Late Change for tonight's game - Davis OUT (Official Game Thread)

[573v30]

The fat lady is singing! Thomas has kicked his 4th and the margin back to 33 points.

[tawfiq]

we shouldnt drop bevan, wwe should just delist him, even though the game wouldve been too quick for LRT, he wouldve done far better than bevan, so where to now for the swans, impossible game nxt week, top 4 is gone

[Zlatorog]

Not only top 4 is gone, but if they are not careful even top 8 might be a problem. They need to win at least 6 of next 10 to stay in top 8.

[tawfiq]

if only we could blame the umpires this time

[Legs Akimbo]

Has the scoreboard ever been more flattering to such an insipid performance?

[tawfiq]

it seems impossible for us to win another game with our current strategy, something has got to give, besides the axing of players btw, which should be a given by next week

[Foreign Legion]

Bevan is a hard trier - but he must go.

Hall needs to be moved - try him up the ground a bit.

Why do we lose against the @@@@ sides and win against the good ones?

[Zlatorog]

Bevan is a hard trier - but he must go.

Hall needs to be moved - try him up the ground a bit.

Why do we lose against the @@@@ sides and win against the good ones?

So, does that mean that you believe they'll win against the Cats next week?

[tawfiq]

we couldnt beat the cats if our lives depended on it, another easy ( or relatively easy) game lost by us, wow, we just keep finding ways to beat our pathetic attempts and tonight was worse than the stkilda and kangaroos game, actually, far worse than those 2 games

[573v30]

Full Time

Collingwood 10.16 76
Sydney 8.9 57

A very disappointing result really. We should've lost by a lot more than just 19 points given Hall's performance and it was only a good 4th quarter that made the result a "respectable" loss. Wakelin easily pwned Hall, we had few good contributors and our backmen played crap. Congrats to the Pies and Thomas is an absolute superstar. Too bad their supporters are filthy bogans but Collingwood might be an inspiration for a "Westie" AFL team in Sydney.

We're now 6-6 and 10th on the ladder, a game that we should've won but didn't and now we'll be heavy underdogs against a very strong Geelong at their fortress and will probably lose unless we take huge risks but that ain't going to happen. Most of our midfielders bar Goodes played crap and Hall couldn't mark and Collingwood responded. LRT probably should've played against Rocca. Expect a few changes coming next week.

[Foreign Legion]

So, does that mean that you believe they'll win against the Cats next week?

Yep.

[Melbournehammer]

I'd actually be happier if we got absolutely flogged by geelong next week - this is one of those situations where the team has failed to appreciate just how bad they have been this season. Walls got it right when he said that we have beaten some very ordinary teams this season and been lucky to be in the game in some others

bolton very poor
schneider very poor
buchanan very poor
ablett very poor
matthews very poor
adam goodes thinks he is better than he is

cannot really express just how bad they have been this year

[Zlatorog]

I wonder what excuse will Roos dish out tonight? A cold, dewy night perhaps. Maybe he'll say that the players couldn't warm themselves up until 4th quarter?

[tawfiq]

can i ask, what positive, if any, can we take out of that game? kirk played pretty good, but once again was by himself

[ScottH]

My 2 boys are at it again.

Bevan is a vegetable and J Bolton cant hit a target AGAIN.

I think those players/descriptions are interchangeable.