Post Match. Pies down to Dees. All comments.

[Donny]

Collingwood 9.8.62
Melbourne 8.18.66

Goals: Lipinski 2, Nick, Checkers, McCreery, Hill, Cox, Crisp, Harrison

Disposals: Mitch 30, Crisp 28, Adams, Nick 27, Pendles 26, Maynard 25, H-E, Noblet 20, Cameron, Josh 17, IQ 16, Lipinski 15, Moore 13, McCreery 11, Murph 12

Tackles: Crisp 11, Mitch 10, Adams 8, Nick 6.

D/E: Moore 92.3%, Nick 81.5

AFs: Crisp 131, Mitch 121, Maynard 109, Nick 101, Cameron 96, Adams 100, Pendles 92,

[Jezza]

Maybe I'm being harsh and I understand people being frustrated, but I was disappointed to see some of our fans leave early today.

It just seems a little mind-blowing to me that fans would leave early for a team that's renowned for late comebacks.

[Pies2016]

[Jezza]

[Big_Glenn_Sandford]

Harrison appears to be a carbon copy of Callum Brown..Not convinced..

Coxy with a bit of fuel for the fire come finals time.
Anyone have any idea what happened with Petracca after the game?

[think positive]

[JC Hartley]

In the inaugural King's Birthday clash at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne outlasted Collingwood to hang on by 4 points. The Magpies got out of the blocks in the first 15 minutes with the first three goals, but gradually lost control of momentum and the remainder of the contest. Inexplicable ball use, inability to bring the ball down to ground in marking contests, and inability to outnumber the opposition at ground level played into the hands of the Demons, despite having significant difficulties converting goals, which allowed the Woods back in to make a game of it, with only an inadequate amount of time enabling the Dees to shut the game down and take home the points.

Collingwood won their statistical categories through disposals by +12 (365 - 353), +22 for handballs (160 - 138), uncontested possessions had a margin of +21 (235 - 214), while centre clearances were up by +3 (10 - 7), and tackles were won by +8 (73 - 65). Melbourne won their key statistical indicators from sources such as kicks by +10 (215 - 205), contested possessions had an advantage of +19 (139 - 120), hit-outs were won by +21 (46 - 25), clearances had a margin of +4 (33 - 29), and +7 for stoppage clearances (26 - 19). The Demons were -9 from turnovers (71 - 80), where they made the least amount of errors and won intercept possessions by +9 (80 - 71) , which translated into them winning the intercept marks count by +9 (80 - 71), while gaining the Tackles Inside 50 stat by +13 (17 - 4). Marks had a differential of +5 (99 - 94), uncontested marks were won by +3 (88 - 85), contested marks were gained by +2 (11 - 9), +8 for Marks Inside 50 (15 - 7), and Inside 50s were won by +10 (59 - 49).

Tom Mitchell (30 disposals @ 80%, 281 metres gained, 11 contested possessions, 19 uncontested possessions, 3 intercept possessions, 11 kicks, 19 handballs, 3 marks, 10 tackles, 5 clearances, 2 centre clearances, 3 stoppage clearances, 2 Inside 50s & 3 Rebound 50s) got his hands dirty by winning the contested ball regularly and tackled with endeavour and effort.

Jack Crisp (28 disposals @ 71%, 481 metres gained, 6 contested possessions, 22 uncontested possessions, 3 intercept possessions, 13 kicks, 15 handballs, 5 marks, 11 tackles, 1 goal assist, 7 score involvements, 3 clearances, 2 stoppage clearances, 7 Inside 50s & 1 goal) looked threatening whenever he ran forward to take a mark or receive a handpass. His ball use going inside 50 did not favour Collingwood's forwards very often, as Crisp's long bombs were picked off by Melbourne defenders. Crisp did tackle well, and roved smartly to snap an excellent goal through heavy traffic in the opening term.

Taylor Adams (27 disposals @ 67%, 324 metres gained, 11 contested possessions, 16 uncontested possessions, 2 intercept possessions, 13 kicks, 14 handballs, 4 marks, 8 tackles, 1 goal assist, 5 score involvements, 3 clearances, 2 stoppage clearances & 4 Inside 50s) competed hard and strongly in each contest, with contested possessions and tackling allowing his team to score or neutralise opposing threats.

Scott Pendlebury (26 disposals @ 69%, 359 metres gained, 9 contested possessions, 17 uncontested possessions, 2 intercept possessions, 14 kicks, 12 handballs, 3 marks, 4 tackles, 6 clearances, 3 centre clearances, 3 stoppage clearances, 2 Inside 50s & 6 Rebound 50s) had an uncharacteristic game filled with skill errors and poor execution under pressure. Pendlebury was one of the only few players that won clearances for his team, and worked hard on both sides of the ball to distribute territory from defence or across half forward, which was where the ball movement continually broke down.

Will Hoskin-Elliott (19 disposals @ 58%, 332 metres gained, 6 contested possessions, 13 uncontested possessions, 2 intercept possessions, 13 kicks, 6 handballs, 3 marks, 4 score involvements & 2 Inside 50s) was serviceable on the wing without delivering impressive results. Hoskin-Elliott will feel as though he let the team down with his behind during the last quarter, although he wasn't alone amongst his mates.

Darcy Cameron (17 disposals @ 76%, 171 metres gained, 13 hit-outs, 7 contested possessions, 10 uncontested possessions, 4 intercept possessions, 7 kicks, 10 handballs, 8 marks, 3 contested marks, 5 tackles, 3 score involvements, 3 clearances, 3 stoppage clearances & 4 Rebound 50s) lowered his colours against Gawn and Grundy, despite winning his fair share of hit-outs, marks and possessions around the ground. Cameron did not look like taking marks across half-back from kick-ins at any stage and did not bring the ball down to ground for Collingwood's runners to commence transition plays into forward entries and opportunities for Collingwood's forwards to score goals.

Josh Daicos (17 disposals @ 65%, 326 metres gained, 5 contested possessions, 12 uncontested possessions, 3 intercept possessions, 12 kicks, 5 handballs, 4 marks, 2 tackles, 3 score involvements, 3 clearances, 2 centre clearances, 2 Inside 50s & 4 Rebound 50s) was lively early, before drifting out of the game as it progressed. Lachie Hunter overshadowed Josh Daicos as the most influential winger on the day.

Nick Daicos (27 disposals @ 82%, 315 metres gained, 8 contested possessions, 19 uncontested possessions, 5 intercept possessions, 13 kicks, 14 handballs, 6 tackles, 2 score involvements, 2 Inside 50s, 2 Rebound 50s & 1 goal) had his impact and influence behind the ball nullified to the point where he started forward in the last quarter to turn the game back in his team's favour, which Nick was able to do by snapping a goal that set the game up for a grandstand finish.

Brayden Maynard (25 disposals @ 76%, 569 metres gained, 6 contested possessions, 19 uncontested possessions, 8 intercept possessions, 17 kicks, 8 handballs, 8 marks, 4 tackles, 4 score involvements, 5 Inside 50s & 4 Rebound 50s) offered stability with intercept marking, and looked to kick long to contests, which was to the team's detriment as many kicks weren't retained in Collingwood's front half to take marks or kick goals.

John Noble (20 disposals @ 75%, 455 metres gained, 3 contested possessions, 17 uncontested possessions, 3 intercept possessions, 13 kicks, 7 handballs, 6 marks, 2 tackles & 5 Rebound 50s) found it extremely challenging to maintain possession under fierce pressure, but he managed well under the circumstances, apart from running too far to concede a shot at goal during the final term, which was a behind.

Isaac Quaynor (16 disposals @ 75%, 373 metres gained, 3 contested possessions, 13 uncontested possessions, 6 intercept possessions, 11 kicks, 5 handballs, 8 marks, 5 tackles & 5 Rebound 50s) was superb in a defence that was under siege by holding his marks, laying important tackles, and distributed his disposals out of defence effectively.

Darcy Moore (13 disposals @ 92%, 158 metres gained, 4 contested possessions, 9 uncontested possessions, 8 intercept possessions, 8 kicks, 5 handballs, 8 marks, 3 contested marks & 5 Rebound 50s) attacked each marking contest with effort and intent to keep his team alive when the Demons were dominating, despite Bayley Fritsch booting three goals on him.

Nathan Murphy (12 disposals @ 75%, 193 metres gained, 4 contested possessions, 8 uncontested possessions, 5 intercept possessions, 11 kicks, 6 marks, 2 tackles & 2 score involvements) continued to take marks without fear, and kicked within his limitations to a free teammate most of the time.

Billy Frampton (10 disposals @ 80%, 114 metres gained, 4 contested possessions, 6 uncontested possessions, 5 intercept possessions, 6 kicks, 4 handballs, 7 marks, 2 tackles, 5 score involvements & 2 Rebound 50s) contributed with his ability to mark frequently behind the ball and dispose of the ball within his repertoire, much like Nathan Murphy.

Patrick Lipinski (15 disposals @ 73%, 243 metres gained, 6 contested possessions, 9 uncontested possessions, 3 intercept possessions, 6 kicks, 9 handballs, 2 tackles, 1 goal assist, 3 score involvements, 2 Inside 50s & 2 goals) had an impact in his first game of the 2023 season to be Collingwood's most damaging forward when many around him were struggling.

Harvey Harrison (12 disposals @ 100%, 4 contested possessions, 8 uncontested possessions, 3 kicks, 9 handballs, 3 marks, 3 tackles, 1 goal assist, 4 score involvements, 2 Inside 50s & 1 goal) had a lively start, like several of his teammates, before supply meant he was not able to impact the scoreboard any further after quarter time.

Beau McCreery (10 disposals @ 80%, 273 metres gained, 4 contested possessions, 6 uncontested possessions, 7 kicks, 3 handballs, 3 marks, 5 tackles, 1 goal assist, 2 score involvements, 3 Inside 50s, 2 Rebound 50s & 1 goal) struggled with ball use going forward, but kept up the tackling work and soccered through a vital goal during the third term on the goal line.

Bobby Hill (9 disposals @ 78%, 175 metres gained, 3 contested possessions, 6 uncontested possessions, 6 kicks, 3 handballs, 3 marks, 2 goal assists, 5 score involvements, 2 Inside 50s & 1 goal) started slowly, before contributing in moments during the remaining three quarters.

Mason Cox (8 disposals @ 88%, 194 metres gained, 12 hit-outs, 3 contested possessions, 5 uncontested possessions, 3 intercept possessions, 6 kicks, 2 handballs, 4 marks, 3 score involvements, 2 Inside 50s, 2 Rebound 50s & 1 goal) competed to the best of his ability in the ruck, while impacting the scoreboard where he kicked a goal against the run of play.

Brody Mihocek (8 disposals @ 38%, 290 metres gained, 3 contested possessions, 5 uncontested possessions, 7 kicks, 3 marks, 2 Marks Inside 50, 5 score involvements, 4 Inside 50s & 1 goal) was particularly wasteful in front of goal after a string of accurate performances this season. Missed a golden opportunity late in the game, before slotting his only goal late in the same quarter which gave the team a pulse, instead of consolation.

Collingwood's next game will be against Adelaide on June 25 at the MCG. The Magpies will look at improving their team at selection heading into this game, while embarking on a quest to return to their best after the bye. Adelaide will have their tail up after Taylor Walker kicked 10 goals against West Coast during the weekend. The primary focus for the Woods is to win the contested ball and improve their foot skills to allow the forwards to take marks and convert goals. Do those two aspects well for longer and it will go a long way to defeating the Crows.

[Jezza]

Fly's presser

It felt like you struggled to get the game on your terms after the first 15 minutes, did you feel the same?

[Piesnchess]

IN Fly we trust.

[Larabee]

Ugly game but Melbourne far and away the better team. Pies looked a bit out of gas and that is to be expected. Can’t take Fly’s manic, high risk footy to the highest level every game. I think fatigue has set in. A bye is gold and then it’s time to reset, get some stars back and start the run in to September. It’s all about timing for a coach.

[RudeBoy]

The narrow loss was was a good reminder to our team, not to get complacent. We should be much better.

Mitchell was great, but otherwise they smashed us in the midfield and our forward line was a mess.

Obviously, the inclusions of Sidey, JDG, Elliott, Howe and possibly Mcstay, should make us a far better team.

I'm unconvinced of the worth of McInnis. Harrison did OK. Johnson went missing, as he did in the finals last year. That's a worry, as he is not a kid.

Time to rest up a bit then come back all systems go after the bye.

[Haff]

^ personally I think Johnson won’t be here next year. I don’t see how McStay plays in a side with him. A little pressure and he drops the simplest of marks. Second rounder to Adelaide where I think he’ll play some good footy, so much xfactor.

[What'sinaname]

Bobby needs to be told to not fly for the same mark as the other forwards. I recall one horrific effort where we had 3 players fly for the same mark as one Dees backman only to see the ball spill to the ground and get swept out of our F50

[slangman]

Yesterday was a game where the ball just didn’t bounce our way (literally).
The amount of times the ball bounced over our players head or did leg breaks instead of just popping up as would be expected was frustrating.
Numerous times our players attacked the ball with ferocity only to be thwarted by an uncharacteristic bounce directly into the Melbourne players hands who were trailing behind.
Sometimes it’s just one of those days.

[Pies2016]

Flys comments on Ginnivan being managed don’t make sense. No club selects a player to play ( especially when the teams only come out 24 hours before game day ) and then decide to manage him inside of 24 hours before the game starts. Any decisions on managing players are made by the coach and sports science team early in the week and are then shown as “ managed “ when the team changes drop.
There have been rumours circulating about Jacks lack of commitment for months and now there’s a another specific rumour regarding yesterdays omission. They may be true, they may not but if Jack hasn’t worked out by now that ability alone will only take so far, then I sense he’s about to learn it very quickly.