Paul Taylor runs the ruler over his Pies in Round 1 and finds them coming up short. Are the Pies that bad, or are the Dockers that good?
AFL Round 1 – Collingwood v Fremantle: Humbled Pies (Floreat Pica Society)
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AFL Round 23 – Collingwood v North Melbourne (Haiku Bob): The softest of frees
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Haiku Bob on Round 23.
AFL Round 21 – Hawthorn v Collingwood (Floreat Pica Society): Deja vu for Pies as Hawks pluck us yet again
August 18, 2013 by 1 Comment
Paul Taylor sees some good signs, and some bad, for Collingwood, as he concedes that Hawthorn know how to get the job done against his Pies.
AFL Round 16 – Collingwood v Adelaide (Haiku Bob): each in their own way
July 17, 2013 by 1 Comment
Haiku Bob on round 16.
AFL Round 12 – Collingwood v Western Bulldogs (Floreat Pica): And…..?
June 17, 2013 by 3 Comments
Collingwood’s first half was its best football of the season. If it had played with that level of intensity against Essendon and Freo it would be 10/2 rather than 8/4, says Dave Nadel. Its second half on the other hand…
AFL Round 8 – Collingwood v Geelong (Floreat Pica Society): Nothing is impossible
May 22, 2013 by 6 Comments
With a long list of missing players, Dave Nadel didn’t think Collingwood would beat Geelong. Now, nothing is impossible.
Round 4 – Richmond v Collingwood (Floreat Pica Society Report): Rivalry? What rivalry?
April 22, 2013 by 6 Comments
Tremendous hype surrounded the build up to this match between traditional rivals Collingwood and Richmond, but Luke Reynolds wasn’t feeling it.
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 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]
Haiku Bob: still alive
September 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Haiku Bob on the Pies’ successful evening playing the Eagles
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]
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]
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 and Zen rule
May 27, 2012 by 1 Comment
famous a celebrated (for quality etc.) ; well known ; (colloq.) excellent I had a very unusual pre-game routine for our blockbuster against the Crows. I attended a silent retreat for the day as part of a mindfulness meditation course I am undertaking. How does this have any relevance to the game? Well, limited, but [Read more]
Pies good enough
May 14, 2012 by 1 Comment
Round 7 Collingwood v Brisbane Lions. by Tim O’Leary Enough – [ih-nuhf] adjective adequate for the want or need; sufficient for the purpose or to satisfy desire: enough water; noise enough to wake the dead. In the off-season I managed to get a Telstra phone/internet/tbox thingy bundle with what I thought was going [Read more]
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