Opinion Non-Crows AFL 10

[crowholder]

There is a concern that Sydney might wrap up top position and bring out their B graders next week against us. I would hate us to lose draft pick orders, yet would love us to beat Port and Sydney...it is a dilemma.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Lol, Stringer.

Should not be offered a contract.

You know we would.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

McDonald looks better playing a bit higher up the ground.

 

[FR0GGY]

There is a concern that Sydney might wrap up top position and bring out their B graders next week against us. I would hate us to lose draft pick orders, yet would love us to beat Port and Sydney...it is a dilemma.

We’ll be flat as after smashing port

 

[Scorpus]

Jayden Laverde

15

Jayden Laverde

Age

28

Ht

193cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.8

3star

K

6.3

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.8

4star

MG

152.8

2star

D

8.8

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

3star

MG

116.5

2star

D

11.2

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

5.8

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

3.6

5star

MG

141.2

3star

, Ben McKay

32

Ben Mckay

Age

27

Ht

202cm

Wt

104kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.5

2star

K

3.7

1star

HB

3.8

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

1.7

4star

MG

77.2

1star

D

7.5

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.5

3star

T

1.5

2star

MG

88.5

2star

D

7.0

2star

K

3.4

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

67.8

1star

and Jake Kelly

29

Jake Kelly

Age

29

Ht

190cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.5

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

6.3

4star

M

4.6

4star

T

2.6

4star

MG

157.8

2star

D

8.1

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

1.9

1star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.6

4star

MG

104.1

2star

D

14.8

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.8

4star

M

6.0

5star

T

4.2

5star

MG

107.0

2star

has got to be the worst group of taller defenders in the league

 

[FR0GGY]

Caddy never going to be the main man….

 

[crowholder]

We’ll be flat as after smashing port

fingers crossed, to some degree

 

[FR0GGY]

Jayden Laverde, Ben McKay and Jake Kelly has got to be the worst group of taller defenders in the league

I think they were 3 of the top 5 worst defenders according the CD

 

[ABAB]

There is a concern that Sydney might wrap up top position and bring out their B graders next week against us. I would hate us to lose draft pick orders, yet would love us to beat Port and Sydney...it is a dilemma.

Reportedly they had a heavy training load in preparation for Finals and with a week off before Finals, you wouldn't want to do this especially given their very shaky form recently.

 

[Crow_68]

Can’t fault Sydney’s defensive effort tonight. Bombers can’t find a clean possession in their forward 50.

 

[whattagun07]

No one is still really fretting about Thilthorpe over McDonald are they?

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Amartey kicking 8 on us is the most Nicks thing ever.

 

[FullyBigKPro]

They have way too many overrated b and c-graders.

That's what happens when your a b1g Vic club... Huge hype and end up with multiple Murphy's

 

[FR0GGY]

Sound up .. lol

Here is a list of things that have happened since Essendon last won a final:

• Pluto was downgraded to a dwarf planet
• Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans
• Saddam Hussein was executed
• Italy won the 2006 FIFA World Cup
• The first iPhone was released
• Buddy Franklin, Brett Deledio, Jarryd Roughead and Jordan Lewis were all drafted
• Nathan Buckley, Brad and Chris Scott, Simon Goodwin, Stuart Dew, Sam Mitchell, Damien Hardwick and Adam Simpson all retired
• Shane Warne, Justin Langer, Damien Martyn, Glenn McGrath, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist and Brett Lee all retired from Australian Test cricket
• Andrew Bogut was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks
• Blue-ray disks were invented
• Twitter started up
• Shaun Burgoyne won four premierships and retired
• How I Met Your Mother premiered
• Steve Irwin passed away
• PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 came out
• SoundCloud came out
• Kanye West's 'Gold Digger', Snoop Dogg's 'Drop it Like it's Hot' and The Killers' 'Mr Brightside' were all released
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince book was published, and the Goblet of Fire film was released
• George W. Bush won a US presidential election
• The Simpsons have aired over a dozen seasons
• Alastair Clarkson coached his first AFL game and has since left Hawthorn and joined North Melbourne
• Zach Merrett started high school and since been appointed captain of the Bombers
• Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith was released
• Prince Charles married Camilla Bowles
• London bombings
• The T20 Big Bash League was formed
• Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth' was released
• Smoking ban implemented in the UK
• Usain Bolt won his first Olympic gold medal
• Australia's Black Saturday bushfires occurred
• YouTube was launched
• The world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, was built in Dubai
• Melbourne's Eureka Tower was built
• Port Adelaide won its first AFL premiership
• Scottie Pippen retired from the NBA
• Andrew Gaze retired from the NBL
• Lionel Messi made his league debut for Barcelona and is now nearing retirement
• Manchester United defeated Arsenal, ending an EPL-record 49-game unbeaten streak
• The Suite Life of Zack & Cody premiered on Disney Channel
• John Cena won his first of a record 16 World Championships, defeating JBL at WrestleMania 21
• Madagascar, Batman Begins, Wedding Crashers, Brokeback Mountain, Borat, Step Brothers and Saw were all released
• Winx was born
• Kobe Bryant scored a career-high 81 points for the LA Lakers against the Toronto Raptors
• Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit passed away
• Bulgaria and Romania officially joined the European Union
• Donald Trump married Melanie Knavs
• Britney Spears shaved her head
• Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt got divorced
• The Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami hit
• Novak Djokovic won his first Grand Slam
• Carlton have claimed four wooden spoons
• The Giants entered the AFL and have even featured in a grand final
• All of Essendon's current players were drafted
• AFL SuperCoach came out
• Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber all released their first albums
• Wikileaks was launched
• John Aloisi scored that famous penalty
• Leo Barry took that famous mark
• Ben Cousins was sacked as the West Coastskipper
• The TV Show 'Lost' premiered
• The NBA's infamous 'Malice at the Palace' brawl between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons took place

 

[Firewalker]

Amartey kicking 8 on us is the most Nicks thing ever.

Outside of that game has been an actual liability for them no idea how they can trust him in finals

 

[FR0GGY]

Amartey kicking 8 on us is the most Nicks thing ever.

9

 

[pjcrows]

Caddy never going to be the main man.

Bit harsh this early.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

9

He must have heard us bagging him.

 

[FR0GGY]

Bit harsh this early.

Was in reference to his last name

 

[crowholder]

Amartey kicking 8 on us is the most Nicks thing ever.

and right on queue a goal by the Amarty party

 

[Crow_68]

Jayden Laverde, Ben McKay and Jake Kelly has got to be the worst group of taller defenders in the league

Laverde is up there with the worst defenders in the league.

 

[Scorpus]

Essendon would have been better off grabbing Borlase for free than spending $900k on McKay

 

[cleanhands]

I think McLean is very under rated

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Essendon supporters bailing.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

So now 9 teams left in the race for finals.

We were saying all year the Don's poor percentage when they were firmly in the top 8 was a better reflection of their team.

Ditto the Bullies who were well out of the top 8 for much of the year.