Round 15 - Collingwood vs Casey at Victoria Park

[MagpieBat]

Where and When:
12:00pm this Saturday at the home of the Magpies.

Broadcast:
Internet - LiveChat at collingwoodfc.com.au; sore updates in this thread.

Team:
B: Barden Oxley Broomhead
HB: Heagney-Steart Allan Collopy
C: Gray Kennedy Didak
HF: Mooney Boland Martin
F: Paine Gault Krakouer
R: Lynch Moloney Hellier
Int: Brett* Clarke Corr Ramsay Rinaldi Strachan Tyquin Wallace Yagmoor

Where They Sit:
Collingwood: 6th (8 wins, 5 losses, 106.55%)
Casey: 2nd (9 wins, 4 losses, 127.69%)

Last Time They Met:
Round 9, 2013 at Casey Fields
Casey 21.15.141, def
Collingwood 7.9.51

Head to Head:
Played: 10 (since 2008)
Collingwood: 2
Casey: 8

How They Fared Last Week:
Geelong 17.15.117, def
Collingwood 10.14.74

Casey 9.4.58, def by
Essendon 9.15.69

Notice:
- This is the first of two consecutive double-headers. On Saturday, the VFL game at Victoria Park precedes the AFL game at the MCG against the Giants. The VFL game will finish at approximately 2:40pm, giving Magpie fans approximately 2 hours to get to the MCG before the 4:40pm start for the seniors.

Over to you...

[Dave The Man]

I be Definitely going to this Game and Then going to the G Afterwards.

REVENGE!!! from our Thrashing we got a Casey Fields earlier this season

[Presti35]

This game is massive!

And as we saw last week, they are beatable!

Win this and we could have a crack at top 4.

Cmon Pies you can do this!

[MagpieBat]

Last time, we had pretty much nobody from the senior list in the VFL team. I think it was maybe Paine, Grundy, Broomhead and the rookies who had not been promoted. It was the weakest VFL team since the bad old days of 2011/2012. That's one of the main reasons why we got done.

Now, Kyle Martin is in the VFL at the moment, but you would think he'll get recalled after Friday night's performance. Likewise, Grundy will probably debut. So we'll lose some good players at this level to the seniors. Kennedy will probably get recalled as well. I reckon some of the seniors will get "soreness" and be rested against GWS, meaning that more reserves will be promoted than there will be players being dropped.

We will have Russell and Clarke, as well as probably Lynch, but Hudson will be rested. Brown and Blair probably come straight back into the seniors. And then there is Harry - does he play seniors straight off a month or so out, or does he have to earn his way back in? He may get another week off altogether. Ramsay didn't play last time against Casey, still a kid but a handy inclusion nonetheless.

And of course, possibly our best player that day, Ben Moloney, is out with an ankle, so one of the key pieces of our VFL midfield is unavailable as well.

Finally, an emergency or two will be held back, so we lose even more man-power.

I never like to tip against us, but I reckon Casey by maybe 5 or 6 goals.

[Dave The Man]

Last time, we had pretty much nobody from the senior list in the VFL team. I think it was maybe Paine, Grundy, Broomhead and the rookies who had not been promoted. It was the weakest VFL team since the bad old days of 2011/2012. That's one of the main reasons why we got done.

Now, Kyle Martin is in the VFL at the moment, but you would think he'll get recalled after Friday night's performance. Likewise, Grundy will probably debut. So we'll lose some good players at this level to the seniors. Kennedy will probably get recalled as well. I reckon some of the seniors will get "soreness" and be rested against GWS, meaning that more reserves will be promoted than there will be players being dropped.

We will have Russell and Clarke, as well as probably Lynch, but Hudson will be rested. Brown and Blair probably come straight back into the seniors. And then there is Harry - does he play seniors straight off a month or so out, or does he have to earn his way back in? He may get another week off altogether. Ramsay didn't play last time against Casey, still a kid but a handy inclusion nonetheless.

And of course, possibly our best player that day, Ben Moloney, is out with an ankle, so one of the key pieces of our VFL midfield is unavailable as well.

Finally, an emergency or two will be held back, so we lose even more man-power.

I never like to tip against us, but I reckon Casey by maybe 5 or 6 goals.

We probably won't have a True Ruckman in the VFL on Saturday with Grundy going up to AFL

[MagpieBat]

We probably won't have a True Ruckman in the VFL on Saturday with Grundy going up to AFL

Yes, indeed. Although, we do have Brendan Rinaldi on the VFL list, so he'll likely get the call-up to fill in. Rinaldi will quite possibly get chop-out from Lynch, though, so he will have an experienced back-up to help him.

[Dave The Man]

We probably won't have a True Ruckman in the VFL on Saturday with Grundy going up to AFL

Yes, indeed. Although, we do have Brendan Rinaldi on the VFL list, so he'll likely get the call-up to fill in. Rinaldi will quite possibly get chop-out from Lynch, though, so he will have an experienced back-up to help him.

I would not call him a Ruckman at 196cm. More like a 2nd Ruck like Leigh Brown

http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/season/ ... an-rinaldi

and Looks like Grundy is playing AFL on Saturday evening

[MagpieBat]

I would not call him a Ruckman at 196cm. More like a 2nd Ruck like Leigh Brown

http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/season/ ... an-rinaldi

and Looks like Grundy is playing AFL on Saturday evening

Indeed.

This is where not having Hudson available hurts the VFL team, much as you might not like to admit it...

Pity Huddo will likely be back in the seniors next week, because I would have so loved to have seen him giving to Wood, the guy whose spot he took...

Assuming that journo's tweet is accurate, Solomon Grundy will indeed be playing against the Giants.

I get the feeling that you might approve of such a move, Dave...

[Dave The Man]

I would not call him a Ruckman at 196cm. More like a 2nd Ruck like Leigh Brown

http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/season/ ... an-rinaldi

and Looks like Grundy is playing AFL on Saturday evening

Indeed.

This is where not having Hudson available hurts the VFL team, much as you might not like to admit it...

Pity Huddo will likely be back in the seniors next week, because I would have so loved to have seen him giving to Wood, the guy whose spot he took...

Assuming that journo's tweet is accurate, Solomon Grundy will indeed be playing against the Giants.

I get the feeling that you might approve of such a move, Dave...

Yeah happy with Grundy in the AFL.

Side is undermanned like the last time we played casey

[MagpieBat]

Collingwood
B: Barden Oxley Broomhead
HB: Heagney-Steart Allan Collopy
C: Gray Kennedy Didak
HF: Mooney Boland Martin
F: Paine Gault Krakouer
R: Lynch Moloney Hellier
Int: Brett* Clarke Corr Ramsay Rinaldi Strachan Tyquin Wallace Yagmoor

Moloney's BACK! Didn't expect that, but a most welcome inclusion.

And Rinaldi in to cover in the ruck, precisely as I predicted.

[MagpieBat]

And the Scorps...

Casey Scorpions
B: J. Tynan Panozza Jetta
HB: Gent Sellar L. Tynan
C: Taggert Magner Riseley
HF: Tapscott Boland Strauss
F: Best Hogan Davis
R: Spencer McKenzie Nicholls
Int: Matthews Corry Hughes Barry Smith Scott* Lang Page Troutman

[Dave The Man]

Didak Playing and Lynch as Number 1 Ruckman.

Will Struggle with this game without a Proper Ruckman

http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page ... D=24718339

[Dave The Man]

Could be another Ugly lost to Casey looking at that Side. Looks pretty weak

[MagpieBat]

No Russell in the side. We could have used him...

[Dave The Man]

Collingwood
B: Barden Oxley Broomhead
HB: Heagney-Steart Allan Collopy
C: Gray Kennedy Didak
HF: Mooney Boland Martin
F: Paine Gault Krakouer
R: Lynch Moloney Hellier
Int: Brett* Clarke Corr Ramsay Rinaldi Strachan Tyquin Wallace Yagmoor

Moloney's BACK! Didn't expect that, but a most welcome inclusion.

And Rinaldi in to cover in the ruck, precisely as I predicted.

What About Gault in the Ruck?