Collingwood – 15.12 (102)
Essendon – 9.13 (67)
Collingwood have won their 6th game in a row on Friday night against a disappointing Essendon side. The Pies outclassed the Bombers for one quarter and that proved the difference as they ran out 35 point victors. It was a hard fought game for the first, third and fourth quarters but the Pies kicked 7 goals to 1 in the second quarter and that proved the difference. The Bombers were wasteful in the first quarter and would have felt their 2 point lead should have been 3 goals having missed some golden opportunities.
Big Moment Dale Thomas’ goal in the third quarter was a stunner. Soccered off the ground out of Fletchers gadget hands and through the big posts. Key Players for Collingwood Alan Didak – Yet another outstanding performance with 35 possessions. It looks like he has hit some fantastic form that is here to stay. Travis Cloke – 19 disposals, 9 marks and 4.2 for the night showed he has found some rare form after following up last weeks decent effort. Josh Fraser – Dominated the ruck with 35 hit outs, 15 more than the Bombers entire team. Also picked up 23 disposals and chipped in with 1.1, his goal was a brilliant snap after taking the ball out of the ruck. Key Players for Essendon Brent Prismall – He looks settled in the Bombers midfield now and is just getting better. He collected 28 disposals, 8 of those contested, 5 marks and 5 tackles. Scott Lucas – Has kicked a few in each of his games since returning to the side and was the Bombers top goal scorer with 3.1. He also worked hard up the ground gathering 18 disposals, 6 of those were contested. Adam McPhee – Played pretty well down back, despite Cloke getting on top of him. 29 disposals was the Bombers highest. Musings from the match · 13-2 hit outs to advantage in favour of the Pies. · The umpiring in the second quarter was a little suspect, especially when Leon Davis clearly threw the ball out of a pack with one hand eventually resulting in a Pies goal. · The Bombers were a little unlucky in the third. They had much of the run but the Pies were able to pull goals out of nowhere to keep the Dons out of it. · It was a disappointing game to watch for Bombers supporters after their stunning performance last week against the Blues. · The Pies have now won 6 in a row, only the second time that has happened under the Malthouse regime. Supercoach news Josh Fraser, Travis Cloke and Alan Didak all scored over 130 points this week. Don’t get on the Cloke bandwagon yet though, he is known to be inconsistant. The Didak ship has already sailed with him getting really expensive now. Fraser has been consistant for most of the year so if you need a ruckman he might be good. Dayne Beams got 94 last week and 97 this week. His price is sure to rise so those who have had him since the start will be licking their lips. Those who got on the Scott Lucas bandwagon will be happy with his return. I know I’m content. Look into getting Brent Prismall also, I almost already did but went for Andrew Welsh instead… Broke my rule of not picking up a tagger and it didn’t pay off.
Tags: Adam McPhee, Alan Didak, Brent Prismall, Dale Thomas, Dayne Beams, Josh Fraser, Scott Lucas, Travis Cloke
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