Game Day Preliminary Final : Eagles v North Melbourne 26/9/15 5.45pm - On the Precipice

[eaglespremiers]

They keep harping on about our "undersized defence" on the NM board.
However, only one match up, Sheppard v whoever will be undersized and he has done great jobs on better forwards than Petrie or Brown.

 

[getgaff]

I wish we had done a match sim on the weekend.

That's what the Cardies were for. The sim failed but and we didn't win.

Geez it would have been handy if the Royals won just to keep our reserve players match fit. Never know who could be needed for AFL team selection from now

 

[Biggie]

 

[eaglespremiers]

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That's about 5 minutes from me.

 

[RookiePick]

Stoppage clearances are going to be crucial. Norf spanked us in that area in Tassie.

I thought we set up for stoppages really poorly in that game and paid the price when the game was on the line. Hopefully we have learned a bit since then.

Not wasting a dominant quarter by kicking 4.7 would be handy too!

Good half a preview so far Keyser Soze

 

[EagleShore]

They keep harping on about our "undersized defence" on the NM board.
However, only one match up, Sheppard v whoever will be undersized and he has done great jobs on better forwards than Petrie or Brown.

And, save for when we commit an horrendous turnover in the midfield or off half-back, Sheppard rarely has to contest one-on-one's against his opponent. When he does he is (like most I'd suspect) most vulnerable when he doesn't get a good run at the contest from behind ie. when the ball is kicked over the back.

 

[AsterixTheGaul]

They keep harping on about our "undersized defence" on the NM board.
However, only one match up, Sheppard v whoever will be undersized and he has done great jobs on better forwards than Petrie or Brown.

Height match ups are quite close with North and it will be interesting to see if they fall into the trap of playing too tall and not having the leg speed. Tarrant out against Sydney was probably a help for them.
They line up in height pretty closely to us and expect Yeo to be a player when we need 3 talls down back.

 

[AsterixTheGaul]

Individual line ups will vary but this is what I expect to see on Saturday.
I can see the North defence looking quite slow in comparison.

 

[Milenko]

Stoppage clearances are going to be crucial. Norf spanked us in that area in Tassie.

I thought we set up for stoppages really poorly in that game and paid the price when the game was on the line. Hopefully we have learned a bit since then.

Not wasting a dominant quarter by kicking 4.7 would be handy too!

Good half a preview so far Keyser Soze

Hutchings didn't play in that game, and Sheed was wearing the green vest for three quarters.

Those 2 starting is a massive improvement in our stoppage structures right there.

 

[JADED]

None of these yet..

 

[JADED]

Browns height is compounded by his leap & ability to mark the ball at full stretch. He certainly gets up there.

 

[Beutbrute]

Lindsay Thomas inspired club logo

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[mad_eagle]

Going to be an extremely unproductive week at work. Much more important things to be done, like reading every West Coast vs North Melb. related article known to man!

Need to exploit their big forwards with our rebound. Petrie is nursing that knee, Brown obviously isn't the most mobile guy to start with and Jarrod Waite is...well...Jarrod Waite.

On the flip side, if they start clunking marks we are in trouble.

#timetonervouspoo

 

[ep2018]

On the flip side, if they start clunking marks we are in trouble.

Waite has been excellent at that this finals series, same with Petrie. Brown has dropped a few.

 

[Ochre]

I like that none of Keyser Soze s quotes were from me (I think) because I know he'd have happily thrown me under the bus if he could've.

 

[mad_eagle]

Waite has been excellent at that this finals series, same with Petrie. Brown has dropped a few.

Exactly...Waite is very much a confidence player. Whoever plays on him needs to stick to him like glue and spoil anything that comes near them, get the ball to ground and rebound it out of there.

 

[SpaceClef]

I feel that North line up really well against us. We need to start strongly and kick straight early to ensure the crowd stays up and about - same as the QF really.

I reckon this is more of a 50/50 game than we are giving Nth credit for.

The tagging is what worries me the most.

 

[Biggie]

I reckon the lads have matured (namely Gaff) to render the negative tactic of tagging useless.

 

[eaglespremiers]

I reckon the lads have matured (namely Gaff) to render the negative tactic of tagging useless.

Which means they'll be playing with two virtually useless players.

 

[Chris_6678]

Paddy Sweeney ‏@SweeneyPaddy9 3m3 minutes ago

@WestCoastEagles out on track. Luke Shuey joining in and loving freely. #GoEagles @9NewsPerth

Take it he means moving and not loving!

 

[Abed]

They keep harping on about our "undersized defence" on the NM board.
However, only one match up, Sheppard v whoever will be undersized and he has done great jobs on better forwards than Petrie or Brown.

In Sheppingham we trust.

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[eaglespremiers]

Luke Shuey joining in and loving freely.

 

[Magnum27]

What ever happens this weekend, it has been an amazing season. I too are part of the group who thought season was in trouble when Mitch went down in the 1st round. So much so that the wife and i decided to book an overseas trip for this time of the year thinking we were not a chance for the last game. Now we are one game away from the big dance and i'll have to settle for watching it New York, because i think we'll get it done this weekend, Kangas were not that impressive on Saturday against an undermanned Swans. They won't get midfield service this week like they did Saturday, Nic will make sure of that. Not sure their back line is good as they think, our talls are mobile and will work them over.

Let's hope the are switched on from 1st bounce.

 

[Keys]

There's a lot of man love in our playing group right now

 

[Abed]

Paddy Sweeney ‏@SweeneyPaddy9 3m3 minutes ago

@WestCoastEagles out on track. Luke Shuey joining in and loving freely. #GoEagles @9NewsPerth

Take it he means moving and not loving!

Everything's coming up Milhouse!

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