At least he’s not like Greene “The Optometrist”, checking with his fingernails to see if he still has his contact lenses in
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Game Day Collingwood v GWS Giants - Preliminary Finals — Sat 21 Sep, 4:35PM AEST, MCG
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At least he’s not like Greene “The Optometrist”, checking with his fingernails to see if he still has his contact lenses in
Giants by 32.
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I reckon Giants are forced into creative solutions. Don't know what they are, but prob will involve ferocity, and some midfield surprises.
It may well be a bit of a bloodbath.
I wouldn't be writing them off at all.
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It may well be a bit of a bloodbath.
I wouldn't be writing them off at all.
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Really? If you think this game is done and dusted before it starts think again.
Collingwoods talent is light years behind team AFL, every week the ruckman in the opp camp is up against it. Do we win every week? The Pies won't be bombing it in unless the giants can force them to. Can they? It's not out of the question.
Seriously the giants are up to their eyeballs in this game, I think you're under rating team AFL.
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If the Giants are good enough to win today, they will have a massive boost next week with critical ins - Greene, Whitfield and their captain a better than even chance
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Beg your pardon...should read ‘future captain’ in Coniglio!!
Stupidity is not an injury.
GWS should have straightened out Greene over the last few years, instead of pandering to his talent.
Sheedy or Malthouse would have fixed him - so please let’s not bleat about Greene missing because it was completely avoidable if GWS had some balls.
On Green - completely agree with that point.
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GWS away record this season -
6 - 5
Teams beaten away
Geelong
Melbourne
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Gold Coast
Brisbane
MCG record -
1 - 2
Collingwood MCG record -
10 - 5
Last time they played
GWS won 122 - 75
Inside 50
Collingwood 63
GWS 49
BEST
Greater Western Sydney: Cameron, Taranto, Williams, Greene, Whitfield, Shaw (2 missing)
Collingwood: Grundy, Adams, Crisp, Treloar, Sidebottom (none missing)
Side changes -
De Goey - Elliott
Quaynor - Moore
Varcoe - Thomas
Sier - Wills
Crocker - Stephenson
Cox - Reid
Appleby - Noble
GWS
Greene - Kelly
Whitfield - Corr
Deledio - De Boer
Simpson - Davis
Stein - Kennedy
Whilst GWS have some good ins since last time (Kelly, Davis, De Boer), they also have some huge outs in Greene and Whitfield so they haven't upgraded, only replaced top end talent with other top end talent. Collingwood have some big ins and huge upgrades since last time. Our only big out since last time is De Goey. But Elliott is a substantial replacement. Adding Moore and Noble shores up defence with bigger harder bodies than Quaynor and Appleby. Stevo is a monumental upgrade over Crocker, and Reid although not as tall, is arguably a better player than Cox. Hopefully Reid can stay healthy out there. Wills over Sier is an improvement as Sier has been garbage this year, and Thomas/Varcoe much of a muchness.
If Collingwood dominate the inside 50's again, which I think they will.. they will win easily. Our biggest concern is players like Reid and Moore getting injured in game. If that happens we could be in trouble. But with Elliot and Stevo down in the forward line, and Reid crashing packs, we will score a lot more than last time.
GWS kicked overly accurate last time we played too, helping them to get the win. 19.8 is an extremely efficient scoreline. Having Darcy Moore back there now, I don't believe they will have it so easy. That accurate scoring was the result of an undersized backline and GWS talls being able to mark anything that comes in 20 metres out directly in front. Cameron, Himmelberg and Finlayson kicked 13 goals of the 19. Greene kicked 2. So if Moore, Howe and Roughead can limit the impact of these 3 talls, and Reid swing back there to help when GWS has momentum (maybe moreso the reason he is playing) then they won't score many goals.
6 - 5
Teams beaten away
Geelong
Melbourne
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Gold Coast
Brisbane
MCG record -
1 - 2
Collingwood MCG record -
10 - 5
Last time they played
GWS won 122 - 75
Inside 50
Collingwood 63
GWS 49
BEST
Greater Western Sydney: Cameron, Taranto, Williams, Greene, Whitfield, Shaw (2 missing)
Collingwood: Grundy, Adams, Crisp, Treloar, Sidebottom (none missing)
Side changes -
De Goey - Elliott
Quaynor - Moore
Varcoe - Thomas
Sier - Wills
Crocker - Stephenson
Cox - Reid
Appleby - Noble
GWS
Greene - Kelly
Whitfield - Corr
Deledio - De Boer
Simpson - Davis
Stein - Kennedy
Whilst GWS have some good ins since last time (Kelly, Davis, De Boer), they also have some huge outs in Greene and Whitfield so they haven't upgraded, only replaced top end talent with other top end talent. Collingwood have some big ins and huge upgrades since last time. Our only big out since last time is De Goey. But Elliott is a substantial replacement. Adding Moore and Noble shores up defence with bigger harder bodies than Quaynor and Appleby. Stevo is a monumental upgrade over Crocker, and Reid although not as tall, is arguably a better player than Cox. Hopefully Reid can stay healthy out there. Wills over Sier is an improvement as Sier has been garbage this year, and Thomas/Varcoe much of a muchness.
If Collingwood dominate the inside 50's again, which I think they will.. they will win easily. Our biggest concern is players like Reid and Moore getting injured in game. If that happens we could be in trouble. But with Elliot and Stevo down in the forward line, and Reid crashing packs, we will score a lot more than last time.
GWS kicked overly accurate last time we played too, helping them to get the win. 19.8 is an extremely efficient scoreline. Having Darcy Moore back there now, I don't believe they will have it so easy. That accurate scoring was the result of an undersized backline and GWS talls being able to mark anything that comes in 20 metres out directly in front. Cameron, Himmelberg and Finlayson kicked 13 goals of the 19. Greene kicked 2. So if Moore, Howe and Roughead can limit the impact of these 3 talls, and Reid swing back there to help when GWS has momentum (maybe moreso the reason he is playing) then they won't score many goals.
When you paint it like that, it sums up what a lot of people are saying. This really is Collingwood's match tonight, they are trending up while their opponent is going the other way.
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It could be a smart move. They played Mumford and Simpson last time and both were annihilated by Grundy.
Mumford has been cooked for a while now
How much for a gram?
Wish it was a ~2:10 or ~7:10 game. Twilight's are just such an awkward time (especially for big games like this where the mixture of nerves and excitement is consuming.)
Too early to have a few nerve calming beers as well!
Too early to have a few nerve calming beers as well!
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Would explain Keefe coming in for Greene.
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You wish!!
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Not cool, just wish for a one point Pies win and that the two sides absolutely belt each other until the last minute. That way it’s the best of both worlds.
PS: if we win today and lose next week, it’s the extra day recovery Richmond had. AFL conspiracy, Gill’s a secret Tigers supporter, Houli should’ve been suspended, Dusty takes PED.
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Legit - heard it last night. Why the heck would they be going in with so many talls on a wet day? Just doesn’t make sense.
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Should be a night game with chartered flight home for GWS.
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Want the plastics to win but think pies might especially in this weather
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