Pre Qualifying Final. Pies v. Cats. All comments please.

[Donny]

Friday. September 6.

First Qualifying Final (1 v 4): Geelong v. Collingwood

MCG 7.50

B Levi Greenwood, Jordan Roughead, Jeremy Howe
HB Jack Crisp, Darcy Moore, Brayden Maynard
C Tom Phillips, Scott Pendlebury, Chris Mayne
HF Steele Sidebottom, Brody Mihocek, Will Hoskin-Elliott
F Jamie Elliott, Jordan De Goey, Jaidyn Stephenson

FO LBrodie Grundy, Adam Treloar, Taylor Adams

I/C John Noble, Callum L. Brown, Josh Thomas, Rupert Wills

EMG Matthew Scharenberg, Travis Varcoe, Jack Madgen, Josh Daicos

IN
Steele Sidebottom, Jordan De Goey, Jaidyn Stephenson

OUT
Matthew Scharenberg (Omitted), Jack Madgen (Omitted), Travis Varcoe (Omitted)

MILESTONES: Scott Pendlebury - Playing 300th game

Let's hear ya !!

[Donny]

Other finals in week one.

First Elimination Final (5 v eighth): West Coast Eagles v. Essendon (Optus Stadium)

Second Elimination Final (6 v 7): GWS Giants v. Western Bulldogs (Giants Stadium)

Second Qualifying Final (2 v 3): Brisbane Lions v. Richmond (Gabba)

[K]

Geelong's injury list is almost zero.

Only Atkins, Clark, Cunico, with the first two possibly recovering in time.

[Pies4shaw]

Why isn’t this game being played at Geelong’s home stadium?

[Donny]

[Jezza]

[K]

[Jezza]

Match is scheduled for Friday night at 7:50pm.

[Cam]

Our current onball department, which has been immeasurably superior [well you could measure it] to the first 3/4 of the season's incarnation, has only played Essendon of the top 8. The other 6 teams don't know what's coming in terms of the Wrecking Ball Wills and Adams ensuring that our silk get access moving away from the contests. They can watch the video sure, but watching bullfights AND FACING THE BULLS are two different situations.

In turn they have finally given us the benefit of this year's Brownlow Medallist, Sensei Grundy. He will face a stern test with two mobile Cats, but he as adapted and adjusted as other teams have tried this tactic against him this year.

Injecting the class of Stephenson and possibly [hopefully] De Goey into our Swoop Squad will give opposition small backs nightmares when added to Elliott, Mihocek, Thomas [should be ok] and the Hyphen.

Would you pick Wells? Will Moore be ok to risk? Does Aish come back? Does Noble play? Will Sidebottom's agates be ok? Out Varcoe? Brown stays I think. Does the Pig play onball and hunt old mate Selwood? Howe is too small for Harry O's mate the f#t f%%%, Maynard? Probably not, so is it Madge? [Is he even in the team?] Or Roughy?

[scoobydoo]

Get in line for your Preliminary tickets.

[Magpiefan3]

Anyone when tickets go on sale.

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

2011 still hurts, more than any I witnessed. Thought that was the greatest Collingwood team I had seen. A win wouldn't erase the emotional scar but geez, it'd be nice

[Dark Beanie]

Ticket sales:

Qualifying Final 1 | Geelong Cats v Collingwood | MCG
Competing Club Members | 9am - 1pm, Wednesday August 28 AEST
AFL Members | 11am, Wednesday August 28 AEST
General Public | 2pm, Wednesday August 28 AEST

https://www.afl.com.au/tickets/finals/qualifying-final-1

[ANNODAM]

Just win, that is all!

[shawthing]

Must win. We don't want to face either the Dogs or West Coast in a second week elimination final. This is one second chance we cannot afford to take.

Win - win - win all the way to the flag!