Round 21 - Footscray vs Collingwood at Whitten Oval

[MagpieBat]

When and Where:
12:00pm this Saturday at The Kennel.

Broadcast:
Video - Streaming LIVE on vfl.com.au from 11:45am (at this console), full video replay available Saturday evening.

Radio - Streaming LIVE on Collingwood Radio via collingwoodfc.com.au (at this portal) and through the Collingwood FC smartphone app for iPhone and Android from 11:55am. Data usage and charges apply, including for Telstra customers.

Internet - Live updates at collingwoodfc.com.au, score updates in this thread and on Twitter at @VFLPies.

Replay:
Full Game

Team:
B: Golds, Frost, Goldsack
HB: R Pendlebury, Marsh, Kelly
C: Indovino, Macaffer, Collopy
HF: Oxley, Gault, Greenwood
F: Blair, Witts, Still
R: Cox, Borthwick, Goodyear
I: Knight, Matheson, Moloney, Taylor, Hinkley, Tardrew, Wallace, M Smith, Hellier, L Howe, Ferguson, Gray, Lane*

Italics = AFL extended bench

Where They Sit:
Footscray: 5th (11 wins, 6 losses, 3 byes, 105.75%)
Collingwood: 1st (14 wins, 3 losses, 3 byes, 120.53%)

The Ladder:


Getting There:
Car
- Located on the western side of the intersection of Barkly Street and Gordon Street, Footscray. Entrance via Hocking Street from Barkly Street (northern end) and from Cross Street (southern end). Limited parking available at the ground outside the Western Bulldogs administration facilities. Parking also available at the nearby West Footscray railway station.

Public Transport
- Take the Sunbury railway line Metro service to West Footscray station. The ground is a short walk across the station footbridge.

Admission:
Adult: $10
Concession/Pensioner/Youth/Collingwood Members: $5
12 Years & Under: Free

Last Time They Met:
Round 13, 2015 at Whitten Oval
Footscray 21.12.138, def
Collingwood 10.10.70

Head to Head:
Played: 3
Footscray: 2
Collingwood: 1

How They Fared Last Week:
Werribee 9.10.64, def by
Footscray 18.19.127

Box Hill 7.15.57, def by
Collingwood 12.6.78

The Stakes and The Scenarios:
- If Collingwood win or draw, they will finish 1st and take out their first ever minor premiership. They will also most likely face the winner of Port Melbourne and Geelong in a home Qualifying Final.

- If Collingwood lose and Casey lose or draw, the Magpies will finish 1st and take out their first ever minor premiership. They will also most likely face the winner of Port Melbourne and Geelong in a home Qualifying Final.

- If Collingwood lose and Casey win, the Magpies will finish 2nd for the first time ever and face Williamstown in a home Qualifying Final.

Milestone:
Lachlan Wallace - 50 games as a Magpie

Over to you...

[MagpieBat]

Looks like Princes Park it is for our "home" final...

https://twitter.com/PaulAmy375/status/767940254317678592

Yarra City Council, go <snip> yourself...

[Bucks5]

....and to rub salt into the wound, those Carlton pricks will make money from us.

[Presti35]

Would rather play Port or Geelong than Williamstown.

So I'm really hoping for a win here.

And....

[MagpieBat]

I don't know the specifics, but I have heard that Olympic Park is actually a no-go in this situation...

[MagpieBat]

So yeah, this is happening...

https://twitter.com/PaulAmy375/status/768666831615766528

[MagpieBat]

Wagner outlining the finals venue situation from 7:11 in this week's Lulie Street. We applied for one two months ago, yet apparently that wasn't enough notice...

http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/video/2016-08-25/destiny-is-in-our-hands

Confirmed we're playing our home final at Princes Park on Saturday September 3rd at 2pm.

[MagpieBat]

Team is in...

COLLINGWOOD

B 41. T Golds 45. J Frost 6. T Goldsack
HB 55. R Pendlebury 17. J Marsh 60. J Kelly
C 76. A Indovino 3. B Macaffer 54. J Collopy
HF 43. A Oxley 44. C Gault 19. L Greenwood
F 11. J Blair 15. J Witts 51. M Still
R 46. M Cox 63. G BorthwicK 27. M Goodyear
Int 72. W Knight 59. C Matheson 58. B Moloney 56. J Taylor 66. D Hinkley 68. L Tardrew 52. L Wallace 67. M Smith 53. J Hellier 65. L Howe 62. L Ferguson 61. N Gray
23P 77. C Lane

BE STILL YOUR HEARTS! He's back!

Campbell Lane back into the side as 23rd man, alas his hero Clokey is making farewell the following day at the MCG.

Cal Matheson named after appearing to dislocate his reconstructed shoulder last week. Good on him.

No Darrean Wyatt or Brayden Sier, or for that matter Alan Toovey, however...

[Dave The Man]

Who is that M.Still never heard of him

[jackcass]

[MightyMagpie]

Nice weather for my first time at a VFL game.

[MagpieBat]

Particular a good sunny view from the EJ Whitten stand...

[MagpieBat]

Still makes the final cut. Good to have you back, Michael!

Looks like Oxley's the carry-over for us, Webb for them...

[MagpieBat]

Of that extended bench, looks like Knight and Howe missed the final cut, which means Jeremy Taylor returns for what is (IIRC) his first game of 2016. Welcome back, Jez!

[Dave The Man]

Still at Southern Cross Station