Non-Richmond games 2010

[mightytiges]

Pussies spanking the Lions by 80 points. That's 4 straight losses to Brisbane. It looks like Voss topping up with retreads instead of rebuilding with kids was a massive mistake. It'll hurt them big time when the likes of Brown, Black, Power and Fev retire in a couple of years and there's no one of that quality to replace them. Brown isn't 100% right (good first half though tonight) and Fev had the sulks.

I see the Melbourne bubble has burst. It's nice for a change for another club to cop it for getting it wrong with their first pick. 

[mightytiges]

There's always been a top 4 side from the previous year to miss the Eight the next. The Saints are looking like they're it. No Riewoldt, No Saints  . Unfortunately the Blues look like taking their place  .

[Hellenic Tiger]

There's always been a top 4 side from the previous year to miss the Eight the next. The Saints are looking like they're it. No Riewoldt, No Saints  . Unfortunately the Blues look like taking their place  .

Yep struggling to kick a decent score. You are not going to win many games kicking 7-11 goals in modern footy.
I thought the impact of Riwoldt's absence may have taken a few more weeks before the impact was going to be felt but him missing has played havoc with the St Kilda zone and thus rendered them just a middle of the road side once again.

[tiger101]

having no riewoldt has hurt the saints badly but i think they are also weaker against fast pace teams such carlton and the bombers.
disappointed kangaroo's won i was hoping for adelaide to get them in the end but they fell short by 9 points.

[tiger101]

Friday night game between collingwood and cats will be a good game i watch i rkn.

[one-eyed]

Friday night game between collingwood and cats will be a good game i watch i rkn.

Low scoring and both sides making mistakes going inside forward 50 but it is a good game from a high intensity high pressure point of view. End to end stuff is good to watch and while both side's back 6 is staying back it's still thankfully not a shutdown put everyone to sleep St Kilda style game.

While we are daylight behind these sides in our ability to perform and execute our skills at this level of intensity and maintain it at least Hardwick has us on the right track in focussing us first on our pressure and the defensive side of the game.

[mightytiges]

Cats with the last 5 goals. Good to see all the Pies frontrunners being exposed so far .

[tiger101]

good win there by the cats. collingwood seemed to fade away there in the end.
i have to agree with tom harley's comments about hawkings should take 2nd ruckmen spot when ottens returns he shows much more diversity around the ground then blake.

[mightytiges]

Best overall game I've seen Blake play tonight  but yep tiger101 if Ottens is fit to play then Hawkins is the better 2nd ruck option for Geelong as he can play forward or back. Blake can only play ruck/follower so he can only play 1st ruck.

Hard to see the Cats not going back to back unless they choke again in front of the big sticks as they did against the Hawks in 2008. They still have Ottens, Corey and Rooke to bring back into that side  .

LOL @ Collingwood. Proven pretenders once again  . Last 45 mins was 6 behinds to Geelong's 8.5-53. That's A spanking  . Is Leon Davis the worst big game player ever?! Goes missing every time.

[tiger101]

leon has had a quiet start to the year by his standards. i wonder if malthouse will send him back for a game. hard to see who geelong will drop for there returns they all played there part tonight from the looks of it. maybe brynes if anyone.

[mightytiges]

I'm guessing ...
Blake -> Ottens
Lonergan -> Rooke
One of Byrnes/Stokes -> Corey



Pie fans on their forum want Davis and Wood gone forever 

[tiger101]

collingwood fans are always like that about leon and didak tho. After they have a good game and they rate them up there with the best in the league then when they go quiet they wanna drop them off there list.
beams showed he can handle the big stage tonight though.
wood is a disgrace though you gotta admit. even brisbane knew that.

[mightytiges]

Some Tiger supporters like that too   

Our choice at pick 16 in the 2004 draft was between Patto and Wood as far as getting a young ruckman. Not much of a choice eh! 

How good is Bartel. I still remember a rumour in 2006 when he and the Cats had that one ordinary year that he might be put up for trade. I was hoping at the time we'd go after him if he was put on the trade market. The Cats smartly held onto him and the rest is history.

[the_boy_jake]

I wouldn't call Collingwood pretenders just now, for the first half they went toe to toe with Geelong and even got under their skin. It was a fantastic contest to watch.

I think they just need to maintain that sort of pressure for 4 quarters, easier said than done, but I struggle to see this Collingwood side not playing another grand final.....

[mightytiges]

Essendon and Hawthorn went toe to toe with Geelong for 2.5 quarters as well this year before being overrun in a similar fashion. Collingwood beat most sides by outworking and outrunning their opponents. The top sides can match that workrate and then use their class to expose the Pies frontrunners like O'Bree, Davis, Didak, Thomas, Cloke etc. Add to that duds like Dawes and McCaffer. Collingwood will make top 4 because they are a very even side compared to most sides in the AFL which have too many major deficiencies and Malthouse is a coach who gets the best out of a group of players but I still don't rate them. Never have. I've got a good feeling we'll see Eddie and Joffa sitting in the stands both with that priceless sour "oh no not again" look on their faces again this September  .