Go The Pies !!!!
Its only the second time this year that I’ve been able to scream the theme song at the end of a Collingwood game, but this was one to savor in its full. We set out to tackle the West Coast Eagles who were undefeated after 8 rounds…. But now they are defeated, and beaten by the team on the bottom of the ladder.
What a great day, beautiful weather in Melbourne for football. The new stand at the MCG is in the last stages of completion and is looking excellent.
Went to the game today with Puss and we thought that it was going to be a long one when the eagles kicked the first 3 straight. But we fought back well kicking the next couple finishing out the quarter only 2 goals down, 3.1 to 5.1..
The next quarter we came out blazing, anchored by the back line of Prestie, Wakes and Jimmy-James we launched many attacks with solid running through the center with pinpoint delivery into the forward line.. Dominating play we kicked 7 goals to the eagles 2 to lead 9.3 to 7.2 at half time.
After the long break we came out with gusto, but the eagles had turned it up a notch and reversed the form of the second quarter kicking 6 to our 2 goals.
So at three quarter time it was 11.7 (coll) to 13.3 (wce). But the final term showed that we did want to win and were willing to run and push to make it happen.. We dominated play again as we did in the second quarter kicking 7 goals 3 to the eagles 2 goals 2.
Final score Pies 18.10 118 to Eagles 15.5 95…
Was great to see the dependency of the solid back line didn’t back down again, and this week our midfield decided to play the game and actually run the ball through the midfield, find space, back themselves and deliver with accuracy.
If there was one stat that showed how we won it was the tackle count. At the end of the game it was 52 tackles to the pies and only 29 to the eagles.. That is a total reflection of how much we wanted the ball, and were willing to put in to get it.
Go the Pies….
