Post Match v Brissy

[London Dave]

Tres ordinaire first qtr, and couldnt kick straight to save ourselves.....still better a kick up the proverbial now than september!

[BJ]

We were smashed in the stoppages, Brisbane got on top and then just protected their lead for the rest of the game. A lesson, perhaps a timely one with a few hard games to come. Top 4 is still within our reach

[rob28]

This should be a wake up call for the boys cos we were shyt

[rob28]

Bit harsh 03 . the whole team got beat not Didak

[WhyPhilWhy?]

Three words: Burn.....Those....Jumpers

[Piepark]

What can we say, I think the scoreline flattered us in the end. If Brisbane decided to keep the pedal down we may have smashed us. Still got plenty of chances in the next few weeks to show what were really capable of. It is well and truly in our hands, and so is a few positions of some players we have been carrying for the last few weeks. I'll talk about that after I had a chance to think logically not on emotion. Go Pies.

[Buckley_King]

Apart from Buckley, our midfield failed to deliver.

[TRELOS]

ive got one word...DISSAPOINTING
we were totally smashed all over the ground, you could tell that Brisbane wanted it more, the only people who tried today was Bucks, Burns, COle and Shaw IMO.
JOnathan Brown was WAAAY to strong for CLoke totally outmuscled him.
Taz was again crucified by poor umpiring.
Our shots for goal in the last quarter was terrible, 8 shots for 6 behinds, 1 on the Full and 1 that didnt make the distance....if Burnsy had of kicked that one that hit the post(so damn unluky) it may hav been different
and there was a total lack of communication between players today i thought, but on the positive we know that we can play alot better than that so bring on next week COOME ON PIES!!!

[fan4collingwood]

Gunna be a big few weeks on the training track for our lads.

[Cam]

The Bears are an aging team with just a couple of good wins left in them. one of them was today, their old blokes didn't do that much after quarter time, 3 goals in 50 minutes at one stage. We needed a loss (you never need a loss, but...) so that we didnt get ahead of ourselves as Collingwood teams and supporters often do (would have been 7 wins in a row - last time we did that was 1990 blah blah blah). Pity it was to them and not, say the Swans in Sydney but this will help us focus.

Big game next week.

[hotpies]

Brisbane just played harder and better footy than we did, it's as simple as that. If we didn't let them get a big scoring first quater we would of been right on track, but we didn't, and theres no point living in the past. Some poor kicking by the likes of Rocca, and some poor decision making by magpies running into the forward 50 and also some stuiped umpiring decisions. Collingwood will come out very much fired up in Sydney next week at Telstra Stadium as most probably the underdogs with Sydney overtaking us on the ladder this week. We must win all 3 remaining to retain a chance in a top 4 finish, because sides like the Eagles, Dockers, Crows, and the Bombers will be trying to finish in the top 4.

[peter_pies4ever]

We got smashed in the ruck today and every time we won a hitout the opposition player would be the first to get to the ball. Didak needs to lift, Rocca needs to do more we don't get enough value out of him, Molloy needs to lift as well we don't seem to get enough value out of him either.

Big game next week the Crows beat West Coast today so we will be in for a tough encounter next week.

[RitchieColeRocks]

I watched today’s game with a slight sense of pride, a sense of sympathy and a sense of utter upset

Firstly to explain the pride, many of the guys (I said many not all) kept trying despite the pulverizing we were receiving off Brisbane. They are undoubtedly a physically, mentally and emotionally stronger side.
A totally awesome unit as much as I hate to admit it.

Onto the sympathy, after being beaten in last years Grand Final, after the effort and passion the boys put into the game, it would leave you with a silent lingering feeling, no matter what I do, or what we do we just can’t beat them.
Now whether they actually had that feeling or not I can’t be totally sure, but it seems to look that way.

I guess it’s just something that comes with loosing something you wanted so badly so win.

The boys didn’t play there best, you can’t name who is shit and who isn’t, it’s obvious that some players aren’t at their full potential, but… I guess we just have to trust Mick’s judgement, he is after all the coach.

[Proud Pies]

My only comment.......I've forgotten how bad it feels when we don't win (just can't bring myself to say that L word)

[Proud Pies]