VFL Round 8

[Dark Beanie]

Pies vs Werribee (home)

Saturday 18 May @ 11.05am. Venue Vic Park
Double header with VFLW @ 3.00pm

Yes, the bright sparks at the VFL have scheduled this game (& VFLW) on the same day/afternoon as the AFL making it difficult for supporters to get to the game/s.

Match centre:

https://www.afl.com.au/vfl/matches/6369

Livestream via VFL website.

Ladder: Pies 15th (2 wins, 5 losses, 94.2%) Werribee 6th (4 wins, 2 losses 111.4%)

[The Black and White Lion]

Fear we may get walloped in this one. Hopefully its not too one way like the last quarter against the bullants and we can put up some resistance.

[Dark Beanie]

Team selection:

B: C. Dean 43, J. Ryan 24, A. Johnson 40
HB: H. Demattia 13, T. Jiath 19, W. Parker 45
C: C. Lane 48, N. Long 55, H. Mahoney 72
HF: T. Wilson 56, H. Kennedy 53, P. Farrant 68
F: J. Hutchinson 49, S. Glover 50, C. Mulvogue 66
R: L. Purcell 65, R. Sparkes 51, E. Allan 16

INT: C. MacDonald 74, J. Tomasiello 61, C. Willis 64*, B. Silvagni 60, B. Crocker 47

EMG: R. Penny 62, J. Longmire 57, J. Hartman 70, H. Flynn 71

IN: E. Allan, B. Crocker, T. Jiath, N. Long, H. Mahoney, L. Purcell, B. Silvagni
OUT: N. Kreuger (AFL), Y. Ashwin (concussion), A. Begg (knee), H. Flynn, J. Hartman, J. Longmire, R. Penny

NEW: Harry Mahoney, 21, Mansfield

https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/1556049/crocker-long-part-of-big-inclusions-for-werribee-clash

"Experienced VFL players Ben Crocker and Ned Long will return after both sitting out the last fortnight for this weekend’s Round Eight VFL clash against Werribee.

The pair are part of seven inclusions from last week’s game against the Northern Bullants, with exciting AFL-listed players Tew Jiath and Ed Allan also coming back into the side."

https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/1556058/pies-host-werribee-at-victoria-park

[23 YIPPEE!!!]

Love to sign Ned up to join the AFL list mid season draft

[thesoretoothsayer]

Starting to look like a training drill.

[Dark Beanie]

Pies getting smashed by Werribee.

25 minutes gone 2nd quarter Weriibee lead by 47 points.

Werribee 9.9.63 lead Pies 2.4.16

Werribee 25 inside 50s to 14. Clearnces not too bad 20 to 16.

[Dark Beanie]

Half time:

Werribee 9.9.63 lead Pies 3.4.22

Goals: Crocker 2, Purcell

Top disposals: Dean 11, Ryan 10, Jaith 10 (all defenders)

[robevpau1]

Such an insipid first half by the Pies - no link-up and poor skills.

[scoobydoo]

[Jezza]

FT = Werribee Tigers 15.10.100 defeated Collingwood 6.12.48

Goals: Crocker 2, Purcell 1, Kennedy 1, Johnson 1, Farrant 1
Disposals: Sparkes 22, Dean 21, Long 20, Jiath 20, Glover 18, DeMattia 18, Tomasiello 17, Allan 17, MacDonald 1.
AF Points: Long 90, Sparkes 87, Dean 84, Allan 82, Glover 77, Crocker 73, Jiath 72, Ryan 71, Purcell 70

[Jezza]

Clearances: Tomasiello 5, Long 5, Allan 5, Sparkes 4, Purcell 3
Tackles: Long 11, Allan 9, Purcell 8, Parker 7, Sparkes 6
Marks: Glover 9, Dean 8, Silvagni 5, Ryan 5, Johnson 5

[Dark Beanie]

Match replay:

https://www.afl.com.au/video/1131957/vfl-match-replay-r8-collingwood-v-werribee?videoId=1131957&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1715994473001&references=AFL_MATCH:6369

Mini match:

https://www.afl.com.au/video/1131845/vfl-mini-match-r8-collingwood-v-werribee?videoId=1131845&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1715994377001&references=AFL_MATCH:6369

[The Black and White Lion]

Oh no we did get walloped and it was a one way contest.

I watched the first half. It was one way from the start. Think we had our second inside 50 about 16mins in. Ash Johnson a good mark late 40m out in front but poor kick. Allen had a good centre clearance in the second. I missed Farrants species but saw the one that he missed.

The big thing for the VFL is the lack of rucks and clearances. We had Liam Purcell and Ben Silvagni as our rucks yesterday. No doubt they’re trying and we should appreciate their efforts but they’re second to the tap, undersized, not as strong in the contest as others. This is seriously impacting our performance. We’re hardly competitive in the middle and the ball is hitting our defence too easily more often than not.

We don’t have many listed players left in the VFL because of all the injuries. The only consolation I can think of is that Ryan, Dean and Jiath are seeing a lot of the contest and getting lots of opportunities to test their skills. Can be tough when it’s coming in too often and too easy with little pressure however.

We desperately need a tall ruck to take the pressure off our defence. That might help our mids to get more amongst it and help to wake up our forwards.