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Monday, March 15th, 2010Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood – Round 22 match review
Sunday, August 30th, 2009Western Bulldogs- 14.16 (100)
Collingwood – 10.16 (76)
The Western Bulldogs have secured third spot on the ladder and booked a Qualifying Final against Geelong after defeating Collingwood by 24 points at Etihad Stadium in the last game of the home and away season.
It was a see-sawing encounter for much of the match with the lead changing on numerous occasions. Scores were relatively even for much of the first half until the second half came along. The Pies came out firing kicking the first 4 goals of the third quarter, only to be halted by the Dogs who kicked the next 4. The Dogs took the lead into the final term and ended up kicking 3 goals to the Pies 1, and only secured third spot on the laddder in the last couple of minutes through a goal kicked by Brad Johnson.
Big Moment
In the third quarter, the Dogs were losing by 7 points. Then Nathan Eagleton gained possession of the ball in defence and ran down the middle of the ground into an open Bulldogs forward line and slotted the goal.
Key Players for Western Bulldogs
Ryan Hargrave – Played on Medhurst and ran off him eaily for much of the game. He had an oustanding match collecting 32 disposals (game high 27 kicks and 29 uncontested) and a massive game high 19 marks (18 uncontested).
Brian Lake – Played on John Anthony and ran off him. He finished with 26 disposals (22 kicks), 15 marks (12 uncontested) and laid 3 tackles.
Matthew Boyd – He spent the game taggin Magpie ball magnet Dane Swan and beat him, more so in the first half. He ended the night with game high 35 possessions, 4 clearances, tackles and marks and 5 inside 50s.
Key Players for Collingwood
Tarkyn Lockyer – Had Hardbrow on him and ended up having a relatively even match. At times it seemed time Tarks was one of the only players keeping Collingwood alive. He ended the match as the Pies only multiple goal kicker with 3 to his name, he colelcted 25 disposals (15 kicks and 17 uncontested) and 7 marks.
Heath Shaw – Was the other player who seemed to keep Collingwood in the contest. He was the Magpies highest disposals winner with 34 possessions (18 kicks and 18 uncontested) and 5 marks.
Musings from the match
• Before the match started there were later changes: For the Pies, Scott Pendlebury and Leigh Brown were out for the Pies and were replaced by Tyson Goldsack and John McCarthy. While for the Dogs, Ben Hudson was repalced by Andrejs Everitt.
• It was John McCarthy’s first match for this season.
• The Bulldogs dominated much of the possessions, but this was highly due to them playing a possession game and chipping it around the ground.
• The Dogs had 87 more disposals (including 78 more kicks and 9 more handballs).
• The Dogs marked more of the ball, both contested (20-10) and uncontested (146-65).
• Overall the Dogs had 95 more uncontested possessions.
• The Pies however had 4 more contested possessions.
• The Bulldogs dominated the hit outs ( to ). For the Dogs Will Minson had 28. Where as for the Pies Josh Fraser and Cameron Wood had 23 combined.
Supercoach news
For the Bulldogs there were 5 players that scored 100+ points: Ryan Hargrave (114pts), Brian Lake (159pts), Matthew Boyd (123pts), Lindsay Gilbee (128pts) and Jarrod Hardbrow (120pts).
For the Pies there were only 2 players who scored over 100+ points and they were: Tarkyn Lockyer (121pts) and Nick Maxwell (102pts).
Collingwood vs Hawthorn – Round 16 match review
Sunday, July 19th, 2009Collingwood – 11.10 (76)
Hawthorn – 18.13 (121)
Collingwoods run of 6 straight wins has come to an end after a dominant third quarter performance by Hawthorn. The reigning premiers kicked 7.3 in the third term (their highest scoring quarter for the year) to the Pies 2 behinds to set up their 45 point win at the MCG.
The first half was a relatively even performance, for the most of it, it was goal for goal until the middle of the second quarter where Collingwood kicked 4 consecutive goals to set up a 11 point half time lead.
The Pies looked as they were going to run away with the game, but the second half revival by the Hawks stunned them in submission.
Big Moment
The most electrifying goal of the night was in the second half, where Luke Hodge kicked a mistimed torpedo from the centre square that ended up bouncing through for a goal.
Key Players for Collingwood
Dane Swan – Had yet another outstanding game and is clearly the Pies most consistent player for the year. He went head to head with Sewell and dominated. He collected game high 35 disposals, laid 8 tackles and kicked a goal.
Heath Shaw – Was one of the Pies best for the night. He rebounded from the Hawks forward 50 throughout the night effectively. He ended his night with 32 disposals (including 16 handballs and 4 tackles).
Tarkyn Lockyer – Tagged Sam Mitchell all night and ended up having an even performance with the Hawks skipper. He had 17 disposals, laid game high 9 tackles and kicked 3 goals.
Key Players for Hawthorn
Luke Hodge – He started in the midfield and pretty much played there the whole night. He was quite instrumental in the Hawks win. He colleted 34 touches had 6 tackles, 5 marks and kicked 3 goals.
Lance Franklin – His second consecutive dominant forward display. He played on Prestigiacomo all night, but could not be held for most of it because of his strong leads. He ended the night with 24 disposals and scoring 5.4.
Sam Mitchell – Played a couragous captains game. He was tagged by Lockyer all night and ended up pretty much even in all aspects. He copped a ball to his face in the first quarter, iced it during the second and then came back in the second half. Then in the fourth quarter he copped a shoulder knock, but still managed to play out most of the game and finish with 25 touches, 4 marks and 3 goals.
Musings from the match
• It was Paul Medhurst 150th game, his only impact for the game was 1 goal in the first quarter.
• This win keeps the Hawks hopes of making finals still alive.
• Sam Mitchell finished match on the bench with ice strapped to his shoulder
• After 5 consectutive weeks of over 30 possessions, Alan Didak had a not-so impressive match. He was held by Ben McGlynn and only managed 17 disposals and 2 frees against.
• Hawthorn dominated in most of the statistics bar about 3 or 4.
• The Hawks had 41 more disposals (including handballs), but the Pies had 13 more kicks.
• The Pies had 2 more contested marks but the Hawks had 7 more uncontested marks.
• The Pies had a massive 31 more tackles than the Hawks (92-61).
• Lance Franklin continued in his form against the Pies, this week kicking 5 goals.
Supercoach news
Alan Didak’s average had gone down after this match, as he only scored 45 this week. Before this match his average was 113 and now it is 107.
Keep an eye out for sore Collingwood players: Nathan J.Brown and Simon Prestigiacomo and keep an eye out for how Sam Mitchell pulls up after his shoulder knock that was being iced late in the fourth quarter.
Luke Hodge has finally hit some good form including his last week and his previous 3 rounds. He scored 141 this week and in his last four matches has averaged 127 points.
North Melbourne vs Collingwood Review
Friday, May 1st, 2009
North Melbourne–11.9 (75)
Collingwood –19.13 (127)
The mighty Magpies have come back from a disappointing loss on Anzac Day, to a strong 52 point win against North Melbourne. The Pies dominated the match from the second quarter onwards, lead by consistent and hard running midfielders in Tarkyn Lockyer, Scott Pendlebury and Dane Swan.
Turning points of the match
The game was relatively even in the open term, with both teams scoring four goals apiece in a topsy-turvy encounter with the lead changing at times. It was the second quarter that turned the game on its head. The Magpies began dominating the contest with 8 goals to the Kangaroos 3 goals, pushing through the Roo’s weak defence with pressure and confidence.
Key Players for the North Melbourne
Hamish McIntosh – Game high 28 hit outs to Frasers 18. Even though the Pies dominated the clearances. Played yet another great game and is improving with each round. 20 possessions, 3 tackles, 5 marks and 2 goals.
Adam Simpson – He started on Pendlebury but wasn’t doing his job. He was then freed up and collected 34 possessions and 11 kicks and 23 handballs for the evening.
Gavin Urquhart – Gavin was rotated throughout the midfield almost as a replacement for the injured Brent Harvey. He collected 28 possessions and 8 marks.
Key Players for Collingwood
Tarkyn Lockyer – Outstanding, yet again. He played half forward, midfield and down back. He ran hard and played a consistent hard running game. He collected 25 disposals, had 5 tackles and kicked 4 goals for the match.
Leon Davis – Playing all over the field in a new position for him for the year, which is proving to be very dangerous for the opposition. His second dominant performance for the year, it was had been a good year for the magic man. He kicked the pies and the game’s first goal of the night. He ended the night with 27 possessions, 2 goals, 6 tackles and 8 marks.
Dane Swan – Yet another great match. A silent achiever some may say. One of the leaders in the midfield alongside Lockyer and Pendlebury and collect another huge 33 possessions and 7 marks plus 2 tackles as well as a goal.
Musings from the match
• Anthony Rocca and Heath Shaw were both late withdrawals for the match. Sharrod Wellingham and Anthony Corrie were the replacements.
• Tarkyn Lockyer won the Jason McCartney Medal for best player on field
• Last time that Tarkyn Lockyer did not play for the Pies was in Round 9 2004
• John Anthony grew up barracking for the Kangaroos
• Despite the win, Collingwood’s kicking accuracy still needs to improve.
• Possible goal of the year entry by Drew Petrie in the first quarter
• Good game back from suspension by the Magpies captain Nick Maxwell scoring 1.0 and collecting 22 possessions.
• Travis Cloke still having no impact on games for the Pies
• Leigh Brown’s first game against his old team, but he did nothing playing at Full Forward.
• Dane Swan and Scott Pendlebury collected 36 first-half possessions between them
• North Melbourne reached over 70 points in the first time in 4 games.
• John Anthony is cousins with retired North Melbourne player Corey McKernnan
• The Kangaroos Guernseys are too pale!! – Who thinks they look like the Argentinian soccer team???
SuperCoach news
• Heath Shaw late withdrawal from the match, I’d keep an eye on him if I were you both injury wise and not having a very consistent 2009.
• Dane Swan and Tarkyn Lockyer – Both Collingwood mid fielders have had outstanding games for the year thus far. They are both important players for the pies, and you should probably have them in your team if not already. Swan: $535,200 and Lockyer: $499,800.
• Hamish McIntosh is a good choice of ruckman with a high average of 107.60 leading into this game, he is not hugely expensive at $438,000 compared to the likes of Jolly, Cox and Fraser but he’s price will on rise.
• Keep an eye on the injury fronts for Daniel Pratt (Kang), Paul Medhurst (Coll), Dayne Beams (Coll) and Nathan Brown (Coll).
Bad kicking is bad football Collingwood
Thursday, April 16th, 2009Bad Kicking is bad football. A basic but true notion that Collingwood, a club that has an astronomical off-field spending total of $16million doesn’t seem to give much credence to. And after kicking 13.17 on Thursday night and having their VFL team kick 13.21 on the weekend, it’s being displayed plainly.
You would think Mick Malthouse or Mr. $800 000 a year, who is out of contract would rate one of the main skills that will provide him a new contract, but that clearly isn’t the case.
Now you may think that this may be an over-reaction but when I read that Josh Fraser said “It’s an area that’s not worked on at training a hell of a lot” after the loss on Thursday night, my blood was boiling considering how many chances the Pies wasted throughout the match. He then went on to partly blame it on fitness which is hilarious considering the ‘high-altitude’ pre-season camp to Arizona, the high-tech methods used and the type of rotations we do to keep the players fresh throughout the game.
So what have the players and coaching staff been working on at training?
Going by the first three rounds I would say most of the time has been spent on finding out new and more adventurous ways to hug the boundary.
It could be argued on Thursday’s game that the players that kicked inaccurately were the ones that ran the hardest throughout the game and that’s why they missed. But really, what’s the point if you are going to run so hard for the ball like Lockyer and Leigh Brown did, and have a only a slight chance of kicking a goal due to fatigue and poor goal kicking technique? These players are professionals so is it too much to ask for them to kick it through the big sticks when they have the chance?
It could be argued that poor-kicking was a factor in Chris Tarrant’s exit of the club. Could the same happen to Travis Cloke? He is a key-forward who doesn’t have that many scoring shots as it is and when he actually has his 2-3 shots a game, he has kicked more behinds than goals.
The best current example of the importance of goal-kicking practice goes to Brendan Fevola on the weekend. After not being able to practice his goal kicking thanks to his injured heel, he kicked an uncharacteristic 4.7. Given that Carlton only lost that game by 4 points and how even the competition is, those missed set shots could be the difference between an important top-4 position just a spot in the 8 which pretty much puts you out of the race for the flag.
There is no better pressure than scoreboard pressure. It is the type of inferred pressure that deflates the opposition and helps keep the opposition crowd out of the game.
It’s that type of pressure and skill that seems to be greatly underestimated by the Collingwood coaching staff.
What a shame considering that it is a skill that will actually win them games.
References:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,25325368-19763,00.html
http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/blues-pies-lift-spending/2009/02/05/1233423406645.html
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,25339271-19742,00.html
Collingwood vs. Geelong – Round 3 match recap
Thursday, April 9th, 2009Geelong – 18.14 (122)
Collingwood – 13.17 (95)
An outstanding second quarter bombardment of goals by Geelong against an inaccurate Collingwood has enabled the Cats to remain undefeated in 2009. Late comebacks in the end of the third and fourth quarters by the Pies didn’t assist the Cats, but they still emerged victorious by 27 points at the MCG on Friday night.
Turning points of the match
Geelong staged a 47 point turn around in the second quarter scoring 8.3 to the Pies 0.3. This turn around ripped the Magpies in half!
Key Players for Geelong
Paul Chapman – An outstanding match winning performance. 35 disposals, 7 marks, 3 tackles and 4 goals straight.
Gary Ablett – Well, did you expect anything else? He was tagged by Ben Johnson until he injured his ankle. Finished the match with a game high 37 possessions, kicked a goal and had 7 marks.
Joel Selwood – Played head to head with Scott Pendlebury and it was an even match. Had a fantastic first quarter and effective disposals throughout the match, 26 disposals.
Steve Johnson – Was held well by Harry O’Brien in the first quarter, but wreaked havoc in the second quarter and kicked 3.3 from a total of 19 disposals even with a continuous nose bleed during the third quarter.
Key Players for Collingwood
Josh Fraser – Plays better when the only ruckman in the Pies side. Had 21 hit outs and a stand out game for the Pies. Also had 19 disposals and 8 marks and scored 1.3.
Tarkyn Lockyer – Had a fantastic start in the first quarter, slowed in the second and then re-emerged in the second half with a great midfield game. 16 kicks, 9 marks and scored 1.3.
Shane O’Bree – Went head to head with Jimmy Bartel. Had a tough match and applied a great deal of pressure. He ended with 14 touches and a game high 11 tackles.
Dane Swan – Started on the field, for once. Began the match with Ling tagging him, then Corey. Swanny ended the match with another high disposal count, 30 possessions and 8 marks.
Musings from the match
• The first goal of the match was kicked by Alan Didak 26 seconds in.
• Ben Johnson started on Gary Ablett and held him to only 4 possessions in the first quarter until coming off with a suspected broken fibula.
• Most of Paul Medhurt’s score 3.1 was in junk time during the last quarter
• From set shots between 15-40 metres out Collingwood had kicked 0-9 by three quarter time.
• Both teams kicked inaccurately.
• Up until the fourth quarter; Josh Fraser, Tarkyn Lockyer and Leigh Brown had all kicked 0.3 each
Supercoach/Dreamteam news
Get Dayne Beams before his price rise after his third game, possible Round 3 rising star nominee, who knows?
Need a gun for you forward line? Chapman kicked 4 goals straight and including his 160 point Supercoach haul tonight he has averaged 118 so far.
If you have Ablett and don’t have him as captain you have serious issues. Adds another 150 Supercoach points to add to his 162 and 139 keeping his average at 150.
Be cautious of Heath Shaw who got reported for “pushing” an umpire in the second quarter and Cameron Ling who had problems with his ankle throughout the match and was played sparingly.
Collingwood Magpies 2009 Season Preview
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
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Last Year
In 2008, Collingwood finished in sixth position. It was undoubtedly an inconsistent season where after playing 24 games, their win-loss record was 13 – 11. A young and inexperienced team reached the semis, but alas they were not strong enough against a more experienced side.
Star debutant Nathan J.A Brown was an important inclusion down back with the retirement of James Clement; he played all games and earned a NAB AFL Rising Star nomination. Another debutant was ‘defender’ John Anthony, who after playing most of his games down back in the VFL, was found to be an extremely valuable target up forward with Anthony Rocca absent due to injury. Paul Medhurst (All Australian team 08), Alan Didak and Dane Swan (Copeland Trophy Winner) stepped up in 08, to show off their skills and fast running up forward and around the ground. Collingwood were the team with the highest tackle count of the year, this illustrated their determination to run down opponents, work hard and gain possession as often as possible. These characteristics were instrumental in what was certainly Collingwood’s finest performance of the year, the smashing of reigning premiers Geelong by 86 points at the MCG. This was a task that only the Magpies were able to achieve in the home and away season. After an up and down year, Collingwood’s end of season and finals campaign was interrupted by an off-field incident involving key players Alan Didak and Heath Shaw, which resulted in the suspension of both players for the remainder of the season; these players were so valuable in the team line-up that their absence interfered with possible further finals progression.
Backline
In 2008 the backline consisted of players who were lacking in experience with the exception of Maxwell, Shaw and Wakelin. With an early end to veteran Simon Prestigiacomo’s year due to injury the backline was forced to make some changes to accommodate for the lack of height. Debutant Nathan Brown was a good inclusion to the line up, and proved to be a consistent player, playing on many of the great full forwards of the game today and holding them too few goals. Shaw and Maxwell provided some good run from half back and centre half back to the experienced midfielders. While Wakelin was always waiting in the last line of defence to create a Collingwood turn around. For a young and learning backline, the boys, as a group, were able to remain mostly consistent throughout the season.
Midfield
Led by veteran skipper Scott Burns, Copeland Trophy winner Dane Swan (590 disposals) and fellow senior players Dale Thomas, Tarkyn Lockyer, Scott Pendlebury and Shane O’Bree, the midfield for the Pies always seemed to have run and tackled hard (as the highest tackling team in the AFL). It was an area to be reckoned with when the boys were out running fast and aggressively and disposing of the ball effectively. The midfield was probably the most reliable area of the Pies line-up with most of the players being on top of their game throughout the season.
Forwards
Anthony Rocca provided a strong target up forward in and out of the first 13 rounds of the season, with an ongoing ankle injury. To this point he been a great presence in the team, kicking,16 goals to 10 behinds. His ankle took its toll at the end of Round 13 unfortuantly, which has sidelined him from the game indefinitely.
Rocca was missed for the remained of the year; Travis Cloke (40 goals) was forced to stand up as the main forward, but was forced week in week out to play against the opposition’s best defender. Despite Cloke playing on these solid defenders, he did manage to gain possession of the ball up the ground and up forward, but missed many opportunities with his inaccuracy throughout the season, which ended up being a problem for Cloke and for the team.
Small forwards Alan Didak (averaging 18 kicks per game and 24 goals for the season) and
Paul Medhurst (50 goals, 179 marks Anzac Day Medallist and All Australian), both proved themselves on field with a good combination of goals and hard work around the ground. Towards the later part of the season John Anthony did stand up, with highly accurate kicking skills. Overall the Pies goal kicking accuracy was a letdown in 08.
Rucks
The Collingwood ruckmen had a relatively good year, despite not being the strongest rucking duo in the AFL. Josh Fraser was the Pies primary ruckman, who ended the season with 31 hit outs. In 2008, Cameron Wood was a good inclusion into the ruck, he ended the season with 41 hit outs (10 more than Fraser). Wood’s impact and rotations with Fraser, allowed Fraser to push forward and provide a good marking target up forward, who proved accurate, kicking 12 goals 3 during the year. Chris Bryan, also spent much of 2008, supporting Josh Fraser in the ruck, with 22 hit outs. Each of Collingwood’s ruckmen were in the top 20 for hit outs in 2008. It seems that if the Collingwood ruck men beef up some more and develop more strength, as the likes of David Hille from the Bombers, the three boys could rotate really well throughout 09.
Summary/Expected Finish
After a pretty good pre-season, it seems the supporters expect big things in the 2009 Premiership Season. Collingwood has one of the youngest lists in the AFL and with Mick Malthouse coaching his 10th season with the Pies and in the final year of his contract, every single moment is critical. The Pies have 18 out of 22 matches in Melbourne, which should already boost their confidence and September chances if they play according to plan every SINGLE game, winning games they should win, all the time!
It is incredibly important that the Pies stay consistent this year, in the past few years their playing level has been up and down and in order to make any type of impact in September the boys need to stand up all season and not just when they are pushing for a top 8 spot. The senior players need to show the up and coming young guns, what is expected of them at a senior level. The likes of Beams and Sidebottom playing great games as debutants in 09, could lift the groups intensity level. The experienced boys have to step up; new captain Maxwell, Swan, Pendlebury, Lockyer, O’Bree, Didak, Davis, Medhurst, Cloke and Rocca (once back from injury) will be vital. Last year’s Geelong game, showed how capable the Magpies are as a side to tackle and run hard and make the most of every opportunity, so if the Pies play like this throughout the year, there will be success in September, and they will challenge the likes of Geelong and Hawthorn.
End of year Position:
3rd-5th
Best 22
FB: Martin Clarke, Simon Prestigiacomo, Tyson Goldsack
HB: Heath Shaw, Nathan Brown, Harry O’Brien
C: Nick Maxwell, Scott Pendlebury, Tarkyn Lockyer
HF: Alan Didak, Travis Cloke, Dale Thomas
FF: Leon Davis, John Anthony, Paul Medhurst
Fol: Josh Fraser, Shane O’Bree, Dane Swan
Int: Cameron Wood, Ben Johnson, Shannon Cox, Dayne Beams
NOTE: Anthony Rocca (ankle, but would play at FF if not injured). Sean Rusling (shoulder, injury prone but could possible play in round 1),
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