I'm so angry

Go PiEs!! · Joined: 04 May 2003 Location: Victoria

They fell apart the last 8 minutes. We should of burried them. Rocca can't kick when need, Tarrant took marks-thats about it.
Were out of the 8 again and really, back with the pack.

Cakewalk · Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 7:57 pm

Buckley will soon have stress fractures in his back from carrying the team.

Dr Alf Andrews · Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 8:22 pm

I'm pretty angry too.

They are just so hot and cold these days. And you just know they're capable of so much more.

If there's a bright side to this, it's the fact that from mid-way through the fist quarter until mid-way through the last quarter, we completely outplayed a very good opponent. If that's not premiership-standard football then I've never seen it.

But you just can't give away 6 goal head starts every week and expect to win very often.

I'm very very pissed off.

That first 10 minutes was just not acceptable.

Evil or Very Mad

Go PiEs!! · Joined: 04 May 2003 Location: Victoria

The last 10 minutes was not acceptable.

JasonWildRemembered · Joined: 27 Apr 2003

Didn't think NB was as good as usual, but he can't do it every week. It's the ruck that's the problem...we know it, they know it...I have a different player in mind in "the blame game", but to be honest, my heart is so down I can't rouse myself to anger...

Star

Dr Alf Andrews · Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 8:53 pm

Go PiEs!! · Joined: 04 May 2003 Location: Victoria

Chris Tarrant was not sensational. You need to have an influence to be sensational. He did not.

JasonWildRemembered · Joined: 27 Apr 2003

If I want to get analytical, how many times can we get thrashed and lose a game due to the influence of a ruckman? Well, there's the GF, the Wiz Final, today...

But like I say, I don't wanna think about it!

Star

GoThePies · Joined: 20 May 2002 Location: Townsville, Qld, Australia

Bucks as bad as the rest???? obviously (cheers carla Wink

) to much cybering... have a break and watch the game again

Cakewalk · Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 9:47 pm

The Prototype · Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 10:28 pm

Some points that need to be noted from the Game....

Leon Davis

He cost Collingwood 1 goal (maybe even 2) but the one I am refering to, is where he decided to fly over the top of the pack and punched the ball to a West Coast player and they ended up scoring. Now I am not blaming him for the loss, I am going to mention many other players, but that really stood out. He could have left that ball alone and Collingwood may have scored a goal.

Collingwood's Ruckmen

Very bad, we really need to contest the ruck better, not one player is being blamed, but they really need to work on the ruck work.

Clearences

That is still killing us, the fact that West Coast kept clearing the ball with ease during the whole game, is really going to hurt Collingwood alot durng the rest of 2003.

Nathan Buckley

Still could have played better, good game, but it wasn't a great game, did good things, did bad things. He needs to eliminate the "Bad things" he does. And as for carrying Collingwood, I don't see how he is "carrying" Collingwood, but again I am watching the game from Tasmania on T.V so I wouldn't know.

Josh Fraser

Avarage game, not good, not bad, just Avarage maybe our coach needs to drop him down to Williamstown, who to replace him? Haven't a clue. But we need someone who can win atleast one ruck contest, and someone who doesn't try to mark with 1 hand by himself...

Collingwood Football Club

Obviously needs to wake up from their Grand Final nightmare, it's Round 8 and Collingwood are still not playing as a team that made the Grand Final last year, yes, it's early, but they aren't playing good enough to beat anyone.

Are my comments to harsh? Probarly, but again it's my opinion, I'll probarly get bagged for them. So be it, they were asleep during the First, and fell flat on their face in the final quarter. So I am being as nice as I can with my comments on this effort. Atleast they didn't get thrashed, because it sure looked like they were going to be.

Damien · Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 10:30 pm

For a game containing such high highs and such low lows, I reckon the most critical period was the beginning of the last qtr when we were ready to run away with it but missed easy goals. I could see it coming - we just failed to put them away when we could smell victory and they were always dangerous whilst they were within 3 kicks of us. The momentum of the game was due to swing back to them and the time clock was not going to allow us another crack at them.

We all expected to win this game after the emotion of last week but when you look at it rationally their form really warranted favouritism pre-game.

Cakewalk · Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 10:32 pm

The Prototype · Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 10:34 pm

Very true, but he needs to weed out the misstakes.

Damien · Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 10:37 pm

I agree that the time has come for Josh Fraser to have a run with Williamstown. If Presti misses next week with the ribs Cloke will probably come in but surely it is time to blood someone new as well, maybe Richards.