This weekend's footy: the Pies and the Bombers
April 24th 2008 03:41
This week’s footy kicks off on Friday afternoon with the Anzac Day test between Collingwood and Essendon. Last time they met was in round sixteen of last year when Collingwood dismantled the falling bombers by twenty nine points.
This season, both teams are struggling to make the impression that they once had on the game; both winning two games from five and falling just short of the top eight. However, I think their intensity levels will rise to meet the occasion and the fierce competition will spill into the overtime minutes of the fourth quarter.
Collingwood should win, they have the depth in experience and ability to overcome the bombers; however, if theory translated into practice they should have also beaten Carlton, and perhaps even North Melbourne. I think they might be missing the presence of their recently retired long running captain, Nathan Buckley, even though he missed most of last season through injury. The Pies should have it by about twenty points when the final siren blows.
This season, both teams are struggling to make the impression that they once had on the game; both winning two games from five and falling just short of the top eight. However, I think their intensity levels will rise to meet the occasion and the fierce competition will spill into the overtime minutes of the fourth quarter.
Collingwood should win, they have the depth in experience and ability to overcome the bombers; however, if theory translated into practice they should have also beaten Carlton, and perhaps even North Melbourne. I think they might be missing the presence of their recently retired long running captain, Nathan Buckley, even though he missed most of last season through injury. The Pies should have it by about twenty points when the final siren blows.
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