Tremendous hype surrounded the build up to this match between traditional rivals Collingwood and Richmond, but Luke Reynolds wasn’t feeling it.
Round 4 – Richmond v Collingwood (Floreat Pica Society Report): Rivalry? What rivalry?
April 22, 2013 by 6 Comments
AFL Round 3 – Collingwood v Hawthorn (Floreat Pica report): Humbled Pies left pondering as Hawks prevail
April 15, 2013 by 3 Comments
MJ finds it hard to be optimistic about the Pies after their performance against the Hawks.
AFL Round 2 – Collingwood v Carlton (FPS report): Pies find a way to overcome Mick and his Blues
April 7, 2013 by 2 Comments
When you go to the footy to watch your team, it is not relaxing, it is not restful. It is stressful and it is draining. And when your team is Collingwood and you are playing Carlton, it will end in sweet victory or bitter defeat. There is no middle ground.
AFL Round 1 – North Melbourne v Collingwood (FPS report): Footy’s back!
April 1, 2013 by 1 Comment
After a long off-season, the footy is back and the Pies delivered for Paul O’Connell.
Conditions steamy but Pies stone cold
March 10, 2013 by 2 Comments
One sentence can sum up Collingwood’s games against Brisbane: First half scrappy but competitive, second half crappy and uncompetitive.
AFL Preliminary Finals – Sydney v Collingwood: Not Quite Good Enough (The Floreat Pica Society Votes)
September 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Greetings all It is my unfortunate duty to cast the final Danny Roach votes for the season. The emptiness of a season-ending finals loss is as familiar as it is bitter, and is in this instance compounded by the confined spaces of a cheap hotel room. I think that I’m handling the defeat OK, but I may [Read more]
AFL Preliminary Finals – Sydney v Collingwood (Floreat Pica Society): And now, the end is here
September 22, 2012 by 5 Comments
Dear Floreat Picans, Well, despite my doubts last night, the sun did come up in Sydney town this morning. And here I sit in the Virgin Club lounge sadly punching out the final match report for the season. As I walked into the lounge I was confronted by a sea of black and white CGU/Westpac [Read more]
Floreat Pica – Collingwood v West Coast – Best Win of the Year (to-date)
September 17, 2012 by 17 Comments
At the conclusion of Saturday night’s game, West Coast Eagles players quickly showered and then headed for the airport. They would back in Perth in the early hours of Sunday, head home and then get some sleep. They adopt this strategy because after a game of football, players find it hard to sleep anyway, so [Read more]
AFL Round 23 – Essendon v Collingwood (Floreat Pica): An ugly win
September 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Paul Fahey To put a positive spin on it, we finished the Home and Away season of 2012 better than we finished 2011. We did what we had to do and if we kicked straight we possibly would have won by 60+ points BUT that may have hidden a few things that we have [Read more]
AFL Round 22 – West Coast v Collingwood (Floreat Pica): Pies midfield needs to get hands dirty
August 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Rory Adams A visit to Subiaco is like a throw back to the old surburban grounds in Melbourne. Facilities are adequate as long as a quick beer or coffee is not needed as these amenities feel quite archaic compared to the MCG or the Docklands. Once seated however the ground has a much better [Read more]
Floreat Pica: Reality Bites
August 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By John Ramsdale Some coaches talk about winning quarters. We won an eighth. In my previous report it was mentioned that it was very long. I was tempted to write. “We was ordinary” and send the votes to Steve and be done with it. After reading this you may say, you should have.
Floreat Pica: Sydney v Collingwood
August 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Bangkok correspondent Paul McKay The train trip from central Sydney out to ANZ stadium was one of those entertaining footy crowd train journeys. Lots of cheery footy fans bubbling away at the anticipation of a big game, with first playing second on the ladder. Of particular note were two tall Sydney fans in bright [Read more]
Worthy slaughter?
July 29, 2012 by 4 Comments
I recently heard the 1970s hit All by myself by Eric Carmen, no relation to Fabulous Phil (Eric couldn’t even spell his surname the same way as the great man), for the first time in many years. It’s a self-pitying lament, with some of the verses starting with the words When I was young, [Read more]
Floreat Pica: No Hawkers please
July 23, 2012 by 11 Comments
By Andrea McNamara My match preparation was a visit to Victoria Park, to see if Didak showed up for his latest attempt to return to the senior team. He did, and looked OK, but the real story was that I left when the score was 26 to 106 and there was still a quarter to [Read more]
Floreat Pica: Cats v Pies
July 17, 2012 by 3 Comments
For most Collingwood supporters Round 16 began, not with our match against Geelong, but with North’s shellacking of Carlton the night before. Every member of the Floreat Pica Society who emailed on Friday night, Saturday or Sunday referred to it with joy. Pam referred to it in her Danny Roach votes. Two Pie supporting mates [Read more]
Floreat Pica – Collingwood v Carlton
July 9, 2012 by 14 Comments
I have waited until the weekend has nearly passed before writing this report. A number of factors have contributed; primary is that Collingwood lost to Carlton. The motivation to actively review the game and then write about it is significantly reduced by the disappointment with the result. I am pretty sure I am not the [Read more]
Us against the Dockers
July 2, 2012 by 1 Comment
By Andrea Macnamara Friday night, match preparation for Saturday: comfort food, a bottle of red and Hawks vs Blues on the telly. Whichever way the game falls, I can’t be disappointed. If the Hawks get beaten then they’re not as good as we fear they are. And if the Blues get beaten, say no more. [Read more]
Handling the Giants
June 30, 2012 by 3 Comments
By Tony Scully Pies V Wedgies MCG Sat 23rd June 2012 At the Risk of not keeping the lid on it,this game had all the portents of being two of the three most likely combatants in October. That having been said my pre-game thoughts went to: 1/ Will our backline be [Read more]
Pies prevail on the Queen’s birthday
June 12, 2012 by 2 Comments
By Paul O’Connell It’s a Public Holiday, usually cold, and we usually win. So it is great that the “usuallys” prevailed on the day. We continue to field several inexperienced players (who continue to stand up) due to our injury list. Sadly Dids was added to the injury list with his attempt on goal very [Read more]
AFL Round 10 – Collingwood v Gold Coast – Floreat Pica Society
June 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By PAM LOWTHER Well off to the twilight game, seems strange to be heading off to the footy at such a time on a sunday arvo, but am neverless very hopeful of a good percentage booster for our team. Having a day out with some girls from work and had to stop at the Hilton [Read more]
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