Unofficial Preview Round 1, 2024: Bombers v Hawks, MCG 1:10pm Sat 16th March

[Leather Poisoning]

The forward line has changed so much it's like we've done that thing in scrabble where you skip a turn and swap all the pieces.

 

[TylerDurden]

The forward line has changed so much it's like we've done that thing in scrabble where you skip a turn and swap all the pieces.

Had to be done.

 

[Brant]

Lewis to kick 10 on McKay

Makes Lewis worth about $8m a season!

 

[suedehead]

The forward line has changed so much it's like we've done that thing in scrabble where you skip a turn and swap all the pieces.

Pretty impressive that we will have turned over our weakest area in the space of one trade/draft period.

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[MrPremiership]

Always hard to play the Bombers off their trade period Premiership

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Pretty impressive that we will have turned over our weakest area in the space of one trade/draft period.

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Well we did it with the midfield the previous year!

 

[kenneje]

FB: Hardwick - Blanck - Scrimshaw
HB: Weddle - Sicily - Amon

MID: Reeves - Worpel - Nash
MID: Day - Newcombe - Ward

HF: Moore - Lewis - Watson
FF: Breust - Chol - Gunston

INT: Ginnivan - Maginness - MacDonald - Mackenzie
SUB: Jiath/Impey
EMG: DGB - Butler - Hustwaite - McCabe

 

[Randy Campbell]

I hate Essendon.

 

[VandoHawk]

B: Sicily Blanck Hardwick
HB: Weddle Scrim Amon
C: Ward Nash Jiath
HF: Moore Lewis CMac
F: Watson Chol Ginnivan
Fol: Reeves Newcombe Day
Int: Worpel Impey Gunston Maginness
Sub: Breust*
Emg: Mackenzie Seamus Ramsden Serong

*Breust obviously won't be sub. Hopefully the 5 on the interchange rule comes through.

 

[Alite]

FB: Hardwick - Blanck - Scrimshaw
HB: Weddle - Sicily - Amon

MID: Reeves - Worpel - Nash
MID: Day - Newcombe - Ward

HF: Moore - Lewis - Watson
FF: Breust - Chol - Gunston

INT: Ginnivan - Maginness - MacDonald - Mackenzie
SUB: Jiath/Impey
EMG: DGB - Butler - Hustwaite - McCabe

Like it though Seamus Mitchell is likely in front of Butler.

 

[kenneje]

Like it though Seamus Mitchell is likely in front of Butler.

Can’t believe I forgot wee baby Seamus!

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Hope we get to see all of Watson, Mackenzie, Ward, MacDonald, Ginnivan and Weddle play together.

Would love Butler to be added into the mix too. But the inclusions of Ginnivan and Watson would make that hard.

 

[toomanysquibs]

Hope we get to see all of Watson, Mackenzie, Ward, MacDonald, Ginnivan and Weddle play together.

Would love Butler to be added into the mix too. But the inclusions of Ginnivan and Watson would make that hard.

His opportunity will come. Too many tools to not find a place eventually. Just needs it all to click and he'll be a regular who can sneak into a midfield rotation or two.

 

[KermitJagger]

Comments like this were rife this time last season, then roll on to gameday and they totally embarrassed us.

They've upgraded their KPD stocks, and didn't have either Stringer or 2MP playing last time. They'll have McKay, Gresham and Duursma added to their side too, plus old man Goldy.

They effectively replace BZT, Davey, Tippa, Phillips, Menzie and Weideman. That's a big upgrade there.

We've added Lewis, Chol, Ginnivan, Gunston and presumably Watson to that R1 side that got flogged. They will replace the likes of Kosi, Wingard, Greene, Meek, Bramble and Frost.

It's fair to say both sides have improved on paper. Though I think most of our improvement will come from natural development and hopefully some tightening up of our gameplan.

Gresham - 2MP - Stringer
Hardwick - Blanck - Weddle

Perkins - Jones - Langford
CJ - Sicily - Scrimshaw

Draper - Parish - Zerrett
Reeves - Newcombe - Day

Martin - Shiel - Duursma
Amon - Nash - Ward

Redman - McKay - Ridley
Moore - Chol - MacDonald

McGrath - Laverde - Kelly
Ginnivan - Lewis - Breust

INT from - Hobbs, Hind, Caldwell, Setterfield, Heppell, Goldy, Durham, Weideman, Tsatas, Cox

INT from - Worpel, Impey, Mackenzie, Mitchell, Pick 4, Maginess, DGB, Gunston, Butler

Looks like a close matchup on paper. I'm really looking forward to seeing how Lewis, Chol, Ginnivan and hopefully Watson play together in particular.

Player ratings are by no means perfect, but they had BZT as a better player last season than McKay. Too early to call that an upgrade just because they paid big money for him.

 

[Dewyyyyy]

BACKLINE
Hardwick - Blanck - Sicily
Mitchell - Weddle - Amon

MIDFIELD
Jiath - Day - Ward
Reeves - Newcombe - MacKenzie

FORWARDLINE
Moore - Chol - Watson
Breust - Lewis - Ginnivan

INTERCHANGE
MacDonald - Nash - Worpel - Impey - Gunston (sub)

EMERGENCIES
Finn Maginness - Sam Butler - Jack Scrimshaw

14

Jack Scrimshaw

Age

26

Ht

194cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.8

4star

K

7.7

3star

HB

6.1

4star

M

3.7

4star

T

1.4

3star

MG

200.7

3star

D

12.3

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

5.3

3star

M

2.5

3star

T

1.3

2star

MG

167.0

3star

D

10.2

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.6

4star

MG

155.6

3star

- Will McCabe - Henry Hustwaite - Bailey MacDonald

Think this will be the side, the questions are..

Jiath, where does he play (wing / hb) does he do enough and explode during the off season ready for Round 1?

Will McCabe (no pun intended) be ready to go round 1 or does he wait?

Sam Butler has shown signs of being a massive asset this off season with his work done so far with his body proposition does he get in?

Watson ready to go Round 1?

Do we need Maginness to tag Merrett round 1? How does his game develop.

Mackenzie? Is he ready to go round 1 with a huge off season honing in and cashing in on his class?

How does and where does Jack Scrimshaw

14

Jack Scrimshaw

Age

26

Ht

194cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.8

4star

K

7.7

3star

HB

6.1

4star

M

3.7

4star

T

1.4

3star

MG

200.7

3star

D

12.3

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

5.3

3star

M

2.5

3star

T

1.3

2star

MG

167.0

3star

D

10.2

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.6

4star

MG

155.6

3star

fit into the line up?

Jack Gunston

19

Jack Gunston

Age

33

Ht

193cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.5

4star

K

10.5

4star

HB

5.0

4star

M

5.7

5star

T

2.2

4star

G

1.9

5star

D

10.6

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

2.6

2star

M

4.3

4star

T

1.7

3star

G

1.6

5star

D

11.2

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

4.2

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

2.6

4star

G

0.6

3star

, to play or sub?

Henry Hustwaite, a wait? Or a go.

 

[MasterSamurai]

BACKLINE
Hardwick - Blanck - Sicily
Mitchell - Weddle - Amon

MIDFIELD
Jiath - Day - Ward
Reeves - Newcombe - MacKenzie

FORWARDLINE
Moore - Chol - Watson
Breust - Lewis - Ginnivan

INTERCHANGE
MacDonald - Nash - Worpel - Impey - Gunston (sub)

EMERGENCIES
Finn Maginness - Sam Butler - Jack Scrimshaw - Will McCabe - Henry Hustwaite - Bailey MacDonald

Think this will be the side, the questions are..

Jiath, where does he play (wing / hb) does he do enough and explode during the off season ready for Round 1?

Will McCabe (no pun intended) be ready to go round 1 or does he wait?

Sam Butler has shown signs of being a massive asset this off season with his work done so far with his body proposition does he get in?

Watson ready to go Round 1?

Do we need Maginness to tag Merrett round 1? How does his game develop.

Mackenzie? Is he ready to go round 1 with a huge off season honing in and cashing in on his class?

How does and where does Jack Scrimshaw fit into the line up?

Jack Gunston, to play or sub?

Henry Hustwaite, a wait? Or a go.

Can't see how scrimshaw doesn't play? No reason actually. Absolute starting 18 .

B: Hardwick Blanck Impey
HB: Amon Sicily Scrimshaw

R: Reeves Day Worpel
C: Weddle Newcombe Ward

HF: Moore Lewis MacDonald
FF: Bruest Chol Ginnivan

Int. chg: Watson Nash McKenzie Jiath
Gunston

Depth :
Denver
Maginness
Meek
Mitchell
McCabe
D'Ambrosio
Wingard
Morrison
Butler

The rest are yet to either prove themselves or haven't played.
P.s. McCabe and Watson , new recruits and all but I think they'll make it.

 

[FB19]

BACKLINE
Hardwick - Blanck - Sicily
Mitchell - Weddle - Amon

MIDFIELD
Jiath - Day - Ward
Reeves - Newcombe - MacKenzie

FORWARDLINE
Moore - Chol - Watson
Breust - Lewis - Ginnivan

INTERCHANGE
MacDonald - Nash - Worpel - Impey - Gunston (sub)

EMERGENCIES
Finn Maginness - Sam Butler - Jack Scrimshaw - Will McCabe - Henry Hustwaite - Bailey MacDonald

Think this will be the side, the questions are..

Jiath, where does he play (wing / hb) does he do enough and explode during the off season ready for Round 1?

Will McCabe (no pun intended) be ready to go round 1 or does he wait?

Sam Butler has shown signs of being a massive asset this off season with his work done so far with his body proposition does he get in?

Watson ready to go Round 1?

Do we need Maginness to tag Merrett round 1? How does his game develop.

Mackenzie? Is he ready to go round 1 with a huge off season honing in and cashing in on his class?

How does and where does Jack Scrimshaw fit into the line up?

Jack Gunston, to play or sub?

Henry Hustwaite, a wait? Or a go.

Depends on the dons lineup of course. But you suspect assuming all available that the back 6, all of those except seamus are locks. I believe impey starts and then CJ is bench or sub. I think we need to ease him back into it not against him starting with box hill for conditioning either. I think seamus is touch and go same with scrimshaw.
Midfield I would move mackenzie to right wing, protect him a bit in year 2 and give him space to use his kicking. Must play nash or Worpel to start can’t have both on the bench.
Forwardline looks set think Chol will play deep with Lewis up the ground. Watson likely starts on the bench can’t have CMac off the ground.
Bench then becomes Nash Watson CJ Butler.
Seamus or Gunston as sub.
Emergencies from Finn, Morrison, scrimshaw, Meek, DGB, ramsden, hustwaite, BMac.

 

[Roddy]

Still very concerned about the back 6....Weddle, Scrim and Sis being named as key backs, none of whom are, and Blanck, who's played 20-odd games. Looking alarmingly undersized and understrengthed. Badly need to fast-track McCabe's development.

 

[Topiary]

FB: Hardwick - Blanck - Scrimshaw
HB: Weddle - Sicily - Amon

MID: Reeves - Worpel - Nash
MID: Day - Newcombe - Ward

HF: Moore - Lewis - Watson
FF: Breust - Chol - Gunston

INT: Ginnivan - Maginness - MacDonald - Mackenzie
SUB: Jiath/Impey
EMG: DGB - Butler - Hustwaite - McCabe

It is getting there. Go hawks.

 

[Topiary]

Still very concerned about the back 6....Weddle, Scrim and Sis being named as key backs, none of whom are, and Blanck, who's played 20-odd games. Looking alarmingly undersized and understrengthed. Badly need to fast-track McCabe's development.

And find a quality KPD. Has to be our priority and outside Smith, I understand, remains the Clubs priority. We need a big KPD.

I do believe we will fast track McCabe but don’t expect too much too soon.

We realise what we have in Dimma (Ryan will become a good replacement) and McCabe hopefully will replace Sic, but we need another big defender.

Same forward, but that is another story and we have a little more time.

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Comments like this were rife this time last season, then roll on to gameday and they totally embarrassed us.

They've upgraded their KPD stocks, and didn't have either Stringer or 2MP playing last time. They'll have McKay, Gresham and Duursma added to their side too, plus old man Goldy.

They effectively replace BZT, Davey, Tippa, Phillips, Menzie and Weideman. That's a big upgrade there.

We've added Lewis, Chol, Ginnivan, Gunston and presumably Watson to that R1 side that got flogged. They will replace the likes of Kosi, Wingard, Greene, Meek, Bramble and Frost.

It's fair to say both sides have improved on paper. Though I think most of our improvement will come from natural development and hopefully some tightening up of our gameplan.

Gresham - 2MP - Stringer
Hardwick - Blanck - Weddle

Perkins - Jones - Langford
CJ - Sicily - Scrimshaw

Draper - Parish - Zerrett
Reeves - Newcombe - Day

Martin - Shiel - Duursma
Amon - Nash - Ward

Redman - McKay - Ridley
Moore - Chol - MacDonald

McGrath - Laverde - Kelly
Ginnivan - Lewis - Breust

INT from - Hobbs, Hind, Caldwell, Setterfield, Heppell, Goldy, Durham, Weideman, Tsatas, Cox

INT from - Worpel, Impey, Mackenzie, Mitchell, Pick 4, Maginess, DGB, Gunston, Butler

Looks like a close matchup on paper. I'm really looking forward to seeing how Lewis, Chol, Ginnivan and hopefully Watson play together in particular.

Our forward line is better IMO. Laverde playing tall to allow Ridley to intercept which is what they want to do. He won't be doing that with Gunner down there. Weddle is the ideal matchup for Stringer or if we want to go down that path Frost. They don't have us beat anywhere IMO not even the ruck with a 36 year old Goldy. We should be confident we are winning this game if we play the way Sam wants us to.

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Still very concerned about the back 6....Weddle, Scrim and Sis being named as key backs, none of whom are, and Blanck, who's played 20-odd games. Looking alarmingly undersized and understrengthed. Badly need to fast-track McCabe's development.

Won't be a factor round 1. Bombers have 1 genuine monster in 2MP and 2 hybrid forwards in Langford and Stringer. If they play Jones Weddle will go to him and we play Frost to take Stringer. I doubt they will as Langford provides that marking target as it is with his height. We dismiss Frost being in the side but he will be used on a needs basis for specific players. He is good to have as a backup option and once we start showing some consistency week to week his flaws won't be so exposed.

 

[Roddy]

Won't be a factor round 1. Bombers have 1 genuine monster in 2MP and 2 hybrid forwards in Langford and Stringer. If they play Jones Weddle will go to him and we play Frost to take Stringer. I doubt they will as Langford provides that marking target as it is with his height. We dismiss Frost being in the side but he will be used on a needs basis for specific players. He is good to have as a backup option and once we start showing some consistency week to week his flaws won't be so exposed.

I keep forgetting about Frosty, I think I've moved on from him....

 

[RoughysMullet]

FB: Hardwick - Blanck - Scrimshaw
HB: Weddle - Sicily - Amon

MID: Reeves - Worpel - Nash
MID: Day - Newcombe - Ward

HF: Moore - Lewis - Watson
FF: Breust - Chol - Gunston

INT: Ginnivan - Maginness - MacDonald - Mackenzie
SUB: Jiath/Impey
EMG: DGB - Butler - Hustwaite - McCabe

 

[TylerDurden]

Won't be a factor round 1. Bombers have 1 genuine monster in 2MP and 2 hybrid forwards in Langford and Stringer. If they play Jones Weddle will go to him and we play Frost to take Stringer. I doubt they will as Langford provides that marking target as it is with his height. We dismiss Frost being in the side but he will be used on a needs basis for specific players. He is good to have as a backup option and once we start showing some consistency week to week his flaws won't be so exposed.

Weideman usually rips us. Surely plays. Even Caddy a chance.