Pre Match. Magpies v. Bombers - All comments please.

[BazBoy]

Tomorrow is big as!!

I look with interest at the ladder with two games left

We have the to leap over sides and a win can put us eighth

Wipe the floor with Bummers having a huge win seventh is ours

Great footy last two games so now do it again

[Woods]

Latest weather report has the showers arriving and then clearing earlier than predicted a few days ago. Should be near perfect conditions at the G come game time.

Melbourne area, Wednesday 25 April.
Max. 21C.
Medium (60%) chance of showers in the morning, then a dry, partly cloudy afternoon. Light winds.

[qldmagpie67]

Don't understand all the posters talking about how we handle this player or that player from the bummers.
Just in case some have forgotten we have a few players who go alright too
How do they handle Sidey ?
His only in career best form every week lately.
He's shown he can tag a player and still be important to our attacking side of the game as well. Maybe they try to tag Sidey ? I wouldn't be concerned with that just send Sidey to FF can't tag him there and we all know he's capable of kicking 3-5 goals as well
Grundy isn't going to bad either. Bellchambers might compete at the ball ups and throw ins but around the ground and in effort on effort Grundy will own him
Murray is just racking up miles like he's training for a marathon. He's quick and backs himself.
Reid is smart and if left unattended has shown he will make you pay. He's our leading mark in attack and can land them from 50
Cox is doing a job getting it too ground when he doesn't grab it
Treloar is looking far more poised than in the first couple weeks. He's getting it but using it smarter
Scharenberg is taking intercepts marks at will. He's showing why the club rated him so highly. He could be a smokey for the Anzac Day medal by taking a dozen intercepts. And let's not forget about how he uses the ball as well
Then we've got another 8-10 players just doing there jobs and doing them well with different players stepping up each week. Thomas Phillips Dunn Howe Brown Stephenson are all putting in decent performances
Oh and then there's a guy called Pendlebury remember him the 5 time Copeland winner who like Sidey has shown this season he can do a different job and do it well.
If I was the bummers coach I would wonder how you can stop so many players who can be match winners

[Woods]

[Mugwump]

^ I don’t think a throw has been defined in the rules, but unless you have control of the football I don’t think there is any way a directed tap of the ball in the air could be deemed a throw. It happens in play all the time, so the whole game would change.

[Jpies]

[Pies2016]

^^^

The Hawks ( who else ) have been masters at it for years.
They just keep the ball in motion moving forward.
They are easily still the best team going around “ without the ball in hand “ but other teams ( particularly Tigers ) are bringing it into play.
It only works if you have support around you but it is a damaging “ disposal “ when it’s used effectively.

Agree too, that anything within the spirit of the law that reduces stoppages and congestion should be encouraged and not penalised.

[BazBoy]

Current AFL players are much more innovative than years gone —Stevo’s first goal came from such innovative act

Cox up and outnumbered in a marking contest got hand to ball and “scooped “
the ball over from right to left over left shoulder(maybe Oaklahoma trick) to open space in front of goal and by the time the kid got the ball he had turned head to watch the goal—we all witnessed that clever bit of play

Was watching Kanga -Dork game and bugger me a player running and about to get tackled hand balled just out of reach of a Dork so as ball bounced up into another teammates path

Result created an attack at goal

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

[Woods]

Magpies 'slowly building trust', says Pendles

by Ben Guthrie, Apr 24, 2018 1:28PM

COLLINGWOOD is starting to develop the familiarity within its playing group required to become a top AFL team, skipper Scott Pendlebury says.

The Magpies will be looking to back up one of their most impressive victories in recent years – the 48-point thumping Adelaide last round – against Essendon in Wednesday's Anzac Day blockbuster at the MCG.

Pendlebury said he had noticed signs in the club's game style over the last few weeks that made him bullish about what his team could produce in 2018.

"I think we're building the brand of footy that we want to play," Pendlebury said.

"We're slowly building, I think. All the great sides – Hawthorn, Geelong – it's all built on trust.

"It's all built on being a cohesive unit, and I think that's what we're aspiring to do and we're trying to get better and better every week.

"The challenge for every side is to get better every week. We played so well against Adelaide, but it doesn't count for much come tomorrow."

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-04-24/magpies-slowly-building-trust-says-pendles#/

[RudeBoy]

[mosig]

LONGEST WAIT EVER

[think positive]

[Woods]

Bit of a meaty debate from the AFL web site between Cal Twomey and Mitch Cleary about which team is closer to a flag: Collingwood or Essendon.

(Something to fill in the time and maybe alleviate the anxiety of waiting for Wednesday's game - labour pains excluded.)

EDIT: bugger me, the link has been taken down. Will post back when I find it.

EDIT 2: here it is: http://www.afl.com.au/video/2018-04-24/pies-or-dons-whos-closer-to-a-flag

[Pies2016]