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Kingy rating us is the kiss of deathMore interesting stat - no flag winner has lost 2 out of their last 4 home and away games in a decade.
Pies are good but big question mark on whether they peaked too early in the season. Their loss on KBday marked a moderate drop off in form that they’ve never really recovered from.
I’m not too fussed about their downhill ski over a sh1tfull Essendon last weekend. That’s not a true marker of where they’re at.
No Nick Daicos. We won’t get a better chance than Thursday night to beat them. And I believe we will.
Interesting analysis today from KingyHe rates us and how we’re travelling better than them.
Collingwood were the benchmark team at Round 14 - what has changed?
“Their absolute best finished at about Round 13 or Round 14...”www.sen.com.au
I agree with that getting Collingwood now is our best shot, but I don't really care about the highlighted stat. I always think of those things as pointless. It's the same with saying nobody has won it from 4th, it's a pointless stat. Usually there is a big gap between 1st and 4th but that's not the situation this year imo.More interesting stat - no flag winner has lost 2 out of their last 4 home and away games in a decade.
Pies are good but big question mark on whether they peaked too early in the season. Their loss on KBday marked a moderate drop off in form that they’ve never really recovered from.
I’m not too fussed about their downhill ski over a sh1tfull Essendon last weekend. That’s not a true marker of where they’re at.
No Nick Daicos. We won’t get a better chance than Thursday night to beat them. And I believe we will.
Interesting analysis today from Kingy
Collingwood were the benchmark team at Round 14 - what has changed?
“Their absolute best finished at about Round 13 or Round 14...”
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More or less agree. I was just pushing back against CrustyDemon’s “sides don’t win the flag from 4th” stat.
None of it means sh1t on Thursday night.
However, I do not think the Pies are playing as well as they did in the front half of the year. They tore out of the blocks early.
How many Melbourne Cup winners have begun the race 3 lengths in front then ended up first past the post? Not many I reckon.
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Not sure the horse racing analogy is a good one. But there's definitely something in the stat that winning the flag from 4th is really difficult. Clearly we have a shot. Playing at home, Pies haven't been in top gear. Hopefully we can go against what the stats tell us.
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Yeah I don't think Collingwood are in their best form, I think injuries have played its part. Hard to get a gauge after the essendon game. Essendon suck but collingwood's pressure was elite. I know essendon were essentially witches hats but it could still be the easy kill they needed to regain some confidence a bit like our game against gold Coast in 2021.
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Any chance this game gets rescheduled from the Thursday due to LACK OF INTEREST? 
We didn't gain confidence from an easy kill such as Gold Coast that year.
The win against Geelong down at Kardinia was the one that set us up for finals.
Our win against Sydney this year at the SCG who were coming off a 7 game winning streak has more significance then a club who was coming off a 120 point thrashing the week before and were mentally checked out against Collingwood.
Remember Brisbane at the Gabba last year when we absolutely smashed them as an easy kill?
Weather has certainly improved compared to the start of the week.
Fair point the Geelong game certainly was a boost but I still think the gc game got the team going, before hand our form was average and the gold coast game was the beginning of the winning streak. It doesn't matter it's just opinion. You may very well be right Collingwood's easy kill could be their Brisbane game, but I just think Collingwood looked really switched on. I'll guess we will find out tomorrow.
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Not sure how much to read into Pies crappy form leading into finals. Top 4 sewn up maybe a little self-preservation. Switched on against the Bombers who eere toast anyway.
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How the versatile Dees have found a new way forward
Statistics show that Melbourne is just as effective no matter which players make up its forward line
Reckon all of us have had a crack at Stafford at some stage over the journey, but you'd think he deserves a bit of credit for how he's managed this year.
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I more meant specifically with the forward line structure and lineups - been a massively challenging area personnel wise this year.
Agree on the inside 50 thing, but to me that's a more holistic thing between the coaching group as an overarching strategy.
I'm still a little unconvinced on Stafford tbh, but think he deserves credit this year given we've all given him a whack at other times.
I do like our spread of goalkicking options, as much as we would all love genuine gun KPF. It's a big strength of ours actually.
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