Post Match. Pies dump Dogs. All comments, please.

[Donny]

Collingwood 13.8.86
W. Bulldogs 5.4.34

Goals: Checkers 3, Daics, Cox 2, Adams, De Goey, Callum, H-E, Grundy, Elliott 1.

Disposals: Mayne 29, Sidey, Adams 26, Pendles 25, Howe 22, Noble, Grundy, Maynard 19, Crisp, Tyler, H-E 15, De Goey, Callum 14, Elliott 13, Moore, JT, Checkers 11,

AF points: Grundy 114, Howe 110, Sidey 107, Adams 105, Pendles 90, Mayne 94

[Magpietothemax]

Fantastic start to the season. I am really happy that we get to see some AFL football. To those who love the game, it brings joy, excitement, a chance to tune out briefly from an unfolding social crisis.
Wow. Josh Daicos looks like he has been lifting iron over the summer. I viewed the inclusion of Callum and Tyler Brown with some trepidation tongiht. But they were fantastic, and synced so brilliantly with Grundy. Our domination of clearances tonight was a sight to behold. Finally, translating Grundy's colossal power in the ruck into the advantage it should always have been.
Loved the rotation of forwards and mids to create a chameleon forward line that kept changing. Sidebottom, elliott, Degoey, continually changing where they started at the centre bounce created havoc.
I was impressed by our speed as well. Blistering ball movement and defenders moving forward to apply a stranglehold on the ball in our F50 brought back memories of 2010.
And Checkers. This man is a legend. The combination of Checkers with Cox, and our ever changing forward line, was very powerful tonight. Checkers accuracy on goal is brilliant.
Defence was great. John Noble impressed me with his attack on the ball and courage, Many times, put his body on the line to disrupt a Bulldogs thrust forward.
Fantastic start to the season.

[think positive]

[Charlie Oneeye]

We can ask:
Where the Dogs flat ?
Did we take the opportunities we created?

We can say the Dogs were flat, and we missed goals we should have nailed.

Those questions mean ZERO for next week.

For now, after watching 50 years of footy, I can say we got the 4 points.

Wooohoooo Go Pies

Howe was just classy. . Ditto Crisp, Noble, Moore, Roughy, in fact was there a bad player? Maybe Cox?, but what did Lynch do last night?... He rucked ok, and contested ok. I guess he was ok too.

Ohhh, I should also mention Maynard.. just in case he reads this. Ha.

Our defense had total control of half the ground!

Elliott, WHE , they worked hard.

Our coaches won tonight.

For me :
T. Brown - we just saw a glimpse of what he will become.
Noble - Speedy, elusive, smart. We can add IQ and likely Bianco.. In the recent past we have been lacking, now we have good choices.
Daicos - assertive...(compared to previous years)
C. Brown - Jeez, front and centre and nuggety and quick...

We don't often walk away from a game with a smug look on our face...ooops....I guess we don't often sit on our backsides on the sofa with a bottle of red and a smug look on our face.. we should enjoy the moment. It was easy viewing all night and lots of good signs.

When it looks easy, it's usually the group and not necessarily the individual. Best sign of the night.

Tough game next week, but we can beat anyone.

P.S.
Anyone see Moore and DeGoey sing the club song ? Their tonsils landed 3 meters in front of them!

[Raw Hammer]

[PyreneesPie]

[swoop42]

In: Stephenson and/or Treloar

If Stephenson has a great training week he's far to talented not to be in the side against the reigning Premiers.

If Treloar is healed and healthy then that's all that needs to be said.

Out: Phillips and/or Thomas

If he's not going to be positioned on a wing where he can utilise his greatest weapon then Phillips surely shouldn't be in front of Stephenson as a forward if Stephenson becomes available. Treloar will obviously be an automatic inclusion if fit.

Thomas had 19 pressure acts which was decent and our equal 4th best. -27 in metres gained however was poor and our lowest for the night.

Daicos was a non factor in the first half but improved and 2 last quarter goals and relative inexperience makes me want to continue giving him opportunity ahead of Thomas for now.

If both Stephenson and Treloar aren't passed fit then expect no change.

[35reasons]

[K]

[Rd10.1998_11.1#36]

[watt price tully]

[Pies4shaw]

[qldmagpie67]

Well that was a great start
We looked like we were switched on from first bounce which is a positive especially given the circumstances
Our defence was awesome personally I wondered how it would go with the Longmuir departure but it looked the best it has in the past few years just looked so cohesive and the trust between the players was notable
Our mid field rotation is awesome we just keep running fresh let’s at them all who are capable of being dangerous
Without wanting to swell P4S head much more on Grundy but his connection to our mids tonight was sensational. I think it wa the 3rd term when we were about 15m out from goal we set up a play were he taps it slightly backwards to JDG on the move in space cleared out by his teams mates
JDG didn’t have to break stride as it hit him he took a couple steps and bang goal
T Brown looked very bit a AFL player of the future he just has a sense for the game
Hard to make any chang3s to that side on that performance but would only consider Stephenson for his leg speed to combat tigers runners if he is fit enough but would be hard to leave anyone out

[think positive]

[Pies4shaw]

No "probably" about it. He is the best and most consistently dominant player in his position that any of them have ever seen - they just can't see past the black and white stripes.