No one wanted to lose Lachie Schultz but the fan’s reaction at the time was way over the top! Who is offering up a 1st rounder to get him back? Time to Restump Podcast the Friday night Pie fight.

It wasn’t necessarily in a Don Corleone type of manner but Collingwood made us an offer we couldn’t refuse, and they probably didn’t have to! 

If only to stoke some retaliatory fire it is worth mentioning, albeit with some cherry picking embellishment, that Lachie whined that he felt disrespected, he cried victim and he packed his bags, took his bat and ball and went home! As we said at the time, it’s disappointing to see him walk out the door but he was never irreplaceable and we’re extremely comfortable replacing him with Collingwood’s first pick this year.  

Enough water has gone under the Lachie bridge now so it’s time to bind together and invoke the George Bush’s drum beating war cry, “You’re either with us, or you’re with the Collingwood terrorists.” I know… I was surprised Bush said that as well, but it’s true… take my word for it and don’t look it up. Lachie chose the terrorists so the sympathy time is over!

The Blake Acres back of the head punching Lachie Schultz shenanigans aside, this game is a huge opportunity for us to peg one of the wins back that we shouldn’t have lost recently. Collingwood are travelling ok but now is the time you want to get them, so we have to take advantage of it.

Jordan DeGoey, Tom Mitchell, Jamie Elliot, Will Hoskin-Elliot and Jeremy Howe are all absent. That’s a shedload of talent and experience. Further advantageous for us is the fact they’re playing 2 debutants and a further four players have a total of 15 games between them. 

We welcome back Sean Darcy and combined with Luke Jackson, it looks a powerful and versatile combination that should prove far to superior for Darcy Cameron and Mason Cox.

Corey Wagner also makes a well-earned return but we lose Freddy to concussion and unfortunately for Paddy Voss, for team balance and nothing more, he steps aside.

We’re going in as $1.72 favourites and, when you look at the two teams on paper, it is difficult to argue that shouldn’t be the case. But on paper, goal accuracy doesn’t enter the equation! We’ve had two horror weeks in front of the big sticks… hopefully Friday night is the exception to the philosophical rule that things come in threes!

Don’t forget to take a stab in the dark in the Mi Casa Property Boutique metres gained competition. It is free to enter and you can win yourself a $50 spend at 2Bros. Look up the competition post on our socials and remember entries close at 5.10pm Friday night.

It’s less than 24 hours until Andy Brayshaw puts a bit of hurt on the back of the Blake Acres head cowardly punching Lachie Schultz, so we better get on with it! If you’re looking to knock off 40 minutes between now and bouncedown… by all means come along for listen but only if you have low expectations.   

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