Round 9 - Collingwood v Port Melbourne

[The Collingwood Turtle]

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Sunday 7th June
Price Fixer Park at 2:00 PM

Collingwood

B Corrie N. Brown Toovey

HB Goldsack Reid Clarke

C Blight Beams Barham

HF McCarthy Dawes Sidebottom

F Bryan Rusling Medhurst

R Wood Stanley Cook

Int Johnson Blair MacAffer Peverill Frost Hunt Keefe K. Pendlebury Reed Colbert Dyas Walker

Port Melbourne

B S. Brewer Dalton Pleming
HB Hassett Smith McGrath
C Dwyer Robbins Cain
HF Raymond A. Deluca McMahon
F F. Deluca Bonaddio Schultz
R McLaren Baird Pinwill
Int Wall Nixon Dillon Fanning Martin Clarkson Pitt Suckling

[jackcass]

[Pied Piper]

You know, I remember all those posts from last year, after the VFL Magpies were introduced, saying what a bad idea it was throwing these young boys to the wolves, how badly the whole thing had been botched, etc, etc.

Now we've got an entire starting line-up (pre final changes) from our list ready to play, and they are winning games. Most of them have seen senior action already, and it's safe to say that many will see a lot more in years to come.

Long term, this might be one of the best decisions the club has made in recent years.

[stui magpie]

Fit and in form, that line up should be able to beat Melbourne on Monday.

[The Collingwood Turtle]

[WKB]

Certainly coming down from this one. One thing I'll always been thankful for having our alignment with Williamstown is that they taught how good it feels to beat Port Melbourne (Prelim final 2003 still one of my favourite footy days)

[Fire Up]

no rocca

A/ is still injured
B/ is going to come straight in for the swans match
C/ is to hard for him to get a game in the vfl side

[The Collingwood Turtle]

[Macedonian Marvel #35]

strange no rocca

[Fire Up]

if rocca trained at 100% flat out, wouldn't that mean he is 100%?

yea i know he is old like 31,32 sumwhere around there and this is likely to be his 2nd last or last year.

yea i know pies are going to play him for certain games but he has missed how many weeks wouldn't it be a good idea for him to play at least half a game in vfl

[jonesy86]

I reckon Rocca will have a run in the VFL next week when the AFL team have the bye... the game is at Weribee and it's on TV.

[Fire Up]

if ruzza gets thru the game and plays a blinder he could come in for the swans game, which will then put more pressure on rocca.

[collingwoodfan]

and ruzz has plyed really god against swans hasnt he ?

[Fire Up]

^^ don't think he has played against the swans

[Tilly18]

Steele Sidebottom and Marty
AFL side or VFL?

god.