AFL 2017 - R11 - Fremantle v Collingwood 14:40 AWST Domain Stadium

[Leviathan Pie]

Fantastic win from our boys under duress.

Extremely proud.

 

[noise36]

So will all those missed set shots.

Collingwood were the better team all day and probably should have won by a lot more if it wasn't for their poor kicking for goal.

Yeah not wrong. script was the same all day...we never had a chance in hindsight.

 

[Adz]

Phew... I was worried the Pies might roll us til I saw this.

The Adz kiss of death to the rescue.

Enjoy the game?

 

[Adz]

Both sides with pretty average defenses and forward lines. Have to say midfields is probably even. Certainly can't see where your midfield is better than Fyfe, Neale, Mundy, S Hill, B Hill and Blakely. So where's the class above, mate?

Our midfield made yours look second rate. Debate over.

 

[dcutter]

Obviously in true Hawthorn bandwagonner fashion you haven't watched your team this year

Still significantly better to watch.
Freo have never been able to cope with expectation.

No club wilts like freo does when they're expected to win

 

[kingswood71]

Fantastic win from our boys under duress.

Extremely proud.

Yep well done...We were never really in it.
I hope the injuries for you guys aren't serious.

 

[Looney]

I would rather take the loss than have all those injuries. The big loss is Elliot. If this is a long term injury, then our season is pretty much over. We would have been 2-9 so far without him.

 

[happypieman7]

Wonder if the pies board will be going into meltdown tonight asking to sack their coach? Or will we have to wait for a loss??

its you flogs that talk s**t about sackings, lol

 

[Ice-Wolf]

I would rather take the loss than have all those injuries. The big loss is Elliot. If this is a long term injury, then our season is pretty much over. We would have been 2-9 so far without him.

Yeah could end up being a pyrrhic victory this one.

 

[Looney]

No FTA coverage of todays game.

FU AFL
FU Gillan you ruddy muppet.
Go eat a dick.

Yep. I can't figure out the logic of this decision by the AFL

 

[happypieman7]

enter KIRBY watch this man book mark it NOW

 

[The Joker]

Typical freo here today.
Pathetic and gutless.

Ongoing inability to rise to the occasion when expected to win.

Still remain the worst team in the league to watch

Its clear you havent seen Hawthorn play this season!

 

[largebus]

I posted this somewhere else but
LOL we're still in the eight

 

[JoondalupJ]

Here's a big question for all you experts . How good or bad is the goal kicking these days, in AFL top of the class football. Collingwood should have won by about double that score. Maybe its just me but lately the kicking for goal has been really bad, and yet you get lucky dribble kicks from B. Hill that go through and every one cheers, what is wrong with proper kicking, now Hilly probably was under some pressure , but I saw a bloke yesterday dribble right threw the points!!!
My point is folks that , Hilly , with that kick , I wonder if he would have missed if he kicked a dead straight drop punt, which these guys are supposed to be able to do. But I reckon the dribble kick is a way of not taking responsibilty for your conventional kick when running at goals. This is not a shot at Brad Hill, because Collingwood kicked like a pack of blind men.
But I still say the skill level is dropping off in the game, fumbling every where, a pack formed in a wrestle the minute after the first ball up to start the game, terrible to watch , there needs to be something done about the scragging scrums in the stoppages , especially the centre bounce. You either win the ball or the other team does, you see a break away and bingo off goes a bleeding whistle and some umpire has found some stupid petty accidental touch, to call a free.
I put it down once again to a dilution of really first class players in the pool. 2 New clubs and a crazy rules.
And I don't care who disagrees with me , its there staring you in the face.

Wouldn't you expect after 4 shots at goal in the first 5 or 10 minutes and some one from one of the teams would kick straight. And should kick a bloody goal!!

 

[The Joker]

Enjoy the game?

Oh was that PM you trying to take the piss, you got a bit to learn...

 

[adammania9]

Congrats, you're a better side than us at the moment. Most Freo fans never pretended we were a finals side despite the generous win-loss.

But you're still in no-mans land with Buckley at the helm

Play that song again!

"Good old Collingwood forever,
We know how to play the game..."

 

[Substance]

See you there!

We actually have a good coach so no you won't.

 

[largebus]

Here's a big question for all you experts . How good or bad is the goal kicking these days, in AFL top of the class football. Collingwood should have won by about double that score. Maybe its just me but lately the kicking for goal has been really bad, and yet you get lucky dribble kicks from B. Hill that go through and every one cheers, what is wrong with proper kicking, now Hilly probably was under some pressure , but I saw a bloke yesterday dribble right threw the points!!!
My point is folks that , Hilly , with that kick , I wonder if he would have missed if he kicked a dead straight drop punt, which these guys are supposed to be able to do. But I reckon the dribble kick is a way of not taking responsibilty for your conventional kick when running at goals. This is not a shot at Brad Hill, because Collingwood kicked like a pack of blind men.
But I still say the skill level is dropping off in the game, fumbling every where, a pack formed in a wrestle the minute after the first ball up to start the game, terrible to watch , there needs to be something done about the scragging scrums in the stoppages , especially the centre bounce. You either win the ball or the other team does, you see a break away and bingo off goes a bleeding whistle and some umpire has found some stupid petty accidental touch, to call a free.
I put it down once again to a dilution of really first class players in the pool. 2 New clubs and a crazy rules.
And I don't care who disagrees with me , its there staring you in the face.

Wouldn't you expect after 4 shots at goal in the first 5 or 10 minutes and some one from one of the teams would kick straight. And should kick a bloody goal!!

I have a mate who plays WAFL, has great inside skills but it just a bit too short and slow to make it at AFL level.
Clubs are more concerned with recruiting good natural athletes more than those with good footy skills. It's easier to coach kicking, hballing etc than it is to make someone faster, taller, stronger. Obviuosly this isn't carrying through so the skill standards have dropped

 

[PieLebo87]

Grundy has been poor, not bad but quiter than normal!

If 21 possessions and 39 hitouts is poor by Grundy, he's definitely the best ruckman in the comp.

I don't disagree in that he hasn't had the same output as other games this season.

 

[The Joker]

Here's a big question for all you experts . How good or bad is the goal kicking these days, in AFL top of the class football. Collingwood should have won by about double that score. Maybe its just me but lately the kicking for goal has been really bad, and yet you get lucky dribble kicks from B. Hill that go through and every one cheers, what is wrong with proper kicking, now Hilly probably was under some pressure , but I saw a bloke yesterday dribble right threw the points!!!
My point is folks that , Hilly , with that kick , I wonder if he would have missed if he kicked a dead straight drop punt, which these guys are supposed to be able to do. But I reckon the dribble kick is a way of not taking responsibilty for your conventional kick when running at goals. This is not a shot at Brad Hill, because Collingwood kicked like a pack of blind men.
But I still say the skill level is dropping off in the game, fumbling every where, a pack formed in a wrestle the minute after the first ball up to start the game, terrible to watch , there needs to be something done about the scragging scrums in the stoppages , especially the centre bounce. You either win the ball or the other team does, you see a break away and bingo off goes a bleeding whistle and some umpire has found some stupid petty accidental touch, to call a free.
I put it down once again to a dilution of really first class players in the pool. 2 New clubs and a crazy rules.
And I don't care who disagrees with me , its there staring you in the face.

Wouldn't you expect after 4 shots at goal in the first 5 or 10 minutes and some one from one of the teams would kick straight. And should kick a bloody goal!!

Did you see Brad Hill run into open goal and opt to dribble it but proceeded to kick it off the side of his boot from 15 meters with almost no angle and miss. I think that should be want you make your case aroubd not the one he actually flukes!

 

[Adz]

Yep. I can't figure out the logic of this decision by the AFL

The Port Hawks game should have been Fox only.

 

[The Joker]

If 21 possessions and 39 hitouts is poor by Grundy, he's definitely the best ruckman in the comp.

I don't disagree in that he hasn't had the same output as other games this season.

When you go back and watch the match again you will see what I was talking about, in fact I wrote that about 3 mintues before King mentioned that he needed to lift.

But yeah stats show everything!!!

 

[PieLebo87]

When you go back and watch the match again you will see what I was talking about, in fact I wrote that about 3 mintues before King mentioned that he needed to lift.

But yeah stats show everything!!!

Read my second paragraph before pressing the reply button.

 

[PieLebo87]

Well done pies. Given how many close ones we've won, we were bound to lose one down the track.

Hope Bucks gets his contract extension now

This wasn't a close one though. You were lucky to be in it from about the second minute of the game.

 

[PieLebo87]

Wonder if the pies board will be going into meltdown tonight asking to sack their coach? Or will we have to wait for a loss??

Win, lose or draw, it seems opposition supporters don't shut up about Buckley.