| 2019 AFL Round 17 COLLINGWOOD v WEST COAST Time & Place: Friday July 12, 8:10pm AEST Perth Stadium TV: 7mate / Fox Footy 8:00pm AEST Weather: Min 7 Max 19 Chance of rain: 0% 0mm Wind: ESE 15kph Betting: Collingwood $2.20 West Coast $1.64 |
COLLINGWOOD 4.0.24 5.4.34 6.7.43 9.9.63
GOALS - De Goey 2, Hoskin-Elliott 2, Mihocek, Treloar, Cox, Daicos, Sier
BEST - Collingwood: Crisp, Treloar, Sidebottom, De Goey, Moore, Phillips
INJURIES - Collingwood: Nil
REPORTS - Collingwood: Nil
OFFICIAL CROWD - 66,407 at the MCG
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"We're not playing our best footy. That has an impact. When you don't have that momentum of building on your best footy and the confidence of playing your best footy – we're out of form – then I think that does take a little bit of extra work to find and to motivate and to energise. We're down on it (energy) a little, there's no doubt. But I think that our form has contributed to that in some shape or another. In the end, there's no easy way out of that. You've just got to work through it. ... There are individuals that aren't quite in the form that they'd like to be in. If you add that as a collective, I don't think we're jelling together as a team quite as effectively as we'd like to be. That's where we're at. We battled away for most of the night and we were in a winning position but form definitely is an issue individually and collectively. ... If it was a kick the other way, we wouldn't be sitting here with any less understanding of the things we need to work on to bring our best footy to light. There were steps forward from last week. We see last week as an outlier. The season has its ups and downs. You don't often have seasons without it. You're not all bad or all good, there's always something in between. We're going through a little bit of variability with our footy at the moment, but we've still got a fair bit of the season to work that out." – Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley |
Media Clippings
AFLHaving led for most of the night, even if it was at times an undeserving lead, Collingwood fell to a slender four-point defeat to Hawthorn. It was a result – and a performance – that Buckley and the Magpies are becoming all too familiar with during an indifferent campaign. Fumble after fumble was followed by turnover after turnover. Any type of structure was absent, with connectivity forward of centre often replaced by rushed dumped kicks forward. Fox Footy Alarm bells are ringing for Collingwood after Hawthorn made a superb late charge to prevail by four points at the MCG and consign the Magpies to consecutive AFL losses. ... Serious doubts will linger about the Magpies’ premiership credentials after another lacklustre performance, with David King telling Fox Footy “Collingwood died a slow death”. ... The Pies will be left to lament some dreadful skill errors with equal-leading possession winner Adam Treloar (31 touches) among the worst culprits. Small forward Jamie Elliott, playing in his first game in two months, managed just seven disposals and appeared off the pace. Mason Cox (one goal) also had a night to forget, dropping several easy marks including one directly in front of goal in the final term. The Pies come up against their 2018 grand-final conquerors West Coast at Optus Stadium next Friday, having lost their last four games against the Eagles. They then take on GWS in Sydney before a round 19 showdown with Richmond at the MCG in what shapes as a season-defining period. Collingwood News Confidence is key at Collingwood. Unfortunately for Nathan Buckley, his side doesn't have much of it at the moment. Following another disappointing showing in a four-point loss to Hawthorn on Friday night, Buckley believes his side's form is having an impact on the energy and poise of his players. Heavily critical of his Pies outfit over the last fortnight, Buckley conceded after the match that his team's conviction is now lacking following a string of unconvincing performances. That showed at crucial intervals at the MCG. While the Hawks were able to feed off the momentum of a five-goal final term to storm home, the Pies appeared bereft of ideas as they sought to battle out of their malaise. ... While the Pies were able to get the footy in the hands of their best ball users, too many turnovers across the night resulted in a frustrating display throughout the match. Collingwood went inside 50 only 34 times for the game, with Buckley also stating that the side's lack of confidence was hindering its ability to execute going forward. The Age A final-quarter burst from Hawthorn gave the Hawks an upset four-point victory over an out-of-sorts Collingwood last night at the MCG. The match was a dour, error-riddled arm wrestle for the most part but after Hawthorn dominated large chunks of the game without getting reward, the weight of numbers, particularly the inside 50s, ultimately overwhelmed Collingwood as the Hawks finally got their noses in front for the first time in the final quarter and never looked back. ... Collingwood’s concerning form slump has continued for a third week. Worryingly, they weren’t able to respond a week after suffering their worst loss in three seasons – against North Melbourne, after which coach Nathan Buckley all but accused them of being soft – and two weeks after producing what Buckley described as one of their worst performances for the year against the Bulldogs. |
worst back six in the competition. Level of positional competency low and they perform at an adequate standard 50% of the time.
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