AFL: On AFL 360, Leigh Montagna breaks down Collingwood's recent issues with their star midfielders not trying hard enough on defence.
Friday night, ensconced in cold, unforgiving winter. Finals seeds are for the taking as 90,000 prepare to flood the home of football.A defining point in both clubs’ campaigns as Collingwood and Essendon’s form teeters.
In particular, Collingwood’s presumptuous defensive attitude at stoppages and in transition was laid bare, with its well-known desire to outnumber at contest coming back to bite hard in instances where it couldn’t win the ball at the source. “There’s a little bit too much of ‘we’ll go our way, you go your way, and we’ll see who wins the footy.’ They’re just taking liberties at the moment — they’ve got time to correct it — but I think this is what McRae’s seen, and why he’s getting frustrated.”Over the past five weeks, Collingwood has allowed the fifth-most stoppage clearances — however, without Jordan De Goey, Tom Mitchell and Scott Pendlebury for the vast majority of recent fixtures, the Pies have been forced to cope with less..
“So, the next four weeks will decide, I think, whether they play finals or not. Because the last four games of the season are 50-50 if not not favourites.” It’s a brave exercise backing the downfall of these Pies — who still emanate a pretty bloody good ‘aura’ as long as Nick Daicos is still healthy and roaming.
Over the past five weeks, Essendon has allowed the fourth-most intercepts per game, the fifth-most points from turnover, the fifth-most groundball gets, and the third-most points from centre-bounce situations. “Now, potentially, 2024 isn’t Essendon’s year,” Riewoldt continued. “Maybe there is a bit of foresight to 2025, 2026, with some more additions into that group and some younger players that are good players that could potentially become great.
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