Toast Round 7 = Essendon 60-137 Collingwood

[Rooosterboy]

God

 

[Knoxy]

I'm in awe of Pendles! Guy's 38 and been playing longer than some AFL players have been alive! To still be dominating at this level at his age is nothing short of remarkable! GOAT!

 

[Chrispiesssss]

 

[Chrispiesssss]

 

[Gizmo]

Well, that was fun.

Pendles is a legend.

Essendon are terrible.

 

[Equatic Doom]

welcome back Jordy and Sidebottom

 

[SouthernPie]

All hail Pendles Such an extraordinary career.

 

[BigVic]

A huge win and the first time scoring 100 points since last July vs Carlton

 

[3rdMan]

20 goals is a beautiful sight. Shoulda been a few more, but we'll take it.

 

[3rdMan]

We haven't had a great start to the year, but 4-3 isn’t terrible, a kick (against Freo) away from 5-2.

Big test next week.

 

[NoRebuilds]

Essendon are lucky they were gifted a couple of goals from the ump and we didn't kick straight or it could have been a 100 plus.

 

[CheckerTrade666]

Great win. Yes Essendon are dreadful, but it was good to get a little bit of a confidence booster and some goals under our belt.

Tough run ahead, but at least we did the minimum required by beating both Carlton and Essendon.

 

[FromTheBoundaryLine]

Brilliant day. Pendles

Go Pies !!!!! Thanks ANZACS

 

[3rdMan]

Essendon are bad, but they did score 110 (v Suns - L) and 113 (v Dees - W) in the past two weeks. They'd have been confident of an upset.

We completely shut them down and then ran over them. It was a great win.

 

[Kipz]

Was relaxed from minute one, could tell they weren't up for it at all from early. Frustrating not to hit the scoreboard in the first half and reward ourselves, but 15 goals in the second half helped take that out of mind.

Toward the end I genuinely felt bad for what we were doing to them while they rolled onto their backs begging for a belly rub like a fluffy little puppy dog. Woeful game from them. Blues and Bombers back to back is a lovely touch

 

[swoop42]

We broke the Essendon resolve in the 3rd and after that they returned to being an embarrassment.

Even before today Pendlebury had been playing to a level good enough to warrant another season if that contribution remained throughout the year and his body was sound.

Whether he has any desire to play beyond this season only he knows but after today hard not to think the ultimate pro couldn't achieve the improbable.

Great to put Essendon to the sword when presented the opportunity, and gain a much needed 15.4% alongside the 4pts.

The next 3 weeks will be a far bigger challenge obviously and will tell us a lot about where we stand in 2026.

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

Steene and Anderson have completely changed our midfield.
We needed to have a couple of new additions in there, as we were looking stale, and thank god we had Steene on the list and developed him nicely, whilst having Anderson fall into our lap on draft night....Loving what these two are doing....

 

[76woodenspooners]

The Good:

• The win
• The percentage booster
• Pendles the GOAT
• After 6 rounds of footy Anderson has become the player we spent 4 years hoping Macrae would be.
• Hayes looks like he’s a keeper. Tracking very well with his development
• Probably the best game Roan Steele has played for us.
• Well balanced performance.

The Bad:

• Essendon
• Hitting the woodwork 5 times
• Forward line yips in the first quarter

The Ugly:

- The Brad Scott press conference

 

[rand corp]

Just a great day to be alive and a Collingwood supporter. Everyone on the field, in the stands and watching on the box had a magnificent match!

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

Well that was like a Sunday afternoon stroll through the park.....

What just happened??....We kicked a cricket score, won by 12 goals and Pendles had 42 and won the Anzac Medal....This was exactly my dream last night.....

Pendles what more can we say. Absolutely love the bloke. You shouldn't be doing these things at 38 years old. He's making it tough for list boss, Leppa.
Just a magnificent player, absolute genius on the ground, and stood head and shoulders above any player out there today with his footy IQ....The GOAT

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

I thought we would win by 14...........

Goals that is........

 

[Rorzza]

Fantastic!

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

To watch that Masterclass by Pendles was an absolute honour. It something that will never be forgotten, and it will be talked about for a very, very longtime.

 

[Hazz]

in all my time watching this club theyve never come across as a genuine centre bounce clearance side .... serviceable and industrious at best .... but never good

with steene we may be on the verge of seeing some great things in this space

I might’ve scared a few people at the game with my reactions to Steene center bounce work. It was almost x rated.

Oh crap. I was also sitting with family… yikes for all concerned.

 

[Chrispiesssss]