Review QF: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly vs. Collingwood

[happy_knackers]

Collingwood also held the ball an extra half a second and used the handball as an attacking weapon to find space.

We rushed everything and most of our handballs were of the 'oh shit' make it someone else's problem type.

This x 100

 

[WeeBlake]

He tries it once a game, and don’t think I’ve seen him actually pull it off. Needs to put that shot back in his bag.

I’ve seen him pull it off many times

 

[Dirty Bird]

Umpiring: Good overall. I was vocal pulling up shit throughout the year, but today was fairly well umpired (there were 2 HTB I disagreed with, went 1 each way) but overall good. If only they could do that throughout the year

Coaching: Did we outcouch ourselves? Elliott got ontop of Bond. Play Max on him do we win? IDK, probably a 1 kick game.

Players: I was pretty happy overall tbh.

The game was an armwrestle. Some players got ontop (Worrall, Berry, Walker) some lose (Bond, Fogarty)

The game was won by collingwood in that 3rd quarter. But, the thing is, the fight back within the 3rd quarter to get it back to 3 goals shows that they can fight back momentum mid-quarter.

Collingwood won that by being the better team, but there were signs in that game, that give me hope. Bringing in Rachele next week (Hinge/Bond out, Michalaney down back) and I think we're a bloody good shot. 60/40 next week vs either hawthorn or GWS, 50/50 vs Geelong, or 40/60 vs Brisbane. And if we can make a GF. we get our best team on the park.

 

[NSWCROW]

worrell.. worst game I have ever seen him play

 

[Crow till I die]

Hawks Giants

Fun fact..if Gold Coast had done the right thing and beaten port, we would have been playing them tonight instead of collingwood and i suspect to a vastly different result. How one teams shit effort can wreck another teams season

 

[King Elvis]

ANB toe poke wasn't even close to a goal.

He missed it completely.

First replay he touched it.

Also, why are you here?

 

[Dirty Bird]

He tries it once a game, and don’t think I’ve seen him actually pull it off. Needs to put that shot back in his bag.

I take it you're a bandwagoner who's only watched the last 2 months of the season?

For most of the year he's pulled it off. He's ****ed it up the last 1-2 months though.

 

[NSWCROW]

Any danger of Jimmy Peatling straight-lining a 50-50 pill ???


Too many times this season, you're not THAT good, son !

 

[King Elvis]

Not helped by doing things like drafting mids like Charlie Edwards, turning them into back flankers and then saying we have no spots to play him.

Exactly - it's the culmination of poor planning and development over the entire season; exposed when it matters.

 

[Dirty Bird]

ANB toe poke wasn't even close to a goal.

The thing is, the replay they needed to look at was the first touch. 1 angle on the toe poke looked maybe, the other screamed no. But they never looked at the first. was it below the knee or not? Who knows, they never looked at that.

 

[kikkavic]

I don't know if I feel more sorry for folks listening to the bias commentary or listening to the flogs supporters at the game. There is no pathway to a GF for us now

 

[crowholder]

Good: Ranks a chance of playing again this year.
Bad and ugly: We lost

 

[BRL121]

I can't believe some of the low expectations some have of some of our players. Some are happy with berry's performance tonight, he had 12 possessions as a main midfielder. A lot of people are happy with Cummings year, tonight he had 7 possessions and for much of the year has had little impact.

Stats have nothing to do with it. Berry got clean clearances, ran with the ball, and didn't do hack kicks. Cumming just had an awful game.

 

[ABAB]

What is Soligo bringing to this side??? Been average to below average all year

Started the season as well as Dawson and nearly won the Showdown medal but he has been shit and running on the spot.

 

[Crow till I die]

So can Hugh Bond he was very good given his very limited exposure to the top level especially his composure, decision making and disposal was way way better than a lot of our far more experienced players. His hard work on his kicking over the pre0season is very noticeable now.

They litetally just said on 5AA bond cost us tonight and wasn't upto it with his man elliot kicking 3 goals on him.

 

[arsene wenger1]

I swear the only time we attempted to look up and kick the ball forward to our team mates advantage was the final 5 minutes.

The rest of the time it was thrown on the boot in hope.

Either way, starting next pre season curtin on the wing has to end. He must train as a midfielder

 

[Crowman32]

Stats have nothing to do with it. Berry got clean clearances, ran with the ball, and didn't do hack kicks. Cumming just had an awful game.

Not for mine. You need more from a midfielder than that. Cumming has ben average most of the year.

 

[King Elvis]

Not Keays only mistake. Also took a greedy shot from 50 that didn't make the distance and took a shot off ROB (who was honestly more likely to kick it) in the pocket then missed

He is only good if he plays within his limitations

Yep, said that in a separate post - he constantly pings for goal beyond 40m, which is his comfortable range, and almost never scores them, it's selfish and stupid.

He should've been flat out told that if you mark anywhere near the 50, you cannot go for goal.

 

[jenny61_99]

Nah he changed it up - the fantastic idea of Laird at stoppage.

He HAD to do something - Dawson, Peatling and Soligo were stinking it up.

 

[CrowBloke]

It's been a fun season, there is next week, and we're closer to the start of the overall journey than the end, but at times like this it feels like we're miles away.

It doesn't feel like we're miles away.
Tonight showed we are miles away, sadly.

A midfield monstering from the bounce. They straight-lined every contest, we fiddled at the edges. Collingwood have been preparing for tonight since about May.

Yeah, May 2023 .

Meanwhile we've got Nicks trying to outsmart himself with mind games for a 21 year old coming back from injury,

Yep, well said.
When it was first "revealed" that Michalanney was training with the forwards I suggested it was a dupe.
Sure enough, Nicks in his first Final preparation fooled only himself in a weak attempt to outsmart a better Coach.

and Laird at first half stoppages.

Nicks does like his tried and true go-to favourites.
Nicks was out-Coached and their Finals experience came to play tonight.

 

[StonesThrow]

So many poor moments in the game, but the Smith takes the cake with a shot from 70m with players clear i50

 

[jenny61_99]

Ugly: Crows fans booing whenever the Collingwood chant started. It sounded weird and dumb. Cheer your own team, don't boo the opponents for cheering theirs!

Uglier: Crows supporters booing Quaynor.

 

[cleanhands]

Uglier: Crows supporters booing Quaynor.

That’s something Collingwood would never do

 

[Jack McKraken]

I’ve seen him pull it off many times

Kicking across the ground in defence and hitting the opposition on the tit?

 

[Crowman32]

He HAD to do something - Dawson, Peatling and Soligo were stinking it up.

I thought Laird looked the best in the midfield tonight. The others were very ordinary.