Game Day Round 3 vs. Brisbane, Gabba, 7:30pm Thurs 28/03

[Axl the great]

* this!!! Just when you think we’ve come to play we last one quarter!!!
We should be 8 goals down to be honest.
Absolutely no nous to move the ball to the halfway line, and if we did get the chance then old mate WHE Or Lipinski found a way to give it back to them.
Pressure is one thing but the run and carry just vanished, far too conservative and nervous.

 

[gouki88]

Not sure how Rayner can carry on like that after his GF performance.

Because he's a *-wit

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

Bring Crisp on from the start of the 3rd. Nothing to lose...

 

[DasItMayne]

Sub Mitchell

Taking the piss surely?

 

[Kes1984]

Sub Mitchell

Probably 18 others I’d sub first

 

[Chrispiesssss]

+10 in contested possessions
+12 in tackles
+6 in tackles I50

Got to keep the pressure up!

Shocking quarter.

Now:
-2
+21
+2

Getting smashed in contested possessions. Now -8 in clearances.

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

Shultz is playing? What a dud

Worth a top 5 draft pick apparently! I bet Ginnivan plays another good game for the Hawks.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Collingwood and sh*t second quarters on Easter Thursday

Name a more iconic duo

 

[gouki88]

Crisp on for Macrae or WHE I would reckon

 

[toxic]

Away v Brisbane and we're within a goal at half time

Yep I'll take that.

 

[domus]

It's like we are back in the Buckley era. Jump out of the blocks and kick five, defend desperately for the next three quarters and maybe add another three goals for the match.

 

[ksardog]

Darcy has just stopped going for marks

A shadow of the player he should be
I would play him on ball, free him up to ruck around the ground. He would love it, doesn’t have to play on an opponent

 

[CanadianPie]

Last year I’d say hey we can turn this around. This year, not much hope

 

[nahnah]

Lipinski is awful

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Our tackle numbers are still strong.

Unfortunately we were dominated in contested possessions and clearances and we couldn’t get the ball out of the back half.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Shultz is playing? What a dud

We could barely get our hands on the ball that quarter. De Goey doing his disappearing act again.

 

[windchimes]

A lot of cheering was done about relegating Crisp to the sub role but he looks sorely needed out there.

 

[sam_e]

WHE

 

[Rusty Beam]

Why do you get he doesn't want to get injured?

Because he’s a play maker and not a naturally defensive player. Reminds me completely of Gary Ablett Jnr.

Probably doesn’t want to follow the same path with severe shoulder injuries. Which would explain the finger tackling rather than body tackling

He also just doesn’t want to tackle to the ground as he wants to keep his feet so he can stay in the play. Sometimes you just need to in order to lock in the ball and reset.

 

[ThePhantom777]

 

[peter9789]

Very familiar pattern with our games. Reasonable opening qtr and then go to pieces. Skills disappear, fumbles, no run. Credit to Brisbane who worked us out and Fly doesn’t appear to have a solution or plan B

Lucky to be so close as Brisbane could have kicked 10 in that qtr


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[Harry O]

Pea Heart Rayner . Couldn’t get a kick in a stable in a grand final m
Hope someone kills him in second half

 

[Kes1984]

Cannot afford to hold off on the sub like last week. Release Crisp.

Not the 2024 version though. It’s like he’s been loaded with a bad glitchy update this year.

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

First scoreless quarter under Fly and the first since 2020 SF against Geelong.

 

[Unknown Identity]

I don't like writing blokes off early.
I've seen Schultz play great footy.

But 1 handball and zero tackles in a half of footy for someone that we gave up a Rd 1 pick for is absolutely appalling.

There has to be a disconnect between coaching, player and game plan.