Game ON!!. Pies v. Giants. Updates, comments.

[Pies4shaw]

MCG. 3.20

Collingwood v. GWS Giants.

B Brayden Maynard Darcy Moore Isaac Quaynor
HB Scott Pendlebury Jeremy Howe Isaac Chugg
C Nathan Murphy Jack Crisp Josh Daicos
HF Jamie Elliott Brody Mihocek Beau McCreery
F Jack Ginnivan Darcy Cameron Taylor Adams

R Mason Cox Patrick Lipinski Nick Daicos

INT Steele Sidebottom, John Noble, Oliver Henry, Will Hoskin-Elliott

IN: Isaac Chugg to debut. OUT: Jordan De Goey (personal leave). Medical sub:Tyler Brown

Milestone: Brayden Maynard 150 games.

Let's hear ya !!

[23 YIPPEE!!!]

Interesting on nick daicos on the ball thinking say Adams or beau could fill this role or even crispy much prefer nick playing of the half back line

[think positive]

Love to see Nick given a shot at it.
Maynard on green?
If you have Facebook look for the dads at training video it’s cool and funny!

[Pies2016]

I’m assuming Ruscoe is the injury sub, given all other emergencies played in the VFL. All eyes on Chugg today. If nothing else, he’s a pretty versatile small, so his role will be interesting.
Bring the heat early and maintain the rage longer and we’re back in the eight where we belong.

[think better]

Hopefully Nick Daicos gets a lot of time in the middle - I reckon he could change with Pendlebury in the backline. They are similar types in a lot of ways with their ability to read the play, weave through traffic and great disposal

[scoobydoo]

Duel of the afternoon: Big Cox v Big Keeffe
Should be a cracker in these conditions.

[Big T]

Real danger game this one. Need to be able to stop the Giants getting a run on.

[pietillidie]

Lethal Leigh addressed the players I notice: https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/06/23/afl-great-to-address-collingwood-playing-group-ahead-of-crucial-gws-clash/

[Pies4shaw]

That happened on Friday. Here's the Coach's take on it:

https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/1155574/fly-s-presser-r15-key-takeaways

[pietillidie]

^Thanks. I just spotted that and edited my post. That's a great connection through McRae and of course our own history.

[think positive]

[Piesnchess]

As i said, depends which Collingwood team turns up, as i said elsewhere. The mentally shredded one, after a week of the most virulent, hysterical, gob smacking, rantiing, rabid, raving media pile on of all time, that i have seen. May well have affected them, or some of them, like Jack an Quaner, also piled on by absolute bullshit hysterics. That team will lose by a few goals. And, the media on radio is at it again today, on they go. OR, it may be the team determined and united, determined to shove it right up the media and Nell Mitchells and Robbos arses, an "stick it right up em" to quote Ted Whitten. In which case, that utterly determined team will win by around four goals.

WE will know within the first 15 minutes which team has turned up, thats for sure. A huge challenge this match, just hope for the best.

[Pies4shaw]

^ Or, you know, we might just be flat - like virtually every team ever, coming off a bye. So, we'll likely know whether the team is or isn't switched on in the first few minutes - but if they aren't switched on, we will have no idea why. Equally, if they're especially hard at it, we'll have no idea why (save, of course, that they've beaten 4 difficult teams in a row - including 3 of the present top 5 - and it's the first time we've won 4 consecutive games since 2019, so it might just be part of a continuing upward trend).

[BazBoy]

We get free to air today. That’s good

And next Saturday night again free to air on 7 at 7

[DT]

McCrae was happy with the training and the form pre-bye is good so they should put in a good show