Game Day Essendon v. Sydney, Friday 7.40pm @ Marvel Stadium

[SwansProudly]

Essendon 10th v. Swans 1st.


Swans Match Day Hub

Gates open: 5:30pm
First bounce: 7:40pm

AFL Match Centre

Channel 7: @ 7:00 pm
Fox Footy: @ 7:40 pm

AFL Team Selections

ESSENDON
B: J. Kelly, B. McKay, J. Laverde
HB: N. Martin, M. Redman, A. McGrath
C: A. Perkins, D. Parish, A. Roberts
HF: H. Jones, N. Caddy, S. Durham
F: K. Langford, J. Stringer, D. Shiel
FOLL: S. Draper, J. Caldwell, Z. Merrett - C

I/C: B. Hobbs, S. Weideman, J. Gresham, N. Bryan, J. Menzie
EMG: E. Tsatas, W. Setterfield, P. Wright

IN: A. Perkins, S. Weideman
OUT: N. Cox (Injured), A. Davey Jnr (Omitted)

SYDNEY
B: D. Rampe, T. McCartin, N. Blakey
HB: L. Melican, H. Cunningham, O. Florent
C: J. Lloyd, C. Mills - C, E. Gulden
HF: L. Parker, H. McLean, J. Jordon
F: L. McDonald, J. Amartey, W. Hayward
FOLL: B. Grundy, I. Heeney, J. Rowbottom

I/C: M. Roberts, B. Campbell, C. Cleary, T. Adams, Co.Warner
EMG: A. Francis, P. Ladhams, C. Mitchell

IN: L. Melican, Co.Warner
OUT: Chad Warner (Injured), R. Fox (Injured)

Umpires

Curtis Deboy (11), Andrew Stephens (12), Robert Findlay (23), Andre Gianfagna (27) ​

Recent Games at Marvel !!

Date	Venue	Home v Away Teams	Result	High Disposals	High Goals
Round 20, 29 Jul 2023	Marvel Stadium	Essendon defeated by Sydney	99-101	Z. Merrett 39	K. Langford 5
Round 19, 27 Jul 2018	Marvel Stadium	Essendon defeats Sydney	109-66	D. Heppell 31	-

So what excitement this game?
2017 Round 14 June 23 @ SCG Tom Papley

11

Tom Papley

Age

28

Ht

177cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

9.1

4star

HB

5.0

4star

M

3.7

4star

T

3.2

5star

G

1.5

5star

D

12.3

3star

K

8.9

4star

HB

3.4

2star

M

4.5

4star

T

1.5

2star

G

2.4

5star

D

13.4

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

3.4

5star

G

1.6

5star

has the smother of the year (2 min 27 in)

Watch the last two minutes: Syd v Ess

An incredible finish at the SCG

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2019 Round 8 May 10 @ SCG Dane Rampe

24

Dane Rampe

Age

34

Ht

187cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

10.6

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

2.5

4star

MG

358.8

5star

D

14.1

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.1

3star

M

3.4

3star

T

1.5

2star

MG

284.5

4star

D

10.6

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.4

4star

climbs the goal post!

Rampe climbs goal post and almost costs Swans

Dane Rampe jumps onto the goal post during David Myers' after-the-siren kick

www.afl.com.au

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2020 Round May 14 @ SCG Luke Parker

26

Luke Parker

Age

31

Ht

183cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.2

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.8

5star

D

22.1

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

9.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

5.0

5star

CL

5.5

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

8.0

5star

CL

5.2

5star

taunts the Bombers

Parker picks apart Dons and lets them know

Luke Parker produces a quality step and finish and taunts the Bombers afterwards

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2024 Round 2 March 23 @ SCG Tom Papley

11

Tom Papley

Age

28

Ht

177cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

9.1

4star

HB

5.0

4star

M

3.7

4star

T

3.2

5star

G

1.5

5star

D

12.3

3star

K

8.9

4star

HB

3.4

2star

M

4.5

4star

T

1.5

2star

G

2.4

5star

D

13.4

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

3.4

5star

G

1.6

5star

Slams Essendon

Speaking to Channel 7 at half-time, Papley accused Essendon players of targeting them off the ball.
“We fought our way back. They were pretty good early, their pressure is good. They’re getting after us a bit, but we’ll keep going hard at the ball,” he said. ... Papley accused Essendon players of targeting them off the ball.
“They’re trying to get after us, it’s all off the ball. We’re just worried about the ball, we’ll keep being hard in the contest and get the job done.”

Tom Papley makes staggering accusation during explosive interview

The star Swan didn’t mince his words with an extraordinary attack on Essendon.

7news.com.au

Bloods by 32 points
SHAKE DOWN THE THUNDER

#ProudlySydney #GoBloods #GoSwans #Bloods #SYD150

 

[The King!]

Kick after the siren

 

[caesar88]

Geez it's gonna be fun watching this after being out all day at a project function with an open bar.

Game's gonna be looking like

 

[Bloods86]

Geez it's gonna be fun watching this after being out all day at a project function with an open bar.

Game's gonna be looking like

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Didn't realise they'd set up filters to show what our players see in first quarters.

 

[Nuggetz]

Pressure pressure pressure

 

[Nuggetz]

Hope we end their sesson

 

[Nuggetz]

Need more leaders to stand up from the 1st quarter

 

[Kapers]

It's 50/50, we either win or lose (draw counts as loss imo)

 

[Swan4Life]

I'll always have a special place on my shit list for the drug cheats.

Let's put these bastards to sleep for 2024.

 

[BloodySwan]

Kick more goals than them and I think we'll win

 

[Wheresbuddy]

I'm not convinced we are back. Heeney and Chad going ballistic for 10 - 15 minutes does not constitute a return to form. An even, 4 quarter effort, with plenty of individual contests won across the park is what we need heading into finals.

Although if Heeney and Errol go ballistic, I'll be ecstatic.

 

[Jeffers]

Do we get the great swans or the diabolical swans tonight? Sadly there’s no in between for us.

 

[MR0808]

My first live swans game since Bullflogs! Let's shake down the thunder from the sky and lock up top 2

 

[Wheresbuddy]

Do we get the great swans or the diabolical swans tonight? Sadly there’s no in between for us.

I've never known a team that has been so far and away the best team in the competition then far and away the worst all in the space of less than a season. To me it shows we only have one way ie Heeney et al and no other.

I'm hopeful that:

A) Our engine room is on the way back

B) The support crew step up and start taking more responsibility

 

[The King!]

We just need to win, dgaf how just no injuries .

 

[JackHiscoxWasFast]

No matter what happens, at the end of this round we will still stand as numero uno, the big cheese, the head honcho, minor premiers elect.

Like it has been all year, we will win then will sit back, popcorn in hand as teams 2-5 suffer losses creating yet another elimination set of elimination finals in Round 24.

Lions could miss Top 4, Freo and Blues miss top 8, I mean literally anything can happen.

Just sit back, relax and enjoy the chaos.

Yours in speed, JHWF.

 

[ShireSwan]

Think we'll get done again tonight personally.
Mills is nowhere near it, Adams is worn down by the first half of the season's efforts, both complete liabilities in the middle.
Warner is out.
Grundy is worn down.
Blakey & Florent out of form.
KPFs are simply not up to it.
No talls or even semi-talls on the ICB

Horse won't change the team as he has zero season-long strategic capability. His blinkers are set to win the game in front of him - and that's not working atm either.

 

[Adnico26Parker]

 

[RUNVS]

It won't just be if we win or not, but also how we play. If we play like last week but manage to eek out a win that is not a win in my book. We need to play like we did in the first 10 weeks. Without that we are just making up the numbers come finals.

 

[RUNVS]

Think we'll get done again tonight personally.
Mills is nowhere near it, Adams is worn down by the first half of the season's efforts, both complete liabilities in the middle.
Warner is out.
Grundy is worn down.
Blakey & Florent out of form.
KPFs are simply not up to it.
No talls or even semi-talls on the ICB

Horse won't change the team as he has zero season-long strategic capability. His blinkers are set to win the game in front of him - and that's not working atm either.

I do think Melican being back will help. Means Blakey won't have to play tall and means more support for McCartin.

 

[Donza]

I've seen better cow paddocks.

 

[Troystenvic]

Geez it's gonna be fun watching this after being out all day at a project function with an open bar.

Game's gonna be looking like

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Do you want a plus 1 for this function

 

[Troystenvic]

Essendon by 9 points was my initial reaction when I heard the outs. I don't care too much about the result. I just don't want to fall in a hole and conceed 5 or 6 goals straight. just start well

 

[The King!]

Think we'll get done again tonight personally.
Mills is nowhere near it, Adams is worn down by the first half of the season's efforts, both complete liabilities in the middle.
Warner is out.
Grundy is worn down.
Blakey & Florent out of form.
KPFs are simply not up to it.
No talls or even semi-talls on the ICB

Horse won't change the team as he has zero season-long strategic capability. His blinkers are set to win the game in front of him - and that's not working atm either.

Good grief snap out of it misery guts

 

[Donza]

Good grief snap out of it misery guts

This.

I guess its a coping mechanisim . Start at the bottom and the only way is up.