Post Match. Pies down to Giants - All comments please.

[Mugwump]

[princem007]

Injuries are part of the game ... can’t control that. Accidents will happen. Same for all clubs.

Umpires are part of the game... can’t control them. They will make bad calls. Some will go in our favour and some against us.

What we can control is our recruiting and coaching.

Teaching our players the basic skills of AFl such as hitting a target by hand or foot.

Recruiting specific players to strengthen our list in weak areas ; eg key position players.

From what I’ve seen both of those have been ordinary last few years.

Honourable losses are a cop out.

I don’t care for them .... they are a loss , I won’t wins.

[Magpietothemax]

Thought the effort, courage and the intensity were magnificent tonight. We had our entire forward line out, and then lost Reid before the game as well. I give Buckley very little praise (mainly because I feel he doesn't deserve it) but today I actually thought the coaching was brilliant. With a team so devastated by injuries, even before the game began, he tried a myriad of creative combinations up forward and round the ground. I wasn't enamoured of seeing Pendles ruck, but clearly it was an experiment he trialled today. I have not seen him coach in that manner before. It was creative, and dynamic.
It is painful to lose, and many will condemn the "honourable loss syndrome". I will simply say, I am proud and inspired by the effort we saw today, and we saw flashes of fantastic talent lighting up the horizon as well.
I am looking forward to next week now. I thought Moore had injured a finger. Is it actually a hammy?

[BazBoy]

Yes well done to the players

[Dave The Man]

Great Effort but No Forward Line and Poor Ball Use Hurt us big Time.

My Thoughts from Game:

Crocker will never be a AFL Player


Grundy really Stood Up in the Game and Easily was BOG
Treloar is in Shocking Form. Either Drop Him or Rest Him IF Injured

Aish was really Good Today. More Damaging with his Disposals and Tackled Strongly

Injuries might Kill this Season quite Quickly

Howe was Amazing but Probably should of gone Forward when Moore did his Hammy

WHE is Damaging but need to get lot more then 11 Touches

Stephenson Tries Hard but Can't do what he wants as not Strong Enough yet

Love Murray Taking the Game On

JT was Good

Can't Play Cox and Grundy in Same Team as when Grundy Rucks alone he Dominates but when Sharing with Cox he can Struggle

Stevic the Scump is a Cheat

[PyreneesPie]

[AN_Inkling]

[Woods]

[piedys]

Could see the game lost at half forward in the final term; no tall moving targets in Moore [injured], or Reid [withdrawn] to take a grab.

Can't help thinking Cox would have had a day out down there today in these conditions; i.e. plenty of air balls, no rain.

Josh Thomas snuffed out the flame late in last quarter with inept disposal under no pressure going I50.

The backline held up well, all things considered.

Yes, the tackling was ferocious today, as it needed to be.
We got four quarters of effort, with two players unable to return to the field.
Sometimes that has to be enough against a team such as this.
It's like you can only shut down so many blokes for so long, then some other arseholes just step up out of nowhere to share the load.

F*ck me, how good a clearance machine is Dylan Shiel?

Happy for Scharenberg's return, though he went okay.

Wells in next week thanks; even if used sparingly off the bench in bursts.

[Dave The Man]

[mudlark]

Very sad and sorry to have one of our boys sustain a broken leg and in particular in the first 5 mins of the game . Broomhead replaced Ben Reid on a perfect sunny, dry afternoon so my question is WHY the %$^£$%^&%% would you substitute Ben Reid with Broomhead when you have McLarty ,who by all accounts, is banging the door down for senior selection?? If we take note of the very large Giants backline you have to ask yourself who?? is going to take that mark?? Who is going to force the ball to ground for the other 5 midgets who make upper forward line???I guess next week, because Moore has done a Hammy we'll put Blair in to replace him at CHF!!!It seems we have no clue and it's gunna be a LONG year. We should have won by 4 goals today.

[MightyMagpie]

More good news ...

#vflmagpies After being momentarily helped to his feet, Kirby is back on the ground. A stretcher is being called on to help him off. Let's hope he's ok.

An ambulance is on the ground for Kayle Kirby. The details surrounding his condition are still unclear. Let's hope it's not as bad as it looks #vflmagpies

[Magpietothemax]

[Cam]

Thomas Maggs
‏ @Tsm042
8m8 minutes ago

@collingwoodfc S horror night continues with the VFL match stopped and an ambulance called for Kayle Kirby who is still in the ground, conscious and responsive, where he collapsed.

[PyreneesPie]