Game Day Match Discussion - RD 22 vs. Hawthorn. Thur 07/08 @ 7:30pm (MCG)

[Monco Matt]

A gameday thread hitting 103 pages by half time, now that should tell you something about how we are going and what we all think if it. FMD!

 

[Exambolor]

Pack your bags Bobby, and thanks for derailing our season.

You are an absolute campaigner mate

 

[upnsmoke]

No. The Collingwood way would be losing by 70 pts tonight and coming out and beating Adelaide by 2pts and finishing 6th after beating Melbourne.

Adelaide is like a better Hawthorn.. so

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

Maybe we need one more keep the faith video to inspire us for next week

The Crows will do us by 10 goals next week. Dean has to return for Howe, lol....Frampton and Dean against the Adelaide forward line...

 

[PhiloBeddoe]

I thought heavy training blocks were a thing of the past.

 

[Carringbush2010]

So now it's a question if the blose or bombouts get to 17 before us.

Coz it looks like this year is gone.

IF we find form in the finals it's too late. IF we DO manage to win the flag from here.

It'd be the biggest form reversal of all time

Even knowing our issues, we can't address them

The way we're playing, I'm calling it now as not happening.

 

[eddiesmith]

No. The Collingwood way would be losing by 70 pts tonight and coming out and beating Adelaide by 2pts and finishing 6th after beating Melbourne.

How do we finish 6th if we win the last 2???

 

[ksardog]

Looking forward to next week against Adelaide
Frampton and Dean in the backline, good times

 

[Kappa]

Meh, well win it from 5th

Oldest team in history probably doesn’t want to play 4 finals in a row

 

[gouki88]

I can't help thinking Fly's public comments about dating an opposition player when his own players are trying to extend to stay was just dumb.

When did Fly become our GM too? Must have missed that

 

[frizzle]

What is it with Thursday night games? Nearly every game is a one sided boring beat down.

 

[Soaring Magpie]

The irony of patting ourselves on the back after win 14 is that 15 wins may not secure a finals berth this season.

That’s pretty funny (but not really).

As soon as McRae said that in the interview after Carlton I know the mindset was wrong.
We have been terrible ever since.

 

[Pendles!]

We rested one or two players every week

That was on top of injuries. 3 or more changes to the side every week.

This season has now proven to have been so poorly mismanaged.

Who? Pendles and Sidey sure, but others have missed with injury.

 

[Jafo]

Looking forward to next week against Adelaide
Frampton and Dean in the backline, good times

I’d have Allen before Dean

 

[gouki88]

Oldest team in history probably doesn’t want to play 4 finals in a row

The resting will have us primed

 

[TradeDraft]

IF we don’t Improve in 3rd Qtr I been gone at 3 Qtr Time

 

[Kes1984]

We managed Mitchell last week.

And we managed Pendlebury once from memory. Membrey, Mihocek. Hardly enough to make a massive difference.

It's the injuries to McCreery, to Lipinski, Bobby Hill's absence. Not resting Howe for the GC game when we should have.

+17 contested possessions. +8 Clearances.

Injuries to a handful of players does not excuse the very sudden drop in form from everyone across the board.

A lack of continuity in the playing side perhaps can. Injuries alone might have been ok. But we added managing players to that. It becomes a little too much of a disruption to continuity then.

 

[JoinDate]

Watching from level 4, its incredible how slow we look. They're leading our players to the ball in every contest.

FWIW it's coming through on the TV, too. Just trailing our opponents everywhere, and even hanging out the back of packs. Not much attacking football occurring.

 

[Bianconeri]

Pack your bags Bobby, and thanks for derailing our season.

If Bobby was playing tonight he’d be lucky to get a possession because we his teammates wouldn’t have used him.

 

[Horaceg]

I seriously though it would be us up by 40 at half time.

Got that wrong

 

[Magpie_man]

I know this won’t make a difference but at least try something different Fly. Mcstay in the backline (we play better with three pronged tall defence anyway), Houston to the midfield, Pendles half back (to add to our slowness), Quaynor or Maynard to the midfield. Please just try something new at least. Long useless in the midfield send him to the forward line.

 

[TW Sherrin]

Fly had a good first 16 rounds.

He's been ordinary since.

 

[The Magnificent Seven]

Houston’s effort on Chol was awful. Watch it again. No body contact no effort.

All he’s done is shit kicking and soft handballs. Not worth the trade tell him to **** right off.

 

[No SPIN]

Pack your bags Bobby, and thanks for derailing our season.

You epitomize the type of supporter we can do without.

 

[anshell]

Did anyone see this shellacking coming?I certainly didn’t.I actually thought we might win.Silly me.