Pre match. Pies v. Blues - All comments please

[John Wren]

wash it down with some pimms then, swoop.

[The_Staunton]

[schuey07]

[KenH]

[STOKA35]

Nearly the line the sand game

[dillo_09]

[qldmagpie67]

Gee whiz I wouldn't want to be on this site if the unthinkable happens this place will go into melt down.
Look this game is very winnable simply because we have better players than they do simple.
Play the kids (they have next to none of any substance) they are a complete basket case (we are a head case but a long way from the basket)
Cloke may be back, Reid might get a run, Reports have Marsh in red hot form he might get a run finally, Adams, Crisp, Greenwood, Pendles, Swan Sidey DeGoey, Elliott Varcoe give us a good midfield, Moore looked like he will be a gem in years to come strong hands on the lead up, Faz played strongly just needs to covert his chances.
They have no attacking weapons and our defence has been fairly strong all year so we should be able to kick a winning score (might only have to be 60 points to win and we should be able to that agains this mob surely)
Win this and against the dopers and our season has been unsuccessful but better than there's and that's the next best thing.
I'm actually quite bullish this week about our chances

[SwansWay]

At least nobody can use Jesse White as a scapegoat for last week. His presence as predicted, was sorely missed. Moore has one five-goal haul and they decide that he can do the job on his own after three games. We looked awful all over the ground but it didn't help that we had no forward targets. As many of us have been saying for weeks and weeks on this site, please stop playing two ruckmen. I'm not sure what he's trying to accomplish by stubbornly persisting with that notion. Unless one of them can successfully play a forward role, it's NEVER going to work.

[Ev5Magpies]

We need to go with the 3 tall forward set up where Darcy Moore can be the 3rd target for his development. Bring in White to pinch hit in the ruck, he would get Rowe & Reid to be the main target who would more than likely get Jamison. Marsh can do no more. He's been in the best most VFL games & another BOG Sunday surely has to be rewarded.

IN: Reid, White, Marsh

OUT: Witts, Seedsman, Dwyer/Maynard

Seedsman has played his last game for the year, while I would prefer Grundy over Witts & Dwyer doesn't add much to the line up. Either him or Maynard to go this week.

B: Williams Brown Langdon
HB: Scharenburg Frost Toovey
C: Sidebottom Adams Varcoe
HF: Elliott White Swan
F: Moore Reid Fasolo

FOLL: Grundy, Pendlebury, Crisp

INT: Greenwood, De Goey (SUB), Marsh, Maynard/Dwyer

[RudeBoy]

We don't need White.

Bring in Reid at FF, alongside one of the rucks, and let Moore roam the forward 50.

We also need Marsh to get a game, replacing Seedsman. If Sinclair is ready, then maybe he can replace Maynard, who will be good, but perhaps needs to go back to the VFL for a couple of weeks.

[Pies4shaw]

[Mr. Burns]

I was wondering how long it would take.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/nathan-buckley-says-collingwoods-premiership-sweet-spot-is-three-years-away/story-fndv8g1a-1227467014397

[ANNODAM]

[mavs5]

Last year Pert said that we are going for a premiership in 2016.
Earlier in the year it was 2017.
Now it is 2018.
At this rate, we will be lucky to challenge in 2025.
Why don't they just keep there mouths shout???

[Pies4shaw]

Well, just possibly, they might have thought 6 weeks ago - as many on here did - that Collingwood was more advanced in its development than they do now?