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Date Posted: 12:20 29/10/24 Tue
Author: Porter
Author Host/IP: 123-51-75-22.static.dsl.net.au / 123.51.75.22
Subject: We lost.
In reply to: SchuVoy 's message, "“Could’ve" on 19:09 28/10/24 Mon

I agree -- Treloar's decision wasn't great.

But he wasn't alone.

Jack Crisp took a nice intercepting mark on the wing late in the game. Instead of driving us into attack, he kicked fifty metres backward to Tom Langdon.

Or there was Travis Varcoe's tackle on Jeremy McGovern early in the last quarter on half forward. McGovern blatantly dropped the ball. Nothing.

We could cite these endlessly -- both ways. I'm sure the Eagles have a litany of complaints.

The reality is we just weren't good enough for long enough.

I thought Nathan Buckley spoke brilliantly at the Copeland. Instead of making excuses in the typical Collingwood way, he talked about losing their "dare" and getting better.

Once we established that five-goal lead, the game reminded me of the second half in the drawn 2010 grand final.

It was like we realized we were in a winning position, and went safe, trying to protect the margin rather than play the game that got us there and expand on it.

Citing individual instances is pointless because it abrogates the whole from taking responsibility.

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Agree -- SchuVoy, 14:30 29/10/24 Tue
- Also agree and remember that Darling fluffed a sitter mark and they missed -- Annabelle, 19:12 29/10/24 Tue
  - Selection was an expression of the conservatism and risk averse nature of Buckley the coach -- Crimson Mask, 20:10 29/10/24 Tue
    - Maybe Bucks was scarred by 2011 -- Geek, 11:05 30/10/24 Wed
      - Fair points. Interestingly at training that week both Reid and Moore looked -- Annabelle, 11:15 30/10/24 Wed
        Buckley shit himself, it's the same reason Jordy wasn't picked for the preliminary in 2019 -- Optimax, 12:47 30/10/24 Wed
        I recall people here wanting Moore traded. -- Josh, 12:52 30/10/24 Wed
        Agree Josh, at the time I thought that Reid was the more realistic option. (NT) -- Annabelle, 16:24 30/10/24 Wed
        That was definitely the case -- Magpie Man, 17:37 30/10/24 Wed
      - Playing an unfit Peter Moore cost Tommy Hafey a flag in 1981 -- Abbott Street Entrance, 00:39 31/10/24 Thu
        I assume that unnamed player was Treloar? (NT) -- Konformist, 09:10 31/10/24 Thu

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