For those of you who have followed my diminishing contributions on this blog, I like to think that over the journey – which has been a rocky one in recent years – I have always tried to be reasoned and balanced with my views. Needless to say it has been difficult at times, particularly with our frustrating performances and the general disillusionment that follows such struggles, to be measured and find the silver linings, as faint as they have been at times.
Month: August 2017
Game Day: Collingwood vs Melbourne (Round 23, 2017)
Good morning, everyone. Well, it’s here. Again. We arrive at the final round of yet another failed season. The teams… Collingwood B: Brayden Maynard, Lynden Dunn, Tyson Goldsack HB: Jeremy Howe, Tom Langdon, Jack Crisp C: Steele Sidebottom, Taylor Adams, Tom Phillips HF: Josh Daicos, Darcy Moore, Callum Brown F: Jamie Elliott, Kayle Kirby, Will…
Game Day: Collingwood vs Geelong (Round 22, 2017)
Good morning, TCB residents. The Game Day thread for our penultimate game of yet another failed season under Nathan Buckley is now online. Are we one step closer to the end…? The teams… Collingwood B: Brayden Maynard, Lynden Dunn, Matthew Scharenberg HB: Jeremy Howe, Tom Langdon, Jack Crisp C: Steele Sidebottom, Taylor Adams, Tim Broomhead…
Game Day: Collingwood vs Port Adelaide (Round 21, 2017)
Good morning, all. Welcome to the Game Day thread for this week’s trip to South Australia to take on the Power from Port, who treat footy as more than a sport. And they will never, ever, tear up their tarps… Jokes aside, here are the teams. Traveling emergency noted for the Maggies: Collingwood B: Jeremy…
Game Day: Collingwood vs North Melbourne (Round 20, 2017)
And so we meet again, my friends. Round 20 is upon us and we are one week closer to the end. The end of the season, anyway. The end of something (or someone) else? Well, we’ll just have to wait and see… The teams, for those who haven’t been paying attention: Collingwood B: Jeremy Howe,…
The Home Stretch 2017
This season has been much like the ones that preceded it, but we have at least been treated with some interesting spectacles towards the death. We triumphed in the final minutes after a messy contest against the Eagles at Etihad Stadium and most recently, played part in a dramatic draw against the ladder leaders Adelaide at the MCG.