Review Collingwood v Hawthorn postmatch

[Lockyer24]

Line in the sand game next year, no excuses

 

[ksardog]

Ball had the last kick for Collingwood in 2014. 3 cheers

Yeh and it was a turnover. Sums up the year

Thanks bally for your time at the pies, warrior

 

[MrNatural]

Now what?
Big cleanout, or mini rebuild?
Seems like half our list is gone

 

[The Magnificent Seven]

U know what i mean, i want to see him enjoy his football

I just want to enjoy his best football. Couldn't care less if he punches the air or grimaces.

But anyway, now's not the time for grumbling. Vale Bally.

 

[76woodenspooners]

Batter up folks

 

[Ron]

Respect to the Hawks for that, and to Hodgey for coming down to see Ball off.

 

[Chief Ten Beers]

Noooo Bally

 

[Babylove]

Pissed off with Fox cutting away just as Bally was to leave the field for the last time. Very Poor

 

[Good_Old]

 

[eddiebankbalance]

Bye Luke, will miss you

bye harry,goldy,jt,fas...

 

[ThisIsJake]

Not happy, Not sad.

Not ideal but expected

2015 here we come.

 

[The Magnificent Seven]

Massive respect to the Hawks of the 80s.

0% respect for the soft**** pretty boys of the 2010s. Go * yourselves. A losing GF is yours for the taking.

 

[rose jam]

Few things we got to get better at against their style;

Forwards take the front
Backs take the back
Don't all get sucked in to the ball, hang on the outside like half their team does

 

[Starcevich90]

Well done Blair. Junk time goal to ice your monumental 7 touches on a night we were begging for senior players to stand up. Epic spud.

 

[Demonalke]

Happy with the kids.
Hawks skills and hardness came into the game like I thought it would (expected it from the start but the boys tried)

Images of Ball finishing making me cry like a baby girl.

 

[Reykjavik]

Batter up folks

 

[TheFreshBanana]

Seeing Ball walk off has hit me harder than I thought it would.

This is probably the saddest I've felt after a retirement.

Cheers for everything Bally.

 

[Babylove]

McClure is a moron (that's not news). He just suggested that we'll trade Grundy because 'we've gone off him' presumably because he was subbed at half time.

 

[Black_White]

What time is Micks presser?
I'm sure he'll want to take credit for Ball's career.

 

[GreekLunatic]

Get rid of our fitness staff and also how did Blair play a full season

 

[upnsmoke]

Ball = premiership player as a pie. Thank you.


Half the team = hustle players with little talent, role players.

In a strong system team, especially defensively... It may work. But on a team who are middle of the road at best defensively and offensively, it's a dead end.



Unless the youth step it up or Buckley implements a system... Like the 2004 Eagles or Swans basically ugly football, where not so skilled players have big impact, the pies need to trade a handful of players ASAP.

 

[upnsmoke]

Happy with the kids.
Hawks skills and hardness came into the game like I thought it would (expected it from the start but the boys tried)

Images of Ball finishing making me cry like a baby girl.

Hawks dismantled the Pies not because of hardness...

Skills yeah..

But also just familiarity with each other, the Pies all year long looks like a team who are playing first time together. Actually it's been the last 2-3 years the Pies have games where they look like a bunch of rookies who doesn't know their team mates much.

The constant delivery of the footy to players under pressure and disadvantaged is a head scratcher.

I'm baffled why they never or rarely connect off a lead or off a clean setup.

 

[Axl the great]

Just goes to show all the little things add up, Didn't capitalize in the first quarter, Fas misses an easy one, White misses 2 easy ones, 2 dodgy calls that cost us goals.
Been the story all year, you need to be pro-active every minute of every game.

 

[upnsmoke]

He had

Well done Blair. Junk time goal to ice your monumental 7 touches on a night we were begging for senior players to stand up. Epic spud.

He had a bad game...

But have you ever played with team mates who are so bad that you don't even get a chance at the ball much because the other team dominated.


Blair was bad, but he was never a leader, he always benefitted with classy team mates... How do you expect him to play with a bunch of rookies/kids?

He ain't Pendles... Never was.

 

[Starcevich90]

He had

He had a bad game...

But have you ever played with team mates who are so bad that you don't even get a chance at the ball much because the other team dominated.


Blair was bad, but he was never a leader, he always benefitted with classy team mates... How do you expect him to play with a bunch of rookies/kids?

He ain't Pendles... Never was.

Well...if you listened to Buckley's interview on ABC a couple of weeks back, he is expecting players like Blair and Lumumba to step up with the loss of so much senior experience.

God help us.