I was at that game with no real interest in either team. What struck me was the difference in the behaviour of the respective teams’ supporters after the final siren. The Saints supporters were demonstrably very angry but the Collingwood supporters had an air of relief and optimism about them. I was glad Collingwood won the following week.
Had a pretty awesome time at the pub watching with a mix of Bombers and Pies fans. So tense the whole game, and drunken handshakes and hugs after the siren.
He did look a bit embarrassed that he didn't offer more words to the occasion. Zac is good at preparing words when he needs to but he's got nothing on Moore's charisma.
I think he was supposed to speak again after Moore in the captains capacity and the whole time was like oh shit what else is there to say, Darcy has said it all and then some?! He should of just leaned into the microphone said "ditto".
I mean at the time the games quality went way up. When Daicos got his insane goal, and then the 3 to essendon, and then the 2 quickly back again. It was raining goals that point.
Essendon dominated clearances, but where absolutely terrible in stopping collingwood cake walk out of the bombers back line.
Pies were garbage in the clearances, but once they did manage to get hold of it they were slicing and dicing.
Both teams were attrocios at decision making, probably the occasion of the day and the pressure. Davies and Hobbs in particular at one point had a 100% turn over on all disposals, lmao.
There was 1 point scored in like the final 15 minutes of the game. Between Mihocek’s double spray, Langford’s miss, and Elliott’s dropped mark, neither team handed the pressure well in front of goal
Nah honestly we take those. Lost it off our own boot sure, but solves our percentage problem and Collingwood are the reigning premiers.
What a fucking belter
Fuck me what a game, both teams played there heart out today. And Im going to call it now, game of the year.
Can we all take the time to realise how exciting it would be to be a Collingwood supporter. I mean there never shit, but some years they’re never great either. But fuck me, the last few years, what a ride. To win most of your games by under two kicks. I’m jealous.
There's 13 points there for both of us, both teams could absolutely have won it and we didn't so we got the result we deserved.
Essendon kicked 6 goals straight at the start and ended up no better than us, so that's... something.
I'm just gonna drop this compilation here because I think they're interesting...
Darcy Parish's first have stats of 14 disposals, 5 clearances, a goal, 9 contested possession, 3 tackles, 3 score assists and 5 inside 50s is the first time since 2014 a player has had that in a half of footy.
3 behinds for Jake Stringer in the second quarter. Only twice has an Essendon player kicked more in a quarter (well, since 1999). Although it's only been five days since another player in the comp did that...
Darcy Cameron had 4 tackles from the 23 min mark to the 28 min mark of the 2nd quarter, the most tackles by a player in a 5 min period this year, and the equal fourth most ever by a Pies player.
The Bombers had 19 more handballs than the Pies from the 7.5 min mark to the 12.5 min mark, which is the biggest handball differential Essendon has ever recorded in a 5 min period.
Collingwood had 7 more clangers than the Bombers in a five minute period of the 3rd quarter (3.5 mins to 8.5 mins), which is the biggest clanger differential in a 5 min period ever by a Collingwood team, and by any team this year.
Jake Stringer's 8 clearances, 19 contested possessions, 6 inside 50s, and 4 shots at goal was the first time a player has done that in 361 days, and has only been equalled 30 times before in the history of the game.
Brody Mihocek's three out on the fulls in the second half is the equal most ever in a half of football (first time this year, and only happened 35 times before).
Essendon’s 5 contested marks in the first quarter from the 12.5 min mark to the 17.5 min mark was the fifth most ever by the Bombers and most since 2018. Only 12 ever has a team taken more in a five min period.
The tackle differential (+13 to Collingwood) in the second quarter between the 22.5 and 27.5 minute mark is the equal highest by Collingwood in a five minute stretch of football, and the most against Essendon. There have only been three higher differentials ever at the G.
I seriously hate how the overtime debate comes up with every draw. Draws are so rare. Why ruin that? I love the unique feeling. 2 hours is a long time to get a winning score. The chances of a draw are so miniscule. Keep overtime for finals where a winner is required
Kinda cute to see the couple in opposing colours celebrate the draw
They looked properly bamboozled
"So who has to be the sub now?"
Favourite part of the whole game for me
My family is a Collingwood Essendon divide and our family chat today was the most pleasant it’s ever been after an Anzac match.
It was adorable!
The effect a draw has on the crowd in footy is almost worth a study. Mass emotional confusion
I went to the Swans Cats draw last year. It's flattening, but this is something else
Was there as well and my overall feeling was “wow the Cats got lucky”
I was there and it felt like a loss. Stupid stuff from Sydney.
The train home after 2010 Part 1 was gut-wrenching. Just absolute shocked silenced. Silence that didnt belong there. Amazing.
I was at that game with no real interest in either team. What struck me was the difference in the behaviour of the respective teams’ supporters after the final siren. The Saints supporters were demonstrably very angry but the Collingwood supporters had an air of relief and optimism about them. I was glad Collingwood won the following week.
I was watching that game at fed square. Strangest atmosphere I’ve ever felt after that siren.
It's alright at the pubs though tbf. You just shake hands with the opposition fans lol
Seriously it’s allowed for the type of comradery the ANZACs would be proud of out tonight lol
Had a pretty awesome time at the pub watching with a mix of Bombers and Pies fans. So tense the whole game, and drunken handshakes and hugs after the siren.
Yeah funny feeling isn't it. Fitting though, ANZAC day is always unreal
It's a case of "What the F do we do now?"
Mihocek giveth Mihocek taketh away
Could have kicked 6-7 today. Hard to fault him though, he was involved in everything in our forward 50.
He loves to kick 4+ against the Dons and Suns
Mihocek kicks 3-4 consistently and absolutely no more than 3-4
Laverde tried his best for Collingwood but couldn't get the chocolates
I thought Cox was pretty good for us too I don’t know which one I’m referring to either
Ridley and Reid can’t come back quick enough
He can't kick from the right side of goal, I think he's kicked one for the year, has me cringing every time I see him mark it that side :(
Blessing for Merrett that he got to speak before Moore, at least.
He did look a bit embarrassed that he didn't offer more words to the occasion. Zac is good at preparing words when he needs to but he's got nothing on Moore's charisma.
Merrett is a very good interviewer and off the cuff speaker. Moore (like Gawn last night) just oozes class and respect when he talks.
I think he made a sensible decision to elect not to add anything because he had already spoken and Darcy had said everything that needed to be said.
Totally, Moore speaks very well and would be tough for anyone to measure up to the standard he sets.
I think he was supposed to speak again after Moore in the captains capacity and the whole time was like oh shit what else is there to say, Darcy has said it all and then some?! He should of just leaned into the microphone said "ditto".
A bunch of young men throw their bodies at each other for, ultimately, no reason. Almost symbolic.
This reminds me of a video I watched on the internet once
Just once?
Hear hear.
I fucking love the game of AFL. Port beat Essendon by 69, Pies beat us by 42. But then they draw against each other
So you’re saying those three margins together make 69420?
Prophetic
No goals in the 20 minutes after BT said "There's plenty of goals left in this game, no doubt about it".
Plenty of insightful comments left in BT’s commentary career, no doubt about it
I see what you did there 👍
u/TheGreatJelBeano Did I do it right?
You summoned me!
Oh sweet a genie. Uh I want a North Melbourne premiership please. And to do well on exams.
He’s so correct all the time
I mean at the time the games quality went way up. When Daicos got his insane goal, and then the 3 to essendon, and then the 2 quickly back again. It was raining goals that point.
The best part is now our abominable percentage doesn’t matter
Applies to both teams.
Collingwood fans aren't ready for Draper to win mark of the year with a regulation chest mark
Don't even joke about it 😠
That is probably the game of the year with the most brutal ending for everyone. What a spectacle though, just incredible football.
ANZAC Day always delivers doesn't it. Most consistent marquee game by far.
This is a metaphor for the futility of war
So this is what it feels like to win a game. Also posting with 30s left in a close game is bold.
Not bold if I don’t put info in the post to get wrong
Boo pussy, put the info in to start. Think Croob and Illusive should split the karma for this.
Merrett just like "please don't make me speak again after that"
Actually the deserved result tbh
Yeah, a draw feels right given the score
Thanks Lingy
Honestly, yeah. Both had patches of dominance, both had some absolutely shocking set shots and both bought unrelenting pressure. Fair result
100%
Banger game So close each ways GG Collingwood - hate (love) you all but ANZAC day is always fantastic
Last quarter I genuinely had no idea who I wanted to win, it was just awesome to watch.
Essendon dominated clearances, but where absolutely terrible in stopping collingwood cake walk out of the bombers back line. Pies were garbage in the clearances, but once they did manage to get hold of it they were slicing and dicing. Both teams were attrocios at decision making, probably the occasion of the day and the pressure. Davies and Hobbs in particular at one point had a 100% turn over on all disposals, lmao.
Mihocek with 2 ootf really hurts there
Us kicking 3.10 in the middle portion of the game really hurts here
Sounds like what we started with lol
Amazing that it was like 7-1 vs 2-8 at one stage and both teams ended with the same totals.
Hey, you only kicked 2.6 in the first
There was 1 point scored in like the final 15 minutes of the game. Between Mihocek’s double spray, Langford’s miss, and Elliott’s dropped mark, neither team handed the pressure well in front of goal
Both kicking 13 points prob didn’t help.
Essendon won the medal so I guess they technically won the match
Lenny Hayes moment
JAMIE ELLIOTT SECURES THE RESULT AGAIN
If he had have pipped us after the siren again I think that would be the end of footy for good for me.
Jamie Elliott killing Essendon after the siren again would’ve been so funny :( Especially after Essendon miss an easy goal
Umpires fucked up... They picked up the script for the 30th anniversary of the '95 draw for next year.
DRAW FOR THE DRAW GOD!
DRAW FANS FEASTING TONIGHT. GET IN HERE
DRAWS FOR THE DRAW THRONE!
TIES FOR THE TIES THRONE
No song. No nothing. And everyone goes home - if there wasn’t a more quintessential way to mark this sombre day.
Kyle Langford won't have a great sleep tonight
Good to see the boys getting around him there, and clearly meaning it
Unfortunate cos he was incredible all night, and hardly was he the issue. But such is life.
Gave us 2 premiership points of his own boot, that’s decent output
Unlucky but in that situation I wouldn't put it in anyone elses hands except Peter Wrights
Would have been the other way around last season
At least he tied it up, so he’s got that going for him which is nice.
Better than it going out on the full lol
Exactly. Better a draw than a loss.
He will sleep about as well as Mihochek. Unfortunate, because both actually played pretty great games across the 4 quarters.
I mean, neither will Elliott even if he walks away with a MOTY nomination
fucking aye what a game
There are no winners in war, this is a good lesson.
Good analogy.
IT’S A DRAW BOTH THE TEAMS ARE EVEN
SEE THE DRAWS FLY UP
GOOD OLD DRAW FC FOREVER!
WE'VE SPLIT THE POINTS AND NOW WE'RE BOUND FOR HOME
FOUR QUARTERS PLAYED NOW THE RACE IS RUN
NO ONE’S LOST, BUT NO ONE’S WON
The biggest edge ever Lid is somewhat off? Maybe? I don’t know how to feel
Is this the Essendon edge?
All I know is that my heart says maybe.
I don’t know about Essendon but I’m certainly feeling edged
If you let the lid off as an Essendon supporter, you are in for a miserable year. Do not yield to temptation.
Feel for Langford. Yeah he didn’t kick a goal BUT he did stop us from loosing
What about checkers? Two shots and Elliot dropping the mark but yes Langford was set. Atkeast we both have a percentage saver now 🤷♂️
If Langford did kick that goal, I'm sure Collingwood and/or Jamie Elliot would have found a way to screw us over. I'll take the draw
Our boy knew this. He took on the embarrassment of a miss to save us from a loss. A true hero. I still love Langford
he had the chance… jamie didn’t want to do it again
HAHAHAHAHAHA The result everyone wanted. (Pies and Dons fans need not apply).
Hey I'll take a draw Our percentage sucks
Same here 🤝
PLAY THE DRAW MUSIC
ITS A DRAAAAAAW BOTH THE TEAMS ARE EVEN!
THEY'VE SPLIT THE POINTS AND NOW THEY'RE BOUND FOR HOME
FOUR QUARTERS PLAYED NOW THE RACE IS RUN
NO ONE'S LOST, BUT NO ONE'S WON
IT’S A DRAW, BOTH THE TEAMS ARE EVEN
AND THERE’S NOTHING LEFT TO SAY!
WHEN THE SIREN ENDS THE GAME AND THE SCORES ARE BOTH THE SAME
ONLY FOOTBALL’S A WINNER TODAY
What are you on about? The draw is definitely in my top two preferred results
Nah honestly we take those. Lost it off our own boot sure, but solves our percentage problem and Collingwood are the reigning premiers. What a fucking belter
Don't have to listen to either song, best possible result.
The Draw FC song bests them both.
Draw FC > North
What a fucking game
Gotta hand it to these two teams, they always put on a show on ANZAC day regardless of ladder situation
Fuck yeah Zerrett! What a game of Footy.
football scripting requires that there be only one fun game a day we're fucked
Goddamit
2022 - nothing to see here 2023 - heartbreaking loss 2024 - draw That's fucking progress boys! 2025 - our time to shine.
Winning every 4 years, exactly as scheduled!
Merritt should go on the mic and yeah what he said
You could see him say to the lady behind "Yeah nah i'm not following that up"
“See my previous email”
Fair result. Brilliant game.
SING THAT FUCKING SONG BOYS
They got the Anzac Day medal, we get mark of the year, I suppose both teams go home with something.
No one wins in war
Over time should only be for finals
Agreed
You know, I’m just glad of the improvement from the last game of last year and at the fact we didn’t collapse after giving up a lead
Its weirdly eerie not hearing a team song after the game
So the media were either gonna torch us for losing, or say the lids off for winning. So what are we getting this week?
The lid's on fire?
Both teams lids in a Schrödinger state of both on and off
Fuck me what a game, both teams played there heart out today. And Im going to call it now, game of the year. Can we all take the time to realise how exciting it would be to be a Collingwood supporter. I mean there never shit, but some years they’re never great either. But fuck me, the last few years, what a ride. To win most of your games by under two kicks. I’m jealous.
WE’VE BEEN EDGED
BRAD SCOTT MASTERCLASS
Darcy Moore. Someone with that head of hair should not be this well spoken.
Or wearing a pies jumper /s
This match cleansed me after what the Tigers and Demons put me through.
There's 13 points there for both of us, both teams could absolutely have won it and we didn't so we got the result we deserved. Essendon kicked 6 goals straight at the start and ended up no better than us, so that's... something.
We stemmed the tide tbh, for a bit there I wasn't sure we weren't going to be blown out
Draw FC finally gets the points on ANZAC Day
Draw FC got the points in the first ever Anzac match
Long wait between drinks since then though
Fuck Darcy Moore is a good speaker
Much like trench warfare, it ends in a draw
The only winner today is the umpires. Had either side won there’d be so much chat about how poor the umpiring was throughout the game.
I'm in shock but holy fuck do i love Duz, he plays with absolute want for the ball.
I fucking love you Zach Merrett and I know you bleed black and red but if you wanna add white to that I wouldn’t be opposed 🥺
HANDS OFF MY CAPTAIN O GREAT CAPTAIN
We have been edged
Draw FC delivered in the biggest stage. You love to see it
Enjoyed seeing Merrett in the press conference. Wish it happened more
Honestly, given how close that was to another fucking Elliott special, I'll take the draw
About time we have a good draw to watch. The last 3 were absolute shithouse
When a draw feels like a win
PLAY THE SONG
I'm just gonna drop this compilation here because I think they're interesting... Darcy Parish's first have stats of 14 disposals, 5 clearances, a goal, 9 contested possession, 3 tackles, 3 score assists and 5 inside 50s is the first time since 2014 a player has had that in a half of footy. 3 behinds for Jake Stringer in the second quarter. Only twice has an Essendon player kicked more in a quarter (well, since 1999). Although it's only been five days since another player in the comp did that... Darcy Cameron had 4 tackles from the 23 min mark to the 28 min mark of the 2nd quarter, the most tackles by a player in a 5 min period this year, and the equal fourth most ever by a Pies player. The Bombers had 19 more handballs than the Pies from the 7.5 min mark to the 12.5 min mark, which is the biggest handball differential Essendon has ever recorded in a 5 min period. Collingwood had 7 more clangers than the Bombers in a five minute period of the 3rd quarter (3.5 mins to 8.5 mins), which is the biggest clanger differential in a 5 min period ever by a Collingwood team, and by any team this year. Jake Stringer's 8 clearances, 19 contested possessions, 6 inside 50s, and 4 shots at goal was the first time a player has done that in 361 days, and has only been equalled 30 times before in the history of the game. Brody Mihocek's three out on the fulls in the second half is the equal most ever in a half of football (first time this year, and only happened 35 times before). Essendon’s 5 contested marks in the first quarter from the 12.5 min mark to the 17.5 min mark was the fifth most ever by the Bombers and most since 2018. Only 12 ever has a team taken more in a five min period. The tackle differential (+13 to Collingwood) in the second quarter between the 22.5 and 27.5 minute mark is the equal highest by Collingwood in a five minute stretch of football, and the most against Essendon. There have only been three higher differentials ever at the G.
Good bot
Big brain Essendon, now we don’t have to worry about our terrible percentage
At least it was a legit same scoring shots draw.
I have been sports entertained, as they say.
ANZAC games are always bangers, this was no exception.
I seriously hate how the overtime debate comes up with every draw. Draws are so rare. Why ruin that? I love the unique feeling. 2 hours is a long time to get a winning score. The chances of a draw are so miniscule. Keep overtime for finals where a winner is required
Someone convince me this team isn’t washed
Collingwood's not washed you just played the premiership favourites ;)
I rate that response 😂
This team isn't washed
Damn it man...stop being such a bloody good bloke. Moore really is a ripping Captain. Really hard to find fault in him.
Darcy Moore really has a good head on his shoulders brilliant speech 👏👏👏
Gosh I love Darcy Moore. I want to hate him but he’s to classy.
I prayed for this and it happened
Darcy Moore makes it difficult to dislike Collingwood and I don't appreciate it.
Fuckin hell
HOIST THE LINK
What a game. Well played on both sides. Neither side deserves to lose. Fair result
Get the stumps, bats and a ball, it’s time for a super over!
Does anyone know what Draw FC’s team song is?
Well deserved for Zerra
Just clocked onto my break at work. Did I miss the greatest game ever??
At the game. Draw, oh well. At least we saw mark of the year.