Not sure why you think the SCG would afford us any particular advantage against Collingwood. It certainly didn't against Geelong, Carlton and especially Hawthorn.
Nonetheless, our record against Collingwood at ANZ makes for grim reading.
In eight games there, we've led at quarter time once, half time once, three-quarter time twice, and full time, twice. Those two games we led at three quarter time were the games we won.
Overall, out of a total of thirty-two quarters played at Homebush, we've won eleven - one first quarter
, one second quarter
, four third quarters, and surprisingly, five fourth quarters
. And we've been held goal-less in two second quarters
, and one fourth quarter
.
These statistics are also reflected at Etihad and the MCG when we've played Collingwood there recently - we win a couple of final quarters, and go nowhere near them for the rest of the match.
The evidence suggests we've been getting off to very slow starts against Collingwood, because they're either applying superior pressure, or they've got us psyched out before we run onto the field. Probably a combination of both.
Originally Posted by laughingnome
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