The second game of Saturday AFL Round 10 matches is between Collingwood Magpies and West Coast Eagles.  The match is to be played at MCG with the opening bounce set to commence at 4:40 PM local time with home team Collingwood Magpies currently holding favouritism in the market.View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Collingwood Magpies and West Coast Eagles.

Round:Round 10, May 24, 2014, Saturday,4:40 PM
Stadium:MCG
Weather: 17° Shower or two.

Odds Comparison:

Collingwood Magpies	1.30	1.30	1.28	1.30	1.30	1.30
West Coast Eagles	3.70	3.50	3.80	3.50	3.70	3.70

All odds are subject to change. Odds listed are correct at the time of the latest update.

Preview:

Collingwood take on the West Coast Eagles on Saturday, 4.40PM at the MCG.  Despite their close position on the ladder, with 8th playing 9th, the Magpies will go into this match as big favourites.  Even though they were flat last week against Adelaide, Collingwood have won 9 of their last 10 matches against the Eagles at the MCG.  That statistic alone will be hard to turn around, although the Eagles will be full of confidence after their 111-point thumping of Greater Western Sydney in their last start.

These two teams are very close in the statistic department this year, with the Eagles averaging 358 disposals per game to the Magpies 355.  The clearance count is also close at 36-35 in West Coast’s favour, with Collingwood ahead in the inside 50 department at 50-49 and in contested possessions with 142-136.  While everything points to a close contest, the Pies will be desperate to turn things around after last week and look too good at home for the Eagles.

Teams:

COLLINGWOOD

B: Nick Maxwell, Jack Frost, Alan Toovey
HB: Heritier Lumumba, Nathan Brown, Tom Langdon
C: Clinton Young, Brent Macaffer, Steele Sidebottom
HF: Jarryd Blair, Jesse White, Luke Ball
F: Jamie Elliott, Travis Cloke, Dane Swan
FOL: Brodie Grundy, Dayne Beams, Scott Pendlebury
I/C: Alex Fasolo, Tyson Goldsack, Jarrod Witts, Marley Williams
EMG: Sam Dwyer, Lachlan Keeffe, Josh Thomas,
IN: Nathan Brown, Alex Fasolo
OUT: Sam Dwyer (omitted), Lachlan Keeffe (omitted)

WEST COAST

B: E.Mackenzie, D.Glass, J.Bennell
HB: E.Yeo, M.Brown, X.Ellis
C: S.Hurn, M.Priddis, C.Masten
HF: J.Cripps, J.Darling, S.Wellingham
F: J.Hill, JJ.Kennedy, N.Naitanui
FOLL: D.Cox, S.Selwood, L.Shuey
I/C: A.Gaff, M.Hutchings, M.Rosa, B.Sheppard
EMG: W.Schofield, S.Butler, P.McGinnity
IN: J.Hill
OUT: M.LeCras (suspended)

News : 

They’ve been dubbed the flat track bullies of the AFL, but West Coast want to be known as the Kings of consistency by the end of the season.

The Eagles (4-4) sit in ninth spot following their hit-and-miss start to the year.

Although they’ve been impressive in big wins against the Western Bulldogs (65 points), Melbourne (93), GWS (111), and St Kilda (25), they have fallen short in games against finals contenders Port Adelaide, Geelong, Fremantle and Carlton.

The big wins against “easy kills” have led former Demons great Garry Lyon to label the Eagles as a flat track bully.

Simpson isn’t concerned about the criticism, but he knows his team need to perform more consistently if they are to be any sort of force come finals time.

“I don’t worry too much about what the comments are,” Simpson said ahead of Saturday’s clash with Collingwood at the MCG.

“We know where we’re at internally and what we’re working on trying to achieve. If they want to make those comments, that’s fine.

“All I know is we’re looking for that consistent level of performance that can match it with anyone, and we’ve seen patches of that.”

Eagles goalsneak Josh Hill will return against the Magpies in place of suspended forward Mark LeCras.

Hill has been underwhelming in his two games this year, booting just one goal from 20 disposals.

But Simpson says Saturday’s game will give Hill the chance to cement his spot in the side, even once LeCras comes back next week.

“There’s room for two of them,” Simpson said.

“I suppose Hill’s position and the role he plays, it’s quite hard to be consistent. But there’s things away from just marks and goals that we need consistency from.

“It’s the work off the ball and things that he can control – that’s what we’re looking for.”

Star midfielder Luke Shuey has had a light week on the track, but Simpson declared the 23-year-old a certain starter against Collingwood.

The Eagles haven’t beaten Collingwood at the MCG since round two in 1995.

It’s a stat that was happily brought up by Eagles assistant coach Don Pyke at a meeting on Thursday.

“Don Pyke played in that game and he told me he had 18 touches and kicked 1.1,” Simpson said with a laugh.