay. And although Blakey is their tallest at 196cm we doesn’t have the body to match it with either DC or Cox when they rest fwd.
I think their defense is very vulnerable.
Must be a nightmare at the coles self serve checkout wearing one giant barcodeI wish I could get one of those training tops.
I wouldn't fill it out like Jezza, but they look great.
This from someone wearing a frisbee as a capMust be a nightmare at the coles self serve checkout wearing one giant barcode
Minimal changes. I like it. We’ve had no continuity in the side this year thanks to the ridiculous number of injuries.
In addition, selectors have made some odd choices that weren’t actually forced.
Best we try and keep things as stable as possible now.
If we drop this game, play whoever we want to get a game or two into before we go again next year.
Like this idea.Not sure I've ever seen a winger get tagged but I'm all for Bytel shadowing Gulden tomorrow night![]()
It would be nice... But, we simply don't tag.Like this idea.
Sometimes, I descend into superficial impressionism. But I see on Bytel's face, and in his actions, a dour desire to achieve everything he possibly can.
Tagging his direct opponent would be a fantastic, and clear role for him to fulfil.
Well...not so far.It would be nice... But, we simply don't tag.