Post Match. Pies down to Freo. All comments, please.

[piedys]

...can't believe JT muffed that sitter right in front of goal

Shades of that sitter spud Clinton Young grassed against GCS back in 2014, after a lace-out pass from Blair, which cost us the game.

He never played again; here's hoping history repeats itself.

[LaurieHolden]

Sier, experiment over. It only took one game to expose him, does not have a tank or defensive qualities to run both ways. Has set himself up for a big summer in the doof tents.

Oh I don't know Laurie, I follow him on Insta and his guitar solo work is really coming along...

fair dinkum, you'd barely know he was an AFL player from what he posts, it sure doesn't look like he particularly interested in being an AFL footballer.

Yeah, there's some bizarre stuff on there. Thought the black fingernail polish was a nice touch tonight. Blokes been taking the piss for far too long. Still has another year on his contract, amazing.

[derkd]

I am not given to knee-jerk reaction, but our performances of the last week require some commentary.

We saw last year against North and these last two games that some of our players are very flaky when put under physical pressure. Our handball and kicking drop away to Melbourne FC levels very quickly.

We only have two players on our list that can crumb, or get front and square at marking contests: one wears number 18 and plays at half back, the other wears number 22 and was more than several classes above his teammates this evening.

There is a horrible tendency for our forwards to ALL contest a pack mark- when was the last time a Pies forward marked, on the lead, in the clear as Kennedy did last week.

Several players have shown that they lack in the basics required at AFL level. Josh Thomas has had four games in 2020 and has yet to kick a goal as a small forward. If he continues to get games ahead of either Appleby or Tyler Brown, I will be astounded.

We lack creativity in the coaches box- Mayne gave us very little up forward and Keane was outmatched down back- surely a switch of players may have given both men a chance to impact.

If we are to continue kicking to packs twenty out from goal, can Darcy Cameron please be instructed to bury his knee into any opponent in front of him at every contest? Fevola made a career of this.

My heart is broken by these insipid displays. We have a tough schedule and every team fits against us, but where is our counter to this? Where is the Magpie spirit? I fear that our club has been corporatised to the point where the financial bottom line has taken precedence over our win/loss ratio.

I look forward to the days to come where we are once again despised and loathed because of our uncompromising approach to the game and our capacity to win 'the big ones'.

Regretably, this may not transpire in my lifetime.

Floreat Pica comrades and buckle up- this season may turn very ugly for us, real soon.

Agreed, I will add that we have become far too reliant on our "star factor" Pendlebury playing a blinder, De Goey kicking five Moore marking everything down back and Grundy smashing the ruck.

What is slipping under the radar is the forn of the second string players has dropped off a cliff this year. What was such a strength in the last two years of players coming in and playing a role has gone.

The likes of Thomas, Eliott, Stephenson, Cox, Phillips have been very out of form.

Now I can't entirely blame them. This hub situation and the virus that stalks our lands is affecting us all and I am sure they are no different.

But I think the club internally should make a call around pushing this year or just suttely putting the cue in the rack for this year and focus on 2021 (likely to start early next year anyway).

[Jezza]

Our midfield is very overrated, and it's been exposed in recent weeks with the losses of Pendles and Sidebottom (until today). Sidebottom was terrific in the second half but one player can't win a match for the team.

The coaching staff need to overhaul our game plan. We don't kick enough goals and the over-handball stratgy is driving us insane. Once we actually started to kick it long in the third quarter, we started hitting the scoreboard.

The umpiring was appalling today, but it wasn't the main reason for our defeat. Fremantle's pressure gauge was through the roof today. They couldn't have played as well as they did.

Only Collingwood can face two sides in consecutive weeks that kick a combined total of 28 goals, 4 behinds

[think positive]

Been saying we need a front and centre player for 10+ years.

Heck, we don’t even have players position themselves for front and centre crumbs around the ground. Watch any other team and see how they position themselves to swipe the crumbs off of contests around the ground and launch wave after wave from half back or the wing. It’s Football 101.

But not us. I just don’t get it. That’s a coaching thing.

Buckley out.

Agree, sell three midgets for 1 tall

[swoop42]

Didn't watch the game and was hoping to catch a replay later.

Fair to say I wont be bothering now.

Wow just wow.

Still, when your senior coach can't follow a basic rule of living in a quarantine hub in the very week a senior player is set to return from his own 4 week penalty today's result shouldn't have been that unexpected I guess.

A season imploding.

[Ronnie McKeowns boots]

...can't believe JT muffed that sitter right in front of goal

Shades of that sitter spud Clinton Young grassed against GCS back in 2014, after a lace-out pass from Blair, which cost us the game.

He never played again; here's hoping history repeats itself.

Yes, that game is tough to think about...then I remember Caff cracking the Gabletts collarbone....Darce, your thoughts?

"Special"

[Magpietothemax]

[quote="derkd"]
Agreed, I will add that we have become far too reliant on our "star factor" Pendlebury playing a blinder, De Goey kicking five Moore marking everything down back and Grundy smashing the ruck.

What is slipping under the radar is the forn of the second string players has dropped off a cliff this year. What was such a strength in the last two years of players coming in and playing a role has gone.

The likes of Thomas, Eliott, Stephenson, Cox, Phillips have been very out of form.

Now I can't entirely blame them. This hub situation and the virus that stalks our lands is affecting us all and I am sure they are no different.\[quote]
Agree Derkd. That summarises it all.
Our second tier has been smashed. And agree, the hub and the pandemic have wrought destruction. But I still think we are behind the 8 ball. Other Victorian clubs are playing far better footy than us. I am deeply concerned about where we are at.



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[What'sinaname]

Knowing us, we will probably beat the swanettes next week, nothing surprises me more in this covid virus season, anything can happen, upsets etc, and we will be rank outsiders. so that helps.

yeah, you thought we'd come out hard after being embarrassed by WCE last week.

We are a rabble...that's the only certainty.

[Ronnie McKeowns boots]

Sier, experiment over. It only took one game to expose him, does not have a tank or defensive qualities to run both ways. Has set himself up for a big summer in the doof tents.

Oh I don't know Laurie, I follow him on Insta and his guitar solo work is really coming along...

fair dinkum, you'd barely know he was an AFL player from what he posts, it sure doesn't look like he particularly interested in being an AFL footballer.

Yeah, there's some bizarre stuff on there. Thought the black fingernail polish was a nice touch tonight. Blokes been taking the piss for far too long. Still has another year on his contract, amazing.

And apparently the Bombers are keen? Not sure what for....maybe to keep Daniher company.....

[piedys]

Agree, sell three midgets for 1 tall

Jo, I don't think these lazy ass plodding midgets will have much currency come seasons end. We might even make a bonfire out of them.

[Magpietothemax]

Agree, sell three midgets for 1 tall

Jo, I don't think these lazy ass plodding midgets will have much currency come seasons end. We might even make a bonfire out of them.

That is really not nice.

[piedys]

Agree, sell three midgets for 1 tall

Jo, I don't think these lazy ass plodding midgets will have much currency come seasons end. We might even make a bonfire out of them.

That is really not nice.

Oh, they are getting off lightly, I assure you....

[Piesnchess]

Knowing us, we will probably beat the swanettes next week, nothing surprises me more in this covid virus season, anything can happen, upsets etc, and we will be rank outsiders. so that helps.

yeah, you thought we'd come out hard after being embarrassed by WCE last week.

We are a rabble...that's the only certainty.

So, if we do beat the swanettes, are we still a rabble then, i dont think Dons and Blues fans are too happy either, after similar bad losses.

[thebaldfacts]

From 5 goals up in the first quarter of the 2018 GF to a rebuild within 18 months.

My only hope for the rest of this year is that we beat Carlton when we eventually play them.