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AFL Round 2 2017 Discussion
Round 2 2017
Home v Away Venue Time
Thursday March 30
Richmond v Collingwood MCG 7.20pm
Friday March 31
Western Bulldogs v Sydney Etihad Stadium 7.50pm
Saturday April 1
Hawthorn v Adelaide MCG 1.45pm
GWS v Gold Coast Spotless Stadium 4.35pm
Brisbane v Essendon Gabba 7.25pm
West Coast v St Kilda Domain Stadium 7.40pm
Sunday April 2
Geelong v North Melbourne Etihad Stadium 1.10pm
Melbourne v Carlton MCG 3.20pm
Port Adelaide v Fremantle Adelaide Oval 4.40pm
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Horribly moderate game here tonight
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Originally Posted by
Remi Moses
Horribly moderate game here tonight
Yeah really awful finishing especially by Collingwood.
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Buckley must be close to losing his job. Collingwood are rubbish tonight.
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
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Originally Posted by
Twodogs
Buckley must be close to losing his job. Collingwood are rubbish tonight.
Two 'valiant' losses. He's fine with Eddie for the moment. Their decision to tie up nearly a million a year in Mayne (not great) & Wells (calf injuries still) in aforementioned 'valiant' losses might have the list manager nervous. Spending two first rounders and two second rounders on Treloar & Aish with little around them and allowing mature players to walk out is really confusing as to whether they overestimated their list, overestimated their development, or both.
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Originally Posted by
bulldogtragic
Their decision to tie up nearly a million a year in Mayne (not great) & Wells (calf injuries still) in aforementioned 'valiant' losses might have the list manager nervous.
By media account, Mayne has a 4 year deal at $2m and Wells 3 years at $1.8m.
$500k and $600k = $1.1m per year, or more than Tom Boyd for less output.
Wells gives the Pies nothing - doesn't fill a position of need and will barely get on the park.
Mayne has kicked 1 goal from his last 8 games going into tonight, but is really there for his defensive pressure. They could have traded for Mitch Honeychurch who provides elite defensive forward pressure.
Conclusion - Collingwood are idiots.
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Where is that bloody rule changes thread??? What a farce this 3rd man up rule has already become
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Rucking in general is just a balls up. Having to nominate is just a cluster****.
And don't get me started on contact below the knees. Grundy went low to win a hard ball, gets cannoned into by his opponent & gives away the free. Ridiculous.
Leave the game alone.
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So Buckley gets rid of Cloke the only forward he had with a tank , they all say he can't kick straight but on tonight's game Cloke wasn't the problem, the whole team can't kick straight .. Look at the cause not the ending !!
Buckley has slowly dismantled a good side , blamed players and got rid of quality players for average players.
Tonight at times they looked like they were playing for themselves not as a team.
Actually trying our style but not the talent to do it.
Bring back the biff
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Originally Posted by
bulldogtragic
Two 'valiant' losses. He's fine with Eddie for the moment. Their decision to tie up nearly a million a year in Mayne (not great) & Wells (calf injuries still) in aforementioned 'valiant' losses might have the list manager nervous. Spending two first rounders and two second rounders on Treloar & Aish with little around them and allowing mature players to walk out is really confusing as to whether they overestimated their list, overestimated their development, or both.
Did Payne play tonight?
Originally Posted by
Mofra
By media account, Mayne has a 4 year deal at $2m and Wells 3 years at $1.8m.
$500k and $600k = $1.1m per year, or more than Tom Boyd for less output.
Wells gives the Pies nothing - doesn't fill a position of need and will barely get on the park.
Mayne has kicked 1 goal from his last 8 games going into tonight, but is really there for his defensive pressure. They could have traded for Mitch Honeychurch who provides elite defensive forward pressure.
Conclusion - Collingwood are idiots.
Indeed. They couldn't have traded in Honeychurtch. He's not a big enough name.
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
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Originally Posted by
Twodogs
Did Payne play tonight?
Indeed. They couldn't have traded in Honeychurtch. He's not a big enough name.
i think Payne went to Brisbane last year.
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Originally Posted by
ledge
So Buckley gets rid of Cloke the only forward he had with a tank , they all say he can't kick straight but on tonight's game Cloke wasn't the problem, the whole team can't kick straight .. Look at the cause not the ending !!
Buckley has slowly dismantled a good side , blamed players and got rid of quality players for average players.
Tonight at times they looked like they were playing for themselves not as a team.
Actually trying our style but not the talent to do it.
It's like he has deliberately dismantled a premiership winning combination that had years together as a core group and taken the club from the top to the bottom of the laser.
Nearly every move he's moved, every change he's made has appeared aimed at making the team a weaker team and that's been born out by the fact that Collingwood have finished lower again for the last four years of his reign.
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
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I would not like to be in Buckley's shoes if the Pies lose to Carlton in a few weeks time.
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I watched a bit of last nights game and it wasn't a great performance by either side. Like last week against us, Collingwood missed their chances and I think it really hurt them last night.
A good start to the season for Richmond and a lousy one for Collingwood.
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Originally Posted by
GVGjr
A good start to the season for Richmond and a lousy one for Collingwood.
Hard to tell if the Tigers are going to be any good this year. They certainly have their confidence up, but one thing, games in the first 6 rounds are played very differently to games for the rest of the year. Every year the first few rounds start off free flowing and high scoring, (Tigers love that) but when the pressure is put on, we will see if the Tigers are any good.
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