Toast Round 11 = Collingwood 105-70 North Melbourne

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Marvel Stadium played host to Collingwood's most recent victory, where they overpowered North Melbourne with a couple of withering bursts to ultimately cruise home by 35 points, in an otherwise scrappy and dour contest. The Magpies got a hold of the Kangaroos with the opening four goals of the game to lead at quarter time by 24 points. The second term was largely dour, scrappy and mundane with very few goals kicked, with the Woods taking a 27-point lead into the main break at half time. After being unable to kick a major for the opening 10 minutes of the third quarter, the Pies went on a rampage booting 6 goals inside 20 minutes to put the game to bed and open up a lead of 53 points after the Roos had initially drawn to within 22 points during the quarter. The final term saw Collingwood kick enough goals to be assured of victory, despite conceding numerous goals, which made North Melbourne's losing margin a respectable 35 points, when it was all said and done.

Collingwood won their statistical categories from indicators such as disposals by +1 (356 - 355), +15 for kicks (204 - 189), contested possessions were won by +3 (127 - 124), and intercept possessions had a margin of +2 (59 - 57). Hit-outs had a gap of +5 (41 - 36), tackles had an advantage of +18 (67 - 49), while Marks Inside 50 were up by +4 (17 - 13), and +10 for Inside 50s (53 - 43). North Melbourne won their categories from sources such as handballs by +14 (166 - 152), +14 for uncontested possessions (237 - 223), while clearances were won narrowly by +2 (35 - 33), and stoppage clearances were also won by +2 (22 - 20). Tackles Inside 50 had a differential of +2 (9 - 7), marks had a buffer of +1 (93 - 92), and uncontested marks were also +1 (79 - 78). Centre clearances (13 each) and contested marks (14 apiece) were the only categories in dispute on the weekend.

Jordan De Goey (35 disposals @ 66%, 589 metres gained, 15 contested possessions, 20 uncontested possessions, 3 intercept possessions, 22 kicks, 13 handballs, 6 marks, 4 tackles, 1 goal assist, 6 score involvements, 5 clearances, 3 centre clearances, 2 stoppage clearances, 10 Inside 50s & 1 goal) was highly prolific in feeding the ball out from clearances, and found time and space to give the team's forwards adequate supply, while impacting the scoreboard himself in an impressive performance.

Nick Daicos (32 disposals @ 84%, 337 metres gained, 11 contested possessions, 21 uncontested possessions, 2 intercept possessions, 13 kicks, 19 handballs, 3 marks, 6 tackles, 1 goal assist, 4 score involvements, 7 clearances, 4 centre clearances, 3 stoppage clearances, 2 Inside 50s, 3 Rebound 50s & 1 goal) was moved into the midfield, where he had a significant impact on the game, with clearance work and aggressive ball use that had high accuracy proving to be highly noticable.

Tom Mitchell (29 disposals @ 79%, 338 metres gained, 6 contested possessions, 23 uncontested possessions, 12 kicks, 17 handballs, 8 marks, 6 tackles, 1 goal assist, 7 score involvements, 2 clearances, 2 stoppage clearances & 4 Inside 50s) expanded his game by becoming a link-up player by taking marks, moving the ball on by hand or kicking it long to a contest and maintaining possession if there was a teammate free to take a mark.

Scott Pendlebury (23 disposals @ 87%, 309 metres gained, 6 contested possessions, 17 uncontested possessions, 3 intercept possessions, 15 kicks, 8 handballs, 4 marks, 7 tackles, 1 goal assist, 7 score involvements & 4 Inside 50s) maximised his impact on the contest with minimal possessions, where none of his disposals resulted in a turnover. Pendlebury looked to be aggressive with his decision-making and ball movement at all times, which allowed Collingwood's forwards to get proactive.

Jack Crisp (21 disposals @ 76%, 346 metres gained, 7 contested possessions, 14 uncontested possessions, 2 intercept possessions, 7 kicks, 14 handballs, 2 marks, 5 tackles, 1 goal assist, 4 score involvements, 3 clearances, 2 stoppage clearances & 3 Inside 50s) ensured all of his handballs gained metres while Collingwood were in transition, while applying adequate tackling numbers and pressure.

Josh Daicos (18 disposals @ 78%, 319 metres gained, 5 contested possessions, 13 uncontested possessions, 4 intercept possessions, 11 kicks, 7 handballs, 3 marks, 4 tackles, 5 score involvements, 2 clearances, 2 stoppage clearances, 2 Inside 50s, 2 Rebound 50s & 3 goals) had a field day by kicking three goals for just the second time in his career. Each of the goals that Josh kicked were of the highest quality. Josh was able to maintain possession effectively when he wasn't kicking goals.

Taylor Adams (15 disposals @ 53%, 202 metres gained, 10 contested possessions, 5 uncontested possessions, 2 intercept possessions, 8 kicks, 7 handballs, 5 tackles, 2 goal assists, 5 score involvements, 7 clearances, 4 centre clearances, 3 stoppage clearances, 6 Inside 50s & 1 goal) imposed himself on the game with clearance work, tackling and a couple of nice passes inside 50 that resulted in majors, while Adams was able to impact the scoreboard on his second attempt to snap a goal through heavy traffic from close range.

Darcy Cameron (12 disposals @ 67%, 127 metres gained, 35 hit-outs, 8 contested possessions, 4 uncontested possessions, 3 intercept possessions, 5 kicks, 7 handballs, 4 marks, 3 tackles, 2 score involvements, 2 clearances & 2 stoppage clearances) gave his midfielders enough opportunities in the centre and around the ground to win clearances and surge forward with the ball.

Will Hoskin-Elliott (12 disposals @ 83%, 149 metres gained, 4 contested possessions, 8 uncontested possessions, 7 kicks, 5 handballs, 3 marks, 6 score involvements & 2 goals) had an impressive game as the team's substitute after replacing Steele Sidebottom. Hoskin-Elliott played his role well on the wing by being involved in scoring chains, and bobbing up forward with two classy goals.

Isaac Quaynor (19 disposals @ 84%, 317 metres gained, 12 contested possessions, 7 uncontested possessions, 11 intercept possessions, 12 kicks, 7 handballs, 3 marks, 2 contested marks, 3 tackles, 1 goal assist, 4 score involvements, 3 Inside 50s & 4 Rebound 50s) was immense at ground level winning the ball back for the Magpies at every opportunity that came his way, and distributed the footy with exquisite class and precision.

Brayden Maynard (17 disposals @ 82%, 382 metres gained, 4 contested possessions, 13 uncontested possessions, 5 intercept possessions, 13 kicks, 4 handballs, 8 marks, 4 tackles, 2 score involvements, 3 Inside 50s & 5 Rebound 50s) based his game on kicks which went long to a contest as often as possible, while taking marks to settle the tempo when it was required.

John Noble (17 disposals @ 71%, 404 metres gained, 3 contested possessions, 14 uncontested possessions, 11 kicks, 6 handballs, 5 marks, 2 tackles, 4 Inside 50s & 3 Rebound 50s) moved the ball forward with aggression, but his ball use lacked a considerable amount of polish.

Darcy Moore (14 disposals @ 100%, 329 metres gained, 4 contested possessions, 10 uncontested possessions, 5 intercept possessions, 9 kicks, 5 handballs, 4 marks, 2 contested marks, 2 score involvements & 6 Rebound 50s) maintained possession successfully, while contributing with his aerial attributes to mark when he could, or spoil the ball out of bounds.

Bobby Hill (18 disposals @ 72%, 128 metres gained, 6 contested possessions, 12 uncontested possessions, 2 intercept possessions, 10 kicks, 8 handballs, 6 marks, 2 tackles, 5 score involvements & 2 Inside 50s) was prepared to work up the ground to win his possessions, and even managed to work twice as hard defensively in the back third of the ground. Hill was also prepared to be the hit-up marking option, and then use his foot speed to burn off his opponents, by contributing to scoring chains in his team's front half.

Jack Ginnivan (15 disposals @ 60%, 170 metres gained, 5 contested possessions, 10 uncontested possessions, 9 kicks, 6 handballs, 3 marks, 3 Marks Inside 50, 1 goal assist, 9 score involvements & 2 goals) got involved in scoring chains, presented as a marking target up forward and converted his chances.

Brody Mihocek (8 disposals @ 88%, 199 metres gained, 7 uncontested possessions, 8 kicks, 7 marks, 3 Marks Inside 50, 2 tackles, 2 Tackles Inside 50, 5 score involvements, 3 Inside 50s & 3 goals) stood up once again as the focal point by taking his marks, and converted all of his opportunities.

Mason Cox (5 disposals @ 60%, 121 metres gained, 6 hit-outs, 3 contested possessions, 2 uncontested possessions, 4 kicks, 3 marks, 2 contested marks, 2 Marks Inside 50, 4 score involvements & 2 goals) capped his 100th game off in style with a couple of marks up forward, and finished off his work effictively.

Collingwood's next game will be against West Coast on June 3 at Optus Stadium. It is time for the Magpies to be ruthless and put the depleted Eagles to the sword. No better time to cash in against West Coast on their home deck than now. The focus will be playing every minute of each quarter at the highest standard and level to ensure that victory is secured in Perth.
 

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I actually remembered after I wrote that the Adelaide game from 2011. 11 goal last quarter or something. Krak took mark of the year, Taz kicked a late goal and grabbed his jumper. Brilliant night
11 goal last qtr and our first one came at around the 5 min mark from memory.
After that it was just bang, bang, bang.
Leon also took a ripper in that last qtr.
 
I didn't realise Bobby Hill had 18 disposals! Certainly seemed to be everywhere on the ground and so sharp and decisive in his every movement. This was surely his best game for the club.
Still not good enough!
(I picked him in the goal kicking competition)
 

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I didn't realise Bobby Hill had 18 disposals! Certainly seemed to be everywhere on the ground and so sharp and decisive in his every movement. This was surely his best game for the club.
Bobby's a chasing pressure beast. Never stops running & trying to run down his opponent. Love the defensive side to his game.
 
I didn't realise Bobby Hill had 18 disposals! Certainly seemed to be everywhere on the ground and so sharp and decisive in his every movement. This was surely his best game for the club.

He played more up the ground even wing which is how he got more involved. Reckon he looks better that way.


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He played more up the ground even wing which is how he got more involved. Reckon he looks better that way.


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Yeh, I think he's more suited to running his man back to goal than he is leading out.

At one point in the final quarter he was starting from the goal square. De Goey broke from the middle and kicked to him but Bobby was easily outbodied by the North defender.

At times we seemed to be missing a lead up forward to run at the ball carrier, with a lot of our kicks going to players running back to the goal who were then required to give a contest with a North defender coming the other way. Mihocek nearly killed himself a number of times doing this.
 
I didn't realise Bobby Hill had 18 disposals! Certainly seemed to be everywhere on the ground and so sharp and decisive in his every movement. This was surely his best game for the club.
It was the mastery and balance that really made his disposals stand out. A gentle fend, a double-take, a silky pick-up. He just seemed unflustered by his opponent and instead 100% focussed on finding the best next disposal. Cannot believe how well he has started this year. One of the reasons we are a faster team this year.
 
It was the mastery and balance that really made his disposals stand out. A gentle fend, a double-take, a silky pick-up. He just seemed unflustered by his opponent and instead 100% focussed on finding the best next disposal. Cannot believe how well he has started this year. One of the reasons we are a faster team this year.
The need for speed. This is why I love Markov, Allan Nick, Hill, Noble and even Frampton has some toe.
 
I didn't realise Bobby Hill had 18 disposals! Certainly seemed to be everywhere on the ground and so sharp and decisive in his every movement. This was surely his best game for the club.
Absolute best recruit we made this year.
So, so good to have Wright back to guide the football department.
 
He played more up the ground even wing which is how he got more involved. Reckon he looks better that way.


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Wing was vacated when Sidey went down.
So looks like it might be his position when The 300 gamer eventually gives it away.
Daicos on one wing, Bobby on the other.
There is simply no negative in that scenario.
 
The need for speed. This is why I love Markov, Allan Nick, Hill, Noble and even Frampton has some toe.
Interesting perspective.
So do the match committee pick returning players on past glories, or go with the players who really fit out fast chaos gameplan?
I don’t care. As long as those picks continue to deliver 4 points. And well, truth be told, a Premiership!
 

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