Game Day 2nd Preliminary Final VFL. Collingwood v Footscray (2.40pm see OP)

[Magpie Girl]

It's a beautiful day in Melbourne today
Let's all get down to the Port Oval this afternoon to support the guys and cheer them to victory.



MagpieBat's OP from the preview thread


When and Where:
2:40pm this Saturday at the Port Melbourne Cricket Ground, aka North Port Oval.

Broadcast:
Television - Channel 7 LIVE into Victoria from 2:30pm. Streamed LIVE through the Plus7 website (at this link) and smartphone app for iPhone and Android from 2:30pm. Replayed online at the Plus7 website (at this link) and through the Plus 7 Live app until Saturday October 15th.

For Australian viewers outside Victoria, you will need to change your location to "Victoria" if watching through the Plus7 app, or to a Victorian postcode (ie: 3000) if watching through the Plus7 website. If watching through the Plus7 website, the use of a private browser would also be an advantage.

Radio - Streamed live on Collingwood Radio via collingwoodfc.com.au (at this portal) and through the Collingwood FC smartphone app for iPhone and Android from 2:30pm. Data usage and charges apply, including for Telstra customers.

Also live on 1116 SEN and streaming on VFL Radio (at this portal), on digital radio SEN 2 and through the Red Time Sports iPhone app from 2:15pm.

Internet - Live updates at collingwoodfc.com.au, score updates at Nick's Bulletin Board and on Twitter at @VFLPies.

Team:
B: Matthew Smith, Ryan Pendlebury, Alan Toovey
HB: Marley Williams, Jackson Viola, Jordan Kelly
C: Nick Gray, Jack Hellier, Tom Phillips
HF: Rupert Wills, Corey Gault, Ben Crocker
F: Adam Oxley, Lachlan Howe, Jordan Collopy
Foll: Jarrod Witts, Brent Macaffer, Matthew Goodyear
Int: Tim Golds, Darrean Wyatt, Lachlan Wallace, Callum Matheson, Lachlan Ferguson, Gus Borthwick, Dale Hinkley, Lachlan Tardrew, Marty Hore*

(*23rd player)

Eligible AFL Players:
Brayden Sier
Tim Golds
Brent Macaffer
Darrean Wyatt
Tom Phillips
Jonathon Marsh
Rupert Wills
Matthew Goodyear
Corey Gault
Jarrod Witts
Ben Crocker
Timothy Broomhead
Tyson Goldsack
Alan Toovey
Jack Frost
Marley Williams
Adam Oxley

Italics - ruled out with season-ending injury

Admission:
Adults $15
Concession/Pensioner $10
Children 12 & under FREE

Tickets are walk-up only. Entry is through the ticket gates on either Williamstown Road (two) or Ingles Street (one). Fans are advised to arrive an hour early. Gates open from 12:30pm. No EFTPOS available.

Getting There: (PTV Journey Planner)
Car
- Located on the corner of Williamstown Road and Ingles Street, Port Melbourne. Parking immediately outside and around the ground along Williamstown Road, Ingles Street, Woodruff Street and Bertie Street, as per signage (parking around the Ingles Street wing entrance will be limited due to the TV broadcast vehicles/equipment).

Public transport
- Take the Route 109 tram (Port Melbourne - Box Hill) to North Port light rail station. Short walk up Raglan Street to the ground.

- Take the Route 235 bus (City - Fisherman's Bend via Williamstown Road) to the Ingles St / Williamstown Road stop right outside the ground.

Last Time They Met:
Round 21, 2016 at Whitten Oval
Footscray 16.9.105, def
Collingwood 10.13.73

Head to Head:
Played: 4
Collingwood: 1
Footscray: 3

How They Fared Last Week:
Collingwood - A well earned week off!

Footscray 13.16.94, def
Essendon 10.15.75

The Stakes:
The winner will advance through to the 2016 Grand Final, to face either Casey or Williamstown at Docklands Stadium on Sunday September 25th. The loser, it goes without saying, is out.

Trivia:
- This will be Collingwood's first appearance in a Preliminary Final since 2009. On that day, the Magpies lost the 1st Preliminary Final to North Ballarat by 61 points, after trailing by just 3 points at half time.

- If Collingwood win, then Dale Tapping will overtake the VFL Magpies' only other finals coach (winning and otherwise), Gavin Brown, for wins. Both are currently equal on finals victories, with 2 apiece. Brown coached Collingwood to four finals appearances in 2009 and 2010, while Tapping has led the Maggies into five finals matches since 2013, with this coming Preliminary Final to be his sixth.

Over to you...

 

[Quicky]

Game day. **** yeah!

 

[mattys123]

God damn I'm actually nervous about this game.

This team deserves the chance to play at Etihad Stadium next week. They've had such a great season, going on that remarkable winning streak and looking totally dominant in the first final despite once again being hit by injuries.

Play our game and we win today, Essendon blew their chances against the Dogs in the third term last week, so we will need to take our chances when kicking with the wind.

I trust Dale Tapping more then any coach at the moment, even when things look to be going wrong he figures it out.

We will win this, and roll up to Etihad next Sunday for a chance at VFL immortality.

 

[1892]

After last night every magpie fan who goes to the game should buy a doggies fan a drink before the first bounce. After that game on!

 

[eddiebankbalance]

..and its on TV

 

[DinoSoar]

More to the point, is TradeDraft up and about? Will he get there on time, make his way through the turnstile and not miss the first bounce?

Time to rise and shine, young man and get your skates on.

 

[whiskeytown]

Any word on the dogs line-up?

 

[Hardas]

More to the point, is TradeDraft up and about? Will he get there on time, make his way through the turnstile and not miss the first bounce?

Time to rise and shine, young man and get your skates on.

How's the train service looking?

 

[welshm69]

I love the VFL, you actually get to buy a can of beer and go out to the huddle at the breaks. This is REAL footy.

 

[Rusty22]

carna woods

 

[MagpieBat]

Any word on the dogs line-up?

FOOTSCRAY BULLDOGS
B 44. J Adcock 18. F Roberts 36. B Lynch
HB 31. B Dale 57. J Staley 37. R Smith
C 51. L Dalgleish 34. B Williams 65. J Russell
HF 22. M Honeychurch 25. K Stevens 13. N Hrovat
F 26. D Hamilton 15. T Campbell 19. L Webb
R 27. W Minson 68. A Barry 61. L Nash
Int 54. N Jamieson 67. J Wallis 60. A Tashevski-Beckwith 55. A Greenwood 53. J Grabowski 64. J Hayes 66. M Hannan 56. W Hayes
23P 69. B Long

Of those, maybe Campbell gets held over, as the only emergency that played last week...

 

[MagpieBat]

Hey Quicky, just to answer your question from the locked thread, when I said Pies were ranked 5th for goal accuracy, I did mean 5th best overall (and we're actually the most accurate of the 4 remaining teams, so that's something...)

 

[mattys123]

We are coming out of the "home" rooms today for those interested.

Usually we come out of the away rooms, even for finals at this ground, but seems today we are using the Port Melbourne home rooms. Probably the better rooms you'd suspect too.

 

[MagpieBat]

We are coming out of the "home" rooms today for those interested.

Usually we come out of the away rooms, even for finals at this ground, but seems today we are using the Port Melbourne home rooms. Probably the better rooms you'd suspect too.

Yes. Warm showers and electricity.

 

[Vicky Park]

..and its on TV

Love your new avatar. You never let us down EBB.

 

[mattys123]

Yes. Warm showers and electricity.

Haha I think they turn the hot water and electricity on in the other rooms for "neutral finals".

But yes I have heard some remarks over the years about Vic Park like treatment in the away rooms at some VFL grounds.

 

[Vicky Park]

Yes. Luke warm showers and candle power.

EFA. It is Port Melbourne after all (I grew up there).

 

[Vicky Park]

What a beautiful day for winning a Preliminary Final.

 

[RupetFan]

I love the VFL, you actually get to buy a can of beer and go out to the huddle at the breaks. This is REAL footy.

VFL and country football will always be better then AFL footy.

 

[ColinWood]

What a beautiful day for winning a Preliminary Final.

And my first VFL game! Woo Hoo!!!

 

[Rusty22]

me and my wife are going to have sex on the ground if we win.

 

[DinoSoar]

me and my wife are going to have sex on the ground if we win.

 

[well left]

me and my wife are going to have sex on the ground if we win.

What happens if we lose?

 

[well left]

Looking forward to seeing how all our boys go but in particular Crocker, Wills and Phillips from an AFL perspective and Lachie Howe and Jordan Kelly from a draft perspective.

Also looking forward to seeing some of the Bullies running around..... possible trade swaps for Trav. Dale, Hrovat and Webb are of interest and possibly even Fletcher Roberts who I thought had looked OK at AFL level at times this year (if Brown leaves).

 

[35Daicos]

Best of luck to the team today. I really want to see us finishing the year off on a good note, so getting through this week is vital. I'm hoping the opposition isn't too inspired after last night, certainly some of their players will be hoping to put in big performances to boost their chances of senior selection. Injuries have taken a heavy toll on our line-up, but our best this year has been brilliant, so no reason why we can't win again.