Round 8 will feature a sight that many of us have never had the fortune to witness in our short time on this Earth.
For the first time in living memory, Collingwood will:
AND
On Sunday afternoon we will play host to Eddie’s Black and White brigade, the Pies.
Oh wait, that isn’t Collingwood. Oops.
Collingwood are a side we have matched up well against in recent history, we’ve taken home the choccies in 4 of our last 5 meetings, with that loss being by a solitary point which Scott Pendlebury single handedly robbed us of by spending his entire evening blocking our defenders from having a run at the ball, giving some people the impression that Mason Cox has some footballing ability and isn’t just stealing a living by virtue of being tall, and American, and arrogant.
If you ask him, he's so good he can do it with no hands
But hey, he played well against Richmond when no one was on him, so he’s got that going for him.
Is there any need to mention the 2018 Grand Final again? Not really. Is that going to stop me? Nope. 5goalsupandlostlol.
Jokes aside, this is a must win game for our Eagles (again), we come into this bout having won our last 3 games comfortably, but we still have plenty of room for improvement. Those 3 wins have all come against sides currently in the bottom 4, meaning the Pies should be a good indicator of if we really are back or if we’re still off the pace.
The Pies will go into this one wounded, missing mercurial forward Jordan DeGropey Goey to an unfortunately timed finger injury. They’ll also be missing front liner Steele Sidebottom due to his infamous COVID bender, as well as the duo of Howe and Langdon down back.
By contrast, we come into this match with a relatively clean slate, with skipper Norm “Chingers” Shuey expected to make his return and Jamaine Jones also pushing for a return from injury.
What do we expect? We expect this blossoming rivalry to add another great battle to the ledger. Expect Collingwood to come out firing, probably shooting out to a 5 goal lead early in the first quarter.
Expect the Eagles to respond and slowly peg the lead back until the sides are level at the final change. Expect Liam Ryan to fold a bloke twice his size in half.
Expect Collingwood to fly out of the gates in the last and look likely victors, only for some ressies bloke from Kalgoolrie to ice the game from the impossible angle in time on.
Sound familiar? You’re goddamn right it does.
PREDICTION: Eagles by 17 points
TEAMS:
WEST COAST EAGLES
B: B. Sheppard T. Barrass S. Hurn
HB: L. Duggan J. McGovern T. Cole
C: J. Redden E. Yeo A. Gaff
HF: J. Cripps J. Darling D. Sheed
F: J. Waterman J. Kennedy L. Ryan
FOL: N. Naitanui T. Kelly L. Shuey (C)
I/C: J. Cameron B. Ainsworth O. Allen J. Nelson
COLLINGWOOD
B: J. Crisp J. Roughead I. Quaynor
HB: B. Maynard D. Moore J. Noble
C: T. Phillips S. Pendlebury (C) C. Mayne
HF: J. Stephenson B. Mihocek C. Brown
F: J. Thomas D. Cameron J. Elliot
FOL: B. Grundy A. Treloar T. Adams
I/C: M. Scharenberg R. Willis J. Daicos W. Hoskin-Elliot
LAST 5 RESULTS:
R17 2019: WCE 12.5.77 def by. COL 11.12.78
R3 2019: COL 11.10.76 def by. WCE 15.8.98
GF 2018: WCE 11.13.79 def. COL 11.8.74
QF 2018: WCE 12.14.86 def. COL 10.10.70
R17 2018: COL 9.13.67 def by. WCE 15.12.102
For the first time in living memory, Collingwood will:
- Play consecutive games away from the MCG
- Play consecutive games outside of Melbourne
- Play consecutive games outside of Victoria
AND
- Play consecutive games in Western Australia.
On Sunday afternoon we will play host to Eddie’s Black and White brigade, the Pies.
Oh wait, that isn’t Collingwood. Oops.
Collingwood are a side we have matched up well against in recent history, we’ve taken home the choccies in 4 of our last 5 meetings, with that loss being by a solitary point which Scott Pendlebury single handedly robbed us of by spending his entire evening blocking our defenders from having a run at the ball, giving some people the impression that Mason Cox has some footballing ability and isn’t just stealing a living by virtue of being tall, and American, and arrogant.
If you ask him, he's so good he can do it with no hands
But hey, he played well against Richmond when no one was on him, so he’s got that going for him.
Is there any need to mention the 2018 Grand Final again? Not really. Is that going to stop me? Nope. 5goalsupandlostlol.
Jokes aside, this is a must win game for our Eagles (again), we come into this bout having won our last 3 games comfortably, but we still have plenty of room for improvement. Those 3 wins have all come against sides currently in the bottom 4, meaning the Pies should be a good indicator of if we really are back or if we’re still off the pace.
The Pies will go into this one wounded, missing mercurial forward Jordan De
By contrast, we come into this match with a relatively clean slate, with skipper Norm “Chingers” Shuey expected to make his return and Jamaine Jones also pushing for a return from injury.
What do we expect? We expect this blossoming rivalry to add another great battle to the ledger. Expect Collingwood to come out firing, probably shooting out to a 5 goal lead early in the first quarter.
Expect the Eagles to respond and slowly peg the lead back until the sides are level at the final change. Expect Liam Ryan to fold a bloke twice his size in half.
Expect Collingwood to fly out of the gates in the last and look likely victors, only for some ressies bloke from Kalgoolrie to ice the game from the impossible angle in time on.
Sound familiar? You’re goddamn right it does.
PREDICTION: Eagles by 17 points
TEAMS:
WEST COAST EAGLES
B: B. Sheppard T. Barrass S. Hurn
HB: L. Duggan J. McGovern T. Cole
C: J. Redden E. Yeo A. Gaff
HF: J. Cripps J. Darling D. Sheed
F: J. Waterman J. Kennedy L. Ryan
FOL: N. Naitanui T. Kelly L. Shuey (C)
I/C: J. Cameron B. Ainsworth O. Allen J. Nelson
COLLINGWOOD
B: J. Crisp J. Roughead I. Quaynor
HB: B. Maynard D. Moore J. Noble
C: T. Phillips S. Pendlebury (C) C. Mayne
HF: J. Stephenson B. Mihocek C. Brown
F: J. Thomas D. Cameron J. Elliot
FOL: B. Grundy A. Treloar T. Adams
I/C: M. Scharenberg R. Willis J. Daicos W. Hoskin-Elliot
LAST 5 RESULTS:
R17 2019: WCE 12.5.77 def by. COL 11.12.78
R3 2019: COL 11.10.76 def by. WCE 15.8.98
GF 2018: WCE 11.13.79 def. COL 11.8.74
QF 2018: WCE 12.14.86 def. COL 10.10.70
R17 2018: COL 9.13.67 def by. WCE 15.12.102
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