Game Day Round 12 - Gold Coast v Essendon, Sunday 2/6/24, People First Stadium, 4.00pm AEST

[Godzke]

Feel like we're a midfielder short as it is without selecting Tsatas as a sub. Big game for Perkins who will need to put in serious midfield minutes.

 

[Godzke]

Suspect Martin, Gresham and Stringer might get rotated through the middle as well.

 

[Keystone agony]

Kelly on a wing, yuck

I get there may not be a great matchup for him (Still think Humphry is fine)

Hopefully doesnt last too long there and just apart of rotation

 

[wichidi]

Saw Bryan coming out of the hand a while ago now Bradley…

 

[Keystone agony]

Feel like we're a midfielder short as it is without selecting Tsatas as a sub. Big game for Perkins who will need to put in serious midfield minutes.

Lots of teams play with a primary 4 - Caldwell, Zerrett, Durham and Perkins. We also have pieces from Stringer who will start in the square

 

[faible]

Kelly on a wing, yuck

I get there may not be a great matchup for him (Still think Humphry is fine)

Hopefully doesnt last too long there and just apart of rotation

Ben King is named in the forward pocket.

 

[Keystone agony]

Ben King is named in the forward pocket.

Not based on where theyre named

Id be surprised if we put Martin on a wing, but ya never know

 

[Bjchan13]

One of the strangest 'surprise' late changes ive seen

 

[Godzke]

Lots of teams play with a primary 4 - Caldwell, Zerrett, Durham and Perkins. We also have pieces from Stringer who will start in the square

Two points:

1) it's QLD. It's warm. You need an extra runner through the middle to absorb the load.

2) our midfielders aren't as fit as you think they might be. Besides Merrett, the other three have low TOG. That might be partly because we don't rotate them through a second position, but they are still low nonetheless.

 

[Godzke]

Scott: "Goldy rolled an ankle in the first quarter last week and we thought we'd be OK but we're taking a no risk approach"

 

[bommer16]

Wearing the normal jumper too!

 

[sameolds33]

Martin's haircut channeling BlackAdder 1...

 

[rumply]

Scott: "Goldy rolled an ankle in the first quarter last week and we thought we'd be OK but we're taking a no risk approach"

 

[jannissary]

Scott: "Goldy rolled an ankle in the first quarter last week and we thought we'd be OK but we're taking a no risk approach"

all according to plan

 

[Its Manbearpig]

Undefeated in the coin toss still

 

[ghostdog]

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GOLD COAST

**** Carlton.
It took until the fourth quarter to put them to bed, but ultimately the Blues came away with the victory at Marvel.
Mac Andrew is a hell of a player. Despite conceding four goals to Charlie Curnow, he looks like he's going to be a seriously exciting prospect to watch over the coming years.
The Suns found themselves second to the contest constantly, but despite being outnumbered to the ball they managed to get it within a straight kick late in the third.
This is the fifth time the Suns have played away from home, and the fifth loss.
Their home form is excellent, but this is something Hardwick will need to address urgently if the Suns are going to finally get into their maiden finals appearance.

THE SCUM 15.12 102
def.
GOLD COAST 11.7 73

GOLD COAST BEST: Andrew, Witts, Miller, Long, Anderson
GOLD COAST GOALS: King 3, Long, Holman 2, Witts, Lukosius, Johnston, Humphrey

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ESSENDON

In Ridley we trust.
It wasn't pretty, and we continued our run of playing ass sides into form, but we got it done.
Of course, Dusty was always going to get it together when playing us, but he was outpointed by the milestone man in Jake Stringer, who slotted 4 goals in his 200th game.
Credit to Jayden Laverde; often the whipping boy and ire to many (myself included), he played at outstanding game, and alongside Mason Redman, really showed just how rock solid our defence is right now.
We capitalised on the Tigers' turnovers, which is has been their concern all year.
Not the sort of game you'd go back and watch the replay of. Which is why I haven't.
Entrenched in second place at Round 12. What a year so far.

RICHMOND 10.14 74
def. by
ESSENDON 12.14 86

ESSENDON BEST: Ridley, Laverde, Stringer, Merrett, Langford, Hind
ESSENDON GOALS: Stringer 4, Langford 3, Hind 2, Davey Jr, Ridley, Merrett

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GOLD COAST INS: Sam Flanders, Ned Moyle, Will Graham
GOLD COAST OUTS: Jake Rogers, Alex Davies (Both omitted), Jarrod Witts (Injured)

ESSENDON INS: Harrison Jones, Jye Menzie
ESSENDON OUTS: Nate Caddy (Illness), Alwyn Davey Jr (Omitted)

LATE CHANGE:
GOLD COAST: Lloyd Johnston (Illness) replaced in selected side by Brayden Fiorini

ESSENDON: Todd Goldstein (managed) replaced in selected side by Nick Bryan

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ROUND 2, 2023
Marvel Stadium
26/3/2023

ESSENDON 16.12 108
def.
GOLD COAST 11.14 80

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ESSENDON GOALS: Langford 5, Shiel, Guelfi, Menzie 2, Phillips, Setterfield, Perkins, Martin, Davey Jr
GOLD COAST GOALS: Casboult, King 2, Witts, Sexton, Fiorini, Ainsworth, Lukosius, Hollands, Jeffrey

ESSENDON BEST: Parish, Langford, Setterfield, Merrett, Redman
GOLD COAST BEST: Witts, Miller, Rowell, Collins, Anderson

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CHANGES SINCE LAST TIME:

ESSENDON OUTS: Setterfield, Parish, Shiel, Zerk-Thatcher, Draper, D'Ambrosio, Phillips, Davey
ESSENDON INS: Stringer, Wright, Gresham, McKay, Goldstein, Tsatas, Cox, Hind

GOLD COAST OUTS: Witts, Macpherson, Hollands, Constable, Weller, Rosas, Casboult
GOLD COAST INS: Andrew, Clohesy, Berry, Humphrey, Moyle, Walter, Graham

The Suns at home go up a level, and will absolutely push us to the limit here. Realistically, I feel as though both of our clubs are fairly close in terms of talent, but we have this new-found grit and determination to grind out wins no matter how ugly.

I think we'll get through this one to round out the weekend, and then get into recovery for arguably the biggest game of the year so far. One week at a time.

Essendon by 16.​

If we bring edge, GC will fold. They're younger and still a bit on the soft side.

 

[jannissary]

another coin toss!

 

[bommer16]

LETS GOOOOOO!!!

 

[jannissary]

that's a pretty...

interesting call

 

[jannissary]

nice guelf

 

[rumply]

Gwelf

 

[jannissary]

bryan's started well

 

[rumply]

Collins started well

 

[scythe]

Piss, that would've brought the house down.

 

[jannissary]

what a grab ridley far out