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

[SwansWay]

I hate Rance both as a staging footballer and as an unfunny TV personality!

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[doriswilgus]

Well,we know Richmond can beat our B grade side,but can they beat our A grade side?That's the question.I reckon Treloar,Elliott and DeGoey would cost us 6 goals at least,and that doesn't even include the two quality players we lost during the game.Losing Howe so early in the game was a killer blow to us.I'm surprised we hung on so well for so long,to be honest.

[Raw Hammer]

...and Howe was already dominating the air up until that point.

So flat.

[PyreneesPie]

[thesoretoothsayer]

[Doc63]

Well, that was gut wrenching. To play so well, with about 5 of your best 18 in the stands, and losing another two during the game, proves we are a bloody good side, and deserve to be top 4.

Also, how many times to Pendles & Sidey go at about 20% efficiency by foot?

And with all that, it still took then until the last to put us away. Three quick goals at the start of the last quarter, and that was it.

Hard to be critical really, they gave their all for the entire game.

I said at the start of the season that Grundy was our most important player. Time to put a 6-8 year deal in front of him right now. This bloke could end up being one of our best players ever - he will be a superstar.

I just hope we have enough fit players to see out the rest of the season. Its all very well getting the likes of De Goey, Elliott etc back, but when you keep losing others to long term injuries, it pretty much cancels it out.

This was a game we were always likely to lose, Next week's game is the one we have to win. Sydney are on their knees. We must win this game. If we do, I cant see us missing top 4.

[stui magpie]

Scrappy but gutsy effort. I think our best 22 can take them but we can't get them on the park.

I hate inconsistent umpiring. If they'd stick with a clear interpretation and apply it consistently it would be fine, but they don't. It varies between different umpires on game day and from week to week.

What the Tigers were allowed to do to Cox and get away with was a disgrace. He was tunnelled under the ball repeatedly, was basically tackled and scragged while the ball was 3o metres away, had his arms held and chopped. FMD, if 3 Richmond players held him down while Rance anally raped him, Rance would get the free kick for Cox trying to throw him off.

Good to see our game style change after the first 20 minutes to more kicking less handball but we still fell into over using the ball around stoppages too many times. We were missing line breakers hanging off the stoppages without treloar and de goey.

[Dave The Man]

Grundy was BOG by a Mile Today. He is the Best Ruck in the AFL

[RudeBoy]

Sensational effort today. Honestly we couldn't have given any more, considering our injuries on the day. We showed we could match it with them, but like last time, we ran out of legs in the last quarter. Hats off to our leaders, in Pendles, Sidey, Adams and Grundy, who was a monster for us all day.

Tragic to lose Shaz again. I said he was finished after his last knee reco and he made a fool of me. This time.....

Makes it important to hopefully get Goldy back now. Otherwise, we may have to give Magden a try.

If we can get Treloar, De Goey, Elliott and Aish back in our side, we will be a significantly better team. Today, I'm disappointed with the result, but proud as ever in our team who fought valiantly all day.

[PyreneesPie]

[PyreneesPie]

[stui magpie]

[Donny]

Collingwood 12.5.77
Richmond 16.9.105

Goals: JT 4, H-E 3, Cox 2, Mihocek, Brown, Daics 1

Tackles: Grundy 10, Langdon, Pendles, Adams 7, Maynerd 6.

D/E: (15 disposals min.) Crisp 82.6%, Langdon 81.8, JT 81.3,

Disposals: Sidey 38, Pendles 36, Phillips 32, Adams 30, Grundy, Crisp 23, Langdon 21, Brown 19, Maynard, Murray 18, Levi, JT, Murray 16, Daics 15

AF Points: Grundy 147, Pendles 123, Sidey 120, Phillips 113, Adams 98

[PyreneesPie]