Round 17 - Collingwood vs Geelong at Victoria Park

[MagpieBat]

When and Where:
12:00pm this Saturday at the birthplace of the Collingwood Football Club.

Broadcast:
Video - Streamed live via collingwoodfc.com.au and through the Collingwood FC smartphone app for iPhone and Android from 11:50am.

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 11:50am. 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:
First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Team:
B: Golds, Frost, R Pendlebury
HB: Kelly, Goldsack, Toovey
C: Oxley, Macaffer, Phillips
HF: Broomhead, Gault, Hellier
F: Ferguson, Cox, Wyatt
R: L Howe, Goodyear, Moloney
I: Collopy, Taylor, Close, Matheson, Gray, Borthwick, Hinkley, M Smith, Indovino*

(senior emergencies)

Where They Sit:
Collingwood: 3rd (10 wins, 3 losses, 3 byes, 109.63%)
Geelong: 6th (8 wins, 5 losses, 3 byes, 145.84%)

Getting There:
Car
- Located on the corner of Lulie Street and Turner Street, Abbotsford. Limited free parking available immediately outside the ground on Lulie Street, Turner Street, Abbot Street and Trenerry Crescent. Paid parking in the old railway yards immediately across from the ground at the Lulie Street end.

Public transport
- Take the South Morang or Hurstbridge rail line to Victoria Park station. The ground is located immediately across from the railway station and car park.

Admission:
Free!

Last Time They Met:
Round 6, 2016 at Kardinia Park
Geelong 6.8.44, def by
Collingwood 8.16.64

Head to Head:
Played: 17
Collingwood: 11
Geelong: 6

How They Fared Last Week:
Collingwood - BYE

Geelong 15.22.122, def
Essendon 5.4.34

The Run Home:
Collingwood - Geelong (H), Coburg (H), Port Melbourne (H), Box Hill (A), Footscray (A)

Geelong - Collingwood (A), Frankston (H), Richmond (A), Casey (H), Port Melbourne (A)

Note:
- This match will form the first act of a Collingwood double-header, with the Magpies taking on West Coast at the MCG in the Saturday twilight fixture. The VFL match will finish at approximately 2:30pm, leaving supporters more than two hours to get from Victoria Park to their seats at the MCG.

Over to you...

[Presti35]

Big match this one.

Both clubs on good winning streaks.

We need to take the points and make a statement to the rest of the league. We want to finish top 4 and we want to go for the flag.

Casey (2nd) plays Coburg (11th) and Williamstown (1st (But have played an extra game)) plays Sandringham (4th). These games will have a big outcome on the ladder.

With 5 games left and Sandy only 4 points behind us, it is very important for us to get the win over the Cats this week.

[Jezza]

Good to have a double header for our supporters, especially with the VFL match being played at our spiritual home.

[roar]

Finally, a football game to look forward to.

[MagpieBat]

Team's out:

Collingwood v Geelong
VFL Round 19
Saturday 30 July 2016
Victoria Park, 12pm

Collingwood
B: Tim Golds, Jack Frost, Ryan Pendlebury
HB: Jordan Kelly, Tyson Goldsack, Alan Toovey
C: Adam Oxley, Brent Macaffer, Tom Phillips
HF: Tim Broomhead, Corey Gault, Jack Hellier
F: Lachlan Ferguson, Mason Cox, Darrean Wyatt
Foll: Lachlan Howe, Matthew Goodyear, Ben Moloney
Int (from): Jordan Collopy, Jeremy Taylor, Ash Close, Cal Matheson, Nick Gray, Gus Borthwick, Dale Hinkley, Matthew Smith, Adrian Indovino

Cox and Macaffer return, as do Kelly and Howe.

Cal Matheson named for the first time this year, after suffering a bad shoulder injury requiring reconstruction during the pre-season.

[supercoachcaptain]

Michael Still is playing his first game of the year albeit at local level. Eltham Panthers is his local club.

[MagpieBat]

Good to hear, thanks for the tip. Hope he goes well. We're a better team with him in it.

I'm curious though, he's been cleared on permit to play the last few weeks, so it's interesting that Still's only started playing again now. Injury setbacks?

[supercoachcaptain]

Good to hear, thanks for the tip. Hope he goes well. We're a better team with him in it.

I'm curious though, he's been cleared on permit to play the last few weeks, so it's interesting that Still's only started playing again now. Injury setbacks?

Correct, been building slowly but surely. Agree, one on one marking is really a feature of his game.

[MagpieBat]

Cheers.

Hopefully he can get back for a game or two before the finals.

[MagpieBat]

It's a special day for a Vic Park favourite...

https://twitter.com/VictoriaParkHC/stat ... 4811415553

Many happy returns, Fergie. Hopefully we can get the win for him!

[John Wren]

Michael Still is playing his first game of the year albeit at local level. Eltham Panthers is his local club.

this is great to hear skip.

[MagpieBat]

The links for the live stream...

http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/20 ... elong-2016

or

http://bpmultihlslive2258.ngcdn.telstra ... klist.m3u8

[MagpieBat]

Okay, set to go here in the 'Cave (couldn't spare the time to get down to Melbourne, unfortunately).

All of Oxley, Goldsack and Cox are out there, so either one of them is going to only play a half or we're confident that no one is going to injure themselves in the warm-up.

Pies kicking to the Sherrin Stand end.

And away we go!

[MagpieBat]

Cal Matheson made the final team. Good to see him back!

[MagpieBat]

Cox at FF vs Jake Edwards, Howe in 1st ruck