Post Match. Pies down to Dees. All comments.

[Piesnchess]

[qldmagpie67]

If fly is being 100% honest about illness not having any effect on our performance then yesterday’s effort was worse than first imagined

Here are some concerning stats
17-4 tackles inside 50 for the day and we had 2 of those in the first 8 minutes
Tackle effectiveness was a season low 61%
Pressure rating across the 4 quarters was below our season average per game by 18%
Overall all field kicking efficiency was 55%
Was our lowest contested marks for the season
Melbourne missed 6 set shots 30/35m out basically in front that won’t happen again
Yes we had players missing but they did too
Our defence was constantly under the pump and looked in disarray often
I’m still not convinced Murphy is a #2 or #3 defender has too many missed assignments
Maybe we just had one of those days when not a lot goes right but if we are to be there on the last day then we will need some improvement in many areas

On a positive Mitchell and Adams battled hard all day
Thought IQ had a good day
Cameron marked well but didn’t do a lot of anything else really

The break comes at the right time for us
Think we might have been a little jaded by the massive pressure we bring most weeks
Getting Howe McStay Elliott back after bye will have a positive impact

[Raw Hammer]

Maybe with a few wins clear on top, this was a test and learn game from the club. Can we carry injured / ill / recovering players into a big game if required? At least we now know the answer.

[stoliboy]

And well done to the Collingwood Rant boys for turning the podcast around so quickly! Listening now.

[Haff]

[Piesnchess]

[Mr Miyagi]

Quite a few supporters left in my area but solely due to the obnoxious Melbourne supporters. I had my AirPods in and volume full blast to block out their abuse and ridicule, they were absolutely the worst supporters I’ve dealt with in a long time.

[Mr Miyagi]

Precious Petracca was a sore loser and a total dick to Cox after the final siren. Big Mason’s not saying what was said, but it’s the first time I’ve ever seen him angry.

[Pete 70]

Came down from sydney for the game. Was very happy to do so. Few observations:
- we were flat, and had been impacted by the flu. Have this from the inside. And fly is never going to allow the team to use excuses.
- they played really good football, and couldn’t put us away. That game goes 1 more minute we win. And we would have stolen it, but they couldn’t put us away.
- Some muppet in front of me was yelling all day “anither cheapy Daics.” When he kicked that goal at the end, I yelled out “great cheapy Daics. Anyone else here very nervous.” Total silence.
- Melbourne are sitting there thinking we played really well, and we couldn’t stop these guys coming. That is going to be huge.
- Mcreery is a warrior and I love his intensity. If others in the team had that wow.
- Johnson dropping that chest mark in the centre, really hurt us - I think they went around and kicked a goal.
- The bounce just didn’t favour us. When Daics, kicked into Pendels, ran on and collected a handball, kicked into the middle, the ball went to Miocheck one out and we had cut them apart like butter. There’s so much to like about how we go about things.
- To people who say we’ve only beaten lower teams in the last 6 weeks, you can only ever beat who you play. And as we know every crap team who plays us has their grand final that day. Wet Toast certainly did.
- We didn’t play great football, lot of players down; some really good players out, and yet I like the style of play we have. Yes they missed a lot of points (it doesn’t translate into well that’s a 5 or 6 goal win because a number of points were in a row. If they kick one of them as a goal it goes back for the middle, I k kw this isn’t the strongest logic but nor is the they smashed us. They were the better team, but a lovely pattern is emerging that people know we will come back, and they start to freeze. We kicked a number of points in the last that were gettable, and had too many brain fades.
- As pure matter of fact, the premier from 2 seasons ago, one of the favourites for the flag, struggles to put us away. I’m not bothered about the 6 out, I just want JDG back. They can have Oliver, we still win that game to mind.
- Very happy to be a Collingwood supporter right now.

[derkd]

This loss has been coming, when you think about it yesterday sickness, yes, missing players and injuries, yes that also plays a part.

But I feel like the team has looked tired for the last month, really out played and challenged by the two bottom sides for most of those game(s). Even Carlton had it chances against us.

It feels like a side that needs a rest, so in that sense the bye is at a good time.

How we go coming out of the bye will be interesting, Adelaide at the MCG will be a tricky one,followed by Gold Coast up there is a real 50/50 game...as they are flying

I am not worried by the loss to Melbourne as I said at the start of this thread. I have a feeling we may drop another game coming out of the bye...possibly


This might be a blessing in disguise...take the media heat right out and put the spotlight on Port. We need some more 'under the radar' time. I had bad feeling this weight of expectation was getting far too heavy for Collingwood...and we have never handled it well as a club.

[Uncle Jack]

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