Collingwood v West Coast Eagles - MCG - Sat Sep 15, 7:45pm

[Chief]

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Eagles to soar, Pies to fly, will the 17-year curse go bye bye?
By Dylan Toune

The Eagles are in red-hot form and may well upset the Magpies, breaking their 17 year stranglehold against West Coast at the MCG.

WHERE AND WHEN:The MCG, Saturday 15 September, 7.45pm
LAST TIME: West Coast 15.17 (107) d Collingwood 8.10 (58), round 22, 2012, at Patersons Stadium

THE LOWDOWN

Two of the biggest clubs in the AFL do battle at the MCG on Saturday night, with both having remarkably similar seasons. They both had their periods of dominance at the top and premiership favouritism, as well as both being hard hit by injuries and form slumps. For the Pies, this slump might have come at the worst time possible as they host a rejuvenated and hungry Eagles outfit in a do or die clash.

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Collingwood

B: Heath Shaw, Nathan Brown, Chris Tarrant
HB: Ben Johnson, Ben Reid, Tyson Goldsack
C: Alan Toovey, Dane Swan, Jarryd Blair
HF: Scott Pendlebury, Chris Dawes, Alex Fasolo
F: Dale Thomas, Travis Cloke, Andrew Krakouer
Foll: Darren Jolly, Steele Sidebottom, Dayne Beams

I/C: Alan Didak, Heritier O'Brien, Sharrod Wellingham
Sub: Jamie Elliott

In: Tyson Goldsack, Jamie Elliott
Out: Nick Maxwell (Suspension), Ben Sinclair

West Coast Eagles

B: Sam Butler, Darren Glass, Adam Selwood
HB: Shannon Hurn, Eric Mackenzie, Will Schofield
C: Daniel Kerr, Matthew Priddis, Patrick McGinnity
HF: Quinten Lynch, Jack Darling, Chris Masten
F: Andrew Embley, Josh Kennedy, Nic Naitanui
Foll: Dean Cox, Scott Selwood, Luke Shuey

I/C: Andrew Gaff, Jacob Brennan, Josh Hill
Sub: Matthew Rosa

In: Matthew Rosa
Out: Beau Waters (Foot)

(Teams as of Thursday - feel free to update us.)

 

[rayven]

If west Coast win, it means that no victorian team has beaten anyone but Collingwood in the finals.

Sad.

 

[hayes]

Can't wait for this game. Going with Collingwood only because top 4 teams rarely go out in straight sets. Hope it's a close one.

 

[Chief]

 

[brendan84]

If west Coast win, it means that no victorian team has beaten anyone but Collingwood in the finals.

Sad.

Not sure you made your post convoluted enough.

 

[Chief]

 

[cannavo]

Gonna be close!

 

[fomoco04]

Boooooooooooooooooo

 

[alfy!]

God Luke Darcy is a tool.

 

[brendan84]

What a cheap ploy to build your likes Chief.

 

[StevenwellerHFC]

Eagles will win comfortably.

 

[NinjaBear]

where's the "close contest" option?

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Hoping for a good match. Really would enjoy an eagles win. Tall timber gonna cause some headaches for Collingwood.

 

[cf_348]

God Luke Darcy is a tool.

To true

 

[Magma]

i think fox footy are going for some kind of record when it comes to interactive screen touchy stuff. it's a nice touch though.

 

[DardySingh360]

i think fox footy are going for some kind of record when it comes to interactive screen touchy stuff. it's a nice touch though.

Looks ridiculous tbh

 

[Magma]

when they overdose on it yeah. when they dont feel the need to blast 50 million things on the screen at once though i like it.

 

[Bardo State]

Screen touchy stuff aside, it's light years ahead of anything channel 7 have thrown up this year.

 

[Soul_Pie]

Hit "like" if you hate the like function.

 

[Salisbury]

Enough with the boring pre game talk on the Telly just get the game started.

 

[Bardo State]

Enough with the boring pre game talk on the Telly just get the game started.

You sound like those annoying people that complain about the siren at the footy. "This is bullshit! The quarter's been going 34 minutes and the siren hasn't gone! What a ****ing joke!"

The quarter goes for 20 minutes and the game starts at 7:50

 

[swansboy]

queue to typically cliched/robotic interview with Nick Maxwell

 

[Gavin Excell]

West Coast to curl up and soft out of contest as is their custom at the MCG

 

[Macca19]

Screen touchy stuff aside, it's light years ahead of anything channel 7 have thrown up this year.

Yep, if they can incorporate this sort of analysis into the H&A stuff next year it will be incredible.

 

[StevenwellerHFC]

Pre game show on Fox footy is Collingwood talk.