Our Captain - down on form?

[Presti35]

Half surprised this hasnt been merged with the welcome to thread from 2015

I dont think Moore is the weakest link. But I have been annoyed with some of the decisions he has made which have proven to be costly. Bad short passes in the backline come to mind. And that bad hand pass against North last week... Geez that was hard to watch.

Still, he is a sensational captain and every other club would kill to have him.

[WhyPhilWhy?]

We don't do it often, but as a mod I made the editorial decision to update the thread title as I couldn't bear to look at it any longer...

[piffdog]

I appreciate the change in thread title

[Presti35]

Yes, good call WPW!

[stui magpie]

We don't do it often, but as a mod I made the editorial decision to update the thread title as I couldn't bear to look at it any longer...

Thank you.

[inxs88]

Yes Phil you edit often. Change the name of the site from Nick's to Pravda while you're at it. Only serves to confirm why this platform has regressed so dramatically over the years!!!

[DT]

It is good to raise different topics.

Moore has not had his best season this year. As others have said this is due to a combination of factors such as:

No Murphy
Howe in and out a bit
Opposition teams targeting his man more perhaps
A more inexperienced midfield leading to inconsistency of pressure on opposition mids going forward
Frampton having to play forward
Impatience - for good intent Moore has sought to kick start some quick ball movement - however, he has been a bit off it and has made some errors in this which have been punished by opposition
Bedding in Dean as a new key back
IQ being out of form - he is improving as we go

I think his captaincy is first class but his in-game judgment probably needs to be a little more prudent - he is super smart and has amazing coaches so would be right across where he needs to tweak things.

I think I read Sam Taylor is miles off where he was last year so I suspect some of Moore is his selflessness to help the team at perhaps the expense of his own game.

I'm a massive Moore fan - sure I have been frustrated at times with his turnovers or mistiming in interventions but he has also played some really good footy and I am confident he will have a great back half to the season. In that respect he will be a bit different to last year where form and injury hampered him towards the back end of 2023.

[Pies4shaw]

Yes Phil you edit often. Change the name of the site from Nick's to Pravda while you're at it. Only serves to confirm why this platform has regressed so dramatically over the years!!!

It's a supporters' site.

Anyone who thinks Darcy Moore is Collingwood's "weakest link" is probably capable of proposing that we trade Sidebottom to Essendon in 2016 for a late third-rounder.

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

Amen to the mods!

[piedys]

I love our captain, loved his Dad until he defected ...

Same; losing Moore in 1982, then Picken in 1983, broke me as a 12 year old.
However, if Peter Moore hypothetically stays - do we still recruit David Cloke from Bitchmond? And Raines too for that matter?
If not, no Travis, who thus now players for the tiggers, then the 2010 premierships most likely lands at St.Rapist.
And that would be bad for football....

... however as it stands, he is down on form, skill execution and decision making amidst not impacting the game to the standard he is capable of.
Think otherwise but it's there for all to see. Again, move Frampton back and let Darcy run amok.

Once Frampo returns down back, DM's form will recover, and quickly.
Although the disposal standard does need tweaking; missing too many targets by both hand and foot.
Has effectively forfeited his AA spot to Weitering in the process.

Yes Phil you edit often. Change the name of the site from Nick's to Pravda while you're at it.

How many rubles per annum does it cost for a Pravdawood membership?
And do the ones who fail to renew the following year get punished by the KGB?
Jus' askin' for a comrade...

[Haff]

Frampton was down back. No improvement from El Capitan though our backs had to deal with an avalanche for a while and held up ok as a unit.
His timing and disposal is off, has been all season.

[joemamone@gmail.com]

if you were to go back and review games last year you would realise that Moore almost without exception, would cost us one to two turnover goals every game due to his kicking, but he was and is not the only one. I guess we just expect better from him.

[Haff]

if you were to go back and review games last year you would realise that Moore almost without exception, would cost us one to two turnover goals every game due to his kicking, but he was and is not the only one. I guess we just expect better from him.

But he has 5+ intercept marks a game. Not the same player.

[inxs88]

Tonight might have been Darcy's worst of the year. Abdicated B King to Frampton yet proceeded to have zero impact, intercepting, holding the ball in or marking. And that one kick in he did in the third quarter??? Ouch!!!!

[Big T]

His decision making is very very very very poor.