AFLW 2024 - Round 6 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Look at it from our angle. We are coming up against one of the in form forwards of the league in Cloke and our first, second, third, fourth and possibly fifth option in Gumbleton are all out. We have named a part time midfielder at FB and our CHB has played five games and you can'y see what the fuss is about
Tarrant has spent 5 minutes forward all year, and that move was initiated because we were 5 goals down against Adelaide in the last quarter, I doubt that will happen again this year, let alone this week.
) will kick the majority of our score, just like they do every week.
Tarrant has spent 5 minutes forward all year, and that move was initiated because we were 5 goals down against Adelaide in the last quarter, I doubt that will happen again this year, let alone this week.
Keefe will get one of your young defenders, which will all but cancel that contest out (or at least it should), and Leigh Brown has been struggling for form since Dawes was injured, so he isn't the massive threat you may perceive him to be.
I think if Hille goes back, he will take Leeroy though, it's not a bad matchup for Essendon and Hille would then be able to drop off Brown and assist with Cloke.
Essendon will try and flood players back regularly, which to me goes against everything Hird has said about trying to make sure the game isn't played inside Collingwood's forward half.
In the end though, Cloke will make a contest no matter how many Essendon players drop back, and our small forwards and goal kicking mids (how the Bombers would love some of those
Cloke to kick 3-5 goals, our small/medium forwards will kick 10-12 between them, and our mids will chip in with 5-6 themselves, which will ultimately put up too high of a score for the Bombers to even get close.
Ta be sure your lads are in for a bottom smacking of such epic proportions it will make the Titanic disaster look like a wee hole in ya water wings.
I'd take that, but I don't think it will happen early, I think they'll go with one of their youngsters, and drop Hille back, and if that fails Ryder will be moved back fairly quickly.
