Salutations, fellow residents of TCB. For what is almost certainly the final time in 2014, welcome to your Game Day thread for this Round 23 clash against Hawthorn. Our mission, should we choose to accept it, is to beat the Hawks and claim the final spot in the top 8 (we would also need another…
Month: August 2014
VFL Preview: Elimination Final (Magpies vs Zebras)
For the second year running, our VFL side has qualified for the finals. Being one of the online Magpie fraternity’s resident VFL watchers (although by no means do I consider myself an expert), I have taken it upon myself to follow on from last year’s effort and author a preview of this week’s do-or-die elimination…
Game Day: Collingwood vs Greater Western Sydney (Round 22, 2014)
Good morning, fellow Magpies. This is your Game Day thread for today’s clash with GWS. Too little on the intro? Well, I’d like to say more, but on advice from counsel, I will refrain from saying much more, under threat of censure by the House of Representatives Un-Collingwood Activities Committee. These people don’t mess around…
Stars Fall; the Season goes Supernova; a Pulsar Fades to Black
In a messy display on the MCG we kept our hopes for another September appearance alive after nudging out a Port Adelaide outfit stricken with a form slump and something else of a more virulent nature. A week later we travelled west, where we were barely competitive before returning back to the MCG to receive the mother of all hidings from the Lions and whatever God oversees the health and fitness of athletes in our corner of the world.
Game Day: Collingwood vs Brisbane (Round 21, 2014)
Good morning, TCB residents. This is your Game Day thread for tonight’s clash against the Lions from Brisbane. Congratulations to Jarryd Blair on playing his 100th AFL game, as well as Alex Fasolo on playing his 50th game. We haven’t, as a fan community, had universal agreement on the selection of these two players at…
Game Day: Collingwood vs West Coast (Round 20, 2014)
Good afternoon, fellow residents of TCB. This is your Game Day thread for this afternight’s Round 20 clash against West Coast at Patterson’s Stadium. This game shapes up as another early elimination final, against an opponent who themselves are still a (al beit outside) chance of making the finals. Win today, and we can finish…
Thoughts on the Past Fortnight
It has been a couple of weeks since I last wrote something for the blog and in that time, we’ve experienced another disappointing loss to Adelaide followed by a more heartening – albeit fairly messy – victory over Port Adelaide. We currently sit just inside the eight, forced to view every one of our remaining…
Game Day: Collingwood vs Port Adelaide (Round 19, 2014)
Good day, fellow Collingwood supporters, this is your Game Day thread for this vitally important clash against Port Adelaide at the MCG, in the lovely, ultra family-friendly Sunday twilight timeslot of 4:40pm. No television producers were harmed in the making of that acerbic, sarcastic remark… I won’t go any further into putting labels on this…