Elimination Final - Collingwood vs Port Melbourne

[MagpieBat]

Where and When:
2:10pm this Saturday at North Port Oval.

Broadcast:
TV - ABC1 in Victoria and Tasmania from 2:00pm. Replayed nationally at 2:30am on Wednesday August 31st. Available on iView on Sunday.

Internet - LiveChat at collingwood.fc.com.au; score updates and stats in this thread.

Team:
B: Yagmoor Ramsay Oxley
HB: Russell Richmond Frost
C: Didak Beams Seedsman
HF: Hudson Corr Kennedy
F: Young Witts Paine
R: Jolly Martin Hellier
Int: Allan Broomhead Collopy Ferguson Gray Heagney-Steart Hine Wallace Mooney S. Williams Kelly* Moloney Tyquin

Last Time They Met:
Round 12, 2013 at Victoria Park
Collingwood 11.9.75, def
Port Melbourne 8.15.63

Head to Head:
Played: 7 (since 2008)
Collingwood: 4
Port Melbourne: 3

How They Fared Last Week:
Collingwood 15.8.98, def
Werribee 13.13.91

Coburg 10.13.73 def by
Port Melbourne 15.11.101

Finals Eligibility:
- Because the Collingwood AFL and VFL teams are playing on the same weekend, there are no restrictions on the eligibility of AFL listed players to play for Collingwood in this VFL final.

Fun Fact:
- This is the Collingwood VFL team's first finals appearance since the 2010 Eliminiation Final. On that day, the Magpies were thumped out of the race for the premiership by the Northern Bullants by 51 points.

- This is the first time Collingwood and Port Melbourne have crossed swords twice in the one season since 2008, the year the Magpies re-entered the competition.

- Collingwood's last game against Port Melbourne at North Port Oval was in Round 15, 2010. On that day, the Magpies lead by a single goal at three quarter time, only to be overrun by the home side in the final term, eventually losing by 23 points. Of course, not many people would have noticed, as the Collingwood AFL team was busy burying Carlton at the MCG that very same afternoon.

Over to you...

[Pies4shaw]

On form, this should be a good, close game. Our chances may be affected by senior selection decisions. If a couple of the seniors are rested and, say, jolly and Krak are elevated it might be hard to compete. Still looking very much forward to this.

[Presti35]

It's kind of shit that its our home game, but it's at their home ground.

Anyway, I think Collingwood will win by 2 goals.

And it's on my birthday!

[MagpieBat]

Collingwood
B: Yagmoor Ramsay Oxley
HB: Russell Richmond Frost
C: Didak Beams Seedsman
HF: Hudson Corr Kennedy
F: Young Witts Paine
R: Jolly Martin Hellier
Int: Allan Broomhead Collopy Ferguson Gray Heagney-Steart Hine Wallace Mooney S. Williams Kelly* Moloney Tyquin

Dasher's BACK! Making an 11th hour bid to play seniors.

But no Krakouer...

Boland out, obviously injured.

Moloney and Ferguson back, big boost having those two back in the midfield.

Kelly another game as the 23rd man.

[MagpieBat]

And the Borough...

Port Melbourne
B: Dillon Noonan Sandilands
HB: Rowe Pleming Purcell
C: Scipione Baird Batsanis
HF: O'Farrell Hughes S. O'Sullivan
F: Langford Galea Bonaddio
R: Skipper Cain Pinwill
Int: Gilmore* Gale Valenti C. Johnston Gordon T. O'Sullivan Muling M. Johnston Hinkley

[Dave The Man]

Great to see Young Back. Good to see Kelly Playing Again

[Fire Up]

hope jolly spends more time as chf/ff as we will need him for that role come finals time. having said that hope witts spends alot of time in ruck. althou i can see him as another chf in years to come.

also channel 2 have spent the day setting up at the ground. the end behind the goals (not the sponsors end) but other end looks like its under repairs.

dave's gf and JW wife will not know who to follow, as she wears port melb gear and pies gear.

[jackcass]

[John Wren]

[Dave The Man]

[Fire Up]

[Dave The Man]

[Captain_MyCaptain]

I'm getting in early Bat. Thanks for all your time and effort commentating each week on the VFL Pies. You've introduced a new aspect to Nicks BB.
Well done, much appreciated. Keeping us up to speed re the kids, much appreciated. Perhaps you can get your crystal ball out whilst commentating and give us a quick appraisal re the kids.
Then again who would complain about going to watch the Pies each week.
Cheers mate and get us over the line.

[MagpieBat]

Thank you, C_MC. It has been my pleasure.

[think better]