Greetings fellow Magpies. This is your Game Day thread for this weekend’s clash against Sydney. What started as a big game when the fixture came out last year has ballooned into an almost season-defining match. And it’s only round 2! Needless to say, a win is vital. One with some semblance of structure and organisation…
Month: March 2014
Collingwood VFL: Season 2014 Preview
After a return to the finals in 2013, interest in our VFL side is undergoing something of resurgence. As such, I thought it worthy of mention to whack together a season preview of sorts for our reserves side. My apologies for the 11th hour nature of the piece; like the blogmaster, time constraints have prevented…
The Lines, They Are A-Changing
The season hasn’t kicked off to a good start and as touched upon in my autopsy of round one, there was a fair bit to be concerned about regarding the manner in which we lost, specifically relating to some recurring issues with game plan and structure. We’ve picked the bones clean on that loss, but…
The Autopsy: Collingwood vs. Fremantle
Quite a few days after the dust has settled on what was, quite frankly, one of the more forgettable beginnings to a season, I’ve finally had a chance to sit down and watch the replay. It is always a little different knowing the result in advance – at the very least it removes the emotional…
Observations from Victoria Park
Having seen the disappointment of the downtrodden faithful marching home from Etihad on Friday night – momentarily being spared the ordeal myself – it was off to Victoria Park on Saturday morning to have a look at our VFL team taking on Essendon in a practice match. I will follow up on our open round…
Game Day: Collingwood vs Fremantle (Round 1, 2014)
And so it begins. With another pre-season now officially behind us, we can now turn our attention to the real stuff that matters in the following of this great game and this great club. The practice match form guide has been studied, debated and set aside (or taken to heart, depending on where you stand),…
Hopes and Expectations
With our season about to kick off this Friday night and on the back of some spirited discussion here in the wake of Buckley’s contract extension, it is time to return our focus on field once more — which is, of course, where Buckley and his charges should be judged. After another proactive and somewhat…
The Contract…
A constant source of angst this off-season has come to fruition, the impact of which has been quite dramatic if we are to take the community of this blog as a sample set. Never before has a contract extension created such a divide, at least within certain sections of the Collingwood community, rendering this development…
Game Day: Collingwood vs Gold Coast (Practice Match)
And so it comes to pass, another pre-season nearly over, as we approach that period between the end of the kicks and giggles games and the beginning of the real stuff. But before we move into the holding pattern, however, there is one final piece of business to attend to, with a practice match against…