Game On! Pies v. Saints. Score updates, all comments.

[Jezza]

The ins and outs compared to our final round team last year.

IN: Pendlebury, Moore, Cox, Mihocek, Quaynor, T Brown, Lipinski, N Daicos

OUT: J Thomas, Maynard, Mayne, Hoskin-Elliott, Murphy, Roughead, Cameron, Rantall, Wilson

[Jezza]

9 players with 50 games or less experience are named in the team tomorrow.

John Noble = 44 games
Jack Madgen = 40 games
Isaac Quaynor = 35 games
Tyler Brown = 16 games
Beau McCreery = 13 games
Trent Bianco = 12 games
Oliver Henry = 10 games
Jack Ginnivan = 5 games
Nick Daicos = 0 games

[Pies4shaw]

Marvel. 7.50

Collingwood v. St Kilda

B: I.Quaynor, D.Moore, J.Madgen
HB: S.Pendlebury, J.Howe, N.Daicos
C: J.Daicos, T.Adams, S.Sidebottom
HF: T.Bianco, B.Mihocek, B.McCreery
F: O.Henry, J.De Goey, J.Elliott

FOLL: B.Grundy, P.Lipinski, J.Crisp

I/C: M.Cox, J.Noble, T.Brown, J.Ginnivan

EMG: T.Wilson, C.Brown, D.Cameron, H.Harrison

New: Nick Daicos, Patrick Lipinski

Let’s hear ya!!

[RudeBoy]

The way I figure it is that even in the absence of Roughead, Maynard and Krueger, we find ourselves with a team too good for the likes of McRae, Poulter and C. Brown. This suggests we are stronger this year.

Time will tell, but I reckon we'll win by 18 points.

Part of me wants us to finish somewhere near the bottom in order to improve our draft position, but I actually expect us to finish just inside the 8, or no lower than 12th.

[#26]

I'm intrigued by the young players they did and didn't go with. Opting for Bianco, T Brown and Harrison in front of Macrae and Poulter. Surprising.
On the other hand the inclusion of N Daicos, McCreery and Henry isn't surprising at all.

[the fuzz]

We were really missing Mihocek last week against GWS.
I think our forward line looks really good this week on paper.
Lets hope it clicks tonight.

[MatthewBoydFanClub]

There’s a serious lack of pace in the team apart from Quaynor, Noble and Nick Daicos, which I feel is going to cost us the game against St Kilda. I fear McRae is committing the same misjudgment as Robert Harvey; that is making a few cosmetic changes to the team and hoping faster movement into the forward line will convert into wins. How do you repair basic kicking skill errors of senior team members in Crisp, Adams and Sidebottom? You can’t. Leppa can spend training session after training session drilling them, but if you haven’t got it, you haven’t got. Buckley knew that and that’s why he attempted a complete overhaul of the team, which cost him his job. There is no other way than to continue what Buckley started. I’m disappointing only two new jumpers were handed out at Wednesday training. I’m encouraged by McRae’s comments that there’s another three close to debut games. We need to keep overhauling the team. Kreuger will be a great addition to the forward line. Harrison will inject the pace we need. Dean adds height to the backline and Will Kelly just needs to be persisted with. Our time will come but I don’t think it’ll be this game against St Kilda with the team selected. Opposition teams currently are faster than us, taller than us and have better options than us in their forward lines and that’s why even if we employ the best coach in the world, the wins won’t come until we find better players.

[Woods]

Let the nightmare begin...

[Lazza]

Finding better players or expecting the players we have to develop and improve with experience and gaining confidence? I will believe the latter. We need to be patient and knowledgeable that player development and improvement will always take time. I don’t care much about the losses this year, but will definitely be watching the cream of the youngsters rising to the top, making our future look exciting. Other teams can win the sprints, I want to win the marathon and share in the ultimate success story at Collingwood.

[Big T]

Compared to round 22 last year, great ins and outs...

[piffdog]

[think positive]

[MatthewBoydFanClub]

[MatthewBoydFanClub]

[Lazza]