Gameday v Collingwood

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Kick off 12:40
Radio 5AA Triple M ABC
TV Channel 7 and Fox 1 at 12:30
Offical Team Named 40 Minutes before the start


FF
Matthew Jaensch
Kurt Tippett
Jack Gunston


HF
Rory Sloane
Shaun McKernan
Chris Knights


C
Richard Douglas
Patrick Dangerfield
Brodie Smith


HB
Michael Doughty
James Sellar
Nathan van Berlo


FB
Luke Thompson
Ben Rutten
Graham Johncock


Followers

Sam Jacobs
Scott Thompson
Brent Reilly

Interchange

Ricky Henderson
Christopher Schmidt
Matthew Wright
Richard Tambling
Emergencies

Myke Cook
Taylor Walker
Aidan Riley
Milestones

Patrick Dangerfield - 50 games

Umpires
B.Ritchie, B.Rosebury, S.McInerney, N.Foot

Boundary
J.Morris, C.Gordon, J.Bennison, C.Roberts


Goal
S.Williams, C.Roffey, A.Wojcik

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

Got me cheeses, dips, crackers & scotch ready. Nice day to sit on the couch in front of the telly. Not expecting much so should be a chilled viewing.

Fair dinkum - reading the Collingwood Board this morning hurts my head. Some are complaining about the 12.40 start time Are the 18 home games not enough? Seriously

 

[TooFar]

I hope Im not the only one going?

 

[amer]

Go the drakes!

 

[IddyBiddy]

I hope Im not the only one going?

There will be plenty of crows supporters there, always is in Melbourne.

 

[Anthonyo]

Here we go again. I'm excited. It's like Christmas morning. Get really excited but don't know if I'll get a present I will like. Have to be mentally prepared for some disappointment.

 

[Geoffa32]

Could not go past the 11.60 Centrebet are offering.

Chucked $9.00 (what was in account) on it, multied with WCE to return just over $170.

Just watch us win and WCE lose.

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Weather
Slight chance of a shower. Windy

 

[AlCapone]

Weather
Slight chance of a shower. Windy

Etihad

Let's hope for a good game, and perhaps not like the one in Melbourne a couple weeks back, Thanks.

 

[RoyTucker]

BetFair odds have blown out from 10.50 to 17

Jaensch not starting in the backline? He looked relatively comfortable back there.

 

[FantasticShirt]

Subs are Didak and Tambling.

Watch Didak come on in the 2nd half and kick 10 goals (please do this, my DT requires it).

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Tambling as sub you got to be joking

 

[Smoooothy]

I'd love to see a game of keepings off today. Ala Richmond 2006

 

[Geoffa32]

leigh Brown out.................

 

[AFC979810]

leigh Brown out.................

That should free up Jimmy Sellar to do plenty of unchecked damage.

 

[ftmch]

leigh Brown out.................

Handy. We should only lose by 12 goals now.

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

leigh Brown out.................

John McCarthy comes in

 

[macca23]

Given our respective spots on the ladder, I'd think we've done okay if we lose by somewhere between 4 and 5 goals - an honourable loss.

My fear is that it could be worse unless we are really switched on.

 

[Stiffy_18]

Mick Malthouse has just set himself up for the 2nd half session!

Here is the script that these games always follow! We come out playing great footy, outplaying Collingwood but not hurting them where it hurts the most, on the scoreboard.

We go into the half time break feeling good about ourselves and in front. Collingwood comes out after half time, go man to man and turn the game on its head with an outstanding 3rd quarter and just take control of it.

We come back to some respectable form in the 4th quarter and lose a close game.

Didak always plays brilliantly against us. We will go close with them for a first half, Pies will blow the game open in the 3rd quarter and then Malthouse will put on Didak just to put that foot on our throat.

Despite Didak being out of form, he will get back into it this game and finish us off. No matter how much he is stinking up the joint, he always plays well against us.

Good thing for us though is that Sauce should win the ruck contest convincingly hopefully, our midfielders take it from there but I suspect that Collingwood have planned playing to the losing rucks.

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Johncock will toss the coin because of the indigenous round

 

[earlsta]

Remember boys and girls.

Collingwood last year
St kilda last year
Geelong last year
Hawthorn this year


Our young boys step it up against the best but can't handle the mental pressure against the weaker teams, I think this match will be close, we could even win.

Lets go !

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Roof closed

 

[Drummond]

I can see it unfoling that way Stiffy.

Jaensch named in FP, he better not start there...

 

[brucetiki]

Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to Dock, I mean Coloni, I meal Tel, I mean Etihad Stadium for today's big match between what Footy Wars described as traditional rivals Collingwood and Adelaide.

Both teams are coming into this game in ordinary form. Collingwood coming off a loss (shock horror), while the Crows rebounded from their disgraceful effort against Melbourne with a nothing win over the Gold Coast.

Still, Collingwood have had a great season, with no premiership hangover out of their Westpac Centre, while our Westpac Centre is a shambles atm.

However, the Crows have a tendecy to lift against the stronger sides. We lost by a kick against Collingwood last time they played in round 21 last year, and in fact 3 of the last 4 games between the two sides have been decided by less than 1 goal.

The only motivating factor I have for a potential Crows win is the fact we have been competitive against them in the past, but would not be surprised if a Melbourne-esque result resulted.

Stay tuned though as at half time I will finally get around to tallying up the POTY, BTM and ROTY votes from the Gold Coast 'win' - if nothing else it'll be a morale booster on the board

 

[JP Sauce]

That should free up Jimmy Sellar to do plenty of unchecked damage.

Brilliant