Where and when: MCG, 1:45pm (AEST)
Last time they met: SF’s 2020: Geelong 15.10 (100) DEF Collingwood 5.2 (32) at The Gabba.
Patrick Dangerfield was the centrepiece of Geelong’s semi-final slaughter of Collingwood, as the Cats booked a preliminary final berth against Brisbane with a 68-point trashing of the listless Pies. The superstar midfielder was stationed deep in attack for the majority of the contest and was supreme in the Cats’ dominant victory. Remarkably, Collingwood was kept to one goal in the opening three quarters, with four late majors clawing them out of record-breaking lows. Mitch Duncan was among the Cats’ best with 30 disposals, including 19 in the first half, while Cam Guthrie and Sam Menegola were also terrific. Defensive pair Tom Stewart and Lachie Henderson were also important in shutting down any chances for the impotent Pies, who had few winners as Geelong’s barrage began early.
Match Preview: It doesn’t get any easier for The Pies as they take on 3rd placed Geelong who have done it easy the last 3 weeks against The Tigers, Saints and Suns. Nathan Buckley will need to find a way to score against one of the better defences going around while stopping the twin towers of Hawkins and Cameron at the other end.
Motts Watch:
Collingwood
Grundy, Pendles, McCreary, and (fingers crossed) Macrae.
Geelong
Stewart, Duncan (hoping he’s come good), Hawkins and Cameron.
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F. Macrae medical sub for Collingwood for those who are looping a VC/Weightman score last night.
Tu; take Gawn
Td; captain grundy
Also off topic but who to trade in for Bergman?
Tu; Heeney
Td; madden (leaves 250k in bank)
TU: Play Robertson or Poulter
TD: Hope Brockman isnt the medical sub to be able to take Jordan’s score
Need to decide by the second game
Will wait for Zorko after his bye.
Powell out. Was thinking Boak but is Jelwood a legit POD?
TWO LATE CHANGES
: Mark Blicavs and Cam Guthrie OUT, Rhys Stanley and Zac Guthrie IN.
Medical subs
Collingwood
: Finlay Macrae
Geelong
: Jordan Clark
Damn it Guthrie XD I’ll be taking McNeil’s score now instead
Ouch Corey.
Your luck has been shocking this year. Hope things turn for you soon.
Only upside is I can loophole him to get Gawn’s VC score quicker
What has Clark done to Scott? Still cant get a game … crazy. Hope he looks for another club. I reckon he would be great running out of half back for the Mighty Bombers!!
TU: Field Poulter
TD: Field Brockman. Emg Poulter. Swap in RCD if Brockman picked.
This Bianco kid has started on fire on debut!
Bianco 9 touches from 68% TOG, wowza.
he got four in the one space of about 10M and 20 seconds – him to pie, pie to him, him to pie and back again and again and again … no impact. Great way to rack up stats though! – all handballs in that play
Early days but J.Crisp looks to be playing a pure mid role for Pies. Potential there for a POD defensive selection.
has been for the last few weeks with their mid injury crisis
1/4 Time – and a goalless one for the Pies. Cats 2.3.15 lead the Pies 0.3.3
CATS
Brandan Parfitt 48
Zach Tuohy 33
Tom Atkins 27
Quinton Narkle 26
Tom Stewart 26
Isaac Smith 23
Jed Bews 23
Jake Kolodjashnij 23
Esava Ratugolea 22
Max Holmes 20
Sam Menegola 20
Shaun Higgins 19
Lachie Henderson 19
Jack Henry 17
Luke Dahlhaus* 15
Rhys Stanley 15
Joel Selwood 13
Bradley Close 13
Zach Guthrie 12
Jeremy Cameron 11
Tom Hawkins 10
Jordan Clark 1
Gary Rohan
PIES
Darcy Moore 35
Chris Mayne 30
Jordan Roughead 30
Brodie Grundy 29
John Noble 29
Trent Bianco 27
Jack Crisp 27
Isaac Quaynor 27
Darcy Cameron 24
Caleb Poulter 22
Steele Sidebottom 22
Josh Daicos 21
Brayden Sier 20
Nathan Murphy 15
Brayden Maynard 14
Tom Wilson 12
Brody Mihocek 12
Scott Pendlebury 12
W. Hoskin-Elliott 10
Callum Brown 8
Jordan De Goey 5
Jack Madgen 3
Finlay Macrae 1
Half Time and the Pies still haven’t registered a goal. Last time that happened was 2005, I believe against the Cats!
Geelong leads 5.8.38 to the Pies 0.7.7
CATS
Brandan Parfitt 78
Rhys Stanley 65
Zach Tuohy 58
Tom Stewart 57
Jeremy Cameron 47
Tom Hawkins 46
Joel Selwood 43
Quinton Narkle 43
Jake Kolodjashnij 42
Tom Atkins 41
Isaac Smith 41
Shaun Higgins 36
Max Holmes 36
Sam Menegola 33
Lachie Henderson 33
Jack Henry 32
Esava Ratugolea 31
Jed Bews 30
Bradley Close 28
Luke Dahlhaus* 28
Gary Rohan 18
Zach Guthrie 11
Jordan Clark 1
PIES
Chris Mayne 80
Darcy Cameron 60
John Noble 55
Darcy Moore 54
Jack Crisp 51
Jordan Roughead 51
Isaac Quaynor 49
Brodie Grundy 48
Steele Sidebottom 48
Trent Bianco 42
Caleb Poulter 40
Brayden Maynard 33
Brayden Sier 32
Josh Daicos 32
Nathan Murphy 28
Scott Pendlebury 25
Tom Wilson 24
Jordan De Goey 20
Brody Mihocek 19
W. Hoskin-Elliott 16
Callum Brown 8
Jack Madgen 3
Finlay Macrae 1
Grundy my Captain down in rooms with arm injury 🙁
Same here FT, have the C on him. But even more upsetting being a pies supporter, we cant afford to lose him.
Glad I’m not the only one who rolled the dice on Grundy instesd of taking gawns. Hopefully it’s not a long term injury for the big guy!
Grundy down to the rooms. Appears to be shoulder related.
Grundy out for the game..
Grundy is OUT.
Grundy on 70 subbed OUT for Fin Macrae.
How much does he lose with scaling ?
This could be the pivotal point of the entire season as we all have to find a ruck alternative and potentially burn more trades.
Best 18 next 3 weeks means we may have time to assess, before we are likely to cop donuts.
No we don’t.
Byes next 3 weeks.
Best 18.
R12 should be easy to cover
R13 Could be tricky, but Flynn or Reeves may play.
R14 Grundy would miss with the Bye anyway.
Best time for Grundy to miss really, if its less than a month, he should be a hold.
There goes my season better luck next year. Hope Grundy is ok
3/4 Time, and finally a goal to Collingwood, off the boot of Grundy who is now subbed out of the game with a wrist/shoulder issue. Ending the hopes of Collingwood supporters and coaches with him as Captain (me included). Geelong goalless that quarter. GEEL 5.11.41 to the Pies 1.11.17
CATS
Brandan Parfitt 102
Zach Tuohy 98
Rhys Stanley 83
Joel Selwood 78
Tom Hawkins 75
Tom Stewart 75
Isaac Smith 71
Quinton Narkle 64
Tom Atkins 60
Shaun Higgins 57
Jake Kolodjashnij 56
Sam Menegola 55
Lachie Henderson 55
Jeremy Cameron 54
Max Holmes 52
Jack Henry 51
Gary Rohan 41
Bradley Close 39
Jed Bews 37
Esava Ratugolea 37
Luke Dahlhaus* 33
Zach Guthrie 18
Jordan Clark 1
PIES
Chris Mayne 113
Darcy Moore 89
Darcy Cameron 81
Isaac Quaynor 79
Brodie Grundy 75
Jordan Roughead 72
Jack Crisp 70
Trent Bianco 65
John Noble 63
Steele Sidebottom 62
Caleb Poulter 57
Brayden Sier 55
Brayden Maynard 55
Jordan De Goey 51
Josh Daicos 42
Nathan Murphy 40
Tom Wilson 35
Scott Pendlebury 35
Brody Mihocek 34
W. Hoskin-Elliott 23
Jack Madgen 20
Callum Brown 13
Finlay Macrae 2
Grundy sent to hospital for scans for neck injury.
Reported he has referred pain down both arms.
All the best for good test results.
Of the top 5000 Supercoach players 40% have Grundy as captain and 26 people have Finley Macrae.
Grundy non-owners in the top 5000k is only about 150 teams.
8 teams traded him this round, and 5 of them made him Captain .
Got him as captain as didn’t get a chance to change it, thankfully this week’s opposition also has the C on Grundy. Thanks for the scoring updates!
Game over – Cats by 10 points
CATS
Brandan Parfitt 123
Tom Hawkins 122
Zach Tuohy 115
Tom Stewart 112
Rhys Stanley 98
Joel Selwood 97
Isaac Smith 86
Quinton Narkle 78
Jeremy Cameron 72
Sam Menegola 72
Jack Henry 71
Jake Kolodjashnij 71
Shaun Higgins 68
Tom Atkins 68
Lachie Henderson 65
Max Holmes 57
Bradley Close 56
Jed Bews 45
Gary Rohan 45
Luke Dahlhaus* 41
Esava Ratugolea 40
Zach Guthrie 27
Jordan Clark
PIES
Chris Mayne 127
Jack Crisp 100
Darcy Cameron 100
Darcy Moore 100
Steele Sidebottom 88
Isaac Quaynor 86
Trent Bianco 82
Jordan Roughead 78
Brodie Grundy 76
John Noble 71
Jordan De Goey 70
Brayden Maynard 65
Caleb Poulter 62
Brayden Sier 59
Scott Pendlebury 50
Nathan Murphy 45
Josh Daicos 45
W. Hoskin-Elliott 43
Tom Wilson 37
Brody Mihocek 36
Callum Brown 36
Jack Madgen 22
Finlay Macrae 6
Thank you Lisa for all the scores.
Loving your work Lisa!! Thanks!
Bianco’s knee iced up post game. Hopefully he’s fine, looks the goods.