A work filled weekend left me scrambling to the AFL website to watch the replay of a game that – having followed the scores along with commentary from the faithful – didn’t promise to reach any great heights. The prospect of getting to watch Grundy strut his stuff on debut was more than enough cause…
Month: July 2013
Game Day: Collingwood vs Greater Western Sydney (Round 18, 2013)
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Game Day. In light of last week’s result, I am less inclined to view this as a lay down misere. But if ever there was a game to go out and just crush the opposition, Collingwood, this really should be it. I mean it – this really should…
The Round 18 Bridge: The Last and the Next…
Given time constraints, I’ve struggled in more ways than one to watch the entirety of our shambolic Saturday night effort, let alone put together a comprehensive autopsy of events. In lieu of that review, I thought I would operate in a more general sense and cover off my thoughts from the weekend whilst knocking over…
VFL Review: Collingwood vs. Geelong (Round 14, 2013)
Confronted with a daunting forecast on Friday, the lack of a VFL game the previous week had kick started withdrawal symptoms significant enough to weather any conditions – be they hostile humans or a meteorological maelstrom – for a fix. The team had been tracking extremely well over the previous six weeks, beginning to stake…
Game Day: Collingwood vs Gold Coast (Round 17, 2013)
Welcome to the Game Day thread for this Saturday afternoon/evening’s clash with the 2nd youngest club in the competition on their home deck. After a couple of reasonable, yet not entirely satisfactory, weeks at the office, our Magpies are now set to do battle interstate against an up-and-coming franchise side who will one day in…
Preview: Collingwood vs. Gold Coast (Round 17, 2013)
At long last, the team has put together a solid fortnight of football. That’s not to say that both performances were flawless, but what was pleasing was that there was an element of consistency across both games, even in our troublesome first quarters. This week, the Gold Coast confronts us at Metricon Stadium in what…
Goodbye to a Proper Pie
There are some players who we grow to love gradually; some who crossover from elsewhere and endear themselves to the faithful so quickly that one could be forgiven for thinking we drafted them as 18 year olds; there are also, of course, those who leave the nest on both good and bad terms and those…
Review: Collingwood vs. Adelaide (Round 16, 2013)
In what turned out to be a reasonably pleasing performance, our Magpies overcame another slow start to run out 27 point winners against the Crows on Friday night. The win has given us some breathing space within the top eight, whilst ending the slim hopes that the Crows might have still harboured of making the…
Game Day: Collingwood vs Adelaide (Round 16, 2013)
After taking to the field and slaying the hordes of Satan, our Magpies will now seek to back up that glorious performance and achieve that elusive thing which has escaped us this year – consistency. Good morning, folks, and welcome to game day. And so now to Adelaide. The Crows are something of a curious…
Preview: Collingwood vs. Adelaide (Round 16, 2013)
I have pretty much given up on trying to predict what Collingwood side might take the field from one week to the next, but as with our victory over Geelong, I’m hoping once more that we’ve turned a corner of sorts. That’s why this week I’m not particularly fussed about strategy or the small things, I just want to see us consolidate last Friday night’s victory.