Where and when: The Gabba, Thursday, April 18, 7.35pm (AEST).
Last time they met: Docklands Stadium, round 21, 2018: Collingwood 14.20 (104) defeated Brisbane 11.7 (73).
The injury-depleted Magpies weathered a first-quarter barrage from the Lions to eventually run out comfortable winners. Brisbane led by 13 points at quarter-time and maintained its lead until just before the main break when Collingwood took charge. Jordan de Goey kicked four goals and Taylor Adams collected 33 disposals.
What it means for Brisbane: With a sellout crowd expected, this will be the biggest attendance at the Gabba since Brendan Fevola’s 2010 season. Channel Seven has taken the unusual step to broadcast the game live into Brisbane on its main channel, as well. So, on a national stage, the Lions need to show Saturday’s below-par performance against Essendon was just a hiccup.
What it means for Collingwood: No strangers to big matches, the Magpies have been scratchy in their opening month and will be keen to find top gear against their much-improved opponents. A win would solidify a spot in the top eight.
How Brisbane wins: It simply must win the midfield battle. Not only must it win more of the contested ball, the Lions’ pressure must be relentless to help a backline that can be exposed for speed when quick ball comes in.
How Collingwood wins: The Magpies have a forward line that could terrorise Brisbane if they get enough opportunities. Essendon showed quicker ball movement could hurt the Lions, and Collingwood might like to take a page from that book.
The match-up: Darcy Gardiner v Jordan de Goey
The young Collingwood star, rated 72 overall in the Schick Official AFL Player Ratings, kicked nine goals in two matches against the Lions last year and is a handful for any opponent. Gardiner (ranked 246th overall) has the size and strength to match de Goey if the incoming ball is on even terms.
It’s a big week for: Dayne Beams
After missing last week through illness, it now appears as if Beams will run out against the club he formerly captained on Thursday night. Beams had nothing but goodwill towards Brisbane when he departed and will ride a rollercoaster of emotions when he takes the field.
Big call: Charlie Cameron to take Mark of the Round.
Mottsy’s Tip: Brisbane by 5
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FINAL INTERCHANGES
Brisbane: Allen Christensen, Alex Witherden, Rhys Mathieson, Oscar McInerney
Collingwood: Dayne Beams, Callum Brown, Travis Varcoe, Jordan Roughead
VC on:
T/U – NEALE
T/D – GRUNDY
40 minutes to decide what to do with treloar.. trade to bont or hold?
His bleeding cash with his BE of 160.
do i cut him loose now?
Hope you didn’t trade him, 90SC at HT.
Sorry to say it Mav.
You have angered the SC Gods.
I did warn you!
A Brayshaw under 80 this week.
held him fellas!
thank goodness
sc101
Sweet to O’Brien?
Eliminates your loophole?
Everyone has Setters Right?
still wont be surprised if greenwood is a late in 5 mins before the game starts , why would they bother making him an emergency if he wasn’t going to play , its not like they have another tagger that might not get up for the game & they wont play him in another position
hoping i’m wrong though , got the V on neale
Pretty keen on the pies minus the 6.5 line tonight. Think they structure up to well for the Lions but should be a good game
geez , umps literally handing 2 goals to the pies
Give me Moore, Moore, Moore.
Well, this is an improvement on last week.
Not running Grundy?
No, I’m not. But I meant that it’s a better game than the stuff we were getting last week.
Jeez, Brisbane got robbed blind that quarter!
lol…why?
QTR TIME
BRISBANE 20 vs COLLINGWOOD 47
BRIS
Christensen 35
Rich 24
Zorko 33
Neale 29
S.Martin 23
Witherden 9
Andrews 16
COLL
De Goey 28
Treloar 43
Pendles 24
Beams 30
Sidebottom 26
Elliott 22
Crisp 20
Grundy 26
Moore 35
Down, Crisp, down! Not for another two weeks, please…
HALF TIME
BRIS 36 vs COLL 57
BRIS
Zorko 57
Rich 49
Witherden 35
Neale 44
Andrews 29
S.Martin 32
COLL
Treloar 90 (20 touches at 90%DE)
Crisp 58
De Goey 49
Pendles 48
Beams 50
Grundy 48
Sidebottom 35
Moore 50
Grundy needs to go 150+
Or I’m going Sloane V The Suns.
I will probably go Cripps in the cold light of day.
But its a warm night ,I’m on my second whiskey, and…………………..
I’m still considering trading in Tippa!
Just how big are these whiskeys you’ve been having?
I did have a couple of beers after work,
and a few wines with dinner.
Whiskey was nice, but….
Port.
Where is the Port ?
Nothing like a good Muscat after a tough day at work FT….
Makers Mark for me right now….
Shame the game isn’t closer… Pies looking pretty solid, scary that I don’t think they have anywhere near peaked yet too….
Oh dear… enjoy. 🙂
Anyone sidewayed crisp or treloar, I see people are also trading oliver and zwilliams????
aish done concussion
Brought Neale into my tech team, if you’re wondering why his scoring is down!
he was going nicely until he had contact with the umpire
would be a few filthy coaches that traded out treloar this week
Treloar has cracked the ton five mins into the 3rd qtr……
SO GLAD I DONT HAVE SH*T LACHY NEALE
tonight iv got sht grundy neale moore & elliott , might be a low score coming this week , good capt score is needed this week
brizzy have been winning games by playing a get the contested ball 1st & then go quick as they can through to the fwd’s game , coming out on top by attrition , tonight they have tried playing a hawks style chip & hold game , they’re not quite at that level yet
Harris Andrews with an iced up left thigh, which could be massive to all that held him in Tech teams
Or their real SC team as a POD. Grrr…
elliott slowly getting better every week
FD has nailed it again……players always revert to their long term averages.
Lachie Neale just another example. To revert to that average…below average scores must come.
no one scores well every week
Great. That means Darling might get 150 this week. Lol.
Moore’s good for half a game
Grundy on 83 at 1/4 time but 27 hitouts v Martin’s 4 would have expected a higher score.
grundy hasn’t done much outside of the ruck work tonight
Geez Mick, i wish he was..
3QTR TIME
BRIS 51 vs PIES 108
BRIS
Zorko 73
Witherden 71
Rich 67
Neale 62
Andrews 53
S.Martin 43
PIES
Treloar 113
Pendles 78
Crisp 86
Beams 73
De Goey 73
Grundy 81
Sidebottom 39
Moore 62
Darcy Moore 62 points off 10 touches and two marks to 3/4 time? CD’s darling…
77 pts now , going @ 92% DE
I get the high DE equates to better scoring, just seems to be excessive. A bit of sour grapes perhaps – I picked Brodie Smith instead. But then watching the Crows last week I was pleasantly surprised to see he cracked the ton. Didn’t feel like Brodie was going to watching the game. He just didn’t seem to have an impact. That’s what it felt like tonight watching Darcy Moore. Unless he’s getting a heap of points for pressure acts or scoring chains, it just seems like tonight his touches were worth double…
Could definitely be wrong, just my very biased opinion…
don’t need to have an impact or be the best to score in fantasy , just need to be in the right place @ the right time & get a piece of it to be relevant
matherson hammy gone
So Grundy looking at maybe 110-115 which means I need to C one of…
Macrae T/U
Cripps (who’s due for a below par score imo)
macrae definatly due for a 150 , unfourtunatly the bont is feasting on all the pts in the guts this year
those that traded out treloar this week are gna be filthy , especially if they traded to neale
90 for Neale what a joke
FULL TIME (pre scale)
BRIS 61 vs PIES 123
BRIS
Witherden 90
Rich 90
Zorko 95
Neale 90
S.Martin 62
Andrews 59
PIES
Treloar 148
Crisp 115
Beams 96
Pendles 101
Grundy 98
De Goey 91
Sidebottom 64
Moore 78
Did Neale get bit of champ data treatment? seemed like Oliver did a whole lot better last week but yet scored less than Neale this week?
His efficiency (70%) was down a little because of the pressure from the pies mids. He tried hard all night.
na , grundy gave martin a footy lesson tonight , 31 – 13 HO
neale had to earn most of his pts around the ground & not from the ruck contests
Good thing I trade out McCarthy this week