Prediction Semi Final: Changes Vs Collingwood (We survived to round 2!)

[Grasshopper17]

Hey folks, I have a spare ticket to tomorrow night's game if anyone wants it. Q55 - top tier, Punt Road end. $43. As a Brisbane supporter I was originally going to go to both games, but now my flights have been changed so can no longer attend

 

[pK75]

Does Logue go to Moore and shut him down? If so I think Amiss will kick 3 crucial goals and Lobb will snag a couple. Full faith our midfield can get it done with Adams out. Got my ticket, probably going to be surrounded by pies fans, hopefully we actually come out of the box firing and silence the massive crowd.

 

[salim malik]

How many of the squad will stay in Melbourne. Will it just be the 25 they took over.
How many will stay in Perth to play for Peel.?
Lot of questions about the logistics.

 

[BStaff17]

How many of the squad will stay in Melbourne. Will it just be the 25 they took over.
How many will stay in Perth to play for Peel.?
Lot of questions about the logistics.

Easy to fly over a few players if required.

I would say Tabs will fly over monday if we win tomorrow night.

 

[Boomer93]

Ok boys.

Adams pies vice captain is out for the season.

Degoey has an AC sprain, hasn't trained properly all week and will play under duress. I think Darcy should give him a warm welcome.

Miochek has been in horrendous form and the pie supporters want him dropped, think he's carrying an injury.

Cox played 40% game time last week, must be carrying something.

Ash Johnson was subbed out very sore last week and hasn't trained properly all week.

Collingwood played their grandfinal last Saturday. Another intense hit out, with lots of war wounds, this time coming off second best. I don't care about their winning streak, they have lost 2 of their past 3 games, and their win was another miracle come back against a crippled and pathetic Carlton.

Collingwood won't trouble the scoreboard. Time to end this silly wave they have been riding. I was absoloutly desperate to get past the bullies because I'm very confident we can do this mob.

Fremantle by 40+

 

[noise36]

The forecast for Melbourne seems very wet? 90% chance of rain 3-6mm. Hopefully just a wet track and not raining hard during the game.

 

[Sweetback]

Does Logue go to Moore and shut him down? If so I think Amiss will kick 3 crucial goals and Lobb will snag a couple. Full faith our midfield can get it done with Adams out. Got my ticket, probably going to be surrounded by pies fans, hopefully we actually come out of the box firing and silence the massive crowd.

I’d he happy if Logue’s role was just to compete for marks with the big bodies of Howe and Moore and Maynard. No need to mark them, although that would be good, but stop their intercepting and bring the ball down for the smalls.

 

[freo_leo29]

Are we going over there to win the game or what ?

You'd hope so now that we have announced the the competition that we will win...

 

[Alfonz]

The forecast for Melbourne seems very wet? 90% chance of rain 3-6mm. Hopefully just a wet track and not raining hard during the game.

The rain is forecast for the early morning and then clearing through the afternoon. Not forecast to rain during the game. Hopefully the ground dries out in the late afternoon.

 

[Grape Bear]

The forecast for Melbourne seems very wet? 90% chance of rain 3-6mm. Hopefully just a wet track and not raining hard during the game.

Nooooooo

 

[nurries]

Arrogant by the club to announce that before the game tbh


Either gonna look good or very very bad post game...



Kind of has shades of Langdon accidentally riling the pies up a few weeks ago...

Is it arrogant for the Vic Media to say Pies will win easy?

Don’t you think that will fire our boys up, that no one rates them? I think it will. More than a comment about hubbing it IF we win

 

[freo_leo29]

Is it arrogant for the Vic Media to say Pies will win easy?

Don’t you think that will fire our boys up, that no one rates them? I think it will. More than a comment about hubbing it IF we win

Vic media isn't coming directly from Collingwood

 

[noise36]

The rain is forecast for the early morning and then clearing through the afternoon. Not forecast to rain during the game. Hopefully the ground dries out in the late afternoon.

Bloody hope so for the sake of football.

 

[Purpletown]

Personally I think the club making contingency plans that will kick in the event we win are nothing more than good forward planning.

Rather than being arrogant it speaks of the wish to put the team into the best position to play to their best if the season progressed beyond Saturday.

 

[Sweetback]

Quietly confident about this game. Am going with a pies mate and we have never lost when we’re at the game.

 

[Paracleet]

Only downside is that if we do make the GF, there won't be a massive open training session down at Cockburn.

They could still do this with the rest of the squad at the beginning of the week then fly them over after (if they are out of the WAFL)

 

[nurries]

Vic media isn't coming directly from Collingwood

Most couldn’t care less about us even if they despise the Pies

 

[Okinakashi]

The players know, staff know…..it wouldn’t take long for the media to grab it and spin it.

Freo released footage of Sonny Walters wife getting in the team bus. It doesn't take a genius to figure it out.

 

[Grape Bear]

I really do think that this is the club also trying to bed in something new in how we approach the finals to reduce our disadvantage due to huge travel requirements. This is our first final in 7 years, only a handful of players who experienced the finals routine in 2015 - this current routine is all these young guys will know and expect. Yes, it is a disruption to the usual pattern of home and away, but the weekly travel will do that anyway. It’s good to know that the current regime are thinking out of the box to maximise our chances for the future.

As I said previously, it’s the best group to trial this with as the hub has seemed to bind the group more. I think it also helps that most of them are young with no family obligations, so it feels like a footy trip with mates for the most part rather than being away from spouses carrying the load.

 

[Grape Bear]

This boy is all in.

 

[BStaff17]

I really do think that this is the club also trying to bed in something new in how we approach the finals to reduce our disadvantage due to huge travel requirements. This is our first final in 7 years, only a handful of players who experienced the finals routine in 2015 - this current routine is all these young guys will know and expect. Yes, it is a disruption to the usual pattern of home and away, but the weekly travel will do that anyway. It’s good to know that the current regime are thinking out of the box to maximise our chances for the future.

As I said previously, it’s the best group to trial this with as the hub has seemed to bind the group more. I think it also helps that most of them are young with no family obligations, so it feels like a footy trip with mates for the most part rather than being away from spouses carrying the load.

Yep agree.

Its the way forward and the fact we know an end date makes it easier. Basically when the season is finished.

Covid was more unknown no one knew when the end date was going to be. It was all up in the air.

Plus i think the guys will be relieved to win the comp they wont have travel 6 times across the country in 3 weeks.

 

[IanMc11]

Hey all, i still have 2 tickets available in M4 (right near cheer squad) if anyone's interested? I've chucked them up on Ticketek Marketplace (Ticketek Marketplace - Buy and Sell Tickets) but nothing sold so far. Feel free to jump on and buy them there if it's easier. Would love to get rid of them as I bought extras that I didn't need. Cheers.

 

[Quazar]

Ok boys.

Adams pies vice captain is out for the season.

Degoey has an AC sprain, hasn't trained properly all week and will play under duress. I think Darcy should give him a warm welcome.

Miochek has been in horrendous form and the pie supporters want him dropped, think he's carrying an injury.

Cox played 40% game time last week, must be carrying something.

Ash Johnson was subbed out very sore last week and hasn't trained properly all week.

Collingwood played their grandfinal last Saturday. Another intense hit out, with lots of war wounds, this time coming off second best. I don't care about their winning streak, they have lost 2 of their past 3 games, and their win was another miracle come back against a crippled and pathetic Carlton.

Collingwood won't trouble the scoreboard. Time to end this silly wave they have been riding. I was absoloutly desperate to get past the bullies because I'm very confident we can do this mob.

Fremantle by 40+

love your optimism here, don't see enough of it on the board.

We can't lose really, we're not expected to win...lose and we can fall back on the "we're young, just getting going.." reasoning. Win, and suddenly we've taken another scalp and make some more people sit up and take notice. Either way, it's an exciting time and we are in the hunt, might as well go in all guns blazing and see what becomes!!

 

[Dale147]

Pre game

 

[Big Bryza]

i absolutely did watch you lose to a team we beat on their home deck.

and you took 4 Qs to score what we did in 3 vs Dogs. we didn't bother playing for the first.

i don't expect that's likely on saturday.

Dismissing the shellacking we gave you mid season then?