Post Match. Pies prevail. All comments.

[Donny]

Collingwood 18.12.120
West Coast 8.9.57

Goals: Checkers, Nick, Ash, Hill 3, Cox 2, Harrison, Mitchell, Adams, Crisp 1,

Disposals: Mitchell, Nick 30, Adams 23, Cameron 22, Pendles, Josh 21, Jordy 19, Noblet, Moore, IQ 18, Checkers 15, Murph 14, Crisp 16, Cox 14

Tackles: Mitchell 13, Crisp 7, Hill, Murph 5.

D/E: Maynard 90%, Noble 88.2, Crisp, Moore 87.5

AFs: Mitchell 123, Nick 114, Cameron 107, Checkers, Cox 98, Adams 95, IQ 92.

[schuey07]

So at the halfway mark we sit 11-1, a game clear on top with the highest percentage, not playing our best and some on here aren't happy. What else do you want?

[stoliboy]

Was a nice percentage booster in the end.

Port missed a big opportunity to close in on ours.

[watt price tully]

We won but feel Flat Afterwards.

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Backline was Massive

Agreed DTM. Exactly how I felt with the win especially re: JDG and the injuries.

[aus50ford]

Jumped between the radio broadcasts, and if you didn’t know the score you’d swear that WC had won

[jonmac1954]

Don't ever expect praise - we wear the stripes and are always the tethered goat.

[shawthing]

Lol yep!

As for the there goes DeGoeys Brownlow surely it’s nicks for the stumps to steal!

Until the umpires give JDG max votes each week as he can’t win to take them away from Nick.

Don’t know what radio station I had on, haven’t worked out what they are in the country

[jonmac1954]

Fly learnt the Geelong lesson well.

Some here haven't.

[shawthing]

Luv ya,Checkers.
He and Ash are a great combination in the forward line now. They have good synergy happening.

Yep. Even Gary Lyon was saying Checkers for All Australian. He is the hardest working forward in the game.

[schuey07]

Until the umpires give JDG max votes each week as he can’t win to take them away from Nick.

Don’t know what radio station I had on, haven’t worked out what they are in the country

[Magpietothemax]

Yeah, a very flat hollow feeling after this win, it came at great cost.
JDG will be a massive out for at least the next 3 games.
Let's hope injuries to WHE and AJ are not significant.
Let's hope Beau's injury is not serious.
Loss of Sidey is huge to our fluency and ball movement. I felt that he was badly missed today.
Nick Daicos is a miraculous player.

[schuey07]

Fly learnt the Geelong lesson well.

Some here haven't.

Exactly. If you know, you know. A lot don’t seem to.

[Duff Soviet Union]

A good win. I get that some are a bit flat given that the Eagles dominated about a quarter of the game, but the way they were playing just wasn't sustainable. You could tell they were completely shot in the last quarter.

It reminded me of the 2011 season, where Collingwood would build up a lead, the other team would spend all their tickets trying to get back in the game and then get their doors blown off in the last.

The biggest concern is probably the form of the small forwards. McReery hasn't got a kick for weeks (yes, I know he got injured) and Ginnivan was just dreadful.

[doriswilgus]

Interesting break down of the scores during the game.First and last quarters 10 goals 6 to us.Five points to them.Second and third quarters.8 goals 6 to us 8 goals 4 to them.

We definitely have a snooze for a couple of quarters during games,and it’s usually the second and third quarters.It’s happening too often in games to be a coincidence.I think this is becoming a deliberate strategy by the team to pace themselves and to conserve energy,not only during the game ,but for the rest of the season as well.

[stui magpie]

never in doubt

Bit of a wake up call in the 3rd won't do any harm, Hollywood footy doesn't win finals.