Review Round 17, Collingwood v Box Hill Hawks - Victoria Park, 2 August 2014, 1.00pm

[Dewnior]

Grimmers having a better second half by the sound of it

Scores level

 

[moginie]

Great stuff.

Thanks for the updates guys. Really appreciate it.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

#3 snaps a hola from the pack and Gawks up by six.

 

[HawksILove]

GOAL UP

 

[The Cleaner]

Sweet goal from Murphy and we're up by 6!

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Grimmers having a better second half by the sound of it

Scores level

I don't see much of BH but Grimmers seems to always have better second halves???

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Pies exert relentless pressure and Box Hill crack. Their lead cut to one point time on in the last quarter 80 to 79.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Tied scores again. 80 apiece.

 

[The Cleaner]

All square with 6 to go.

 

[HawksILove]

come on Hawks

 

[Hungry Hawk]

C'mon chaps.
Scores level 25 min

 

[Dewnior]

Scores still level at 24th minute mark of the last

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Ball gets Ross high and he kicks a point to put Box Hill up by a point

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Magpies kick a goal deep in the last quarter. They are up by 5

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Box Hill must win the centre clearance to be a chance

 

[Dixie Flatline]

They don't it is holding the ball.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Magpie mark deep in their forward line which is converted. Box Hill will lose this one.

 

[The Cleaner]

Bad last five minutes here and it's game over.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Siren goes. Pies by 11, 92 to 81.

 

[rdhopkins2]

Well that was a horrid game! Credit to the Pies but we were very poor. Never really at any stage controlled the game and early and late glitches cost us dearly. It's a team game so all the boys will take ownership of the situation for next week. Better to have a 50% output game now than in finals.

 

[Agent Smith]

Well that was disappointing. Even though we probably weren't the better team out there, we still managed to somehow snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Anyone put their hand up?

 

[The Cleaner]

Ball showed some real composure in the end to get them over the line. Thought we missed Langers and Woody in the clinches. We've been a bit uninspiring from last week's fade-out right up to midway through the second quarter today. In the end the Pies had more hunger for this one. We won't win the flag playing like this so let's hope we fire up and time our run into finals now.

Can't help but think sometimes we play better with less Hawthorn-listers in there.

Hartung was busy all day, really works hard to link up the play and break the lines. Demands the ball too. Faded a little late but his potential will be supreme after a couple of pre-seasons.

TOB was dropping marks early that he was clunking two seasons ago. To his credit he started finding them later but he still feels like he's stuck in third gear most of the game. His partner-in-crime Sicily is yet to rediscover the blistering form he showed in the Foxtel Cup.

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

Grimmers is cooked. Looked like he wss half arsed all day. Missed some goals that he should be kicking considering he does stuff all else.
Hartung was busy and wants the ball in his hands. You can never have enough players who demand the ball.
Ceglar battled back after being manhandled early.
Cheney is a rock in defence.
Hallahan was a little disappointing
Sicily quiet all day except for some scragging

Brand continues to show promise. Just needs to out on a few more kgs

Disappointing loss after hitting the lead and having momentum.

The weather was nice and the ground generally in good nick.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Missed the first quarter with car problems and I'm coming dinner now so will add my thoughts later. Reckon Grundy was the best ruckman on the ground for his work around the ground but Ceglar kicked two vital goals and was a handful up forward. Lowden did little and Grimley was mindblowingly inconsistent with his attack on football. Hartung was very good but colonels had our measure in midfield for most of the game.