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

[Woods Of Ypres]

Ginnivan getting is nose rubbed into the dirt after EVERY contest is starting to irritate me. I'm starting to feel bad for the kid. its overkill.

[BazBoy]

In spite of all the flak over the week 22 players came to the G as one

I’ve followed Pies since I was 10 years old (1951)and this group is the most committed and most together I’ve seen in that time

[Magpietothemax]

[BazBoy]

I think Ginnivan is a cagey little bugger and I rekon he uses the physical attention he receives to motivate himself and a few players around him

[Mr Miyagi]

He doesn’t have a whinge like Jack Riewoldt, just gets on with it (usually with a laugh). He loves it and critics have to respect the get on with it attitude.

[piedys]

[BazBoy]

Yep Pea Heart Joel Selwood

[uuuuu..... The LoneSTAR]

I know we nearly threw away a 6+goal lead but gee for the most part, we look the goods!... Albeit a bit jittery early across the board. We settled and overcame what potentially could be seen as a bogey team after a bye AND a distracting week. Overall, a real team performance.

Special mention to Maynard on great milestone game. After the Doggies loss I think I mentioned WHE looked like he was starting to turn a corner and that seems to be continuing. That's a big plus for us.

Nick Daicos hits up some very clever & creative options. When McCreery hunts opponents like a Spanish bull does a muleta, he is golden.

Whoever instructed the team to study the 15sec timer on the score board when they're having a set shot, please stop & let them focus on a goal kicking routine.

[Pies4shaw]

You'll need to have a word to the Coach about that. In his post-game presser, he said it was his instruction.

Really, there are enough necessarily discretionary rules in the AFL for the umpires to get wrong without leaving them to determine whether a guy does or doesn't "need" 30 seconds for a shot on goal. It's actually ridicuolous. One gets very used to watching the ends of NFL games, where teams deliberately run out the clock when they are in front. This AFL stupidity has the same effect as would be achieved in the NFL by saying, eg, you can't go with running plays inside the final 2 minutes because it's deliberate time-wasting and you must have your QB throw, instead (in summary, the clock runs on a running play, come what may, whereas the clock stops on an incomplete pass).

[pietillidie]

[Jezza]

[Mossi]

[perthmagpie]

10.1 to 8.17 after quarter time. If both teams had 50% accuracy we would of won by 9 goals.

[David]

8.18, in fact! It was getting close to the stage where Gold Coast could have in theory kicked three more goals than us and still lost (and I'm not sure if that's ever happened in the history of the competition – I know there's been at least one draw).

[Pies4shaw]

Let’s hope we never need to check up on the losing side of that stat.