Toast Round 13 = Melbourne 71-72 Collingwood

[cfc19902010]

Media and commentary is totally dominated by ex Geelong or hawthorn and most of them hate us
Really noticeable today
Nowhere to hide as seven had hodge and dunstall unlistenable
I turned off sound

 

[BillyElliott]

Not one of our better games by a long shot..but still managed to get the 4 points.

I'm going to put it down to losing a bit of focus before the bye

Howe was magnificent. Josh was brilliant. And Q's tackle on Fritsch was (game saving)

I definitely do not miss those close games.

 

[Chronz]

Sick of playing these minnow shitbox teams in their annual grand final. Time to opt out.

 

[MagpieExcalibur]

We regressed to 2023 form today. Games either side of a bye are always a risk, and this one being an event game, doubly so.

McStay returning with 2 goals, including the clutch contested mark and goal was big.

Our better forward 50 entries won it for us, but we were far worse than last week. Part of that was Melbourne being much better than the Hawks, playing with intensity. Part of it was having the tall target to go to in McStay. It's a double edged sword, when the target is there the percentage play is to kick to them, when not there you have to find the best option instead, but that's more diffficult, especially if pressure is high as it was this week and not last. It's why I'm leaning towards not playing Cox in our best team. He provides an obvious target but it's a trap given that he rarely marks and is often out marked. We either play a good tall target in McStay or play small for mine. This is for our best side. Cox or Steene are options if we want to go with a sub optimal side for whatever reason, resting, management of Cameron etc.

premiership winning form? i'll take it

 

[MagpieExcalibur]

Sick of playing these minnow shitbox teams in their annual grand final. Time to opt out.

i think we are obligated to play in Big Freeze every year

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Gawn: Clears the ball from defensive 50

Steven May

1

Steven May

Age

33

Ht

193cm

Wt

101kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.7

4star

K

10.5

4star

HB

4.2

3star

M

5.1

5star

T

1.5

3star

MG

307.3

4star

D

15.5

4star

K

12.1

5star

HB

3.4

2star

M

3.4

3star

T

0.5

1star

MG

378.4

5star

D

12.4

4star

K

8.8

4star

HB

3.6

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.8

4star

:

 

[3rdMan]

premiership winning form? i'll take it

Haha, agree. Tongue in cheek comment. These scrappy close wins are more 2023 than 2025 though.

 

[Doc1763]

Frustrating game to watch.
There were a few times I thought we were going to break the game open, but we couldn't get that next goal.
Thought DC battled well against Gawn, who had a great game.
Josh is having a ripping season, probably leading the Copeland.
Sidey, Pendles and Howie had great games.
Like most, I got sick of us kicking it to Gawn, May and Lever. It looked like the plan was to bring the ball to ground where Bobby, Jamie etc could go to work, but they just kept marking it.
Surely it's time the club made an official complaint about the treatment of Nick. I don't mind him being tagged, that's fair enough, but it's now completely out of hand. Greg Williams would have put Langdon to sleep.
And if anyone was still in any doubt that May is the biggest flog in the AFL, today proved it once and for all. what a crap team mate.
anyway, 11-2 at the bye, how sweet it is.
Go Pies

 

[JoinDate]

Encapsulates the difference in culture between us and them - there is no way a Coll player egregiously berates a team mate.

I was lucky enough to only ever play maybe 2-3 games with a teammate that did this. No better way to fracture the playing group, makes you immediately want to punch the bloke.

 

[VinnieB]

Ed Langdon

15

Ed Langdon

Age

29

Ht

182cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.0

5star

K

12.1

4star

HB

9.0

5star

M

5.0

5star

T

2.3

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

20.3

5star

K

12.8

5star

HB

7.5

4star

M

4.5

4star

T

0.8

1star

CL

1.8

4star

D

13.0

4star

K

6.4

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.4

4star

CL

0.6

3star

had 4 disposals, and 40 holds.

 

[partypie]

Shit we’ve got Carlton’s draw for a few weeks.

Does Carlton being in that draw over the next month still count as "Carlton's draw"???

 

[MagpieExcalibur]

Ed Langdon had 4 disposals, and 40 holds.

WHE had more fantasy points than him for the whole game lol

 

[Peters_Nuts]

11-2
Played like dog shit and won
Maynard, JDG and Schultz still to return
Week break for the sore bodies
Tears of Melbourne supporters and Steven May

1

Steven May

Age

33

Ht

193cm

Wt

101kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.7

4star

K

10.5

4star

HB

4.2

3star

M

5.1

5star

T

1.5

3star

MG

307.3

4star

D

15.5

4star

K

12.1

5star

HB

3.4

2star

M

3.4

3star

T

0.5

1star

MG

378.4

5star

D

12.4

4star

K

8.8

4star

HB

3.6

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.8

4star

Enjoy the bye week everyone.

 

[VinnieB]

Gawn goes alright? I’d happily have him on our list.

Petracca is a decent player. But not a leader. And no way justifies what he’d be getting paid.

‘Oliver” and “leader” don’t belong in the same sentence.

When there is pressure and the game needs leaders to stand up, Gawn, Petracca and Oliver miss goals, or turn it over.

It was no surprise Gawn kicked it directly to us when they needed him to hit a target to have a chance. Happens far too often with these guys. Constantly turning it over.

 

[MagpieExcalibur]

Ed Langdon had 4 disposals, and 40 holds.

WHE with 5 lol failed tag from Langdon

 

[3rdMan]

Gawn very good today, but interesting to note that Cameron outmarked him 9-6. Seemed we kicked to Max more than that, but must have stuck in the mind more for being late in the game and the opposition.

 

[jathanas]

Clearly following the custom of giving it to the best player in the winning team …

… Great win. Josh played well. But Gawn clearly stiff, but he’ll get the 10 coaches votes.

May disagrees with you.

 

[jmac70]

Wow, we played like garbage and still won.
Happy days.

 

[Doc1763]

Ed Langdon had 4 disposals, and 40 holds.

and minus 5 meters gained!

 

[upnsmoke]

Melbourne are playing

We won ugly that’s for sure.

Jaicos was superb as was Sidey. Howe is having a great year.

Gotta say Darcy Moore is in really poor form. Has had 2 poor games in a row.

Glad we won and wiped the smile off the most punchable head in football- Bailey Fritz

Final word on Langdon. The constant holding and impeding of Naicos - jumping into his back when on the ground… flipping disgusting you flog. Can’t wait for Maynard to sort you out

Go pies

Nah, that's Goodwin's instructions. He's a scumbag type of coach. The same coach you see in sports movies instructing his bullies to injure the other guys. Gawn is the level headed leader in that team, without him they would be much worse.

 

[pie chucker]

Any win is satisfying especially when you looked gorn with 10 mins to go and your best player is well below his best.

Seriously we were always due a down week, and somehow we still got the 4 points so I'm pretty happy.

Kudo's to the old brigade of Pendles, Sidey and Howe. J Daicos was best afield for me.

 

[Doc1763]

Gawn very good today, but interesting to note that Cameron outmarked him 9-6. Seemed we kicked to Max more than that, but must have stuck in the mind more for being late in the game and the opposition.

Cameron actually took more contested marks than Gawn

 

[cakewalk_1]

Surely it's time the club made an official complaint about the treatment of Nick. I don't think mind him being tagged, that's fair enough, but it's now completely out of hand. Greg Williams would have put Langdon to sleep.
And if anyone was still in any doubt that May is the biggest flog in the AFL, today proved it once and for all. what a crap team mate.
anyway, 11-2 at the bye, how sweet it is.
Go Pies

Nick Daicos was getting targetted after 3 AFL games by 200+ seasoned players before the ball was bounced to start games in 2022. They would run up to him off the ball and start punching into him. The stupid AFL and their toliet trainned media people like "Luke Hodge, John Ralph etc" don't mind that, because apparently kids wouldn't copy that behavoir in the junior ranks. It sends a great message of how the game shouldn't be played.

Tell me which other player in the last 10-15 years has had this much attention every week since his debut. He is constantly held at every stoppage. Sometimes he gets the frees but most times the umpires ignore it.

If this was any other player, every neutral supporter will be calling this out on footy talk back shows.

 

[VinnieB]

Tholstrop has the head you want to bury.

 

[3rdMan]

Media starting with the "can we handle the burden of being top this early?". I don't know, maybe check two years ago where we had the same record at the same stage.