Round 20 - Collingwood vs Port Melbourne at Victoria Park

[MagpieBat]

When and Where:
1:00pm this Saturday at the home of the Mighties.

Broadcast:
Radio - Streamed live on Collingwood Radio via collingwoodfc.com.au at this portal and through the Collingwood FC smartphone app for iPhone and Android from 1:00pm. Data usage and charges apply, including for Telstra customers.

Internet - LiveChat at collingwood.fc.com.au, full video replay available Saturday evening/Sunday. Score updates in this thread and on Twitter at @VFLPies.

Team:
B: Goodyear Oxley Wallin
HB: Seedsman Frost Manteit
C: Young Kennedy Armstrong
HF: Witts Monkhorst White
F: Viola* Karnezis Dwyer
R: Cox Moloney MacAffer
Int: Matheson Close Gray R. Pendlebury Wallace Hellier Collopy Taylor J. Williams

Where They Sit:
Collingwood: 7th (11 wins, 6 losses, 2 byes, 109.39%)
Port Melbourne: 9th (7 wins, 10 losses, 2 byes, 102.43%)

Last Time They Met:
Round 2, 2014 at North Port Oval
Port Melbourne 19.10.124, def
Collingwood 9.17.71

Head to Head:
Played: 10
Collingwood: 5
Port Melbourne: 5

How They Fared Last Week:
Collingwood 22.18.150, def
Richmond 12.6.78

Port Melbourne 33.13.211, def
Frankston 10.5.65

The Scenarios:
- If Collingwood win, Essendon win and Footscray win, Collingwood will finish 6th and play Werribee in an elimination final.

- If Collingwood win, Essendon win and Werribee win, Collingwood will finish 6th and play Footscray in an elimination final.

- If Collingwood win, Essendon lose and either Footscray or Werribee win, Collingwood will finish 5th and play Casey in an elimination final.

- If Collingwood win, Essendon win and Footscray/Werribee draw, then Collingwood will finish 5th and play Casey in an elimination final.

- If Collingwood win, Essendon lose OR draw and Footscray/Werribee draw, then Collingwood will finish 4th and play Box Hill in a qualifying final.

- If Collingwood lose, Essendon win and Footscray win, Collingwood will finish 7th and play Werribee in an elimination final.

- If Collingwood lose, Essendon win and Footscray lose, Collingwood will finish 7th and play Footscray in an elimination final.

- If Collingwood lose, Essendon lose and Werribee win, Collingwood will finish 7th and play Essendon in an elimination final.

Anyone who wants to test my math, or if there are any realistic scenarios that I've overlooked, post them below and I'll put them here.

Trivia:
- After 3 years on Collingwood's list, this will be Sam Dwyer's first game against his old club.

- Port Melbourne running midfielder Nathan Batsanis is the nephew of Collingwood champion (and creator of the modern art of goal kicking) Peter Daicos.

Over to you...

[Fire Up]

who do Essendon, Footscray and Werribee play?

[MagpieBat]

[Fire Up]

[MagpieBat]

[MagpieBat]

Team's out:

Collingwood v Port Melbourne
VFL Round 20
Saturday 29 August
Victoria Park, 1pm

Collingwood
B: Jesse Wallin, Adam Oxley, Matthew Goodyear
HB: Paul Seedsman, Jack Frost, Michael Manteit
C: Tony Armstrong, Ben Kennedy, Clinton Young
HF: Jesse White, Ben Monkhorst, Jarrod Witts
F: Sam Dwyer, Patrick Karnezis, Jackson Viola
Foll: Mason Cox, Ben Moloney, Brent Macaffer
Int (from): Ash Close, Jordan Collopy, Nick Gray, Jack Hellier, Callum Matheson, Ryan Pendlebury, Jeremy Taylor, Lachlan Wallace, Jake Williams

14 AFL-listers.

Frost a handy inclusion.

Welcome back Jeremy Taylor, after going down with some sort of knee issue against the Roosters.

Still no Corey Gault though...

[MagpieBat]

And the Borough...

Port Melbourne
B Lange Cook Clarke
HB R. Hogan Noonan Osborne
C T. O'Sullivan Wooffindin Tynan
HF Pearson Lisle Mascitti
F S. O'Sullivan Haretuku Dickson
R Gilmore Pinwill Cain
Int Van Unen Toman Mioni* T. Johnston Dove C. Johnston M. Hayes Batsanis Vearing

[Pies4shaw]

[perthmagpie]

Our team looks strong now that we have a real, AFL listed key back into the team. Also having Taylor back we have most of our best VFL players available except for Still. I am hoping we can add two more AFL listed players next week. I'd go with Pendlebury, Taylor, Hellier, Williams, Close and Borthwick and leave out Wallin.

[John Wren]

[MagpieBat]

[MagpieBat]

Over to the VFL boys now to make it two from two.

No White of course, but Ash Close will provide a more reliable forward target anyway.

Speaking of which, Port have also got a key forward who answers to the nickname of "Moose", who will be chasing the Frosty Miller Medal tomorrow. What's the plural for Moose? Meese? But he plays for Williamstown...

Hopefully the seniors' win encourages a few more to come along.

[Collingwood Crackerjack]

So not even a mathematical chance of sneaking into the 4 MB? Looks like we are a game short....

[MagpieBat]

[Kosh]

Best of luck for the call Bat. Will be with you in spirit.