Post match. Port downs Pies - all comments

[Lazza]

[GoWoodsmen]

Oh my... just looked at the stats..... Dane Swan's disposal efficiency was 40% on Saturday night. Wow... and that was with 22 possessions. Only Jamie Elliott with 45% came even close to that bad.

By direct contrast Didak's efficiency was 90% - so he had one possession wasn't effective.!!!

[3rd degree]

Outcoached and Outplayed very disapointing, I hope this one stings deep over the summer and we have a good look at weaknesses. In saying that thanks to all players who wore black and white this season.

[ANNODAM]

I tell 'ya what, we're damn lucky we didn't play the Scum.
They would've given us a bloody hiding similar to 1988 EF...

[3rd degree]

[GoWoodsmen]

Just watched the press conference for the first time. Boy, that's the first time this year that Bucks seemed generally pi**ed off. Every other time we got done this year he appeared cool, calm and measured - like it was all part of the plan.

Reading between the lines I reckon he almost admitted the culture issue too.

Going to be an interesting next month.

[Hiss]

Well here we go again! Booted out of the finals without a credible effort. The warning signs have been obvious all year, but we have all thought, oh no it can't be real. Hang in there and she'll be right mate. But it wasn't to be. See the issue at Collingwood is the arrogant leadership culture. 2013 is symbolic of the rot that will have a special place in our Club history. An arrogant Board led by a President who will not get out and allow a new generation of leaders to control our future. Of course they see it as 'their' own private Club now.

I am glad we got kicked out of the finals. I am glad Malthouse showed us up. They have advanced beyond us. I am glad we looked crap and have a playing list that is going backwards. I am glad because the fans that have spoken the truth for years about our rotten club culture have been vindicated.

We are the football equivalent of the ALP under the Gillard/Rudd years. And we all know where that ended up.

I will remain a loyal supporter of our club and colours so to honour the great history of the greatest club on earth and to live to oppose the current administration in the hope they will be booted out soon.

[nulla]

[Pa Marmo]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say, " I support Nathan Buckley and what he is trying to achieve". Who wants to join me?

If Daisy stays, great, if he chooses to go, so sad, too bad, thanks for coming and all the best, but if you go to carlscum I hope you fail.

Get over the loss guys, suck it up and lets move on.

[GoWoodsmen]

[Lazza]

[thompsoc]

When oh when are we going to have a plan to counter the spare man in defence? Poor old Trav smashed repeatedly by 2 or 3 players everytime he goes near the ball. Poor coaching.

[GoWoodsmen]

[Jezza]

I forgot to post on this thread after this match, but here are my thoughts about the game.

This was a really disappointing performance and I was quite shocked that our season is already finished initially, but at the end of the day we were never good enough and even if we somehow won in the end I doubt we would have beaten Geelong in the Semi Finals despite beating them earlier in the year.

Our skill level was shocking on Saturday night. Our ball use was poor and we were constantly turning it over. Our delivery into the forward line was average and Port's defensive set up was always going to make it difficult for us to score a lot of goals in the end. I feel that Buckley and his assistants didn't learn from Port game earlier in the year where the Power dictated the game. I have to admit Ken Hinkley is an excellent coach for the Power and he's done wonders with them.

Dane Swan was our best player for the night and I couldn't help but admire Marley's effort all night. He never stopped trying and Beams and Ball were decent, but overall I hope they have injury-free years next year. I love Heater, but he seriously needs to pull his head in. I'm well aware that he has ADHD so maybe that's a part of the reason for his brain fades, but nevertheless I feel it needs to be addressed. I don't feel trading him would be the right thing to do, but I don't think I'd be disappointed if we did intend to go down that path anyway. We'll see how it plays out.

I'm glad that the players weren't involved with Mad Monday celebrations yesterday. That just goes to show that Buckley is serious with our future and wants to get down to business to hopefully make 2014 and beyond a successful one. Jolly's already gone and I'm expecting a few more to be gone in the next few weeks as well.

[Lazza]