Post match. Pies swamp Swans - All comments.

[jackcass]

[Raging Bull 42]

Great win. Reminded me of 2011. Made even better watching Angry Mick loose it this afternoon. Intensity and drive was first class. First time at this level in 2 years. Swan the difference. When he goes hard, look what happens.

Another nail in carlton coffin today. The filth will now miss finals - again. Judd injured. This is happiness.

[John Wren]

[John Wren]

btw david king, the auditors just got audited themselves.

[MattyD]

very proud tonight.

Made the trip up from Melbourne after nearly pulling the pin on this trip a few weeks ago. Bloody glad we didn't.

the weather was perfect and our boys came to play!

The first five minutes I nearly lost my voice. I was angry from the get-go but started to calm by the end of the third quarter.

Umpiring ABYSMAL. I would have to say more than half the swans score was umpire assisted. I haven't seen the stats on how many frees we ended up with but it doesn't matter. Despite some very iffy decisions that went our way, the Swans had the rub of the green when it matter and the ones that resulted in goals. Some of our free kicks were given when we already had control of the ball!!

My only question marks about the team tonight were Keefe and Maxwell. One or two marks or plays, does not a game make. Keefe looked a liability to me, as does Maxwell. Sorry, but that's how I see it.

But this shouldn't be a negative win - cos it wasn't.

It was a mighty win. This team has belief. This team is playing for each other. This is good - oh so bloody good.

Bring on the hawks!

[Jezza]

I'm still shaking in excitement. That was amazing in the end . I'm so proud of this side and we've responded emphatically in the past two weeks. If we win next week, the whole competition is going to be scared of us I reckon. Next week is the ultimate test: If we can win it, then I'm starting to believe we're going to be the dark horse who's going to cause a lot of havoc in September. We're playing the best football I've seen us play in two years and I'm loving it. Tackling pressure has returned, our movement of the ball has improved dramatically and we're playing man on man footy which is fantastic.

Once again there were no passengers in our side tonight. We killed the Swans in most of the stats tonight. We had plenty more of the ball, we laid a solid 64 tackles and we won way more of the 50/50 contests tonight and this is on the night when the Swans didn't play terrible footy either. We were just too good in the end. If you don't include the four goal head start that the Swans had, the scoreline ended as Sydney 6.9.45 to Collingwood's 14.15.99 which is 9 goals better in the end. That's amazing to say the least.

Pendles is an absolute gun of the competition. What an amazing player. Swanny doesn't look like slowing down at the moment and Josh Thomas played his best game in the black and white stripes. Beams is regaining form and looking better every week, Sidebottom was great again after a superb performance last week and Grundy has shown enough that he's going to be an absolute steal for our club. He's an excellent competitor.

For the first time in a long time, I'm truly starting to believe that the coaching handover was the best thing to happen to this club. It's rejuvenated us and Buckley finally has the game plan that the players understand and they've embraced his ideas. We're starting to build momentum at the right time and if there's any time we can beat the Hawks, next week is the time to do it. It's unfair we have one day less break considering we came off a harder game as well, but the players will be pumped, no doubt about that.

I'm so proud of this side. Never write off COLLINGWOOD!!!

Bring on the Hawks!!

[Tannin]

[John Wren]

[woftam]

Fact is Keeffe kept Tippett far quieter than Brown did. Only had the one goal kicked on him after Brown was subbed off in the 3rd quarter.

[DT]

Went up and watched the magnificent Pies from ANZ. Sydney started ferociously and for us to wrest the game away emphatically was a great effort. Had a sneaky feeling we could win tonight and the continuity is terrific. Real even spread of players. The forward press appeared a bit too and that is why Maxy looked like he was positioning himself so well.

Sidey played a top game and Pendles played the best game I've ever seen him play. Elliott and Blair are really good in the fwd line and Bally is all guts.

The side is playing with a lot of flow and confidence. Saw Grundy play against Box Hill and he is incredible for a 3 game player. What a ripper!

Hawks may have a couple of key players missing so let's hope we can knock them off.

Great support at the ground and the Collingwood chant got going a few times.

Go Pies!!

[Nearly]

Ben Sinclair not named in best. Clearly he was amongst them.

[MattyD]

[MattyD]

[pacmanOz]

When the umps gave them 3 frees in the first 90 seconds I knew it would be a tough night.
To continue the theme, Grundy was pinged at least twice for "shepherding" when clearly the Sydney ruckmen tried to tunnel him - on both occasions the dog was running in fear and everyone within 20 kms of Point Cook could hear my frustration.

Tonight we saw that pressure on even the best of opponents causes mistakes - and we are masters of making those mistakes into gold.

Goldie's ferocity was awe inspiring - Ball's courage was remarkable - but the two top class midfielders (Swannie and Pendles) were the difference!

The team goal when we ran the ball through the middle of the ground with Grundy ultimately kicking it was the epitome of Buckley - and I want more.

We may not beat the Hawks next week - but we will by the end of the season.

I love Collingwood!

[pacmanOz]

Double post - sorry