Preview Essendon Bombers v Sydney Swans Saturday 6th July @ MCG 1:45 PM

[sthmelb_dimmies]

Swans to down the Bombers by 20
and walk out of the MCG with the head held high

Tommy P for 3 Goals
COR for 30+ Disp

A Depleted team can be a Dangerous team
Lads come in with points to prove and anything can happen

When we were at the Euros - After our draw against Sweeden and a Stonking at the hands of the Belgians
(Never liked their Pale Ales anyway)
We had a make or Break game against the Italians.
I still hadnt recovered from the injury so told Martin not to include me for the game

My thinking was two fold - Big Tractor not starting meant the lads could be fully focused
and know they had to play better than ever to make up for me missing out.

It also meant i could use my natural Wit and Friendliness to Relax everyone.

If we were to beat the Italians one man was Key - Robert Brady
I called to his Hotel room the day before the game 7pm , i dragged him to the Residence bar.
2 Bottles of warm Smithicks off the shelf.
I started Singing Songs and telling Stories
Somewhere after the 15th Créme de Menthe and Baileys and 4th rendition of Fairytale of New York
Bobby slipped off to Bed - it was 6am
I knew he was relaxed

85th minute - Wesley sends a peach into the Box - Bobby Bangs it home
BOSH - straight off his Bonce.
Crowd Erupts it woke me from my Slumber on the Bench - Best Hangover of my Life

You’re a nonce. A hilarious one though.

 

[The King!]

Except you don’t compete for a mark 60-80 times a match

true

i just think aliir looked good and attacking there, he isnt fragile he will be fine, reids rucked ok too this year imo

 

[swansfan51]

I like Aliir in the ruck but he is top 3 most valuable players, we’d be utterly screwed if he got injured.

He has never once in 9 seasons finished top 10 in the Best and Fairest, and he won't this year either.

The coaches don't think he's top 3

 

[S120]

true

i just think aliir looked good and attacking there, he isnt fragile he will be fine, reids rucked ok too this year imo

Reid is actually not bad at getting his hands to the ball in a ruck contest. Good leap and long arms. But Aliir's got the athleticism and quickness to go after the ball when it hits the ground.

 

[S120]

He has never once in 10 seasons finished top 10 in the Best and Fairest, and he won't this year either.

The coaches don't think he's top 3, and I agree with our coaches

Not so sure about the bolded.

 

[The King!]

He has never once in 10 seasons finished top 10 in the Best and Fairest, and he won't this year either.

The coaches don't think he's top 3, and I agree with our coaches

true

he could go top 5 this year though

 

[The King!]

i ****en hate essendon just saying

 

[swansfan51]

i ****en hate essendon just saying

Totally justified

 

[Mick Oxlong]

i ****en hate essendon just saying

If we all write that, it’s still on topic isn’t it? ****ing druggie campaigners!

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Can only think of two good things about the Club, the suburb and the history of that twisted benighted mob - the late Merv Neagle and Steve Taubert.

 

[The King!]

If we all write that, it’s still on topic isn’t it? ******* druggie campaigners!

id still like to know what hird was on for his foot injury, Egan retired with the same thing

 

[The King!]

Can only think of two good things about the Club, the suburb and the history of that twisted benighted mob - the late Merv Neagle and Steve Taubert.

Craig "Brownlow" Bird

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Craig "Brownlow" Bird

Lol .... He was always was a champ number 14 at .

 

[swansfan51]

I'm expecting us to beat the drug cheating scum pretty comfortably. We've got a better midfield and better recent form

Easy win against Carlton next week and then a crucial game against Fremantle

 

[Wayne Swan]

i ****en hate essendon just saying

Everyone does! Whatever it takes eh?

 

[Ticky009]

I'm expecting us to beat the drug cheating scum pretty comfortably. We've got a better midfield and better recent form

Easy win against Carlton next week and then a crucial game against Fremantle

Don’t think Carlton will be anywhere near easy, but got to win this one first.

Not confident, some how we have the habit of making Stringer look like a superstar.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Swans to down the Bombers by 20
and walk out of the MCG with the head held high

Tommy P for 3 Goals
COR for 30+ Disp

A Depleted team can be a Dangerous team
Lads come in with points to prove and anything can happen

When we were at the Euros - After our draw against Sweeden and a Stonking at the hands of the Belgians
(Never liked their Pale Ales anyway)
We had a make or Break game against the Italians.
I still hadnt recovered from the injury so told Martin not to include me for the game

My thinking was two fold - Big Tractor not starting meant the lads could be fully focused
and know they had to play better than ever to make up for me missing out.

It also meant i could use my natural Wit and Friendliness to Relax everyone.

If we were to beat the Italians one man was Key - Robert Brady
I called to his Hotel room the day before the game 7pm , i dragged him to the Residence bar.
2 Bottles of warm Smithicks off the shelf.
I started Singing Songs and telling Stories
Somewhere after the 15th Créme de Menthe and Baileys and 4th rendition of Fairytale of New York
Bobby slipped off to Bed - it was 6am
I knew he was relaxed

85th minute - Wesley sends a peach into the Box - Bobby Bangs it home
BOSH - straight off his Bonce.
Crowd Erupts it woke me from my Slumber on the Bench - Best Hangover of my Life

My, my you've led the life Jon.

 

[Wolfgang West]

Goals are going to be hard to come by on the Big ground with no Franklin and Reid spending 50% of the time in the ruck. Mosquito Fleet forward line will have a hard time getting it done especially if Papley spends time through the midfield which he did for periods last week with Ronkes return. Hope I'm wrong but these methodist ****** are well known front runners who get their tails up and last week gave them a shot in the arm pardon the pun.

 

[caesar88]

He has never once in 9 seasons finished top 10 in the Best and Fairest, and he won't this year either.

The coaches don't think he's top 3

Oh sorry are we going off the best and fairest? I thought that award didn't mean anything, my bad.

 

[scaryness]

Rucks more prone, you know that

Years of confirmation bias imo

 

[scaryness]

Fairly pointless drafting Knoll and McLean then

They weren't AFL quality which is why they weren't drafted in the first place. That's the flaw of the mid-season draft and why it won't last long. These players getting taken aren't good enough and that's why they are available.

 

[mtooler]

So if Freo lose to WCE and Port lose to Crows and we win... we are equal 8th... I don't know how this happened after the debale again at the start of this season.

 

[BruceFromBalnarring]

Who would you have out for McVeigh?

Rose or Ronke.

 

[caesar88]

Even though I’m apprehensive about our ruck situation, I can appreciate this being possibly the most attacking team we’ve fielded in some time, at least on paper and given the players available.

Assuming Cunningham slots back into his half back/wing role, we will have our two biggest field kicks (along with Dawson) both distributing out of the back half. We’ll have Florent and Jones going through the midfield. Horse persisted with Rowbottom, a potential clearance beast, over Clarke the tagger. We’ll have both Papley and Ronke crumbing inside 50. We’ll have Aliir making us more pro-active out of the middle even if he does lose the hit-outs. And even the guys you’d expect to be bit-players, like Blakey, COR and Rose, are usually very attacking players that like to be creative.

These are dependent on all of those players actually performing, they could very well just have off days, but I’m hoping to see lots of run, lots of direct footy and brave play, and based on the 22 named, I think Horse is hoping the same.

 

[Jimbo OZ]

God I hope that Aliir and Reid don’t get injured. Not because I think they will but because I couldn’t stand the “I told you so”s on here. It is clear that Knoll is not ready. Why did we draft him? Because he has potential to be good just like any other draftee. Aliir and Reid are the best fit for this game.