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Windy conditions so most struggled imo. More turnovers than a danish bakery.

Plenty of nice little cameos though. Carmy looked v good, Hill busy and dangerous. Noble good. Nicky D everywhere. Cox dominated some aerial contests, couldve clunked even more though. McStay looked the goods again… holding his form from training.
Ryan racked up a few touches too.
Sidey two turnovers in succession trying to be cute, getting caught. Why I wouldn’t be disappointed if he doesn’t make round 1.
Macrae turned it over quite a bit I thought. McCreery intercepted quite a bit. Adams was dangerous up forward… his spot for mine. Oscar limping, strapped shin. Ginni did well while on.
Allan struggled with the tempo a bit.. again why he won’t play straight away imo. Murphy looked a bit slow, out of bounds and getting caught.
Mitchell good, again no cheapies. Just experienced touches in good spots.
Reef kicked a couple of goals. Dangerous on the lead. Lipinski solid
Pendles also v good. Cool head and precise short to medium delivery in windy conditions showing his experience and elite kicking and smarts.
 
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I reckon Carmichael should be trying to get a spot in that forward line.

The combination of his size and ball winning ability would make him a serious threat down there.
 

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Liking what I’m seeing of McStay so far.

He’s not tall, but he’s big. If that makes sense. He’s wide and hard to move/get around for defenders.

Consistently took strong grabs and if he didn’t mark it, he brought it to ground which is literally what you want him doing.

Also a great left foot.
 
Cousin of Daicos said:
Liking what I’m seeing of McStay so far.

He’s not tall, but he’s big. If that makes sense. He’s wide and hard to move/get around for defenders.

Consistently took strong grabs and if he didn’t mark it, he brought it to ground which is literally what you want him doing.

Also a great left foot.
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Body-wise reminds me of a taller Jack Darling - strength in upper body. Wide and hard for defenders to get around cleanly.
 
I know it’s easy to get carried away with these practice matches so I’ll do my best to not.

I think what I liked the most from today is that almost everyone was doing what we would hope/expect them to be doing at this stage of the season.

Or, that they were doing what was expected.

Example. McStay was taking strong grabs, or bringing it to ground and kicking straight.

Frampton was solid without standing out. Wasn’t really beaten but didn’t get beaten either.

Hill was quick and dangerous on the occasions he had the ball

Nick Daicos was Nick Daicos

De Goey looked primed and strong

Josh Daicos looked dependable

Tom Mitchell was in the thick of it almost constantly

Again, it was what you’d be hoping to see at this point. Which is really encouraging
 
Cousin of Daicos said:
I know it’s easy to get carried away with these practice matches so I’ll do my best to not.

I think what I liked the most from today is that almost everyone was doing what we would hope/expect them to be doing at this stage of the season.

Or, that they were doing what was expected.

Example. McStay was taking strong grabs, or bringing it to ground and kicking straight.

Frampton was solid without standing out. Wasn’t really beaten but didn’t get beaten either.

Hill was quick and dangerous on the occasions he had the ball

Nick Daicos was Nick Daicos

De Goey looked primed and strong

Josh Daicos looked dependable

Tom Mitchell was in the thick of it almost constantly

Again, it was what you’d be hoping to see at this point. Which is really encouraging
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If 'Nick Daicos was Nick Daicos', that's high praise indeed!
 

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Collingwood‘s Jack Ginnivan had his day end on halftime after he suffered a gashed leg that at one stage looked like a serious injury.
He was in the hands of trainers for five minutes and appeared to be favouring his knee, eventually limping into the Collingwood rooms in some pain.

The Pies said he suffered only a cut leg and would be available for coming scratch matches, a relief given their medical issues seem to be easing at the right time.

After 40.19 last season, he is a crucial cog in the Magpies’ forward line.


CENTRE SQUARE OPTIONS FOR THE PIES

Good luck guessing which centre square formation the Pies will run with at any time this year.

The depth is insanely good in that position.

At one stage Tom Mitchell, Steele Sidebottom and Taylor Adams matched up against Scott Pendlebury, Jack Crisp and Nick Daicos.

With Jordan De Goey, Brayden Maynard, Josh Daicos, Jamie Elliott and Pat Lipinski all likely to see centre square action the options are endless.


Mitchell was his usual prolific self at the bottom of packs while De Goey was sharp and damaging as he moved forward to find space and goal early.

Dan McStay bobbed up for three first half goals — hitting up Josh Daicos on that early lead and taking one of his pair of pack marks on Darcy Moore — showing his best will be exceptional for the Pies.

Darcy Cameron (hamstring) did fitness work on the sidelines and Mason Cox had the better of summer rookie Oscar Steen, kicking a mid-air goal early then soaring for a strong pack mark in the opposite goalsquare moments later.

NEW RECRUITS

Bobby Hill will quickly become a fan favourite as he showed his bag of tricks with a clever baulk then darting run into the corridor to hit Ash Johnson laces-out.

He was on the end of an eight-handball chain from the centre square to kick an early goal, and gives the Pies forward line some breakneck pace.

Speaking of that commodity, both black and white teams were desperate to chain-handball out of stoppages moving the ball at warp speed as they take their attacking game to a new level.




ROUND 1 POTENTIAL?

Joe Richards is an old-fashioned Collingwood six footer at 177cm but has burst and a brilliant backstory as a Wangaratta schoolteacher plucked at pick 48 by the Pies.

He had some quality touches off half back and while Oleg Markov will hope to push his claims hard in coming weeks, Richards did his chances no harm.

Ed Allan is a hard-running wingman taken at pick 19 and he too found early touches manned up against Steele Sidebottom on the wing.
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Half of us complaining about a game in the heat with unlimited rotation.

Meanwhile in Brisbane.
After three-plus hours of slogging through swimming, biking, kayaking and rafting in oppressive Sunshine Coast humidity, there was more to come.
A 8km run and to the top of Mount Coolum.

The mountain he referred to was Mount Coolum. Although they could see it, the players had no idea how far away it was, they were just told to run there, and get to the top.

Even though I knew it was coming and was going to jump in and have a run with the boys myself, I had the teeniest bit of sympathy for them with the temperature around 30 degrees and the humidity in excess of 80 per cent.
 
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That’s a very exciting write up. Almost too good to be true. The stuff about Joe Richards doesn’t really go with what others who watched said so it’s hard to know what else is hyperbole. I hope the club post some footage. I’m excited to watch the inter club games in the coming weeks. Go pies!!


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Buckleys_Chance said:
That’s a very exciting write up. Almost too good to be true. The stuff about Joe Richards doesn’t really go with what others who watched said so it’s hard to know what else is hyperbole. I hope the club post some footage. I’m excited to watch the inter club games in the coming weeks. Go pies!!


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It’s just a journ’s opinion - and they often don’t read the game as well as true fans.
 
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Imagine a full forward line of Steele, AJ and De Goey - absolutely anything could happen once the ball got down there! Have Hill on the interchange just in-case there's a semblance of normality.
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We are looking very potent with so many variations and permutations. Exciting year ahead
 

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