Round 8 sees us travel to Perth for our 4th interstate game in 8 matches to face the somewhat resurgent Eagles. This is a classic Essendon danger game; this should be a comfortable win, but I’m not convinced we’ve shaken off Essington completely just yet.
Even still, many of us probably thought this would be our 1st or 2nd win; not our potentially 5th win.
The Round That Was
I was oddly frustrated watching the game versus Collingwood; We played so well at times, but so often we’d do something really stupid or really poor and just ruin our momentum. Our midfield played well overall, but we struggled at times with the speed and skills of their better players. Their pressure was very good and we absorbed and battled through really well. Still, can’t help but mourn the silly and stupid moments that essentially cost us the win.
Merret was a worthy winner of the Anzac Day medal, though I thought MrGrath was a bit stiff not to get it.
How come Elliot wasn’t called for high contact on Mckay…
I’m clearly joking and that was a helluva mark!
ESSENDON 6.1 7.6 9.11 12.13 (85)
COLLINGWOOD 2.6 6.11 9.12 12.13 (85)
GOALS
Essendon: Langford 4, Wright 2, Stringer, Jones, Parish, Draper, A. Davey, Martin
Collingwood: Mihocek 3, Elliott 2, Hoskin-Elliott, N. Daicos, Lipinski, Schultz, J. Daicos, Harrison, McCreery
BEST
Essendon: Merrett, Parish, Langford, Martin, Stringer, McGrath
Collingwood: N. Daicos, Pendlebury, Moore, Mihocek, Noble, J. Daicos
INJURIES
Essendon: Jones (nose)
Collingwood: Nil
SUBSTITUTES
Essendon: Nick Hind
(replaced Jones in the fourth term)
Collingwood: Harvey Harrison (replaced Mitchell in the fourth term)
Crowd: 93,644 at the MCG
Eagles were competitive in the first half, but a strong 3rd quarter saw GC cruise to victory.
GOLD COAST 2.3 7.5 13.7 17.10 (112)
WEST COAST 3.1 7.2 8.3 12.3 (75)
GOALS
Gold Coast: King 3, Walter 2, Anderson 2, Rowell 2, Ainsworth 2, Witts, Rogers, Humphrey, Graham, Fiorini, Day
West Coast: Waterman 4, Darling 2, Cripps 2, Yeo, Ryan, Petruccelle, Maric
BEST
Gold Coast: Witts, Anderson, Rowell, Powell, Rogers, Miller
West Coast: Waterman, Duggan, Cole, McGovern, Yeo
INJURIES
Gold Coast: Clohesy (shoulder)
West Coast: Nil
SUBSTITUTES
Gold Coast: David Swallow (replaced Bailey Humphrey in the fourth quarter)
West Coast: Dom Sheed (replaced Campbell Chesser in the third quarter)
Crowd: 11,440 at People First Stadium
The Last Time We Met
Oh **** this game.. One of the worst wins we’ve had in recent history.. Yeah, you read that correctly. We won by a point against one of the worst-performing teams in recent history who didn’t really want to actually win. We were nearly so shit that we countered tanking - We are an anti-tank weapon! Gold Coast are lucky they didn’t play us instead of North on that fateful Saturday last August.
ESSENDON 1.6 7.8 8.10 10.13 (73)
WEST COAST 2.2 4.3 6.5 11.6 (72)
GOALS
Essendon: Langford 5, Durham, Perkins, Parish, Wright, Redman
West Coast: Cripps 2, Darling 2, Allen 2, Maric 2, Hewett, Williams, Petruccelle
BEST
Essendon: Langford, Parish, Hind, Merrett
West Coast: Kelly, Hunt, Duggan, Witherden
INJURIES
Essendon: None
West Coast: None
SUBSTITUTES
Essendon: Alwyn Davey jnr (replaced Jye Caldwell
at three-quarter-time)
West Coast: Greg Clark (replaced Jack Williams in the fourth quarter)
Crowd: 30,742 at Marvel Stadium
The Selection Table
Possible Outs -
Hind -
Davey -
Cox - Potential Injury
Lav -
Hobbs - Struggled today -
Goldy - Rest
Possible Ins -
Guelfi
Hayes -
Roberts -
Shiel -
Tsatas
Perkins
Bryan - In good form
My Prediction
Ess by 32
Even still, many of us probably thought this would be our 1st or 2nd win; not our potentially 5th win.
The Round That Was
I was oddly frustrated watching the game versus Collingwood; We played so well at times, but so often we’d do something really stupid or really poor and just ruin our momentum. Our midfield played well overall, but we struggled at times with the speed and skills of their better players. Their pressure was very good and we absorbed and battled through really well. Still, can’t help but mourn the silly and stupid moments that essentially cost us the win.
Merret was a worthy winner of the Anzac Day medal, though I thought MrGrath was a bit stiff not to get it.
How come Elliot wasn’t called for high contact on Mckay…
I’m clearly joking and that was a helluva mark!
ESSENDON 6.1 7.6 9.11 12.13 (85)
COLLINGWOOD 2.6 6.11 9.12 12.13 (85)
GOALS
Essendon: Langford 4, Wright 2, Stringer, Jones, Parish, Draper, A. Davey, Martin
Collingwood: Mihocek 3, Elliott 2, Hoskin-Elliott, N. Daicos, Lipinski, Schultz, J. Daicos, Harrison, McCreery
BEST
Essendon: Merrett, Parish, Langford, Martin, Stringer, McGrath
Collingwood: N. Daicos, Pendlebury, Moore, Mihocek, Noble, J. Daicos
INJURIES
Essendon: Jones (nose)
Collingwood: Nil
SUBSTITUTES
Essendon: Nick Hind
PLAYERCARDSTART
19
Nick Hind
- Age
- 29
- Ht
- 180cm
- Wt
- 78kg
- Pos.
- D/F
Career
Season
Last 5
- D
- 10.7
- 3star
- K
- 7.2
- 3star
- HB
- 3.5
- 3star
- M
- 2.0
- 2star
- T
- 1.9
- 4star
- MG
- 117.0
- 2star
- D
- 9.5
- 2star
- K
- 4.0
- 1star
- HB
- 5.5
- 3star
- M
- 2.0
- 2star
- T
- 2.0
- 3star
- MG
- 117.0
- 2star
- D
- 10.2
- 3star
- K
- 7.2
- 3star
- HB
- 3.0
- 3star
- M
- 2.0
- 3star
- T
- 2.2
- 4star
PLAYERCARDEND
Collingwood: Harvey Harrison (replaced Mitchell in the fourth term)
Crowd: 93,644 at the MCG
Eagles were competitive in the first half, but a strong 3rd quarter saw GC cruise to victory.
GOLD COAST 2.3 7.5 13.7 17.10 (112)
WEST COAST 3.1 7.2 8.3 12.3 (75)
GOALS
Gold Coast: King 3, Walter 2, Anderson 2, Rowell 2, Ainsworth 2, Witts, Rogers, Humphrey, Graham, Fiorini, Day
West Coast: Waterman 4, Darling 2, Cripps 2, Yeo, Ryan, Petruccelle, Maric
BEST
Gold Coast: Witts, Anderson, Rowell, Powell, Rogers, Miller
West Coast: Waterman, Duggan, Cole, McGovern, Yeo
INJURIES
Gold Coast: Clohesy (shoulder)
West Coast: Nil
SUBSTITUTES
Gold Coast: David Swallow (replaced Bailey Humphrey in the fourth quarter)
West Coast: Dom Sheed (replaced Campbell Chesser in the third quarter)
Crowd: 11,440 at People First Stadium
The Last Time We Met
Oh **** this game.. One of the worst wins we’ve had in recent history.. Yeah, you read that correctly. We won by a point against one of the worst-performing teams in recent history who didn’t really want to actually win. We were nearly so shit that we countered tanking - We are an anti-tank weapon! Gold Coast are lucky they didn’t play us instead of North on that fateful Saturday last August.
ESSENDON 1.6 7.8 8.10 10.13 (73)
WEST COAST 2.2 4.3 6.5 11.6 (72)
GOALS
Essendon: Langford 5, Durham, Perkins, Parish, Wright, Redman
West Coast: Cripps 2, Darling 2, Allen 2, Maric 2, Hewett, Williams, Petruccelle
BEST
Essendon: Langford, Parish, Hind, Merrett
West Coast: Kelly, Hunt, Duggan, Witherden
INJURIES
Essendon: None
West Coast: None
SUBSTITUTES
Essendon: Alwyn Davey jnr (replaced Jye Caldwell
PLAYERCARDSTART
6
Jye Caldwell
- Age
- 23
- Ht
- 183cm
- Wt
- 83kg
- Pos.
- M/F
Career
Season
Last 5
- D
- 13.3
- 3star
- K
- 6.8
- 3star
- HB
- 6.5
- 4star
- M
- 3.3
- 3star
- T
- 3.7
- 5star
- CL
- 1.8
- 4star
- D
- 14.3
- 3star
- K
- 7.0
- 3star
- HB
- 7.3
- 4star
- M
- 3.3
- 3star
- T
- 3.3
- 4star
- CL
- 1.8
- 4star
- D
- 13.6
- 4star
- K
- 7.0
- 3star
- HB
- 6.6
- 4star
- M
- 3.8
- 4star
- T
- 3.8
- 5star
- CL
- 1.6
- 4star
PLAYERCARDEND
West Coast: Greg Clark (replaced Jack Williams in the fourth quarter)
Crowd: 30,742 at Marvel Stadium
The Selection Table
Possible Outs -
Hind -
Davey -
Cox - Potential Injury
Lav -
Hobbs - Struggled today -
Goldy - Rest
Possible Ins -
Guelfi
Hayes -
Roberts -
Shiel -
Tsatas
Perkins
Bryan - In good form
My Prediction
Ess by 32
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