Is it time to drop Players

[DJ Black @ White Blood]

Is it time to drop players. Pebles Taz etc. Maybe for the last 3 games we drop a few we have nothing to lose and everything to gain. we are going to make the 8 so lets go in there with rested players or more deserving players. We have to let a few know there not automatic pics every week and not dead certanities for the finals. It does appear we are not top 4 this year.

 

[CarnthePies]

Let's just swap the whole Williamstown team and the whole Collingwood team. Williamstown seem to be playing fine!

 

[jefffff34]

In - Rusling, R.Shaw, O'Brien, C.Cloke
Out - Tarrant, Iles, Pendlebury, Buckley

 

[Coin_Toss]

Let's just swap the whole Williamstown team and the whole Collingwood team. Williamstown seem to be playing fine!

Are they?

I must have watched another game last week.

 

[kempos_kingz_05]

Out - Rocca (lazy), Tarrant (pathetic choker), O'Bree (human Turnover)

Keep Ilo in at least he had a dip tonight unlike some of our so called leaders. Swan and Clement only ones that can hold their heads up high.

 

[GeneralDisarray]

Lockyer's worst game of a woeful season. Slow and the most unaccountable player in the side. Stanton would've loved it.

 

[Coin_Toss]

Out - Rocca (lazy), Tarrant (pathetic choker), O'Bree (human Turnover)

Keep Ilo in at least he had a dip tonight unlike some of our so called leaders. Swan and Clement only ones that can hold their heads up high.

Well, the supposed "human turnover" was good tonight, especially in close around the stoppages.

Rest Rocca (off the bench). Yes.
Drop Rocca back to Williamstown. No.

You my friend are a typical Collingwood supporter when the chips are down. Heckle a few players when Australian Rules Football is a TEAM sport.

 

[MagpieWayne]

lockyer is a disgrace and should be delisted immediately as he plays like this every ****en week.

 

[Nesian]

yeah i didnt see the game but listened to it, sounded like a **** effort in our forward line, get up there then no one would take a flipping mark then back down our end and they score and this is against essendon, i believe it is time to drop players, tarrant and rocca on top of the list, sorry but for players that are meant to be stars they really are underperforming too consistently. Yeah swan clement dids sound like they did a pretty good job, buckley sounds tired.

 

[jefffff34]

Keep Ilo in at least he had a dip tonight unlike some of our so called leaders.

Agreed...but.

If we are going into the finals (IF), who would you prefer providing the run out of half back, a bloke with 50+ games experience who is lightning quick and a pretty good user of the ball - Rhyce Shaw...or a kid who is 18 years old and has a handful of games under their belt - Sam Iles.

Shaw is clearly the better player, he should be played, and I can't see why he isn't played.

 

[Coin_Toss]

Bring Back Rhyce Shaw. He typifies Collingwood, I couldn't believe what had happened (Re his dropping)...
He was travelling OK beforehand.

 

[jimmy_clement#8]

drop rocca, and whoever else, to bring in c. cloke, rusling and rhyce shaw. tarks shouldnt be dropped yet, nor obree. maybe the other two should be iles and pendlebury. taz needs a spell too, but ya cant drop both of em at the same time.

 

[Nesian]

yeah love to see rhyce shaw back, at least he tries unlike some other people in his team. Yeah Iles seems to have played alrite. But yeah some big question marks over some players in the next 3 weeks

 

[kempos_kingz_05]

Agreed...but.

If we are going into the finals (IF), who would you prefer providing the run out of half back, a bloke with 50+ games experience who is lightning quick and a pretty good user of the ball - Rhyce Shaw...or a kid who is 18 years old and has a handful of games under their belt - Sam Iles.

Shaw is clearly the better player, he should be played, and I can't see why he isn't played.

Is their another Rhyce Shaw?? The one i no couldnt kick his way out of a paper bag
Ilo is also very quick. But i see where your coming from. I'd give him 1 more game though. Alot of players you could drop to bring Rhyce in.

 

[doppleganger]

Out - Rocca (lazy), Tarrant (pathetic choker), O'Bree (human Turnover)

Keep Ilo in at least he had a dip tonight unlike some of our so called leaders. Swan and Clement only ones that can hold their heads up high.

watch some football mate

all players turned it over tonight, unfortunately bucks was one of the worst offenders

the cheese as per usual was in their fighting, winning some tough ball......watch a replay of the our first goal in the last quarter, it was obree with about 3 efforts that ultimately got the ball to licca open in the clear, he was the only bloke on the field that wanted the ball

obree bashing is getting pathetic

 

[MagpieWayne]

Bring Back Rhyce Shaw. He typifies Collingwood, I couldn't believe what had happened (Re his dropping)...
He was travelling OK beforehand.

umm no he wasnt.

He is also a liabilty to us atm.

 

[Hadders]

watch some football mate

all players turned it over tonight, unfortunately bucks was one of the worst offenders

the cheese as per usual was in their fighting, winning some tough ball......watch a replay of the our first goal in the last quarter, it was obree with about 3 efforts that ultimately got the ball to licca open in the clear, he was the only bloke on the field that wanted the ball

obree bashing is getting pathetic

totally agree. It was O'Bree who helped to spark the run that drew us level in the last quarter.

Get over the O'Bree thing, there were many worse than him tonight.

 

[Nesian]

Yeah I also agree with that, people dont realise in games like this he is one of the few players that gets the ball out in the tough contested areas, yeah exactly it was obree who got us running in the 4th q, obree played well and got us the ball quite a bit. He shouldnt be always the first one blamed after a loss

 

[GeneralDisarray]

Obree does turn it over a bit, but he was the only one who constantly went after the hard ball tonight, always at the bottom of the pack (especially in the last quarter).

 

[Coin_Toss]

umm no he wasnt.

He is also a liabilty to us atm.

One minute he was a hero (Sydney game) then instantly a villain. How can it be?

Remember, he just came back from a knee reconstruction.

Furthermore, he's not a liability because Mick hasn't gave him an opportunity to amend his supposed wrongdoing.

 

[sloth6]

O'Brees effort in the last quarter was terrific, kick started the Pies and really, we should've kept going when Swanny kicked that goal.

Where was O'Bree in the first three quarters? When we were getting absolutely smashed in clearances? Short memories some of you blokes.

I have been to nearly every Maggies game this year, by far, this was our worst performance. What was most disappointing was how bl**dy soft we were and how we 'butchered' our disposal.

There are four players who could hold their heads up tonight, Jimmy Clement, Heath Shaw, Dane Swan & Josh Fraser. They had a crack and that was it!

The amount of times the ball was walked out of our attack by Essendon defenders was disgraceful. Not one bl**dy tackle or ball up in our forward 50 for the match.

Lockyer has to go, Lonie has to go and either Taz or Rocca needs to be dropped.

 

[Nardz]

Drop rocca. I've had enough of him. He's been nothing short of useless for the better part of 2 months now. Replace him with rusling/cloke (they'll at least have a crack).

Put Tarrant on official notice. If he doesnt pull his finger out of his ass trade him to the highest bidder. If he doesnt perform next week then drop him too (maybe replace him with rocca if he actually does something for williamstown)

Drop Licuria. bring in any one of davies/iacobucci/rowe. They can kick. Licuria is finished. Retire with dignity.

And for gods sake shop for a backup ruckmen. If we arent going to play one of fanning, richards, c.cloke, then why keep them on the list?

 

[Doona2]

Drop rocca. I've had enough of him. He's been nothing short of useless for the better part of 2 months now. Replace him with rusling/cloke (they'll at least have a crack).

Put Tarrant on official notice. If he doesnt pull his finger out of his ass trade him to the highest bidder. If he doesnt perform next week then drop him too (maybe replace him with rocca if he actually does something for williamstown)

Drop Licuria. bring in any one of davies/iacobucci/rowe. They can kick. Licuria is finished. Retire with dignity.

And for gods sake shop for a backup ruckmen. If we arent going to play one of fanning, richards, c.cloke, then why keep them on the list?

Lets not forget where the Pies finished in 2005 - won a couple of games they weren't expected to earlier this year and all of sudden unrealistic expectatins again creep in.

It's the same list of inconsistent players, sure some exciting kids will progress in a year or two - if I was told before round 1 that Collingwood would finish around 7th or 8th with the current list and last year's form I woulda taken it.

Still need a ruckman (not Richards, Fanning, C.Cloke) which will really prove Josh Frasers worth to the team, and some leg speed/goalkicking midfielder and then fans would have every reason to get excited.

Will e a fair achievement if they hang on to play finals after 2005, and with an inferior midfield and out of form forward set-up.
Dont hang the boys yet, Port, Carlton then North to reverse what I think has been a 2-5 result from the past 7 outings

 

[Kickin_Goals]

Hmm you guys seem to be going a bit overboard, Essendon are a better side then the one that was being thrashed earlier this year.

Sure some of your players haven't showed up for this game but they did work well for each other just a week earlier.
I'm hearing Rocca has some injury complaint with his hand, he looked very stationary and has so for a while he is your main target down forward and can't get a grab.
Tarrant is looking slow and hesitant unwilling to chase. He is your assist man right?
This leaves Didak as the only threatening forward player in your line up and he can be tagged out of the game by second string or lower taggers.... it doesn't look great down forward, need another option to stand up. It would appear a form Davis is being missed terribly.

Your team have violently switched game plans over the week, players aren't as great as they looked all of a sudden.
These troubles were already there but were masked last week with the style of play, however I still thought you guys would of gotten up.

The team is looking defensively orientated in possession set on maintaining possession and Essendon were obviously up to the task of worrying players out of it.
What player had a poor game for Essendon? Not many. some Collingwood players would struggle to do worse.
The same players are standing up again though Swan, Fraser, and Clement.
I think the style of gameplay was no good for Collingwood with a struggling forwardline.
The team wasn't up to a free flowing game this week.
The next few weeks are uncertain for your lads also, fortunately you play a team in a similar predicament next up.

You pricks messed up my first tip.