Where and when: MCG, Saturday 10th April at 7:25pm (AEST)
Last time they met: Rd 4, 2020: GWS 10.6 (66) def Collingwood 9.10 (64) at Giants Stadium
This was a war of attrition as both teams suffered early injuries and fought out a tight tussle as the Giants consistently edged ahead only the have the Pies grind back into the game. Davis and Williams suffered hamstring strains for the Giants while Jeremy Howe copped his season-ending knee injury. Greene (3 goals) and Green were best for the Giants as were Pendlebury and Moore for the Pies, with Moore holding Cameron to two goals.
Match Preview: The Giants are barely going at the moment so this is a poor time for them to visit the MCG. The Pies have been competitive every week and unlucky to have recorded just the single win and they will be keen to put the wounded Giants to the sword. With both teams struggling to kick goals, this may come down to which team can shut down the other team the best.
My money is on the strong Pies defence to shut down the Giants’ tall forwards, forcing GWS to rely on Toby to try and win this match off his own boot.
Thommo Watch:
Forget Supercoach, I’m planning to have my eyes on one match-up: Toby Greene versus Brayden Maynard. If this is not a niggly, entertaining battle, I’ll be shocked and disappointed!
Thommo’s Tip: Collingwood by 20 points
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Medical subs :
Levi Greenwood
Nick Shipley
TU – Cumming
TD – Jiath
Highmore, Koschitzke, Lachie Young all not playing means I’ve got to bring someone in to avoid a doughnut in defense. Looking at Bowes?
Was Chapman named ?
How does Mummy have 3 CP with one kick and one handball?
Hey Mutley, there is actually a difference between a possession and a disposal.
It’s hard to find the definition of this but I have read it a couple times and I think a possession is how you win the ball and a disposal is how you get rid of it.
In the Mummy case he may have won the ball in a contested situation, received a free kick and and another player took the advantage, meaning he won the ball in a contested situation, but never actually disposed of it.
1/4 time – Giants lead 2.2.14 to Pies 1.2.8
PIES
Jack Crisp 30
Josh Daicos 29
Darcy Moore 29
Chris Mayne 24
Jack Madgen 24
Steele Sidebottom 24
Taylor Adams 22
Jordan Roughead 21
Jeremy Howe 21
Callum Brown 18
Beau McCreery 18
Brayden Sier 18
Scott Pendlebury 17
Mason Cox 17
John Noble 16
Josh Thomas 14
Brodie Grundy 10
Brayden Maynard 9
Isaac Quaynor 8
Jordan De Goey 6
Brody Mihocek 2
Levi Greenwood 1
W. Hoskin-Elliott -2
GIANTS
Lachlan Ash 45
Sam Taylor 45
Brent Daniels 38
Tim Taranto 36
Matthew Buntine 35
Ian Hill* 33
Lachlan Keeffe 31
Jeremy Finlayson 31
Jacob Hopper 30
Isaac Cumming 24
Tom Green 23
Jake Riccardi 23
Shane Mumford 23
Toby Greene 18
Connor Idun 16
Josh Kelly 16
Xavier O’Halloran 14
Callan Ward 14
Conor Stone 12
H. Himmelberg 11
Nick Haynes 9
Jack Buckley 2
Nicholas Shipley 1
There must be something up with Josh Kelly. Not playing on the ball, has 9 hb & no kicks so far. Looking like another false premium this year.
Mumford is the highest scorer at HT
captain Grundy not looking good
Grundy copping a bath from The Mummy.
Seems to be only going are half rat power.
Josh Kelly seems to be lost out on the field.
Maybe requires a change of scenery at the end of the year.
Mumford at 100% DE, no clangers, no free kicks against AND topscoring?!?
What is this sorcery!?!
It’s a rigged competition
I think you missed a “d” in your name Adam.
Just between the”I”and the “z”
Idzett.
3/4 Time – Giants by 15 points in the wet. Sier out of the game, medical sub Greenwood into the game in the 3rd qtr, and Taylor Adams knee injury and out of the game also
PIES
Scott Pendlebury 76
W. Hoskin-Elliott 74
Steele Sidebottom 66
Jeremy Howe 66
John Noble 63
Brodie Grundy 61
Jack Madgen 60
Taylor Adams 60
Josh Daicos 60
Darcy Moore 59
Beau McCreery 52
Jack Crisp 52
Mason Cox 49
Chris Mayne 47
Isaac Quaynor 46
Callum Brown 45
Jordan De Goey 45
Brody Mihocek 40
Josh Thomas 40
Jordan Roughead 37
Brayden Sier 31
Brayden Maynard 19
Levi Greenwood 7
GIANTS
Callan Ward 104
Lachlan Ash 102
Toby Greene 95
Jacob Hopper 84
Shane Mumford 83
Tim Taranto 81
Jeremy Finlayson 76
Sam Taylor 73
Isaac Cumming 71
Connor Idun 68
Lachlan Keeffe 64
Ian Hill* 58
Brent Daniels 57
Josh Kelly 50
Tom Green 46
H. Himmelberg 43
Jack Buckley 43
Jake Riccardi 37
Nick Haynes 35
Xavier O’Halloran 32
Conor Stone 31
Matthew Buntine 31
Nicholas Shipley 1
Just home – not watching – WTF with Grundy score?? 34 HO’s, 10 contested possies but only 59 points?? I see 4 frees against, but WTF?? Anyone watching?
Forget Grundy, what about Taranto! Robbed. I’m switching to AFL Fantasy next year I think. CD giving me the irrits!
Ever think that maybe just don’t pick Taranto in SC if he’s not a good SC player? We knew it before the season started.
All I’m saying Daisy, is that there’s not too many 34 possession, 8 mark, 6 tackle and 6 score involvement games in a winning team that end up with a score of only 90. I just checked the stats again – his DE wasn’t completely terrible (64.7) and he had 8 intercepts as well. I’m not a genius like you obviously, but that adds up to more than 90 in my book…
11 clangers is very high. What’s the penalty for a clanger something like -4 points? Without them he’d have had a good score.
9 “clangers” five of which are frees against. And he was awarded 3 for.
It’s how his hitouts that are scored which are the issue and the subjectiveness of the scoring for or against him.
Didn’t see most of the match, but he’s been scored harshly in other matches by CD thus far. He’s either being deliberately scored harshly, or the pies midfield is just that bad that his winning such a high level of taps means they are, in the majority, being stolen …
Also, again, the stats as recorded will always provide an answer equating to the score – if you watch the live games and scoring, you will often see a player receive a stat or lose a stat – but the score doesn’t change.
As always its the subjectivity of the scoring that becomes the issue.
Tommy on Trapanto.
64% DE is terrible.
He had 34 touches.
36% wont score ( *or will score negative for clangers) so lets minus 11 touches.
23 touches. 8 marks
6 clangers takes care of any points he scores from tackles.
So he now has a 23 touch game with most of theses being handballs. he butchered more kicks than handballs.
So lets say ..
10 kicks
13 HB
8 marks
Even with a few score involvements.
90 actually seems quite generous.
I really am the kiss of death!
CD scoring this year is sooooo confusing and frustrating in same time. I’m a bit over it to be honest…. and not only for this game
Grundy flogged by an old hack . 92 points you gotta be joking!!!!!!
Greene finished with 120. It should have been 220. Incredible effort – and this is coming from someone who can’t stand the bloke.
Wonderful theatre with elite athlete/actors
The umps supporting role can’t be ignored
Also a shout out to the media stooges
In the press conference Buckley said Sier got subbed because of the effects of gastro.
Very strange usage of the sub rule.
I doubt Giants will play both Mummy & Flynn. Does Flynn get back in the side next week?