Round 19 - Collingwood vs Werribee at Victoria Park

[GreekLunatic]

good to have both teams in the finals well done tapping

[think better]

Thanks MB & P4S

great win!

[think better]

whoops

[Captain_MyCaptain]

Good win Pies. Good experience for the kids.
Cheers.

[MagpieBat]

FULL TIME.

Collingwood 15.8.98
Werribee 13.13.91

GOALS - Paine 2, Boland 2, Collopy 2, Corr 2, Mooney 2, Martin 2, Allan, S.Williams, Hudson

OVER TO YOU!!!

[MOTR]

FULL TIME.

Collingwood 15.8.98
Werribee 13.13.91

GOALS - Paine 2, Boland 2, Collopy 2, Corr 2, Mooney 2, Martin 2, Allan, S.Williams, Hudson

OVER TO YOU!!!

Well done, MB. Best way to follow the VFL from up here in Sydney.

[neil]

Well done and thanks MB and P4S
Well done to the players

[MagpieBat]

FULL TIME.

Collingwood 15.8.98
Werribee 13.13.91

GOALS - Paine 2, Boland 2, Collopy 2, Corr 2, Mooney 2, Martin 2, Allan, S.Williams, Hudson

OVER TO YOU!!!

Well done, MB. Best way to follow the VFL from up here in Sydney.

Oh, thank you, MOTR. Very kind.

[watt price tully]

Well done and thanks MB and P4S
Well done to the players

+ 1.

I was going to ride to Vic Park from work but the game as i just found out started so early (luckyI checked Nicks before I left)

Go pies.

[MagpieBat]

DISPOSALS
27 - Broomhead
26 - Krakouer
22 - Russell
18 - Oxley
17 - Collopy, Yagmoor
16 - Paine, Ramsay
11 - Martin

MARKS
8 - Allan
7 - Broomhead, Frost
6 - Paine

HITOUTS
21 - Jolly
8 - Hudson

TACKLES
9 - Hudson
8 - Mooney, Oxley

CLEARANCES
5 - Krakouer, Hellier
4 - Broomhead, Hudson

INSIDE 50s
5 - Broomhead, Mooney
3 - Martin

REBOUND 50s
8 - Russell
4 - Krakouer, Oxley, Yagmoor

Thank you, Luke Mason.

[Pies4shaw]

Well done and thanks MB and P4S
Well done to the players

+ 1.

I was going to ride to Vic Park from work but the game as i just found out started so early (luckyI checked Nicks before I left)

Go pies.

All thanks to Magpie Bat. He's looked after this week after week all season and provided sterling service. I've only chipped in a couple of times recently because I knew MB couldn't get to the game.

[Jezza]

Thanks for all the updates MB and we're into the finals

Great game by Broomhead and Krak looked very good today. Even Jordan Russell played well today. I can't see Jolly playing next week in the seniors unfortunately, but that's my opinion.

[jackcass]

Good game by Broomhead by the look of it. Could we see a 9th debut in 2013?

[Pies4shaw]

Thanks for all the updates MB and we're into the finals

Great game by Broomhead and Krak looked very good today. Even Jordan Russell played well today. I can't see Jolly playing next week in the seniors unfortunately, but that's my opinion.

Yes, Broomhead was good. But, as you say, Jolly had little influence. Krak was outstanding in the last quarter, although the complete absence of a functioning forward line in the last 30 minutes meant that the 'Pies were unable to capitalise on his excellent, clean clearance work. I'm not sure if he could do that at senior level but Cloke would love to be on the receiving end of that sort of work out of the centre square.

Putting aside one's likes and dislikes, it must be said that Jordan Russell was BOG by the length of the straight (and then some). Given that he played as a key defender against capable opponents, his all-round game seems to me to have been substantially strengthened since he was out-marked from behind by Betts and Garlett in the same quarter in the early-season senior match. He is a big, strong boy with good pace. Really, he could be a top-quality senior player, yet - if he keeps up that sort of form, perhaps he will force his way into the seniors as a regular next season.

The last quarter today was a little disappointing by the team as a whole (I'm not sure whether they ran out of legs or whether the standing ovation at three-quarter time as they walked to the huddle may have given them the impression that the match was already over) but, on the positive side, the defence continued to play very well right to the end. In fact, if Ramsay, Frost and Russell hadn't played so solidly down back, this is a game that might have been lost by 4 to 6 goals. The problem late in the game was that the half-forwards couldn't apply defensive pressure and that the mid-field (without Kennedy and Didak today, of course) was short on class (Martin did reasonably in the circumstances, despite the odds and a heavy tag but, apart from him and the Krak, there was little run in the middle third of the ground in the last quarter). I don't think the inside 50 stats are available from the game but Werribee seemed to get it in there about 18 or 20 times (perhaps more) in the final 30 minutes.

Other positives (looking to potential senior opportunities) were the performance of Oxley, who continues to impress, and Mooney - he made both of his last quarter goals himself - his pace and finishing got the 'Pies over the line at the death.

Depending upon the approach to senior selection next week, any of Ramsay, Frost, Russell, Broomhead, Oxley or Krak could come up for a game. This game presented a lot to like about the future (and I haven't always thought that about the VFL games I've watched this year).

[Woods Of Ypres]

ABC TV telling us Werribee can score quickly. Whatever.

idiot.