Autopsy AFL 2026 Round 8 - Pies v Hawks Thurs April 30th 7:30pm AEST (MCG)

[rdhopkins2]

Credit to the Pies whose accuracy was amazing. They pressured us all night.

One of those games where you win just about everything but the stat that counts. Bad kicking is bad footy.

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Why did he play against 17th that were coming off a short break?

That was not a gimme at the time, a lot has happened in 7 days, two games where we've played well above expectations

 

[magpie_marty]

Hawthorn should have toweled Collingwood up based on stats.
Maybe some stat expert can recall Collingwood kicked 3 behind's for a game.
Both teams and supporters can delve into it analyze it over and over..
The result remains the same..
Amazes me but IF?

 

[Count_Zero]

Do you seriously think after coming off 42 touches and being an absolute weapon that you’re resting him for a huge game against Hawthorn if the games record wasn’t coming up?

Yeah mate….. Treat yourself like an idiot but not other people.

He plays last night, you win. You stay in the finals hunt.

If Pendles played last night, he would have injured himself. Playing a 38 year old off a 5 day break is asking for him to pull a calf.

 

[Mynamesinuse]

That was not a gimme at the time, a lot has happened in 7 days, two games where we've played well above expectations

92% game time in the last seems a bit me me me

 

[eddiesmith]

Do you seriously think after coming off 42 touches and being an absolute weapon that you’re resting him for a huge game against Hawthorn if the games record wasn’t coming up?

Yeah mate….. Treat yourself like an idiot but not other people.

He plays last night, you win. You stay in the finals hunt.

So what’s the excuse for resting Howe, does he have a record coming up?

But I do find it hilarious that after we drew against the top side, a game we were expected to get thumped in, you reckon it’s the difference between finals or not?

After Sydney we play 8 straight bottom sides…

Until Rd 23, our only 2 tough games in that period are Gold Coast and Adelaide away…

So if Pendles is the difference between beating the top team or drawing, then I reckon we shouldn’t have any issue winning 8-9 of those 11 games…

 

[Carringbush2010]

Yeah I mean the host of 30 plus players can go forever.

Yeah I mean don't answer the question

 

[eddiesmith]

It was nothing to do with waiting to play at the G in a gold jumper?

Btw you may not realise this, but if he played last night and didn’t get injured, he’d break the record next week at the MCG…

 

[Corn Cobbers]

92% game time in the last seems a bit me me me

Well that's just off-topic blah blah in a thread to discuss the game

 

[Freomaniac]

Bret Hart's controversial loss in 1997 was exactly what I was thinking to

It would of been Worse if it was a (grand) final

 

[demondavey]

There's an obsession at Collingwood with individuals and the esteem they are held in. Mostly it's just fan service because they have a supporter base that are very easily soothed with that sort of stuff.

BnF voting structure changes, player management, gameplan etc - a fair bit of it is influenced by putting a champion veteran or the next great Collingwood player in the spotlight, with the most accolades and attention.

This is nauseating "big club" stuff gone wrong. On the one hand milking engagement and ultimately more $$$ from their supporters makes sense, but it shouldn't be at the expense of giving them the best chance of team success.

Spot on.

So what’s the excuse for resting Howe, does he have a record coming up?

But I do find it hilarious that after we drew against the top side, a game we were expected to get thumped in, you reckon it’s the difference between finals or not?

After Sydney we play 8 straight bottom sides…

Until Rd 23, our only 2 tough games in that period are Gold Coast and Adelaide away…

So if Pendles is the difference between beating the top team or drawing, then I reckon we shouldn’t have any issue winning 8-9 of those 11 games…

Collingwood aren’t bad at all. Pendlebury is such a good player still. Not picking one of your best players against Hawthorn is absolutely mind boggling. It’s not team orientated. Beating hawthorn would give your team a huge morale boost.

It’s making it about the individual which Collingwood do very well.

 

[Long Live HFC]

I just want a good game that Umps don’t influence.

And I just want a gameday thread where perpetual victims/losers don’t reach for the conspiracy logic and then sook endlessly. Enjoy your confirmation bias. You used to be better.

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Hawthorn had an expected score of +38 points. The Hawks have had several games where the expected margin was significantly closer, including Easter Monday. Being that much more accurate than your opponent is not a template.

It's becoming a big problem now the fact we are leaving so many points out there. Our percentage should be much higher and it could come back to bite us later in the year. Either we are not doing enough on the track to fix it or there's some mental demons starting to build up. Either way we need to come up with a solution because it got a bit embarrassing Thursday night when they were slotting them from everywhere and we couldn't hit the side of a barn door on some shots.

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

FWIW we are 12th in accuracy this year but I would guess we have scored the most points across all the teams or very close to.

 

[Ashman23]

It's becoming a big problem now the fact we are leaving so many points out there. Our percentage should be much higher and it could come back to bite us later in the year. Either we are not doing enough on the track to fix it or there's some mental demons starting to build up. Either way we need to come up with a solution because it got a bit embarrassing Thursday night when they were slotting them from everywhere and we couldn't hit the side of a barn door on some shots.

Ironically, the draw with the Pies now means our percentage doesn't matter.

 

[RCAB]

Ironically, the draw with the Pies now means our percentage doesn't matter.

It's funny how everyone is forgetting this.