Round 16 - Williamstown vs Collingwood at Point Gellibrand

MagpieBat · Post by **MagpieBat** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 4:54 am

When and Where:
2:00pm this Sunday at the Williamstown Cricket Ground.

Broadcast:
Internet - LiveChat on collingwoodfc.com.au, full video replay available on Sunday night/Monday morning. Score updates in this thread and on Twitter at @VFLPies.

Team:
B: Wallace Scharenberg Marsh
HB: Young R. Pendlebury Sinclair
C: Armstrong Kennedy Karnezis
HF: Manteit Reid Goodyear
F: Matheson Gault White
R: Cox Moloney Blair
Int: McKeown* Borthwick Gray Blair Hellier Close Taylor J. Williams Wallin

Where They Sit:
Williamstown: 1st (10 wins, 3 losses, 2 byes, 148.79%)
Collingwood: 5th (9 wins, 4 losses, 2 byes, 103.19%)

Last Time They Met:
Round 5, 2014 at Point Gellibrand Oval
Williamstown 14.13.97, def
Collingwood 10.10.70

Head to Head:
Played: 14
Williamstown: 13
Collingwood: 1

How They Fared Last Week:
Port Melbourne 7.11.53, def by
Williamstown 17.11.113

Collingwood 12.11.83, def
Casey 9.6.60

Trivia:
- Collingwood have never won a game at Point Gellibrand Oval.

- Collingwood have not beaten Williamstown for nearly six years (by the time of the game it will be 5 years, 10 months and 21 days, to be exact). Their last, and to this date sole, victory over the Seagulls was the 2009 2nd Semi Final. Of the team that triumphed that day, only four players remain on Collingwood's list (Nathan Brown, Ben Reid, Jarryd Blair and Lachlan Keeffe), while two others remain in the AFL at different clubs (Chris Dawes at Melbourne and Danny Stanley at Gold Coast).

Over to you...

Dave The Man · Post by **Dave The Man** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 1:17 pm

I have a Cold still.

So IF the Weather forecast is Terrible.

I might just stay Home

Post by **Pies4shaw** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:05 pm

A word to the wise, DTM: it doesn't matter what the bureau forecasts, it's virtually always windy and horrible at Willy this time of year.

John Wren · Post by **John Wren** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:20 pm

it's one of the few games i don't look forward to due to the arctic conditions.

MagpieBat · Post by **MagpieBat** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:20 pm

Someone we know quite well is speaking at the pre-game function:

https://twitter.com/WilliamstownFC/stat ... 5723513856

Wonder if they'll be showing highlights of his 1 game for them on a screen somewhere...?

The Seagulls are also running some activities for the kids as well:

https://twitter.com/WilliamstownFC/stat ... 0973074432

And no, I'm not on the Williamstown payroll. Just putting it out there for those who are interested...

perthmagpie · Post by **perthmagpie** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:37 pm

Was thinking of staying over in the big smoke and going to this game. The last time I went there I spent the whole day trying to find a way to stay warm. Thick jacket, beanie and scarf and still froze to death. I might give it a miss. Perhaps When I see the team selected I may change my mind.

We will have Blair, Reid, White, Oxley, Kennedy, Sinclair, Young, Scharenberg, Goodyear, Manteit, Gault, Cox, Armstrong, Marsh and Karnezis which makes 15 listed players. Dare I say it maybe even Freeman. So we do have a chance.

MagpieBat · Post by **MagpieBat** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:10 pm

Team's out...

B Wallace Scharenberg Marsh
HB Young R. Pendlebury Sinclair
C Armstrong Kennedy Karnezis
HF Manteit Reid Goodyear
F Matheson Gault White
R Cox Moloney Blair
Int McKeown* Borthwick Gray Blair Hellier Close Taylor J. Williams Wallin

15 AFL listers by my count.

AND OH MY GOD, HOW HEARTWARMING IS IT TO SEE BLAIR NAMED TO PLAY WITH HIS BROTHER AGAIN, THIS TIME FOR REALS!!!! OYMYGOD THIS IS SO INSPIRING! YOU'RE FREE BLAIRY, FREE TO BE WITH YOUR FAMILY!!!! GO BLAIRY GO!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIzQyskCEPs

perthmagpie · Post by **perthmagpie** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:11 pm

No Ox, being rested. 14 listed players in selected team. Gus Borthwick another game... A kid who can win a hard ball and tackles like a demon. A forward line including Reid, Gault and White. Surely one of those plays back to help Marsh and Pendlebury. Strange to see J.Blairs in same team. This team should give it a shake.

MagpieBat · Post by **MagpieBat** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:13 pm

And the home team...

Williamstown

B Mangan Faulks Critchley
HB Lockwood Currie Johnstone
C Wheeler Jolley Masters
HF Norton* Clouston Dunell
F Tighe Casley Anastasio
R Meese Banner Marcon
Int Gallucci Carr Sing Owen Gibbons Charleston McKenzie Bewley Hine

(*looks at the end of the bench...)

Dekka, you traitor!

John Wren · Post by **John Wren** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:18 pm

perthmagpie wrote:No Ox, being rested. 14 listed players in selected team. Gus Borthwick another game... A kid who can win a hard ball and tackles like a demon. A forward line including Reid, Gault and White. Surely one of those plays back to help Marsh and Pendlebury. Strange to see J.Blairs in same team. This team should give it a shake.

gussy borthwick has been a real poster boy of late. i am just hoping for no rain on sunday. wind i can deal with.

we're inching closer to a top four spot. only a few more weeks left of the season proper. just need to keep winning, obviously.

MagpieBat · Post by **MagpieBat** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:25 pm

John Wren wrote:gussy borthwick has been a real poster boy of late. i am just hoping for no rain on sunday. wind i can deal with.

we're inching closer to a top four spot. only a few more weeks left of the season proper. just need to keep winning, obviously.

I've done a bit of ladder predicting, and we basically need to win every game from here on, as you say. If we were to sweep all our remaining games, I have us finishing 3rd, about 9 to 10% behind Sandringham in 2nd.

Lose on Sunday (which considering our record is highly probable) but win our remaining home games and my predictor has us finishing in 5th, behind Essendon on percentage.

If we want to play our final at Vic Park (where we have been unbeatable this year) AND get the double chance, we need to not drop a game, Sandy to drop one on their run home and/or hand out some hidings to boost our percentage. That loss to Casey could really hurt...

Dangles · Post by **Dangles** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:13 pm

perthmagpie wrote: A forward line including Reid, Gault and White. Surely one of those plays back to help Marsh and Pendlebury.

Or we could just back or forward line to win a shoot out.

MagpieBat · Post by **MagpieBat** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:27 pm

perthmagpie wrote:No Ox, being rested. 14 listed players in selected team. Gus Borthwick another game... A kid who can win a hard ball and tackles like a demon. A forward line including Reid, Gault and White. Surely one of those plays back to help Marsh and Pendlebury. Strange to see J.Blairs in same team. This team should give it a shake.

Willy only have two proper tall targets in that named forward line (Clouston at 193cm and Tighe at 199cm). Casely is 192cm also. Marsh and Pendlebury can probably take them, with a bit of 3rd man up from someone like Scharenberg.

The problem is going to come from trying to hold their smalls, who are the ones who kick their goals for them. Anastasio, Galluci and Dunnell (plays smaller than his 189cm) have between them kicked 63 goals this year. Sinclair helps, and Lachie Wallace is okay as a small defender, but I don't quite see a matchup for Dunnell, who loves playing against us. Jeremy Taylor, maybe?

3rd degree · Post by **3rd degree** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 11:09 am

John Wren wrote:it's one of the few games i don't look forward to due to the arctic conditions.

A lot of people use Barry Round's back as wind breaker there!

John Wren · Post by **John Wren** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 12:13 pm

3rd degree wrote:
John Wren wrote:it's one of the few games i don't look forward to due to the arctic conditions.
A lot of people use Barry Round's back as wind breaker there!

if you drop in we can use your big head instead.

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Round 16 - Williamstown vs Collingwood at Point Gellibrand

Round 16 - Williamstown vs Collingwood at Point Gellibrand