Post Match. Pies sink Saints. All comments.

[Rd10.1998_11.1#36]

Anyone else concerned about our F50 entries? Long bombs, kicking to outnumbered contests, holding it up when there were short options early, too many kicks to the left pocket... all contrubuted to our I50 efficiency being 31% (Saints were 38%). Scoring shots (kicks) were 17-19 against even though we had 14 more I50s and 2 more marks I50

Most weeks this season we've been around 50% efficiency I50, apart from 39% against Richmond which was also a scrappy game

Also we seemed to have a lot of handball chains that went for 1 too many, although I think we tidied that up in the 4th

[BazBoy]

Just watched the Murphy incident and noted an umpire run past

Would he have had a full veiw of the incident I wonder—will it go to Match Report???

[Haff]

Anzac day you’d think Kruger had to come in doesn’t he?
Is Kelly fit? Not sure how to cover Murphy but Frampton has to play in the ruck.
Out: Murph, McStay, Wilson (sub)
In: JDG, Krueger. Kelly (sub to cover backs?)

Something drastic like checkers going back?

If Krueger doesn’t get through this one put a fork in him.

[pietillidie]

[Pies2016]

[think positive]

[Piesnchess]

^ IN FLY WE TRUST.

[23 YIPPEE!!!]

Really liked Beau McCreerys game last night.

[PyreneesPie]

[23 YIPPEE!!!]

yep in top form as well.

Kind of another mid fielder as well.

Handy player and has nice kick to him.

He is our pressure player and gets the ball himself.

Handy goal sneak.

[PyreneesPie]

[WhyPhilWhy?]

Please god, don't let a Ross Lyon coached team win a Premiership, coz if all the other teams then copy that "formula", AFL will be duller than amatuer rugby.

[doriswilgus]

[neil]

[JC Hartley]

Gather Round in South Australia saved their best until last, with Collingwood clinging on to beat St Kilda by 6 points at the Adelaide Oval, which also resulted in the Saints losing their first game of the season. The first three quarters saw both sides not give an inch and goals were at a premium. There was a lot of transition and stoppage play between the arcs without significant scoreboard impact during those quarters. The final term saw the Magpies steam ahead with a flurry of goals, and by the 18-minute mark of the last quarter with a lead of 26 points, the game appeared to have been decided. Then the Saints roared back into the contest in a real hurry, but simply could not find their way through to force a draw, which allowed the Woods to retain their lead and prevail under immense pressure at the final siren.

Collingwood won very few statistical categories from Sunday's win in Adelaide. There were gains in tackles by +15 (60 - 45), +4 for Tackles Inside 50 (10 - 6), Marks Inside 50 were up by +2 ( 10 - 8 ), and Inside 50s had a margin of +14 (64 - 50). St Kilda dominated the stats sheet, claiming disposals by +16 (408 - 392), kicks were won by +2 (228 - 226), handballs had a differential of +14 (180 - 166), while contested possessions had a margin of +21 (147 - 126), and intercept possessions had an advantage of +2 (87 - 85). Hit-outs were won by +6 (37 - 31), +6 for clearances (37 - 31), centre clearances were gained by +3 (13 - 10), while stoppage clearances had a buffer of +3 (24 - 21). Marks went St Kilda's way by +4 (103 - 99), with contested marks won by +4 (15 - 11). Uncontested possessions (256 each) and uncontested marks (88 apiece) were the only statistical categories in dispute from the game.

Josh Daicos (30 disposals @ 73%, 502 metres gained, 9 contested possessions, 21 uncontested possessions, 4 intercept possessions, 16 kicks, 14 handballs, 6 marks, 4 tackles, 3 clearances, 2 stoppage clearances, 6 Inside 50s & 4 Rebound 50s) accumulated possessions and produced territory for the team under pressure, despite missing targets in general play, where he was forced to kick to a contest with no leads on offer.

Tom Mitchell (28 disposals @ 86%, 306 metres gained, 12 contested possessions, 16 uncontested possessions, 5 intercept possessions, 9 kicks, 19 handballs, 3 marks, 6 tackles, 3 score involvements, 6 clearances, 5 stoppage clearances, 5 Inside 50s & 1 goal) stood up without Jordan De Goey (late withdrawal with gastro) to win the ball through the middle of the ground, while clearing the ball from stoppages with relative ease.

Steele Sidebottom (25 disposals @ 60%, 547 metres gained, 5 contested possessions, 20 uncontested possessions, 5 intercept possessions, 15 kicks, 10 handballs, 6 marks, 3 tackles, 1 goal assist, 4 score involvements, 5 Inside 50s & 4 Rebound 50s) linked up play on the wing by taking marks and looked to kick long to a contest (much like Josh Daicos), only for St Kilda's defenders to pick off marks in Collingwood's forward line.

Scott Pendlebury (23 disposals @ 78%, 152 metres gained, 11 contested possessions, 12 uncontested possessions, 4 intercept possessions, 8 kicks, 15 handballs, 4 marks, 5 tackles, 6 score involvements, 5 clearances, 2 centre clearances, 3 stoppage clearances & 2 Inside 50s) emphasised his role on winning the contested ball on the inside, and maintaining possession by foot on the outside of the contest.

Jack Crisp (22 disposals @ 77%, 363 metres gained, 6 contested possessions, 16 uncontested possessions, 3 intercept possessions, 11 kicks, 11 handballs, 3 marks, 5 tackles, 2 goal assists, 4 score involvements, 2 Inside 50s & 2 Rebound 50s) played a highly effective territory game with a minimal amount of errors. Crisp often ran through the corridor to receive handpasses whenever the team wanted to kick into the centre square, where he would continue the handball chain in a forward motion or kick to the team's advantage up forward.

Taylor Adams (18 disposals @ 67%, 260 metres gained, 11 contested possessions, 7 uncontested possessions, 8 kicks, 10 handballs, 2 marks, 4 tackles, 5 score involvements, 8 clearances, 6 centre clearances, 2 stoppage clearances & 3 Inside 50s) generated momementum by winning the contested ball countless times and clearing the ball out of the middle so his teammates could receive his handpasses or compete aerially when he chose to kick the ball.

Billy Frampton (9 disposals 104 metres gained, 27 hit-outs, 2 contested possessions, 7 uncontested possessions, 3 kicks, 6 handballs, 3 marks & 3 tackles) gave great effort in the ruck to give his midfielders enough looks out of the middle and competed strongly around the ground.

Nick Daicos (42 disposals @ 76%, 856 metres gained, 6 contested possessions, 36 uncontested possessions, 6 intercept possessions, 27 kicks, 15 handballs, 7 marks, 1 goal assist, 4 score involvements, 8 Inside 50s & 8 Rebound 50s) had another tremendous game full of superlatives. Nick looked to maintain possession by foot as much as possible, rolled up to the stoppages after kicking long to a contest from each kick-in to receive handpasses, and gave the forwards enough looks.

John Noble (24 disposals @ 83%, 552 metres gained, 2 contested possessions, 22 uncontested possessions, 3 intercept possessions, 18 kicks, 6 handballs, 7 marks, 2 tackles, 4 score involvements, 2 clearances, 2 stoppage clearances, 3 Inside 50s & 5 Rebound 50s) looked to take the game on at every opportunity from defence by driving the ball forward, with some of his possessions going though the corridor to open the play up for his team. Noble also looked to maintain possession under pressure when he wasn't rolling up the ground in attack mode.

Brayden Maynard (20 disposals @ 80%, 371 metres gained, 3 contested possessions, 17 uncontested possessions, 5 intercept possessions, 14 kicks, 6 handballs, 9 marks, 2 score involvements & 2 Rebound 50s) kept his plan of attack relatively simple by backing his aerial judgement to take his marks, maintain possession or kick to a contest where there would be teammates bringing the ball to ground and forcing stoppages. Maynard's game-saving mark in the dying seconds went a long way to ensuring Collingwood won the game.

Darcy Moore (18 disposals @ 78%, 379 metres gained, 7 contested possessions, 11 uncontested possessions, 9 intercept possessions, 13 kicks, 5 handballs, 7 marks, 2 contested marks, 2 score involvements & 3 Rebound 50s) was supreme in each aerial contest, and his ball use coming out of defence was really good. Moore also put on a spoiling masterclass to deny numerous marks that the Saints may or would have taken.

Isaac Quaynor (15 disposals @ 87%, 259 metres gained, 8 contested possessions, 7 uncontested possessions, 11 intercept possessions, 9 kicks, 6 handballs, 6 marks, 2 contested marks, 3 tackles, 2 score involvements, 2 Inside 50s & 4 Rebound 50s) had an excellent second half with his intercept marking and rebound work contributing to the outcome of the contest.

Oleg Markov (15 disposals @ 73%, 240 metres gained, 8 contested possessions, 7 uncontested possessions, 6 intercept possessions, 7 kicks, 8 handballs, 4 tackles, 3 Inside 50s & 2 Rebound 50s) played a solid game behind the ball where he stuck to his task and stuck to his limitations.

Nathan Murphy (11 disposals @ 91%, 205 metres gained, 6 contested possessions, 5 uncontested possessions, 10 intercept possessions, 7 kicks, 4 handballs, 6 marks, 2 contested marks & 4 Rebound 50s) was playing exceptional footy in a typically fearless manner with his intercept marking on display, untile Anthony Caminiti decked Murphy off the ball which saw Murphy ruled out with concussion, therefore missing the next game.

Brody Mihocek (17 disposals @ 82%, 143 metres gained, 8 contested possessions, 9 uncontested possessions, 2 intercept possessions, 8 kicks, 9 handballs, 6 marks, 2 Marks Inside 50, 7 score involvements, 2 Inside 50s & 2 goals) provided a marking target up forward, got involved in scoring chains, held his marks and converted his chances.

Jack Ginnivan (13 disposals @ 69%, 275 metres gained, 2 contested possessions, 11 uncontested possessions, 4 intercept possessions, 10 kicks, 3 handballs, 4 marks, 3 tackles, 2 Tackles Inside 50, 1 goal assist, 3 score involvements, 4 Inside 50s & 1 goal) made an impressionable return to AFL footy for the first time this season by being involved up the ground, laying tackles and applying pressure, before capping off his game with a brilliant snap that ignited the fire in the final quarter.

Bobby Hill (12 disposals @ 92%, 335 metres gained, 4 contested possessions, 8 uncontested possessions, 10 kicks, 2 handballs, 3 marks, 1 goal assist, 4 score involvements, 3 Inside 50s & 3 goals) lit it up with three crucial and telling goals in alow-scoring game, where maximised his impact from limited possessions.

Will Hoskin-Elliott (12 disposals @ 67%, 260 metres gained, 5 contested possessions, 7 uncontested possessions, 3 intercept possessions, 8 kicks, 4 handballs, 3 marks, 4 tackles, 2 Tackles Inside 50, 1 goal assist, 3 score involvements & 5 Inside 50s) played his role well after being ill during the week, only to be recalled in Jordan De Goey's place days later. Hoskin-Elliott stayed busy without dominating the game.

Beau McCreery (12 disposals @ 75%, 329 metres gained, 3 contested possessions, 9 uncontested possessions, 10 kicks, 2 handballs, 3 marks, 4 tackles, 5 score involvements, 2 Inside 50s & 1 goal) contributed with tackling, territory, scoring chains and scoreboard impact when it was needed.

Jamie Elliott (11 disposals @ 73%, 103 metres gained, 4 contested possessions, 7 uncontested possessions, 5 kicks, 6 handballs, 3 marks, 4 tackles, 2 goal assists, 4 score involvements & 1 goal) created a couple of goals, applied pressure and ended the contest with a vital goal.

Ash Johnson (9 disposals @ 56%, 157 metres gained, 4 hit-outs, 3 contested possessions, 6 uncontested possessions, 7 kicks, 2 handballs, 5 marks, 2 contested marks, 2 Marks Inside 50, 1 goal assist, 6 score involvements, 3 Inside 50s & 1 goal) was wasteful early on, but kept presenting as an aerial target up forward, chipped in with a little bit of ruck work, before nailing a goal in the last term to continue the team's momentum.

Collingwood's next game will be against Essendon at the MCG on April 25. It goes without saying, Collingwood's key position stocks have taken a hammering, so the Magpies will need to be smart with their ball use by kicking to leading targets, using the corridor kicks to release runners out into open space so that each player has adequate time and space to deliver the ball to a leading target up forward. Conversion needs to implemented for success to eventuate against the Bombers.