Preview Essendon vs Brisbane- Docklands, 18/05/13 (Four changes)

[Savemejeebus]

Players also get a day off a week like any normal job. AFL policy. I can't remember which day we elect to do that

Your not suggesting that players are normal people, are you?

 

[Whispering_Jack]

Davey to miss 1-2 with "the lowest grade tear possible" according to Allessio on BTV, also Stants and Demps should play if they get through training...

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Out: Hardingham, NLM (unlucky but back for dreamtime), Davey (inj) Gumby (Rested)
In: Ryder, Dempsey, Stanton, Merrett

Hams is knocking on the door to take Hardingham's spot. Sorry to say but Hardingham really needs to find form and disposal efficency fast, good spoils won't keep him in the best 22.

Agree with your in's and out's but Gumby "rested" is a cop out, he's being replaced by a better option. And NLM is not up to AFL so I can't see him getting another game barring multiple injuries...

Also red card for any more suggestions that Crameri be dropped surely...

 

[bomberswarm2]

Being the sub doesn't give you a pass for being poor.

Yes, but he was horrible

 

[lysp]

Players also get a day off a week like any normal job. AFL policy. I can't remember which day we elect to do that

I thought most of their day was just chilling at home watching sport on pay tv?

Going by a lot of their tweets, they seem to watch a wide range of everything.

 

[Old Campaigner]

I'm reading this as "Hooksy and Gumby dropped":

Would have thought Gumby had seen enough of the insides of hospitals to last a lifetime.

 

[Matthew_Lloyd]

Brown is next to useless right now, and unless our midfield is pathetic on the day, he won't be receiving gold passes. In saying that, never right off a champion, he may just turn back the clock if we aren't careful. On current form, Carlisle should beat him though. Even though it's another 10 rounds before we play the Hawks, I wonder what the plan will be with Buddy. Going to be interesting haha

 

[Fear Boner]

GUMBY TO KICK 6

 

[BigAFrancis]

would not mind seeing Kav get a gig against Brissy has only played against the hawks where we got flogged and against Freo (away) so I reckon the kid will shine if played this week.
Ins: Stanton, Ryder, Dempsey, Kav, Hams
Outs: NLM, Gumbletron, Hardingham, Davey, Kommer
maybe even O'Brien for Melksham? to add a bit more zip to the forward line.

B: Baguley Carlisle Fletcher
HB: Hibberd Hooker Dempsey
C: Stanton Watson Goddard
HF: O'Brien Hurley Crameri
F: Hams Ryder Winderlich

R: Belly Heppell Zaharakis

B: Hocking Howlett Myers
Sub: Kavanagh

 

[Old Campaigner]

If Merrett is fit he should get in ahead of Kav and Hams

 

[Macca18]

The changes thread gets more friggin ridiculous every week, honestly.

 

[Fear Boner]

would not mind seeing Kav get a gig against Brissy has only played against the hawks where we got flogged and against Freo (away) so I reckon the kid will shine if played this week.
Ins: Stanton, Ryder, Dempsey, Kav, Hams
Outs: NLM, Gumbletron, Hardingham, Davey, Kommer
maybe even O'Brien for Melksham? to add a bit more zip to the forward line.

B: Baguley Carlisle Fletcher
HB: Hibberd Hooker Dempsey
C: Stanton Watson Goddard
HF: O'Brien Hurley Crameri
F: Hams Ryder Winderlich

R: Belly Heppell Zaharakis

B: Hocking Howlett Myers
Sub: Kavanagh

Dislike

 

[BigAFrancis]

If Merrett is fit he should get in ahead of Kav and Hams

Yeah no doubting that but I just really want kav to play! and I may have a little man crush on hams.. oopsy

 

[Ben the Gooner]

Should give Dalgleish and Steinberg a game. Out: Hibberd, Hooker

 

[VelvetSledge]

Should give Dalgleish and Steinberg a game. Out: Hibberd, Hooker

We should see if we can bring back Michael Quinn and Courtney Johns while we're at it.

 

[bomberswarm2]

This game yields 0 excitement. I have already penciled in a win.

 

[astrowizzle]

Bloody hell for one week can we please not make 6 changes
The Ryder, Dempsey, Stanton change is ample for one week. It just disrupts the team structure when we continually change too many players each week. You would hope we learned from last year. Every time we brought in a heap of players at once, even tho they deserved to be there it effected us for the game and we lost a lot. Players coming in tire from lack of match fitness, this impacts on the players who have been there and are fit by increased work loads -it needs to be better managed.

 

[VelvetSledge]

This game yields 0 excitement. I have already penciled in a win.

 

[DEAN0]

Well I certainly can't say I've penciled us in for a victory. Every year we seem to lose a game that we look like certs to win. Im going with cautiously optimistic this week due to some of their outs and the fact that they are travelling.

 

[Halftimehero]

Should give Dalgleish and Steinberg a game. Out: Hibberd, Hooker

Any reason why you would want Hibberd dropped?

 

[Ben the Gooner]

Any reason why you would want Hibberd dropped?

Because I think we should pick kids at random and play them.

 

[Atavistic]

Any reason why you would want Hibberd dropped?

He likes being ironic.

 

[BrewSmackerVeiny]

Because I think we should pick kids at random and play them.

 

[smcateer]

Sorry, I'm only human.

 

[Made4September]

Sorry, I'm only human.

Its been done (see my avatar)