| 2019 AFL Round 16 COLLINGWOOD v HAWTHORN Time & Place: Friday July 5, 7:50pm MCG TV: 7mate 7:00pm Fox Footy 7:30pm Weather: Min 10 Max 18 Chance of rain: 0% 0mm Wind: NNE 15kph Betting: Collingwood $1.28 Hawthorn $3.45 |
COLLINGWOOD 1.3.9 3.3.21 4.4.28 5.7.37
GOALS - Collingwood: Cox 2, Mihocek, Phillips, De Goey
BEST - Collingwood: Treloar, Moore, Phillips, Pendlebury, Greenwood
INJURIES - Collingwood: Aish (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Scharenberg, Reid (calf), Sier (concussion)
REPORTS - Collingwood: Nil
OFFICIAL CROWD - 38,801 at Docklands
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"We're bloody embarrassed with the way we played. We have real pride about the people that represent this footy club at the moment, but I don't know … we'll find out a little bit about ourselves, because that was as bad as it gets. ... We're embarrassed by that performance. That's as big a shellacking in general play that you'll see in a game of footy. The white flag went up from us. If you look at all of the things that we value in the way we've gone about our footy, we didn't see it today at all. It's inexplicable, to be honest. It's not something we saw coming and it's not something we thought we were capable of. ... It's the first time in a long time we've seen some average physical efforts. It was plain for all to see. There was one side that bodylined the ball and ran hard and straight. Then there was another side that got out of the way a few times. It's not easy to say, but it's the reality. There's a question that rightfully should be asked. ... Tackling or being tackled … we couldn't find any time or space with our hands, so all credit to the pressure they put on, but we were missing a lot of targets and making it a hot potato. It was 'I feel a bit of pressure so here you go, look after this'. We weren't looking out for each other. One of the things we've prided ourselves on as a group is being a third-man in to support, or making our teammates' jobs easier. We didn't do that at all tonight. You can lose a game of footy or you can't perform at your best, but you don't ever want to have your teammates question whether you have their back or not. Potentially, we can question that tonight. That's how poor a performance it was and how disappointed we are." – Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley |
Media Clippings
AFLThe 11.15 (81) to 5.7 (37) scoreline at Marvel Stadium perhaps didn't do justice to North Melbourne's dominance over the contest. It remarkably kept Collingwood to its lowest score in more than 24 years, while missing a host of opportunities itself in attack. ... For Nathan Buckley, there was little improvement from last week. Having been heavily and unusually critical of his side's performance in a narrow victory over the Western Bulldogs, things went from bad to worse. His side lost key players Ben Reid and Brayden Sier to injury, but that was no excuse as the Pies conceded the inside 50 count by a staggering 29 entries in a dismal performance. The individual display of Adam Treloar (39 disposals, 10 clearances, seven tackles) was one of few positives on a night Collingwood will hope to quickly forget. Fox Footy The Magpies were rarely in the game at Marvel Stadium, with the Kangaroos’ inaccuracy the only thing keeping them in the contest in the opening half. Rhyce Shaw’s men smashed the more fancied black and white engine room, amassing 29 more inside 50s, 28 more disposals, 14 more scoring shots and 11 more contested possessions. ... The Magpies are now two games behind Geelong on the ladder, level with West Coast at 10-4 with eight games to play. Collingwood News Collingwood quite simply got smashed by North Melbourne. It lost the inside 50 count by 28 entries, had 14 fewer scoring shots and – in reality – was lucky the margin was only 44 points when the final siren put the Pies out of their misery. ... Beaten in both contested ball and clearances, North Melbourne's midfield – led by Ben Cunnington and Jack Ziebell – quickly overwhelmed its highly skilled opponents. The Age Last week Nathan Buckley was angry because his team played terribly and still won. This week they played worse. This was as bad as Collingwood have played in two years. It is also as well as North Melbourne have played ... since last week. North have been excellent since the moment Brad Scott announced he was going, (including Scott’s last game as coach). This was not the response Buckley would have expected after being chastened by their near loss last week. Buckley now has far more significant questions to answer about his side, having satisfied himself now that last week was not an aberration. The second-placed team on the ladder playing a team that has changed their coach kicked five goals. For the match. Under a roof. It was their lowest score since round 5, 1995. This left them still in second place, but only percentage ahead of West Coast. They could offer no pressure around the ball, no speed of ball movement, and little clean possession. They over handballed and lost structure. Their midfield was thoroughly beaten that they had no answer to North around the ball. |
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