Each week collingwoodfc.com.au will publish selected supporter comments from various online fan boards. Please note the views expressed in the article are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Collingwood Football Club or employees of the club.
Dennis White
Posted Tuesday 4 May, 8.46 am (Collingwood’s official Facebook fan page)
Coming over from SA for Saturdays game and to take my 93yr old mum for mum's day! She has been a fanatic for 85yrs. Can you believe it. Go Pies!
“Three Talls: Can it work?” - Zahki
Posted Tuesday 4 May, 7.12 am (Bigfooty.com.au)
So now Dawes has strengthened his claim on his senior spot, and Anthony looks to be regaining his form it's time to address the red hot question: Can three talls work in our forward line?
For me, I'd like to see the club give it a shot for a number of reasons. First and foremost is that Anthony is far too good a player to be languishing in the VFL. He kicked 50 goals last year, and although he got monstered in the finals the club shouldn't back off continuing his development. Lets face it, he's a straight shooter and we need as many of them as we can get at the moment. If he doesn't get the best defender he'll perform much better. If he does then it will surely create a mismatch on Dawes or Cloke that can be exploited, win win.
Dawes too has come out and shown he's ready to take his game to the next level. He has nothing left to learn from playing in the 2s, and has huge potential. Surely the only sane thing to do is to keep him in the side and let him continue to find his feet and adjust to life in the seniors.
Then there is Cloke. I still think he's at his best when he plays like he did on ANZAC day, staying in the 50 and getting scoring opportunities. But as long as the coaches think it's a good idea to have him wheeling around and bombing it into the 50 from the wing why not have Dawes and Anthony in there.
On the flip side playing 2 rucks makes it too tall when one rests up there. Second who comes out for Anthony? This is a side that has got 2 9+ goal wins in 2 weeks, they're obviously working very well together, it's tough to rock the boat the way the side is going.
Either way it's a very good problem to have.
Re: “DAWESOME” - sq3
Posted Monday 3 May, 7:04 am (Nick’s Collingwood Bulletin Board)
Dynamite played a very good game - and is getting better week by week.
His work off the ball was fantastic and he does some of the things that JA cannot offer.
His lead and marks were very McKennaesque.
We have only seen the tip of the iceberg with this kid.
The best thing about this as we can now play JA at HB and release Harry to the wing - and if required JA can go forward - nice.
“Clear above the clouds” - haiku bob
Posted Wednesday 5 May, 2.27 pm (Extreme Black ‘n’ White - Bullet In Board)
bringing autumn
tackle by tackle
to the Blues
a mountain
clear above the clouds -
Dawes marks again
tumbling leaves -
Ball turns himself
inside and out
down on form Leon chases some hidden goal
a row of Blues
neatly laid out
for Didak’s trickery
pack forms -
Swan ducks his head
into the cloud
the swirl of leaves -
Pendlebury pauses
in the torrent
autumn sun sinks fast Blues within three
the crowd saves up its voice for a bolt from Harry
Cloke’s bomb
lands in the mulch of beer cups
and song
