Preview Elimination Final: West Coast vs Essendon, Perth Stadium, Thursday 05/09/19 @ 8:10 PM AEST

[Kakkle]

When we smacked them over the the other year Brown might have kicked 5 for memory, (memory could be hazy) maybe played his best game for the club, just used his tank to lead up at the ball, doubt gov had the fortitude or the structure didnt want him to follow.

He kicked 1.


What a memory!

 

[Howard Moon]

He kicked 1.


What a memory!

i reckon it was the port smacking late last year.. half way there...

edit: bah he kicked 3

 

[Kakkle]

i reckon it was the port smacking late last year.. half way there...

edit: bah he kicked 3

Maybe the second half against Adelaide this year?

 

[Howard Moon]

SEN reporting that Josh Kennedy has hurt his knee in training this morning...

further reports out west say he played out the rest of match sim - suspect hed be off the track if there were any doubts

 

[Howard Moon]

Maybe the second half against Adelaide this year?

i just dont know anymore :/

afl stats say hes never kicked 5 in his life. Best i abstain from posting from memory...

 

[VelvetSledge]

If Kennedy is out, that's huge. Really swings things.

 

[Beerfish]

further reports out west say he played out the rest of match sim - suspect hed be off the track if there were any doubts

Thank goodness.

 

[yodellinhank]

i just dont know anymore :/

afl stats say hes never kicked 5 in his life. Best i abstain from posting from memory...

How many times did you watch the replay?

 

[Howard Moon]

How many times did you watch the replay?

I get flashbacks all the time...man

 

[ME ME ME]

If you guys beat us, Woosha keeps his job

 

[Lore]

I feel like our game style leads us to either losing big or winning small, and nothing inbetween. It sucks because we never seem to get full reward on the board for our periods of dominance, never kills games off. Then if the opponent adjusts, which they usually do if they outcoach us... we end up with backs to the wall trying to maintain the risky style in the face of constant pressure. Most other clubs are able to garner a lead, then switch to safe mode and hold it.

Having said that, ive got a strange feeling of confidence this week, despite the last time we met i do think we match up well against them, in style and in personnel. I genuinely think our speed worries them, and they are not a huge constested team which means we can break even there at least.

Obviously the killer is bombing high into their defenders, are we smart enough to not bail out like to the top of the square liek we always do in panic?

I second a post earler which suggested Ambrose take Darling then maybe make McGovern 'earn' his first few intercept marks, might think twice about putting his head in the hole. Plus we already owe him for last time when he dumped old mate into the fence...

That's interesting actually. I think it's pretty clear that our game plan breaks down altogether when our best rebounding players are simultaneously injured, as per the Dogs game, and also the Port game to some extent.

But I actually think our losing big/winning small thing is mostly the result of having to play Zac Clarke as our ruckman. With all the other injuries we already had we were still meeting expectations, only losing badly to great teams smashing the worst ones. But when Bellchambers went down we started this 'come from behind narrow wins against shit teams' thing and I don't think that's a coincidence.

What that tells me is that we have a couple of big focuses for the coming off-season; ruck depth, stat. rebound depth particularly in defense (cover for Hurley/Saad). Teach the rest of them to pressure and tackle even when Darcy Parish isn't playing. And the infamous fitness department needs an overhaul.

 

[DallasCrane316]

Kennedy not injured apparently.

 

[LB#16]

Every journalist scrambles to be the first to break big news and then we wind up with fake, misleading news. If you're not 100% sure, why report it?

 

[Beerfish]

Every journalist scrambles to be the first to break big news and then we wind up with fake, misleading news. If you're not 100% sure, why report it?

Because these days it doesn't matter if you're right only if you're first.

 

[yodellinhank]

Every journalist scrambles to be the first to break big news and then we wind up with fake, misleading news. If you're not 100% sure, don't report it

It did seem kind of strange that the eastern seaboard was the first to hear about it, no?

 

[Runk]

Every journalist scrambles to be the first to break big news and then we wind up with fake, misleading news. If you're not 100% sure, why report it?

The Tom Browne LITERALLY would have nothing

 

[LB#16]

The Tom Browne LITERALLY would have nothing

I get the feeling he has a fake news tattoo on his back. Cannot confirm, but I'm sure it's very likely.

 

[Bjchan13]

Kennedy is not in great form and is most likely playing with a few injury concerns. But we should be preparing for his best because he is still more than capable of a bag. Kicked 3.5 against us from 8 marks inside 50 in round 14. Hopefully we're ready for that.

 

[ghostdog]

poor guy, really hope he gets up in time for the weekend.

That's cold bro.

 

[Falcon27]

Got my ticket for Thursday night and locked in. Can’t wait!
Go Bombers...

 

[justlookingaround]

I’ve got the feeling the boys are gonna go hard asf and we’ll get some big collisions/injuries and be 1 or 2 down on the bench at half time

 

[Lance Uppercut]

I’ve got the feeling the boys are gonna go hard asf and we’ll get some big collisions/injuries and be 1 or 2 down on the bench at half time

r/yesyesno

 

[BrewSmackerVeiny]

It's been a decade since our last 15 goal finals thrashing, we're due.

 

[Suma Magic]

The changes to the team from round 14 for us should be
IN Stringer, Gleeson, Francis
OUT Begley, Guelfi, Zaharakis

That is a huge improvement i reckon.

West Coast have some injury concerns with Kennedy and Hurn not 100 percent. They are trying to rush back Nic Nat who is not match fit but has the ability to destroy us so they will risk him. They will strongly consider bringing hutchings back from a hamstring injury due to his shutdown job on saad last time. They will also most likely bring Schofield back to the defence to help out Barrass who has lost the plot in his last 2 games.

Kennedy killing us and Saad being shutdown looks like 2 areas we could get immediate improvement on. Yeo dominated in the guts so they should be putting plenty of work into him. WC smalls feasted as well which is why id send Mcgrath back for a shutdown role.

Good summary.

Our likely changes from round 14 (assuming Naitanui for Waterman, Schofield for Hurn and maybe Cameron for Petruccelle from our last game):

In: Naitanui Barrass Rioli
Out: Hutchings Hurn Cameron/Petrucelle

I worry we will be too tall and unable to stop your run from defence. Hope it’s a good game.

 

[ME ME ME]

It's been a decade since our last 15 goal finals thrashing, we're due.

we are due to win a finals match against you guys. so one of two things will happen. we break our duck against essendon in winning a final, or essendon wins a final for the first time in over 10 years