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The one possible weakness in this comparison is that it's only July.....

Plenty of time for the wheels to come off yet.  Look at us, it only takes one or two bad weeks injury-wise for the clouds to start gathering.  
The one downside to having a full list to choose from is that when the injuries do come, you are having to select replacement players that haven't played senior footy for some time.

IN
Adam Cerra,
Caleb Marchbank,
Jack Martin,
Marc Pittonet,
Matthew Owies,
Patrick Cripps

OUT
Ed Curnow (Omitted),
Jack Silvagni (Injured),
Josh Honey (Omitted),
Lachlan Cowan (Omitted),
Lewis Young (Sub),
Paddy Dow (Omitted),
Sam Walsh (Injured)

Looks like Kemp or McGovern will play forward.

What’s the bet they play. This mob has a habit of saying the flu is ripping thru the place prior to playing a big game.

Funny thing is it seems to clear up real quick and they mostly all play.

Wouldn’t be surprised if they are just rotating players having a session off but use it as a tactic saying the club is fighting the flu.

Don’t trust the pr1cks

They have 2 losses and about the same percentage as we did in 1995. Most of their wins this year have been comprehensive.

I guess to an extent that's true. But in that mix are also 4 games won by less than a goal, three games won by about 2 goals, a 4 point loss and a 33 point loss. You can't argue with their W/L, but IMO you also can't argue with the luck aspect either. I'm not suggesting they're cr@p by any means, but they are more gettable than the hype would suggest. There's an article I was reading earlier today (for the life of me I can't find it now) that was quoting some very average numbers in some of their statistical indicators.

I guess to an extent that's true. But in that mix are also 4 games won by less than a goal, three games won by about 2 goals, a 4 point loss and a 33 point loss. You can't argue with their W/L, but IMO you also can't argue with the luck aspect either. I'm not suggesting they're cr@p by any means, but they are more gettable than the hype would suggest. There's an article I was reading earlier today (for the life of me I can't find it now) that was quoting some very average numbers in some of their statistical indicators.

Collingwood have become so used to using their get out of jail card now.

We have a solid team named assuming there are no late outs, if we bring what we have brought the last 5 weeks we are a chance. It will be the hardest game we will play and a true test against the best. I noticed the Filth were doing scenario training complete with a scoreboard and time clock. Perhaps they are expecting a tight tussle, either way I hope we don't undo all the hard work of the last several weeks and put in a crap performance.
Go Blues.