Post Match. Pies win for Bucks. All comments, please.

[Ronnie McKeowns boots]

Doesn’t it prove the opposite? To wit - Plainly, the players (with a few exceptions) are good enough to compete with the top handful of teams, so why do they keep losing?

Grundy! Thats why!

[PyreneesPie]

Gee Jack Crisp is a beauty. Best steak knives ever. ((Just watching his interview on F F).

[Piesnchess]

Eerily similar to that most famous '58 GF win.

My 2 elder brothers and a 12 y.o. me listened to the game in the family FJ.

At 3 quarter time, my brothers were predicting a Melbourne win.

At the final siren, guess who was grinning from ear to ear.

Mate, i was too little back then, but my older bro and Dad went to that 1958 GF, bro was 12, and after final siren, heralding the biggest upset in League history, bro ran onto the G, - you could do that back then - with thousands of crazy Pies fans, an slapped Thorold Merrett on the back. !

T Merrett. What a silken footballer. He and the Cats' Goggin just about owned the bullet like stab pass.

Jack Dyer saw Merrett at 15 yrs old, -he wanted the Tigers to recruit him- told Richmond recruiters, " Get onto this kid Merrett, he can stab kick a ball up a chooks arse from forty yards "!

[MickMCG34]

For me, today didn’t “prove” anything.
Paradoxical circumstances.
I don’t know what to think.

[Pies2016]

People,have been saying all year that this is the worst Collingwood side they’ve seen,but I don’t see it myself.I remember the Shaw years where we would get absolutely thumped on a regular basis.This hasn’t happened to this side.In fact our biggest losing margin is only 30 points,and we have a pretty decent record against top 8 sides if you check her results.So yes,the team has a lot of work to do,and a lot of improvement to make with the list,but it’s far from the worst ever.

Our record against the top 5 teams this year is pretty good.

Won by 17 v Melbourne
Lost by 1 v Port Adelaide
Lost by 1 v Brisbane
Lost by 10 v Geelong
Lost by 16 v Bulldogs


If we won the Port and Lions game Bucks would still be there...

Yep. If you’re a potential coach thinking of accepting the job, it will stand for plenty.

[Piesnchess]

For me, today didn’t “prove” anything.
Paradoxical circumstances.
I don’t know what to think.

I think it kind of proves, the Deeeees are not as good as they think they are, for one thing. Premierships are not won in June.

[RickyMay]

I watched the game with my son and we had genuine conversations about bucks, collingwood and the game per say.
My father supported Collingwood, I have supported the black and white for 52 years, and despite the terrible last year for the club, I know what today meant to my son. Thank you Nathan and it was plain for all to see what you meant to your players.

[PyreneesPie]

Thank you Nathan and it was plain for all to see what you meant to your players.

Wasn’t it just. The prolonged hug between Bucks and Maynard especially brought the tears on for me. Bruzzy did his utmost today.

[schuey07]

For me, today didn’t “prove” anything.
Paradoxical circumstances.
I don’t know what to think.

I think it kind of proves, the Deeeees are not as good as they think they are, for one thing. Premierships are not won in June.

I’ve been saying this for a while. I think they are overrated.

[Magpiefan3]

Melbourne will get exposed come finals time. Yes agree they are overrated.

[E]

People,have been saying all year that this is the worst Collingwood side they’ve seen,but I don’t see it myself.I remember the Shaw years where we would get absolutely thumped on a regular basis.This hasn’t happened to this side.In fact our biggest losing margin is only 30 points,and we have a pretty decent record against top 8 sides if you check her results.So yes,the team has a lot of work to do,and a lot of improvement to make with the list,but it’s far from the worst ever.

Our record against the top 5 teams this year is pretty good.

Won by 17 v Melbourne
Lost by 1 v Port Adelaide
Lost by 1 v Brisbane
Lost by 10 v Geelong
Lost by 16 v Bulldogs


If we won the Port and Lions game Bucks would still be there...

Yep. If you’re a potential coach thinking of accepting the job, it will stand for plenty.

Honestly??? Geelong were going at about 25% effort against us and were never in any danger of losing that game. teams generally dont fire up when they are playing the crap sides. not surprising they were closer than expected.

[SteveH67]

Thank you Nathan and it was plain for all to see what you meant to your players.

Wasn’t it just. The prolonged hug between Bucks and Maynard especially brought the tears on for me. Bruzzy did his utmost today.

on the other-hand, I though JDG didn't show much emotion.

Although he did play very well.

[eddiesmith]

Today’s performance (surely can’t be explained by emotion only) and players’ comments about NB and recent form are making the Club look stupid.
Like, what have they done and why?
Looks outwardly like the football world, except obviously the board and football manager, don’t get it.
???????

Like the comments from a player who said he was happy they've made the call so they can move on and enjoy their footy again? Played like a team who was finally free today.

[Damien]

Takeouts from today’s game:

1} Nathan Buckley is a champion Collingwood person and a champion person fullstop.

2} the players love him and the bounce back to premiership contender will be fast if put in the right hands.

3} BUcks will be sought after as a coach by other clubs in future. No question.

[PyreneesPie]

Jack Dyer saw Merrett at 15 yrs old, -he wanted the Tigers to recruit him- told Richmond recruiters, " Get onto this kid Merrett, he can stab kick a ball up a chooks arse from forty yards "!

He was a beauty wasn't he!! So many times those stab kicks landed on the chest of Peter McKenna. Glorious!!!