Bombers to field VFL side vs Port

[Ari]

Essendon's problem is that it only takes a couple of injuries and they are down to VFL standard.

Correct.

I think we have to remember though that this is Knights first year and we're not even half way through it. He's inherited a list and diligently trying to work out who can and can't play.

Essendons list is also very, very young. This meaning that players will get hurt more often and don't have the mature bodies of a Geelong. It was never a secret Essendon would struggle this year.

I see what's happening at the moment as a positive! Essendon were not going for a flag so blooding kids with the opportunity that injuries represent can only be good. The bad part would be the confidence they might lose if Essendon get a belting.

 

[Bollox]

Lets say for example Hall, Bolton, Kirk, O'Keefe and Jolly were the five most valuable players at Sydney. Then we took out four of them.

Then we took out about 8 of your depth players that are rated between 18 and 28 on your list.

Where would that leave you ?

Any team that loses more than 50% of its best five players is in major trouble becuase it filters back through to every other player in the team. Have a look at how rubbish players like Embley, Glass, Fletcher look now that Judd and Cousins have left the club ?

Are we under any illusions as to how West Coast will perform against Carlton tomorrow with no Priddis and Kerr either. Carlton are $1.60 favourites against West Coast at home. This would be simply unimaginable one year ago. From memory I think West Coast were $1.06 favourites in the corresponding match last season. Now, no offfence to Carlton but they haven't improved that much.

According to your theory injuries or missing players have nothing to do with it though.

Stop the excuse mongering...Essendon have NO injury excuse.

Just for your guide we had 3 of our top 6 ranked players out for the Geelong game 2 weeks ago...plus 2 others in Fosdike and Everitt..plus assorted small arms. YET NOONE WHINGED WHINED CURSED WORRIED OR EVEN MENTIONED IT. Geelong had top liners out also.

Stop making up excuses when your injury list is NOTHING compared to that many clubs have had over the lst few yrs.

Factoring in injuries to rotated VFL players and simple depth players would mean every club should be whinging every second week.

It looks SOFT and its truly NO EXCUSE

Last week your injury list was 3 regular AFL standard players...noone wants to hear nor care about the spaghetti.

 

[beastie]

Stop the excuse mongering...Essendon have NO injury excuse.

Just for your guide we had 3 of our top 6 ranked players out for the Geelong game 2 weeks ago...plus 2 others in Fosdike and Everitt..plus assorted small arms. YET NOONE WHINGED WHINED CURSED WORRIED OR EVEN MENTIONED IT. Geelong had top liners out also.

Stop making up excuses when your injury list is NOTHING compared to that many clubs have had over the lst few yrs.

Factoring in injuries to rotated VFL players and simple depth players would mean every club should be whinging every second week.

It looks SOFT and its truly NO EXCUSE

Last week your injury list was 3 regular AFL standard players...noone wants to hear nor care about the spaghetti.

Ok then. Simple task.

List our starting 22 (rememebering that only 18 are allowed on the ground at one time) AFL players.

Then highlight who's injured.

Go.

 

[Daytripper]

Stop the excuse mongering...Essendon have NO injury excuse.

Just for your guide we have 3 of our top 6 ranked players out for the Geelong game 2 weeks ago...plus 2 others in Fosdike and Everitt..plus assorted small arms. YET NOONE WHINGED WHINED CURSED WORRIED OR EVEN MENTIONED IT.

Stop making up excuses when your injury list is NOTHING compared to that many clubs have had over the lst few yrs.

Factoting in injuries to rotated VFL players and simple depth players would mean every club should be whinging every second week.

It looks SOFT and its truly NO EXCUSE

Last week your injury list was 3 regular AFL standard players...noone wants to hear nor care about the spaghetti.

I don't know why I waste my time because you don't have a clue.

Lucas, McVeigh and Davey are in our top 5 most valuable players. As I stated before if you lose more than 50% of your top 5 you are basically in a world of trouble.

Injuries are an excuse. If Michael Jordan got injured in every playoff series the Bulls contested would they have won so many championships ?

Really, not taking into account injuries is just plain ignorant and/or stupidity.

Kerr and Priddis aren't playing for West Coast tomorrow. In the wacky world of Bollox though, this doesn't matter as it won't impact the side.

Interesting you brought up that Geelong game. Sydney lost, didn't they ?

 

[SirJimi05]

Ok then. Simple task.

List our starting 22 (rememebering that only 18 are allowed on the ground at one time) AFL players.

Then highlight who's injured.

Go.

Great idea! This should be interesting to see what sort of list bollox comes up with.

 

[Bollox]

Ok then. Simple task.

List our starting 22 (rememebering that only 18 are allowed on the ground at one time) AFL players.

Then highlight who's injured.

Go.

Pedantic babble isnt going to help your cause in this...here's the facts.

Essendon constructed this list.
Essendon knew that young players are more injury prone.
Essendon CHOSE to not have enough AFL quality players this season.
Essendon fans now want to whinge about it
Essendon fans now want to make excuses

You got murdered last friday with only 3 AFL standard players missing

You look soft.

 

[Embers]

Why would Dempsey miss 4 weeks with shin splints. You either have surgery or play on. It wont fix itself in the space of a few weeks. Brent Staker played 3 months of last year with shin splints cos surgery would of ruled him out for the year.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Pedantic babble isnt going to help your cause in this...here's the facts.

Essendon constructed this list.
Essendon knew that young players are more injury prone.
Essendon CHOSE to not have enough AFL quality players this season.
Essendon fans now want to whinge about it
Essendon fans now want to make excuses

You got murdered last friday with only 3 AFL standard players missing

You look soft.

Sheedy built the list. Now Knights is the coach and he's seeing who can play under his style and gameplan and who can't.

Take up Beastie's challenge. Go on.

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

Why would Dempsey miss 4 weeks with shin splints. You either have surgery or play on. It wont fix itself in the space of a few weeks. Brent Staker played 3 months of last year with shin splints cos surgery would of ruled him out for the year.

You need to ask the head of our medical department - Dr Nick Riviera.

 

[SirJimi05]

Why would Dempsey miss 4 weeks with shin splints. You either have surgery or play on. It wont fix itself in the space of a few weeks. Brent Staker played 3 months of last year with shin splints cos surgery would of ruled him out for the year.

Where did you hear 4 weeks? He is out for 8 weeks.

 

[Daytripper]

Pedantic babble isnt going to help your cause in this...here's the facts.

Essendon constructed this list.
Essendon knew that young players are more injury prone.
Essendon CHOSE to not have enough AFL quality players this season.
Essendon fans now want to whinge about it
Essendon fans now want to make excuses

You got murdered last friday with only 3 AFL standard players missing

You look soft.

C

Come on champ - name the best Essendon 22.

PS : James Hird has retired.

 

[Embers]

Where did you hear 4 weeks? He is out for 8 weeks.

If he had surgery its gonna be more then 8 weeks.... Unless you have some medical potion I dont know of

 

[SirJimi05]

Pedantic babble isnt going to help your cause in this...here's the facts.

Essendon constructed this list.
Essendon knew that young players are more injury prone.
Essendon CHOSE to not have enough AFL quality players this season.
Essendon fans now want to whinge about it
Essendon fans now want to make excuses

You got murdered last friday with only 3 AFL standard players missing

You look soft.

Bollox now you are just backtracking. You have stated that Essendons injuries have nothing to do with the teams performances as they are VFL/rotation players. Now you refuse to list our best 22 because this will prove that we have a heap of injuries to players in our best 22.

Essendon fans are not whingeing about our injuries, we have accepted it. We just don't agree with people like yourself who deny they exist.

 

[Daytripper]

Why would Dempsey miss 4 weeks with shin splints. You either have surgery or play on. It wont fix itself in the space of a few weeks. Brent Staker played 3 months of last year with shin splints cos surgery would of ruled him out for the year.

No idea - how do you get shin splints when recovering from a hamstring injury ?

 

[SirJimi05]

If he had surgery its gonna be more then 8 weeks.... Unless you have some medical potion I dont know of

I don't know if he is having surgery, i just know that he is out for around 8 weeks not 4.

 

[Daytripper]

Bollox unfortunately is living up to all the stereotypes of Swans supporters being ignorant.

 

[ManWithNoName]

No idea - how do you get shin splints when recovering from a hamstring injury ?

Being injured comes with his full name. Courtney Dempsey Hird.

 

[Embers]

C

Come on champ - name the best Essendon 22.

PS : James Hird has retired.

FB: Welsh Michael Dempsey
HB: Fletcher Ryder Winderlich
C: Dyson Watson Davey
HF: McPhee Lucas Lovett
FF: Laycock Lloyd Rama
R: Hille Stanton McVeigh
I/C: Nash Houli Slattery Reimers

7 is hardly a big number. Quite a few teams would have six of there best 22 out. We do

EDIT : I fixed it

 

[ManWithNoName]

FB: Welsh Michael Dempsey
HB: Fletcher Ryder Winderlich
C: Dyson Watson Davey
HF: McPhee Lucas Lovett
FF: Laycock Lloyd Rama
R: Hille Stanton McVeigh
I/C: Nash Houli McPhee Reimers

6 is hardly a big number. Quite a few teams would have six of there best 22 out. We do

Wow, didn't realise McPhee had a brother

Also, Winderlich's injured as well.

 

[SirJimi05]

FB: Welsh Michael Dempsey
HB: Fletcher Ryder Winderlich
C: Dyson Watson Davey
HF: McPhee Lucas Lovett
FF: Laycock Lloyd Rama
R: Hille Stanton McVeigh
I/C: Nash Houli McPhee Reimers

6 is hardly a big number. Quite a few teams would have six of there best 22 out. We do

McVeigh says hello. (might want to bold him)

So does Jetta.

 

[SirJimi05]

Wow, didn't realise McPhee had a brother

Also, Winderlich's injured as well.

Hahah nice sneaky move putting in two McPhees so that he didnt have to include an injured player.

 

[Embers]

Wow, didn't realise McPhee had a brother

Also, Winderlich's injured as well.

The original post said hes gonna play on injured I thought....

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

FB: Welsh Michael Dempsey
HB: Fletcher Ryder Winderlich
C: Dyson Watson Davey
HF: McPhee Lucas Lovett
FF: Laycock Lloyd Rama
R: Hille Stanton McVeigh
I/C: Nash Houli Lonergan Reimers

6 is hardly a big number. Quite a few teams would have six of there best 22 out. We do

You missed McVeigh, Winderlich and you've got McPhee twice. I'd also add Hislop or Hocking to replace Dyson so in theory we have 10 of our bestt 22 out. Jetta also but he can take Reimers spot.

Yes you do and it's why you're no good right now.

 

[Daytripper]

FB: Welsh Michael Dempsey
HB: Fletcher Ryder Winderlich
C: Lonergan Watson Davey
HF: McPhee Lucas Lovett
FF: Laycock Lloyd Rama
R: Hille Stanton McVeigh
I/C: Nash Houli Jetta Reimers

7 is hardly a big number. Quite a few teams would have six of there best 22 out. We do

EDIT : I fixed it

fixed again

PS : You can see from that list that as well as missing some vital players we are also missing the key ingredients for Knights new game plan - speed.
Jetta, Dempsey, Davey all injured

 

[Beckers]

Are we allowed to blame injuries yet?

Not that I'm denying that we're shit.

You play at Telstra Dump so have to take that into the account at the start of the year!