Our ruck to midfield connection

[Jezza]

^ 23 disposals and spending only 63% of game time on the ground is very impressive.

[masoncox]

^^^
Any chance of the kid getting a tank or at least match fit???
Sier is only 21 and in his fourth year at the club.
Was injured a lot before being picked up by us in 2015.
And injured a lot with us.
Gee I would like to see him have a good run.

[BazBoy]

Hope Brody and Pendles have both a rest and any required treatment to ease their niggling injuries

Are our boys going to Qld for a break by the way

[WarrenerraW]

Grundy looked hampered by injury yesterday and obviously struggled to get through the game. Almost broke even with gawn by way of hit outs, but we still got smashed in the clearances. I'm perplexed as to why this hasn't been addressed yet. We're just about the worst team for clearances, I think. It's not good enough. For a team supposedly brimming with midfield talent we're letting ourselves down by not winning enough clearances. It's the one area of our game holding us back.

[BazBoy]

I believe our clearances will improve when Adams returns—he’s the real don’t
argue in the AFL
But that said others must contribute & one may be rob Peter to pay Paul approach
When Shaz back and in the groove try Maynard & Adams

[Kill for Collingwood]

We simply don't reap the rewards of Grundy's dominance. Can't identify why but very disappointing and frustrating.

[BazBoy]

Grundy I’ll bet will relish a small break

[RudeBoy]

The return of Adams and a fit Sier, capable of playing 80% plus of game time in the midfield, should improve our clearance rate, which has been very poor for a couple of years. We can only hope the improvement comes, and comes fast, as it's the area which cost us the Premiership last year.

[K]

"Sier would be a first-choice midfielder in other teams

Because of Collingwood's luxury of midfield stars, it took until round 12 for Sier to break back into the Magpies' senior side. It was a long wait, also in part due to niggling injuries that interrupted his continuity. But with Dayne Beams out of the side with a hip injury and potentially missing the rest of the season, Sier has returned to the Magpies' onball unit and showed his ability to win the ball and feed it out to his teammates. Sier collected 20 disposals and six clearances against the Western Bulldogs in Sunday's win, following a 23-disposal and nine-tackle effort against the Demons. Sier, who played in last year's Grand Final loss to West Coast in a breakout season, is out of contract and will have a number of suitors circling because of that dig-in ability."

- Callum Twomey (afl.com.au)

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[BazBoy]

In Bucks post game presser he says Grundy way way off in first half and stern words at half time saw BG improve—-there was some calculated tongue in cheek in that
25 touches -2 goals -50 hit outs and INC player of the round

Must go to see Brody when he plays a full game coach & imagine his match figures then😃

[WarrenerraW]

Bumpskis... grundy+midfield=big problem!!

[Pies4shaw]

And another gentle bump - the midfield was not so much of a problem against the reigning premiers - Pendles, Thor and Sidey were all in the coaches' votes this week.

Meanwhile, Grundy's 2019 is now third all-time for Collingwood in the "most hitouts in a season" stakes, behind just Brodie Grundy and Brodie Grundy.

His average (41.25 per game), at the moment, is better than his average in any other season. He is presently the only Collingwood ruckman ever to average over 40 hitouts per game for a full season. In fact, he is the only Collingwood ruckman ever to average over 35 hitouts per game for a full season. This is, of course, his third year in a row doing that.

His 5 seasons starting with 2015 are all in Collingwood's top 12 "most hitouts in a season" figures.

[Pies4shaw]

The midfield cost us the 2018 Grand Final against a team with a poor midfield. That game showed us that you can sit on Pendlebury and Sidebottom because they're the only two genuinely dangerous mids Collingwood has. It's remarkable how little has changed since then. It has the potential to be better with de Goey in there (if he's fit enough) but only if Pendlebury and Sidebottom are also playing and in good form. Otherwise, we have nothing.