Post game, Buckley had the gall to say that the Collingwood team today is essentially five years of strong football apart from one bad year last year (when he stopped coaching). So he is saying he got them to where they are today...
(Grudgingly) credit where credit is due… 11 in a row and you have to say it is not a fluke they keep winning the close ones. They manage the end of games very well. Good news is they are due for a loss and we should be up for the challenge
The AFL would have to be happy with that for a Friday night game. Exciting stuff and I have to say, very entertaining and enjoyable as a neutral observer.
I reckon our boys will be relishing the challenge of being the team to end that streak next week.
I said the same in an earlier post. The other commentators didn't seem to know how to respond and left him hanging on that comment and quickly moved on. He's an interesting case study...he's actually insightful at times in commentary but then you see his big ego which now keeps being overfed in his new gig. And I keep thinking Heritier Lumumba and what he did there and remind myself of the real Buckley that contrasts with the side he's trying to now rebrand and repolish in his high profile media role . The way he brushed off all the accusations from Heretier was so smug.
Exact figures: Start with 33 points, then outscore North Melbourne by greater than 67 points for every 52 thereafter. 67/52 is equal to Melbourne's current percentage.
Note that exactly 100 to 52 would put us level with Melbourne on percentage (though we would be ahead on the tie breaks). We need to score more than that to go ahead.
"Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final
Freo just put a big dent in the Poodles' finals chances!
Poodles only won the free kick count by 4 so they were always going to struggle with that sort of mistreatment.
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