Yep, it’s that time of year again. Finally, after yet another month of waiting while the seniors are well underway, the VFL season is about to begin for our reserve grade Magpies side. And once again, I have taken it upon myself to write something that might otherwise pass for a preview. Before I begin,…
Category: Collingwood VFL
VFL 2nd Preliminary Final Preview: Collingwood vs Footscray
With the VFL Magpies into their first Preliminary Final since 2009, the duty falls to me to write what passes for a preview. And when I say duty, I do so rather sarcastically. Besides, the blog’s due for another thread, wouldn’t you say? I readily confess that I was a bit pessimistic going into the…
VFL 2nd Qualifying Final Preview: Collingwood vs Williamstown
Before I begin, a quick word of apology. At the start of the year, it was my intention to bring more VFL content to this blog, as a way to pitch in and help keep the joint ticking over as much as helping influence conversation of the state of things generally in 2016. For a…
VFL Player Review: Collingwood vs Werribee (Round 9, 2016)
After taking the past few weeks off from writing player reviews for our VFL division (been watching from home via the various live video streaming outlets and have this thing about offering detailed analysis on the VFL from just watching one-camera broadcasts), I ventured down to Chirnside Park in Werribee to watch our blokes take…
VFL Player Review: Collingwood vs Northern Blues (Round 4, 2016)
I finally found the time to get around to finishing these off… 3. Brent Macaffer Six days is a long time in football, because the Brent Macaffer that ran out against not-Carlton Carlton looked a completely different player to the wreck of a shell of a shadow that meandered around Victoria Park last week. Against…
VFL Player Review: Collingwood vs Essendon (Round 3, 2016)
Late again (because I’ve been busy again), but here’s my reviews, which are decidedly a little more coarse in some places than usual. But if I hadn’t have added the colour, it would have made for a very short summation, given that I could just as easily have hit ‘autofill’ for so many of these…
VFL Player Review: Collingwood vs Port Melbourne (Round 1, 2016)
My first player reviews of the year, which I apologise for being tardy in getting out, but I’ve been flat-chat since the game finished on Sunday afternoon. I also apologise for the shortness of some comments and not writing something a bit longer, a bit more in-depth, but I’m more coldly mechanical in my writing…
Collingwood VFL 2016: Season Preview
While the 2016 AFL season is well and truly underway, for the VFL Magpies the real stuff is only now about to begin. With that in mind and in the spirit of the past few years, I have returned to once again preview the year ahead for our reserves side. Or, at least, offer what…
VFL Preview: Collingwood vs Sandringham (2nd Semi Final)
Season 2015 has ended for the Collingwood Football Club at AFL level, but for our reserves side, the action is not only continuing but also heating up, advancing to a cut-throat semi final to be played over the course of this morning and this afternoon at the Port Melbourne Cricket Ground. To mark the occasion,…
Game Day: Collingwood vs Hawthorn (Round 14, 2015)
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to this week’s Game Day thread for our Round 14 clash against the Hawthorn Football Club tonight at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Any news pertaining to late changes and subs, as well as any thoughts, tips or comments about the game that you may have, post ’em all in…