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212149.45 in reply to 212149.44
Date: 3/13/2012 2:36:45 AM
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Anyone who thinks collingwood will finish any lower than 3rd is kidding themselves they lost a couple of players and all of a sudden they have no depth, that was one of there strengths last year. As for the coach, Malthouse was great but has anyone stopped to think maybe Buckley knows a little himself and that's why they busted their arses at collingwood to make sure he didnt go anywhere else.

And would everyone get off the crows they stink. Pre season form, please

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Last edited by Kanga at 3/13/2012 2:41:56 AM

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212149.46 in reply to 212149.45
Date: 3/13/2012 6:11:55 AM
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Nothing Fishy here. We (yes my cards are on the table) lose Macaffer who was injured then couldn't get a game last year and Krakeour who can be replaced in the forward pocket and we are on the slide. The Crows have some talent but no depth and will be mid-range.

Dont forget Port Adelaide belted Geelong by 84 points at AAMI Stadium in a practice match last March. At 5pm on Grand Final day, the Cats held the premiership cup aloft while the Power narrowly avoided winning the wooden spoon.

It's pre-season which rates only one level higher than a scrimmage in our game.

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212149.47 in reply to 212149.46
Date: 3/13/2012 6:42:16 AM
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It's pre-season which rates only one level higher than a scrimmage in our game.


It only rates one level higher, because unlike our scrimmages, they actually make money out of them :D

The afl would be about the only league in the world, where they have a pre-season comp and a trophy... what a wank..

scrap the pre-season and extend the season so they can find some way of making the draw somewhat fair as opposed to the joke it is now.

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212149.48 in reply to 212149.47
Date: 3/13/2012 7:04:51 AM
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I'd like to know from the Collingwood believers how they think Collingwood will improve this season. Who are the young players that will carry them back to the top? Guys like O'Bruen, Maxwell, Reid etchave been exposed as average players only who all had a good season at the same time. One on one they are all weak defenders. People even talked Dawes up as a great player. He's just average and certainly behind somebody like Podsiadly.

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212149.49 in reply to 212149.48
Date: 3/13/2012 7:29:09 AM
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Why are they going to fall though - remembering that they did make the grand final last year after all...?

They've lost two players for the season yes, but they were hardly vital players.

Its easy to forget that the likes of Pendelbury, Thomas and co are still pretty young, and may have improvement left in them. And they don't really have and super important 30+ yo players, aside from Jolly.

The jury is out on Buckley though - I'm not convinced by this whole he was a superstar player and captain at our club, so lets bring him back as a coach trend that seems to be going on with Buckley, Hird and Voss. Especially not when you have a coach as proven as Malthouse already there.

I'd still back them for top 4 pretty comfortably though. As much as I would really really like to see them fail.

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212149.50 in reply to 212149.49
Date: 3/13/2012 8:05:34 AM
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Malthouse has a habit of getting far more out of a list than is really there. It's a huge loss.

There's been a recent trend of players getting straight into coaching at their old club after retiring (Hird, Voss, Buckley) and I'm really not convinced by it. Playing is not the same as coaching and your experiences as a player, whilst very valuable as a coach, are not the be all and end all. These guys should be going away and learning their craft as an assistant for 5 or so seasons, then entering head coaching. It's going to end badly for probably two out of those three, I think. Law of averages says one will strike it lucky :P

As for the Crows - I've been saying this way before the pre-season. We have had a talented list for a while, but our coaching was outdated and we were very soft. The training etc has been very different this season under a new coach, and they've looked the best they have for years. We won't win a flag, but write us off as finals contenders at your peril :P

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Date: 3/13/2012 5:12:17 PM
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I'm with you on the crows getting better. Dangerfield into the midfield can only be a good thing.

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212149.52 in reply to 212149.51
Date: 3/13/2012 7:28:46 PM
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There is a competition on the AFL website where u can win a share in a million dollars. All you have to do is pick the 18 teams in their correct finishing order. So nothing too hard!

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212149.53 in reply to 212149.48
Date: 3/15/2012 3:28:31 AM
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Agree with Maxwell and O'Brien and to an extent Dawes, but Reid was injured (shouldnt have played gf) and still has improvement in him at 22. Actually all those players you listed had poor seasons in 2011 so there will be some improvement there (maybe not Maxwell) and Shaw missed half the season. Our gun core is still reletively young with Pendles, Thomas and Cloke all 25 and under. I think we will see improvement from Sidebottom and Beams. There is still plenty to like.

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Date: 3/16/2012 1:15:41 AM
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As a non Magpie supporter i rate Dawes. He never really recovered after he broke his knuckle.

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212149.55 in reply to 212149.9
Date: 5/26/2012 8:24:40 AM
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As for Collingwood - Didak, O'Brien, Macaffer, Johnson, Reid, all injured already, Krakouer gone, new coach at the helm... they're really going to struggle to go 2nd. Nathan Buckley is on a hiding to nothing, particularly after Eddie came out and said he expects a premiership. It'll be tough for them.

Hey you missed no Brown, Tarrant, Swan and down a player in the last quarter. This thread was always bound to be re-opened. Go Pies

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