Coburg vs Collingwood - Saturday May 16

[one-eyed]

Round 6 Match Report
COBURG TIGERS V COLLINGWOOD
ABD GROUP STADIUM
SATURDAY 16th MAY
By Glenn Robertson

The Burgers were again at home this week in the Round 6 clash with Collingwood. ThePies were slight favourites heading into the match positioned just ahead of the Burgers on the ladder. After having last week off the Burger boys were feeling fresh and ready for battle. After a tight first couple of quarters the Burgers got on top in the second half and had the match safely in their grasp by three quarter time.

 
Both sides were fierce at the ball from the opening bounce with a large number of stoppages early on. The Pies were the first to score before the Burgers rammed home two majors of their own. A couple of sloppy mistakes form the Burgers handed the Pies with easy goals, but accurate kicking gave the Coburg side a minor three point lead going into the first change.
¼ Time: Coburg 4.0 (24) Collingwood 3.3 (21)

The Burgers were looking a little shaky in the second term, but managed to stay with the Pies side. Collingwood had seemed to somewhat control most of the play in the first half, but the scoreboard did not resemble this as they only led by three points at the main break. Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls, Nick Liddle and Jack Riewoldt were Coburg's standout players in the first half. Riewoldt made a very handy return for the
Burgers, and was a vital component to the boys victory. He starred up forward kicking six majors and having a hand in a few others, finishing with thirteen marks for the game, many of them contested.
½ Time: Coburg 7.3 (45) Collingwood 7.6 (48)

The first ten minutes of the third quarter was similar to the first half with neither side getting a break away, but then the Burgers opened the flood gates! Starting with a domination in the midfield the ball kept getting pumped into the Tigers forward-50 and the forwards clutched onto everything. Riewoldt slammed home two majors while Jay Schultz moved forward to also convert a couple of telling goals. The rampage had the home fans cheering loudly and saw the boys take a massive 38 point lead into the final change.
¾ Time: Coburg 14.9 (93) Collingwood 8.7 (55)

Collingwood kept fighting in the final term booting through four majors, but the Burgers took advantage of their scoring opportunities booting three goals of their own to finish with a fantastic 31 point victory. Adam Thompson was brilliant across half back for the Tigers, while Tom Hislop and Liddle dominated through the midfield. Will Thursfield and Jarrod Silvester controlled the ball down back particularly in the second half and rebounded the ball well out of defence.

This week the Burgers face the struggling Bendigo Bombers side at Queen Elizabeth Oval on Sunday beginning at 2.00pm, while the Reserves start at 11.10am.

Coburg Tigers 4.0  7.3 14.9  17.12 (114)
Collingwood    3.3  7.6   8.7  12.11   (83)

Goal Kickers: J. Riewoldt 6, J. Schulz 2, T. Hislop, N. Carnell, S. Edwards, C. Hughes, N. Caruso, T. Vickery, A. Horne, J. Oakley-Nicholls, N. Liddle

Best Players: N. Liddle, A. Thomson, T. Hislop, J. Riewoldt, W. Thursfield, D. Connors

RESERVES

The Burger reserves played on Sunday against North Ballarat. After a slow start to the season the boys finally clicked into gear with a dominant display over their opposition. With an eight goal lead at the main change the boys had the game wrapped up early. David Gourdis and Ryan Allan were the standout targets up forward contributing nine goals between them, while Jayden Post, Ben Clifton and Nic Cattapan were instrumental in the Burgers victory.

Coburg Tigers 6.4 11.5 16.7 17.13 (115)
North Ballarat 0.1   3.5  6.8    8.10  (58)

Goal Kickers: D. Gourdis 5, R. Allan 4, R. Jordon 3, A. Gilligan 2, A. Browne 2, J. Hislop

Best Players: R. Allan, J. Post, N. Cattapan, B. Clifton, A. Browne, G. Polak

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[Tigermonk]

  go Ryan Allan, promotion to the seniors for a good effort for sure 

[Tigermonk]

Riewoldt isn't built to be a team's No.1 big power key forward. His body type isn't a bash and crash packs one like his cousin Nick. He's more a Stevie Johnson type who needs a Mooney and Hawkins say next to him up forward so he can use his smarts against a 2nd/3rd defender.

sorry MT one word which was meant to be (key) forward which is why he was drafted to the club  instead l used (big)
Rewoldt needs some much needed development in body strength & how to use it. He lacks blocking power to give other forwards a clear go at the ball.
His attack on the ball is not the question as every game you will see him do the 1% but l'm talking about lower body strength & how easy he is thrown off when tackling which in todays game defending the forward zone is just as important.
Richmond might have quick players but l will give a example on 2 players , Cousins when is grabbed has so much strength in his lower body his not easy to pull to the ground & allows him time to turn the attacking player around & offload a split second handball, Shane Tuck, & Trent Cotchin are strong in the lower body this is why they are dominate players but used for differnet reasons
Tuck, Johnson, Jackson used as the blockers while tagged players such as Cousins, Cotchin, now Coughlan have the lower body strength to excell & if caught by the tagger can use that to turn the player & keep the ball moving.

Now for the forwards, Richo is one of the most powerful forwards in the league that is mis-used by his team-mates. Has great hands & great speed to lead but is rarely honored by the time wasters that teams get more players back on him. 1 on 1 you got little chance of outmarking the bigman or beating him or pushing him aside in the contest because of his lower body strength.
Nathan Brown used to be such a player but had his confidence shot & being layed up lost his lower body strength which has robbed the AFL spectators of what he could have really been. His game yesterday is showing his confindence is returning & also spells out why he is suffering groin problems & struggles to kick goals his once did from outside 50. Over the last few seasons his struggled on each leg to kick 40 most times because of that main injury & the recurring problems he had which Chris Newman never had,  but the St-Kilda player ??? & the Swans player l think Lawson did have so Nathan Brown is very lucky to be still playing at all at league level

Rewoldt l have already mentioned & is the reason he got dropped because his not kicking goals & not able to block players out of contests. Being pulled down so easy in that tackle against the Swans was his calling card to work harder cause he collapsed like a baby holding a carrot. That cost us the game & didnot go down well at all. Morton got axed because his doing the same action every week kicking around his body at goal instead of taking a better option & hitting up better options. The 1st thing that comes into his head is to play-on & put himself under preasure is wearing thin & dont be surprised if his axed again next week against Essendon.

MT in a few years will will be talking about Rewoldt but players like Geelongs Johnson are guns because they put the extra work in otherwise he would not be at Geelong
He had no choice as Bomber was about to cut his silly head off. His workrate is excellent & they has better development & conditioning staff & 1 of our Tigerland sons that puts alot in

& as l said above Forwards defending the forward 50 well here is a poor example of coaching yesterday

Richmond players zone off trying to stop the ball being moved from the Port defence  so what did Port do, from the kick-in they went straight down the corridor & kicked a goal like they were the only players on the ground  & a wet ground at that which makes it all the more disappointing. That would be the very 1st video the players would be watching this week l would presume.
They forgot about protecting footballs most gracious peice of land. l just about dropped off my seat & seen it as costing us the game

anyway thats enough l enjoyed the game & popelord l hope now you have a better idea if you think l dont know poo about development & conditioning then maybe you should skip my posts
l simply been pointing out where the club has been going wrong all these years & there are no more excuses left at Tigerland & the supporters know it.
people can go down & watch training from outside all they want but there is alot more going on behind closed doors that is where most of player development goes on
also alot of players take it upon themselves to do thier own advance training which the media takes up most of our players spare time with radio & TV & sponsor commitments is why other clubs are ahead of us in most areas

Bump 

[Chuck17]

thursty is not well he needs time, but chances are , he wont be around next year unless things change

would five days do it

[one-eyed]

Stats from Rawlings' EOTT report

Connors, Hislop and Thomson played their best games for the year. Hislop 23 disposals. Thomson 7 clearances. Connors praised for having a team mindset.

JON - very good team game. 5 tackles.

Riewoldt - super game. 6 goals, 3 assists

Vickery - 15 hitouts, does the right things at the right time and is improving each week.

Of the two Richmond Ins this week:
Pattison - Was a terrific competitor throughout the four quarters. Had 25 hit-outs and really got us going in the third quarter when we piled on seven goals. Is a fantastic player to coach because he always gives everything he’s got.

Thursfield - Had an ordinary start, but after quarter-time was very competitive down back. When the game was on the line in the last quarter, he stood up in several contests.

Full report at:
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