Post Match. Pies v. Giants. All comments, please.

[schuey07]

[Cam]

[Jezza]

[Cam]

J Daicos goal kicking has slipped of late, needs to put the practise back in.

[JC Hartley]

In their first game back after the bye, Collingwood overcame goalkicking inaccuracy and a resurgent opponent to vanquish GWS by 11 points. The Magpies had a strong finish to quarter time where they hit back on the scoreboard, after conceding territory, scores and momentum in the opening 15 minutes, which were very sloppy and uninspiring. The second term saw the Woods keep the Giants scoreless while adding scoreboard pressure in drabs as conversion issues began to emerge. The third quarter saw those issues continue as the Pies were unable to build a substantial lead that would've put the contest beyond doubt, while the Giants pegged back the margin to remain in touch at the final change. The final term saw the Giants take complete control of the game, until Collingwood scored two goals to restore momentum that they had lost. That was until the Giants came again with a flurry of goals that put Collingwood under pressure. The Magpies were able to hold firm without kicking any more goals to kill the clock wherever possible and create enough time in forward half to ice the game in unconvincing fashion. Today's victory breaks a losing streak against the Giants which had been in place since 2018. It was also just Collingwood's second victory against GWS since 2016.

Collingwood won their statistical categories from contested possessions by +13 (137 - 124), intercept possessions had a differential of +17 (79 - 62), hit-outs were won by +35 (47 - 12), clearances were up by +9 ( 37 - 28 ), with centre clearances claimed by +3 (13 - 10), and +6 for stoppage clearances ( 24 - 18 ), Tackles Inside 50 had an advantage of +9 (12 - 3), while Marks Inside 50 were won by +1 (11 - 10), and Inside 50s were up by +12 (62 - 50). GWS won their categories from sources such as disposals by +9 (367 - 358), +5 for kicks (229 - 224), handballs had an advantage of +4 (138 - 134), while uncontested possessions were won by +16 (224 - 208), and tackles were up by +7 (56 - 49). Marks went in favour of the Giants by +3 (100 - 97), with uncontested marks also won by +3 (90 - 87). Contested marks was the only statistical category (10 each) that was in dispute between the two sides.

Steele Sidebottom (26 disposals @ 69%, 471 metres gained, 7 contested possessions, 19 uncontested possessions, 4 intercept possessions, 16 kicks, 10 handballs, 5 marks, 4 tackles, 8 score involvements, 3 clearances, 3 stoppage clearances, 4 Inside 50s, 2 Rebound 50s & 1 goal) had a mixed bag with his possessions, where he was exposed for his turnovers, but ensured he set up as many involvements in scoring chains. Sidebottom was on course for 40 disposals when he had 20 at half time, before time and effort by the Giants was put in to curtail his impact.

Taylor Adams (24 disposals @ 58%, 289 metres gained, 15 contested possessions, 9 uncontested possessions, 3 intercept possessions, 12 kicks, 12 handballs, 5 marks, 4 tackles, 7 score involvements, 6 clearances, 3 centre clearances, 3 stoppage clearances & 4 Inside 50s) stood up for long enough underneath the packs to win the contested ball and won his fair share of clearances. Adams also contributed to the team's ability to create numerous scoring shots.

Josh Daicos (23 disposals @ 74%, 553 metres gained, 3 contested possessions, 20 uncontested possessions, 17 kicks, 6 handballs, 6 marks, 11 score involvements, 4 Inside 50s & 2 Rebound 50s) contributed significantly in the second half in everything, except finishing off his work. Josh had 3 shots at goal in a quarter and couldn't maximise any significant scoreboard damage. To Josh's credit, he did not let those behinds define his game, and kept producing territory, while contributing enormously to the team ball movement and scoring forays.

Will Hoskin-Elliott (23 disposals @ 83%, 426 metres gained, 9 contested possessions, 14 uncontested possessions, 7 intercept possessions, 16 kicks, 7 handballs, 8 marks, 3 tackles, 1 goal assist, 8 score involvements, 5 Inside 50s & 2 Rebound 50s) spent a significant amount of time on the wing with stints up forward, and produced excellent ball use to maintain possession and create chances for his forwards to mark or kick goals.

Scott Pendlebury (19 disposals @ 90%, 223 metres gained, 10 contested possessions, 9 uncontested possessions, 8 intercept possessions, 12 kicks, 7 handballs, 5 marks, 10 tackles, 1 goal assist, 10 score involvements, 4 clearances, 4 centre clearances, 4 Inside 50s & 2 Rebound 50s) played in the midfield for the whole duration of the contest, where he won centre clearances at crucial times, laid heaps of tackles to neutralise any dominance from the opposition, and ensured he found a target with each possession he won around the ground.

Jack Crisp (19 disposals @ 63%, 382 metres gained, 9 contested possessions, 10 uncontested possessions, 2 intercept possessions, 12 kicks, 7 handballs, 3 marks, 4 tackles, 4 score involvements, 4 clearances, 2 centre clearances, 2 stoppage clearances, 5 Inside 50s & 2 Rebound 50s) found it harder to win uncontested possessions, but kept chipping away in the clinches to pump the ball forward at all costs.

Darcy Cameron (17 disposals @ 59%, 182 metres gained, 8 contested possessions, 9 uncontested possessions, 2 intercept possessions, 23 hit-outs, 12 kicks, 5 handballs, 8 marks, 3 contested marks, 2 tackles, 6 score involvements, 5 clearances, 4 stoppage clearances & 2 goals) continued his impressive form as Collingwood's main ruckman where he gave his midfield first-use as often as possible, took crucial marks up forward and behind the ball, and followed up his own work in the ruck to clear the ball from stoppages.

Nick Daicos (25 disposals @ 80%, 118 metres gained, 6 contested possessions, 19 uncontested possessions, 4 intercept possessions, 9 kicks, 16 handballs, 2 marks and 6 score involvements) relied heavily on handpassing the ball out of defence instead of kicking it out of the defensive arc under pressure. When Nick pushed higher up the ground, that was when he chose to kick the ball forward or maintain possession.

Brayden Maynard (22 disposals @ 86%, 526 metres gained, 5 contested possessions, 17 uncontested possessions, 9 intercept possessions, 17 kicks, 5 handballs, 9 marks, 1 goal assist, 4 score involvements, 4 Inside 50s & 6 Rebound 50s) was at his resolute best in defence for Collingwood today. Maynard marked everything with confidence and generated significant rebound to protect any exposure that the Giants were likely to cause on the scoreboard. Maynard ensured the Giants did not have a field day.

John Noble (20 disposals @ 90%, 347 metres gained, 8 contested possessions, 12 uncontested possessions, 9 intercept possessions, 13 kicks, 7 handballs, 7 marks, 5 score involvements, 2 clearances, 5 Inside 50s & 2 Rebound 50s) created plenty of run and carry off the last line of defence once again, and his ball use coming out of there was exceptionally good. Noble is highly proven at maintaining possession under pressure and has the speed to break lines when the team needs fast and continual ball movement from defence.

Darcy Moore (16 disposals @ 75%, 210 metres gained, 7 contested possessions, 9 uncontested possessions, 11 intercept possessions, 9 kicks, 7 handballs, 3 marks, 2 tackles, 5 score involvements & 4 Rebound 50s) was able to intercept possessions at will and provide enough stability behind the ball.

Isaac Quaynor (13 disposals @ 46%, 205 metres gained, 4 contested possessions, 9 uncontested possessions, 7 intercept possessions, 8 kicks, 5 handballs, 7 marks, 1 goal assist, 4 score involvements, 3 Inside 50s & 4 Rebound 50s) relied heavily on intercept marking behind the play, as he was not able to zone off and create attacking play, plus his ball use was wayward, when it is normally at a high level of efficiency.

Jeremy Howe (10 disposals @ 70%, 308 metres gained, 9 uncontested possessions, 8 kicks, 2 handballs, 3 marks, 2 tackles, 4 score involvements, 2 Inside 50s & 5 Rebound 50s) prioritised his task of rebounding with penetration and giving the team more time to defend behind the ball.

Patrick Lipinski (21 disposals @ 57%, 321 metres gained, 7 contested possessions, 14 uncontested possessions, 13 kicks, 8 handballs, 5 marks, 3 tackles, 3 Tackles Inside 50, 1 goal assist, 8 score involvements, 6 clearances, 5 stoppage clearances, 6 Inside 50s & 2 Rebound 50s) started quarters up forward with stints in the midfield during those quarters. Lipinski looked to maximise his impact from fewer possessions and was largely effective in producing scoring chains and forward entries. Lipinski was also able to win clearances at stoppages.

Jack Ginnivan (18 disposals @ 67%, 253 metres gained, 7 contested possessions, 11 uncontested possessions, 11 kicks, 7 handballs, 5 marks, 9 score involvements, 4 clearances, 3 stoppage clearances, 3 Inside 50s & 1 goal) accumulated plenty of his possessions up the ground and looked to create further scoring opportunities for himself and the team. Ginnivan has been largely inaccurate of late, so I'd like him to rediscover the damage he created on ANZAC Day in the coming weeks.

Jamie Elliott (14 disposals @ 50%, 252 metres gained, 9 contested possessions, 5 uncontested possessions, 9 kicks, 5 handballs, 4 marks, 3 Marks Inside 50, 8 score involvements, 2 Inside 50s & 2 goals) got the team going with two critical goals to stabilise momentum for the team, when it looked like getting awry during that opening term.

Brody Mihocek (11 disposals @ 64%, 237 metres gained, 4 contested possessions, 7 uncontested possessions, 7 kicks, 4 handballs, 3 marks, 2 Marks Inside 50, 1 goal assist, 8 score involvements, 2 Inside 50s & 2 goals) provided a marking target at all times for his teammates and impacted the scoreboard with two goals in the first half.

Beau McCreery (10 disposals @ 50%, 104 metres gained, 4 contested possessions, 6 uncontested possessions, 2 intercept possessions, 6 kicks, 4 handballs, 7 tackles, 3 Tackles Inside 50, 4 score involvements, 2 clearances, 2 stoppage clearances, 2 Inside 50s & 1 goal) achieved his objectives by applying pressure without the ball, laying effective tackles up forward and around the ground, and chiming in with a major at the right time.

Oliver Henry (6 disposals @ 50%, 128 metres gained, 3 contested possessions, 3 uncontested possessions, 5 kicks, 3 marks, 4 score involvements, 2 Inside 50s & 2 goals) came to the party in the second half to convert both of his goals to ensure his impact on the game did not go unnoticed.

Collingwood's next game will be against Gold Coast on July 2 at Metricon Stadium. This match will be hot and intense. The Suns are playing some excellent footy of late and will be a challenging proposition for the Magpies. The Woods need to fix their goalkicking accuracy promptly to avoid any prospect of defeat. Achieve that outcome, and Collingwood will be victorious.

[Charlie Oneeye]

I'd rather build than collect a list of problems and missed KPI's.

Let's find values.


In the 'recent' past, we seemed to always come up against a week when we had something to prove.

Now it seems we are fair dinkum, and I expect to win



Allan Jeans: 'In Every Game There is Going to Be a Crossroad' -
Regardless of all the theories and the strategies and all this. All it is is basically this. The ability to win the ball under pressure, select the right option, and execute it correctly.

Leigh Mathews

Craig McRae

I know there are others here who understand.




Go Pies !
AnotherCognac

[the fuzz]

A great win against a bogey team. Was tense in the last, but we held on.
5 in a row!
We could be equal top. Should have beaten the Cats and Eagles and got close to Brisbane. Who would have thought? We're travelling pretty well.

Glad to get the win for Maynard!!! He had a very good game.
Go Pies!

[bally12]

Holy moly that no.13 umpire took the game by the scruff of the neck in the last and just about pulled GWS over the line from the clouds.This after earlier in the match he had decided to change the 30sec rule for Sidey when he was lining up for goal from the goal line. Rules for the rest of the AFL clubs but different rules for Collingwood. His explanation? He deemed that Sidey was "wasting time", and that "it's the instruction we have been given". He then told Sidey he was "taking the mickey". No mate, that's why it's written as a rule. The rule states you are allowed 30secs by which time you need to start your run up. It doesn't say "unless the umpire deems you are wasting time or taking the mickey". Outrageous.

[3rd degree]

Great to beat these pr%cks I don't care how. Bull Maynard take a bow. Wrapped to here Cameron has signed on . The Skipper yet again was superb. McCreery embarrasing Callum Ward was great.

[bally12]

Make no mistake Jordy DeGoey is our prime mover, and usually involved in most of our scoring chains. To get the win without Jordy was a great effort.
Maynard, WHE, Cameron, Pendles, our best. Also loved the tackling by McCreery...he's a tackling machine.
Defensively we look very organised, and the players seem to have a good understanding of when to go, and when to hold back. We are looking like a well coached side.

I'd like to see Nicky D flatten out his kicking by moving the ball out to the side more and using this hips to come through and add power. At the moment his kicking is a bit up and under, with too much air time. Otherwise, the kid's a star.

On this last point, anyone else notice the modern players not using (or not having) an opposite side? They get caught on the their wrong side and they always opt for the inside-out kick on their dominant side instead of naturally kicking on the side they are on. Certainly not the natural footballers of past eras.

[Jezza]

Fly's presser

A few heart murmurs at the end?

[thesoretoothsayer]

[Clifton Hill-Billy]

If umpires paid the second fifty for dissent why didn't they do that every time Ginnivan got a free, because GWS players mouthed off every time that happened? Their players constantly got in the protected area, no 50. Not giving Sidey his full 30 seconds on goal, when we finally did get a 50. The Moore howler, he always gets bullcrap frees paid against him, way more than any other kpd I can think of. The list of blatant one sided umpiring goes on and on. Anyway glad we won in the end, but would have been much more enjoyable if we had kicked straight and built some percentage. Imagine where we'd be sitting on the ladder if we'd beaten wet toast and the handbaggers? WHE and Cameron were great all day. Sidey had a good first half but reverted to 2021 dinky mode in the wet which resulted in many of their late goals.

[BazBoy]

I felt there was a momentum swing from two umpiring decisions

One was Taylor,s when conceding 100 metres and a goal—he was frustrated at GWS not being penalised for similar
The other was the ridiculous free and goal paid against Moore who clearly attempts to stop a point being scored

Frustration seemed to cloud our play till we had backs against the wall

They held out with calm decisions

[duggieboy]

As Fly basically says, (and yes I've got some kind of a man crush on the guy; what a fine human being) we're a work in progress.

I'm thinking of the way we were in control for 3 quarters and yet still let them get close at the end, due to not having been more professional in finishing off with goals instead of points.

We seem to get in front by a bit, but still not really able to kill the games off by extending our leads. With such domination yesterday we really should have put it out of sight. As Fly says, if you leave the other side some hope, that's all it needs at this level.

Still, no complaints here - would never have dreamed we'd be in this position if you'd asked me at the beginning of the season. It's only because we've been winning, that you can have the conversation about HOW we're winning.

Now for the so called "softer" part of our draw.