Game Day AFL Round 17 - Matchday Discussion Collingwood@West Coast (Optus Stadium – 8:10PM EST)

[offtherails9]

Season turns around here. Tough road win. Would have loved to hear Bucks pre game speech.

Has there been any word on if you guys are going through a strong training block in preparation for finals? Feel like that's the case personally.

Sidey to fire up tonight and be BOG.

 

[domus]

Wonder what Varcoe did to Buckley. Joke!

He is injured. Hurt his finger and will miss two games.

 

[coolidge1000]

I'd love varco in this side I think he's the player to deliver the spark we need a miss

 

[gappa]

Come back with your shields or upon them Magpies. Thats all I ask.

This is COLLINGWOOD!

 

[Aussie pie]

Not sure if you want a loss, win or BF to explode, me thinks you’re just an immature troll?

I don’t want anything, I’m actually looking at the game clearly and rationally, unlike most people on here. Form and team balance is all with the WCE and if you don’t think that then don’t talk to me. As for bigfooty exploding, well have a read of the threads the last few weeks.

 

[Good_Old]

I felt exactly like you one overcast day at the G. We were playing the Eagles. The build up to this game was eerily similar to tonight's game. Read about it for yourself. I was glad to be there and watch it happen. Unbelievable.

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Andrew Tranquilli’s AFL career didn’t amount to a huge CV – 12 games and 20 goals – but he was able to achieve something few others have done: kick six goals in a single game of elite level football. But just weeks before that big day, he’d been sent where all out-of-form forwards go – to […]

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In 2005 we were on the bottom of the ladder and had named a few kids for our clash with the undefeated top of the table West Coast Eagles. Another wonderful memory.

Chris Egan looked like a player back then.

 

[pietoon]

If we can get 10 to 12 out of Elliot, WHE and Jordy we are a punchers chance.... If Rough and Darc can stand up mids turn it into a scrap I think we can win

 

[Quicky]

The telecast just presented stats for Grundy vs Naitanui and included their twitter/insta follower count alongside other statistical measures such as average hitouts. I just lost all faith in humanity.

 

[Mkcaptain]

My pregame nerves are starting to kick in now

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

I always live in hope of an upset, but I think our form slump and the fact we're playing over there means the odds are firmly stacked against us.

Just hope the boys give it their all and play a decent brand of footy.

 

[Mkcaptain]

The telecast just presented stats for Grundy vs Naitanui and included their twitter/insta follower count alongside other statistical measures such as average hitouts. I just lost all faith in humanity.

Don't leave us hanging! Who had the higher count?

 

[Quicky]

Don't leave us hanging! Who had the higher count?

I. I just can't

 

[Mkcaptain]

My big points of interest tonight.

Team: What will we do differently this time against Eagles given we've lose the same way against them 4 times in a row.

Individuals: Who will stand up tonight in our biggest game of the season?

Youngsters: What glimpses will Quaynor and Noble show?

Fighting for career: Will Crock play his role well enough to give the coaches faith he can do a job for us?

 

[DinoSoar]

The telecast just presented stats for Grundy vs Naitanui and included their twitter/insta follower count alongside other statistical measures such as average hitouts. I just lost all faith in humanity.

I’m sure my monumental eye roll at seeing that on the tv screen registered on the Richter scale. Ch 7 is a deadset joke when it comes to decent and credible football broadcasting.

 

[NeverWobble]

Hoping we get a jump on them early then go on with it.
Away against a genuine top four contender and recent nemesis in a hostile stadium.
We’ll be up for it.
Go Pies !!

 

[swoop42]

Let us pray.

 

[Good_Old]

Did the commentary just say Sidebottom isn't playing or am I imagining things?

 

[DinoSoar]

Just got my first nervous wee out of the way. I don’t know what to expect from the Pies tonight, fingers crossed for some hard, contested footy.

 

[Boris the Contradiction]

Did the commentary just say Sidebottom isn't playing or am I imagining things?

Hasn't played for weeks, really.

 

[Pies_10]

The telecast just presented stats for Grundy vs Naitanui and included their twitter/insta follower count alongside other statistical measures such as average hitouts. I just lost all faith in humanity.

Channel 7 for ya

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

There's a sense of dread before this game that I haven't felt since the 14-16 period.

 

[Somebody]

Have faith, I have a feeling we're going to win this, and it's not a feeling i get too often, go Pies

Not nec a great sign since you shoulda got it most games this year.

 

[Bad Horse]

This is COLLINGWOOD!

Now we just need to kick Josh Kennedy in the nuts and send him into a pit.

 

[Pies_10]

Come the * on Pies!

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

I'm a fan of Mihocek but if he goes to McGovern before the bounce of the ball it'll be deflating.

It just hasn't worked to date.

Have we ever tried Mayne on McGovern again since the time he was successful in subduing his influence for a half?

To nullify McGovern you either need to take a very defensive mindset and have the forward engage him like a defender would or you need to try and expose his desire to zone off his opponent and look to play through that opponent inside f50.

Obviously easier said than done but Mayne might be the player best suited to balance both options such is his experience and willingness to apply himself to a role.

He was once a more than handy goal kicker for Fremantle so it's not like forward craft is completely foreign to him either.

The forward doesn’t choose his opponent!