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  1. mattys123

    Autopsy R22 Review: Port 64-115 Collingwood

    Our skipper says hi.
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    Apples' Training Reports

    Murray joined in at the start but was then with the rehab group (Moore, Fasolo, McLarty, Varcoe and a few others). He then went off early. Not sure what he is recovering from but not 100% yet
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    Apples' Training Reports

    The session yesterday was mainly made up of small groups of 8-10 players all spread out around the ground. Divided between mids, backs, kids and forwards each group had 5-6 non playing personnel around them. Skills were the focus. Stoppages, forward ball movement and goal kicking, accurate ball...
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    Apples' Training Reports

    Interesting reading most of the comments and thoughts on Kirby. I was at training yesterday, and it's obvious the club knows where Kirby is at in terms of fitness. He completed most of the session, then just before the end went inside for a few minutes. He came back out with his running shoes...
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    Player Watch Sam McLarty (Delisted 2018)

    Mclarty is fine.
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    Player Watch Nathan Murphy

    I think the final nail for Crocker came a while back. We as a club so highly over rate everyone on our list though. Crocker should have been delisted. That much is clear.
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    Game Day 2017 National Draft

    Draft night couldnt hsve gone much better for Collingwood really given our pre draft situation. Due to woeful list management we were always only going to use 3 picks so we had to make them count. And boy oh boy did we. Stephenson; wanted him since his awesone performance on GF day and so did...
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    Prediction Pick 6

    I've been on the Stephenson band wagon since seeing him live on GF day. He's Peter Matera like really. That's the closest comparison I can come up with. Happy if we take either him or Fogarty though. Both will be elite and both fill a need
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    Prediction Pick 6

    So its the Darcy FDarcy approach it seems. All aboard the Darcy train.
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    News New CEO - Mark Anderson

    Seems like a good appointment at face value apart from having some of the Essendon stink attached to him (all be it before teflon James ruined the club).
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    Game Day 2017 National Draft

    Seen a few people link us to Dom Barry. Interesting pick up later in the draft. Better then someone like Crameri anyway. And Matty Lokan coached him last year so we have the inside word there.
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    Prediction Pick 6

    We will take Cerra if he falls to 6, seems to be the popular opinion of most draft experts. But will he make it to 6? If he does I have no problem with us taking another mid, because he to put it simply has the potential to be an absolutely elite AFL mid. Also shows our approach though, we...
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    Injury Scott Pendlebury finger

    Oh no. A broken finger. How will he post all those annoying fitness plugs for his business on social media now. Seriously though. Not a big deal. He can still keep his fitness up and if any player doesn't need to touch a ball till after xmas its him. And could be worse. Pearce Hanley got a...
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    Should we experiment with Moore as a back-man?

    Long term it's a silly idea, Darcy is always going to be best used as a forward/second ruck. But for 12 months, or 22 games, it's not a terrible concept to teach Darcy the defensive side of the game. He will also learn more about how forwards position themselves and how hard the best ones work...
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    Pies handed a 'dream' draw

    Yep, for Lynch to move home, to any Victorian club he will have to forgoe a few hundred K a year. But when Victorian clubs will still offer over $1 million a year, the hope is he sees the Suns as being so hopeless that he would rather be well paid and play in finals then be stupidly over paid...
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    Pies handed a 'dream' draw

    We won't have any first round picks next year if Lynch chooses us anyway. So I'd rather actually enjoy going to watch our team play rather then having no hope come the month of May like 2017. So give us the easiest draw possible. Which we haven't got anyway.
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    Pies handed a 'dream' draw

    At least though the AFL has used some common sense and flipped the fixtures on ANZAC day and the night before. They didn't do that last year, although we still won our next game, against Geelong (although we then dropped the Carlton game 6 days later). We of course would have preferred to play...
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    Pies handed a 'dream' draw

    The first 6 games are key there. Can't come out of them with anything less then 3 wins. We simply aren't good enough to chase down a final spot from 2-3 games down, even early in the year. Start 3-3 or better and we can play finals. Anything worse and we'll have to go on a winning streak mid...
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    News Sinclair retired, Ramsay and Oxley delisted

    Let's face it, we just delisted 3 players who for various reasons were not going to help us win our next premiership. Most of it is bad luck with these 3, but they are cooked, thanks for your service handshake time. The problem is by far and away they were not the worst 3 players left on our...
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    Rumour Ben Sinclair Delisted

    Mixture of leg injuries and concussion has done Benny in unfortunately. You have to consider the long term effects also. What type of life he would have when he's 45-50 years old if he got another concussion or two. Real shame this. Sinclair was so under rated on here. Was just coming into his...
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    Strategy Incoming High Performance Manager

    Promote the Irishman, makes sense, if he does everything exactly opposite to Davoren, we may well improve in this area.:D:p
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    News Cloke announces his retirement

    We don't win the flag in 2010 without him. Thanks again Travis, for everything, a true Collingwood legend. And yes, should have been carried off for the final time in black and white, hopefully we remedy that next year with a lap of honour at the G, against the Saints.:D
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    Opinion Likely Best 22 2018 (revisited)

    You can add Varcoe and Greenwood to that list of "dones" too. Huge list turnover coming up in 12 months.
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    Roast Automatic Membership Renewal

    This isn't a Collingwood thing, every AFL club, including AFL membership has automatic renewal, and I thought it was pretty much common knowledge. If you don't want it to auto renew, you simply contact the club (or the AFL) and change it. Repeat, it's not just a Collingwood thing, even the...
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    The "We must get Tom Lynch at all costs...or maybe not" Thread

    Lynch will not sign for anyone in 2019 for under $1.5 million a year. If he does his management have failed him poorly. Someone will offer even more than that. So 1.5 a year is actually what we should offer, if we really want him.
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    The "We must get Tom Lynch at all costs...or maybe not" Thread

    Unders? Compared to what. Let's say the Suns are going to up his current contract, and then get AFL assistance on top of that. Even then it's only about 1.5 million a year at most. Collingwood, with smart salary cap management can easily match that. It was widely touted that we had enough...
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    Game Day 2017 National Draft

    I've only seen Stephenson live once and that was GF day in the all star game. He was clearly and outright best on ground and won the medal. I was sold on him the second he won a contested ball on the wing, burst through the middle out running three opponents then goaled on the run from 55 out...
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    Player Watch Sam Murray - (Delisted 2019)

    Basically a slightly taller Ben Sinclair type isn't he? We overpaid, but we were desperate to make at least one trade. Welcome Sam.
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    List Mgmt. Trade & F/A - 2017/2018 - Refreshed (cont in part 2)

    How many senior list spots do we have at the moment? Two? Yet we have three fairly high draft picks and have to also take Tyler Brown as father son. Then there's Sam Murray and Stewart Crameri. It doesn't add up
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    List Mgmt. Trade & F/A - 2017/2018 - Refreshed (cont in part 2)

    The club simply won't admit that Sier isn't up to it and never will be. At best, at absolute best, with luck with injury and proper player development Brayden Sier will be as good as Rupert Wills. Staggering that we are wasting a list spot on this dud for a third season in a row. Admit the...
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