If you had: the Brownlow medallist, the Coleman medallist, 5 players named in the AA squad, and an 8-2 record at round 10
Then: How the fuck did you not make finals?
Something that seems to have gone unnoticed - Checkers was our leading goalkicker for the fifth year in a row
Only Sav Rocca, Brian Taylor, Peter McKenna, Gordon Coventry and Dick Lee have done that before him
Collingwood legend
why did 32 year old Steele Sidebottom think he could kick a 55 metre goal with only minutes left?
how did 32 year old Steele Sidebottom kick a 55 metre goal with only minutes left?
2019: Gold Coast trade 64 and a future first (11) to Geelong for 27
2020: Gold Coast trade 27 to Geelong for a future third (52)
2022: Gold Coast trade Bowes and 7 to Geelong for a future third
Make it stop, please
We’re up by 70 points. There’s less than a minute left
And John Noble’s still out here running blokes down like it’s the first quarter of a tight game
This man gets nowhere near the plaudits he deserves
I dare everyone posting the screenshot of the Daicos high tackle on Greene to actually post the video of it, which clearly shows Greene bending at the knees to force the tackle high
which we were all very clearly told last year was play on, thanks to Ginnivan
"He's fine. For some reason he lost his footing and stumbled, but he's fine. He's being looked after and there's no concussion or anything like that."
- Luke Beveridge on the Tom Liberatore incident
Jeremy Cameron’s just kicked his eighth goal, an hour after the siren
After no discussion, the umps have allowed it and are about to bounce the ball again
Pick 57. Barely played his first three years, and had most fans ready to delist him at the end of 2019, and now he's the All Australian Wing, and signed until 2030.
So happy for Daics. Can't believe I once doubted him.
Lose a Grand Final
Have two more years of finals losses
Bottom out for one year, finishing 16th
Sack the coach, hire a former Richmond assistant (who wins COTY)
Make a huge run only to lose by a point in the prelim
Start the next year 6-1
GWS are literally the Pies, a year later
Pendles really had
26 touches (at 80%)
8 score involvements
7 clearances
6 tackles
35 (!!!) pressure acts
and 2 goal assists
In the biggest game of the year, and barely anyone's mentioned it. Still unbelievable.
It’s almost like professional callers who’ve trained for years are better than ex-players rushed into the role a couple months after they’ve retired? Who would’ve thought?
How do you possibly say this and then in three days be a part of a stance on violence against women? This is so fuckin tone deaf, even by the AFL’s standards
Essendon coach Brad Scott says troubled former Kangaroo Tarryn Thomas deserves another chance in the AFL. Scott knows Thomas well, he coached the exiled star at North Melbourne.
@cleary_mitch
@7AFL
#7NEWS
I was skeptical last year, but actually being in Adelaide for this weekend is incredible. Footy jumpers/scarves everywhere, perfect weather, everyone just vibing - Gather Round is a huge tick
(Adelaide itself is so much better than it gets credit for, great city)
Buddy at age 28: 706 goals, 2 premierships, 5 All Australians, 4 Colemans, 1 B&F
Daniher at age 28: 276 goals, 1 All Australian, 1 B&F, a couple of cool goals on ANZAC day that one time
lmao
Scott Pendlebury despite the loss:
29 touches (T-Most on the ground)
12 contested
7 inside 50s
6 clearances
6 tackles
451 metres gained
In 93% TOG
He's 34. Unbelievable
Who actually benefits from this game being at Marvel? We lose a home game, West Coast misses valuable MCG experience, fans miss out on sitting outside on a day with literally no clouds in the sky, and now we’ve got an empty MCG while we all sit in a soulless dump. Beautiful
Do we think that in three years, when Harley requests a trade to literally anywhere other than Perth, the West is gonna be able to self reflect and understand the role they played in his move?
Still not over Murph getting punched in the head, not getting the free for it, being walked off the ground bleeding during play (game should've stopped), with JDG then getting done for insufficient intent when he didn't want to run into them
if the result of your players using a company is a potential 10+ week suspension, you probably shouldn't be accepting a sponsorship from them
this is so shit (and not just because it's the Giants, Brisbane's Neds deal is awful too)
Nick Daicos against the top of the ladder Dees:
32 disposals (10 contested)
79% DE
9 intercepts
9 marks
3 clearances
5 rebound 50s
Rising Star. It isn't close
the difference between the 15 metres you're allowed to run without bouncing and the 15 metres that a kick needs to travel for a mark has never been greater
How is that not 50m for dissent? About 6 Collingwood players just cried to the umpire and tried tackling after he marked it. No surprise the AFL are protecting Collingwood.
#AFLPiesSaints
Jack Ginnivan kicked 3 goals against Carlton in round 23, and then 3 last night
Not one came from a free kick. Getting it done on the big stage without the umpires >>>
Underrated part of winning the flag - everyone else is out here freaking out about who their team’s about to trade/who’s coming in, and we’re all just still finding new photos from Saturday to post
just a reminder that three days ago Bailey Smith headbutted a bloke hard enough to leave a mark, and Jack Ginnivan's been made out to be the villain of the weekend again
Genuinely thought we were cooked after losing Murph
And then a combo of Hosk, Howe and Bruzzy decided to step up and become key defenders
Collingwood legends
Harvey Harrison’s intercept mark with about 5 (?) minutes to go might be my favourite moment of the year. We’ve got a serious player here - smart, clean, seriously quick, and not overawed in big moments. He’s him
amazing how much more watchable a game is when you have two actual professional callers as your main guys, instead of ex-players, who should be purely on special comments
Hill and Huddo is elite
Gold Coast gave up pick 19 just to get rid of this bloke for cap reasons, because they decided to make Rory Atkins a marquee free agent
Brilliant cap management
can we just appreciate that a guy in his fourth game kicked two goals that put us in front twice in the fourth quarter? including the winner? against the top team? in front of 70000 people?
I’m gonna take the bait
You can’t complain about the booing of a 19 year old (who bailed on his club after one year) while simultaneously shitting on an 18 year old for taking kick ins
going from wanting to play for a big Melbourne club to playing for the fuckin Saints at the shithole in front of 30k every week, humbling experience for the poor kid
If you're complaining about Bucks doing commentary for Pies games, you'd better keep that same energy for Reiwoldt/Montagna on Saints games, Jon Brown on Lions, Ricciuto on Adelaide etc.
I’ve had five hours sleep since Friday morning, my voice is gone, and I couldn’t be happier. Best 72 hours I could’ve imagined
What a weekend. Go Pies.
I know I keep going on about this
But Isaac Quaynor’s been the best medium/small defender in footy over the last two months.
Unbelievably good run of form, another BOG (over Nick) game tonight
Nick had a down game
27 touches, 475 metres gained, 5 clearances, 4 tackles and 23 (!!!) pressure acts (second most on the team)
His standards are so unbelievably high lmao
That’s as good a win as you’ll see. Undermanned. Playing against four extras on the field. In the wet. Comeback. Sickness. Five days off. No Pendles. Third interstate in four weeks
THIS CLUB IS UNBELIEVABLE
The only reason people are pissed here is that running too far is never actually called correctly. Rankine 100% went over his distance, it’s just that 10 others probably did in the same game without being penalised