They had two players under 22, we had 10. They had 15 players over 24, we had 5.

And we lost it in the last ten minutes.

It was an excellent effort by a very young team.

Verbs
You are banned from the misery guts thread.

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That’s not a political statement — it’s a harsh reality, and we must act,” she said. “He is a clear and present danger to the things that keep us strong and free. I support impeachment.”

Yes point of order Verbs
This is for miserable people like me.
If you want to post light and fluffy stuff head off to the Sugar Coaters thread

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You're in the wrong thread Sydney.

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That’s not a political statement — it’s a harsh reality, and we must act,” she said. “He is a clear and present danger to the things that keep us strong and free. I support impeachment.”

Maybe he’s waiting for the slow bloke with the fat arse to retire before he returns.

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I just want my old club back.

Old timers catching up with me

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I didn't see the game, but can read free kick counts and take a lot of notice of the TC "vibe".

Anyway a mad Collingwood friend of mine went to the game. I asked him today what he thought of the umps.
He said "Fine ... didn't really notice them".



There needs to be an inquiry.

I'm still not over it

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Me neither.
I work with a couple of die hard Collingwood supporters who are really nice people.
I have had to restrain myself from saying what I really thought.
I finally got around to watching the whole replay.
That final 5 minutes was worse than I remembered it.
The non free kicks that the umpires conveniently chose to ignore absolutely killed us
Poor Plowman, there were two he should have got that resulted in goals, including suffering a fractured cheekbone from one of the incidents .
I should just let it go but I am too angry and frustrated by it.
Collingwood are back on top of my hated list for the moment
They are a protected species who get such a leg up from the AFL with their soft draw and blockbuster games.

Ask and ye shall receive
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#GUILTY

True.


But largely our doing that the team is very young and relatively inexperienced.

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Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

Watched the game again. With 5 minutes to go and we went 11 points up, we knew Collingwood was going to come hard and we went into defensive mode. Too early at that point to try and ice the game. We just didn't know how to win. We must learn.
When we learn how to win - we will be one hell of side.

ps. Stocker.......oh yeah - tough as nails - just watch this kid!!!!! Can someone also explain to me why a free kick isn't reversed against DeGoey for a knee to the throat of Stocker?

You need an explanation? ...

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Stocker reminds me of Andrew McKay with better foot skills

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Watched it for the first time in full last night. In summary:

1.We played very well for 99% of the game and let them know we've improved a heap on last year.
2. Stocker is a ripper. An 18yo kid in game no.2 in the cauldron at the G and he looked like he belonged. Tough as nails, and a lovely kick. As his fitness builds he'll be a great player for us....a bit of Ratts about him. Setterfield also very good....game no. 8 off a knee reco, he did some great work in close. Walsh was unreal, found space by amazing gut running and was clean in the clinches...rarely turns it over.
3. Bagged Murph all year. He must have got the quiet chat during the week, as he was really good.
4. Tractor is so important to us, so we desperately need to find a mature body rick before he goes. TDK is 3-4 years away from being physically ready, Lobbe is on last legs and Phillips doesn't seem up to it.
5. Hats off to Levi down back. Didn't look out of place and did some nice things.
6. Most of the frees for the Pies were there, and in the first half we got our share too. But the ones the weren't paid to us especially in the last were huge momentum killers for us, and gave them hope. We were definitely robbed.

Bring that next week and we can beat anyone. But bringing it is the test.

Well if you think that 1/3 qualifies as a share, I wouldn’t want you as my lawyer fighting a probate case.

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Free kick count at half time was 16 to 6. Hardly our share of frees.

Count at 1/2 time was horrendous but I reckon we only deserved a few that weren't paid....unlike the 2nd half when there were more, including the howlers we all saw. I maybe wrong of course !