- Aug 31, 2014
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Collingwood’s last 5 H&A games for season 2018. I’ve called it the defining 5, because this truly shapes us, not only our ladder position, but also if Collingwood is a contender or pretender. The big game this week Vs Richmond. I honestly believe we will win this game. I just think all the stars are alinging. If we win this game, I see us finishing top 2. This game will show the AFL community whether we are Pretenders or Contenders. Potential finals preview.
If im being honest, I’m more concerned about our Sydney game than I am about the Richmond game. Although, their record at home isn’t great, I think the Swans will want to show up after their dissimal loss to the Suns. It’ll be an interesting game. We will have to kill them with speed.
We play Brisbane at Ethiad. Brisbane are one of the better teams outside the 8. I don’t expect this game to be easy, but we should have a few players back by then. They did push us at the Gabba earlier this year. I expect our class through the midfield to stand up.
Port Adelaide at the MCG. Similar to WCE they’ll want to stand up at the G. It does help that they probably won’t have Ryder playing, so I expect our midfield to dominate. What concerns me is who plays on Dixon & Gray? Dixon is too big for any of our defenders, and Gray always kills us. This will be a massive test. If we lose this, I seems potentially slipping out of Top 4. This game could be the difference between 2nd-5th. Massive.
Fremantle at Perth. This could be a blessing in disguise, as we might have to verse WCE 2 weeks later in Perth. However, I expect us to win this game. If we are serious about finals, and being a contender. Fremantle are a very good team at home. They’ll probably have Fyfe and Sandilands back by then.
Definitely all winnable games. I think if we go :
5-0 - we make top 2.
4-1 - we make top 4.
3-2 - we finish 3rd-5th. Reliant on other teams.
2-3 - we finish 6th-8th.
1-4/0-5 - we better hope our percentage is good if we want to make the 8.
These 5 games are massive. No real easy 4 points. Just hard tough games to prime us for finals.
I wouldn’t complain with a 4-1 finish. However, the Tigers, Swans & Port game are all 8-point games.
Interestingly, all our games are on Saturday, except the Freo game, which is probably on a Sunday.
LETS FUUUKING GO PIES!!!
