COLLINGWOOD V ADELAIDE

Venue MCG Date Saturday, July 12
Time 2.10pm
Head to head Collingwood 17 Adelaide 10 Drawn 0
Last time Adelaide 14.10 (94) def. Collingwood 11.9 (75) R22 2007, Telstra Dome 
Betting TABSportsbet Collingwood $1.33 Adelaide $3.10 Centrebet Collingwood $1.38 Adelaide $3.05

Collingwood
Backs: H Shaw Wakelin Lockyer
Half-backs: Clarke Maxwell O'Brien
Centres: Johnson Burns R Shaw
Half-forwards: Pendlebury Cloke Bryan
Forwards: Didak Brown Medhurst
Followers: Wood Swan Rover: Thomas
Interchange: O'Bree Goldsack Davis Anthony
Emergencies: Stanley Wellingham Toovey
In: Nil
Out:

Adelaide 
Backs: Johncock Rutten Bassett
Half-backs: Massie Bock Symes
Centres: Doughty Shirley van Berlo
Half-forwards: Knights Burton Edwards
Forwards: Porplyzia Tippett Douglas
Followers: Maric Goodwin Rover: Thompson
Interchange: Griffin Vince Stevens Campbell
Emergencies: Gill Otten Jericho
In: Griffin Campbell Out: Reilly (knee) Gill

Summary Collingwood are a team rated higher than their current ladder position by almost everyone, on the strength of their impressive recent displays against Geelong and last week's consummate shutdown of Sydney. Adelaide by contrast have confirmed the suspicions of sceptics by falling short of top eight opposition in each of their past three meetings, most recently being crushed by Geelong at home. But the Crows possess a more than handy recent record against the Magpies, most notably in Melbourne, where they have been victorious on each of the clubs' past three meetings - all at Telstra Dome. However a dysfunctional forward line and the nagging discipline of this year's Collingwood model should be enough to hand Adelaide a fourth straight defeat.
Key Can Adelaide find a workable forward structure against a team capable of applying the same sort of pressure that reduced the Crows to a quivering mess against Geelong?
Tip Collingwood by 20 points