Game Day Round 17 vs. Essendon, MCG, 7:40pm Friday 05/07

[ElliottsMaggies]

Off and on.

And he's been playing well. I'm sure he'll be back this Friday. Only omitted this week for team balance.

 

[Mostfamousclub_Pies]

And he's been playing well. I'm sure he'll be back this Friday. Only omitted this week for team balance.

Which means he isn’t a preferred option.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Which means he isn’t a preferred option.

No. It means different players are required for different teams.

 

[manicpie]

This is becoming a must win game, if we lose, were out of the 8

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

In case anyone was in doubt

 

[Doc1763]

In case anyone was in doubt

no mention of Bruzzy

 

[manicpie]

no mention of Bruzzy

Bruzzy looked like a corky, hopefully he's right and McCreery looked like the player landed on his calf with his shin

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

no mention of Bruzzy

No news is good news.

He was on the bike when he went off, so hopefully that indicates nothing to worry about. Corkie?

 

[Apex36]

Jeez some weird shit gets suggested here after a loss. Imagine thinking that you could just randomly throw Kreuger in to defence for the first time in 4 years and he’d do a better job than our actual key defenders…

 

[danielnajdek]

In case anyone was in doubt

Meanwhile Carlton and Sydney continue to get a dream run.

 

[domus]

Why was that missed tackle which cost us the lead with 3 minutes remaining not raised at the presser?

Are they scared of upsetting Fly?

He was so obviously impaired by his injury.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Meanwhile Carlton and Sydney continue to get a dream run.

Still time for them to get the injury curse.

Edit : I wouldn't wish that on another team. Just thinking out loud.

 

[jmac70]

Meanwhile Carlton and Sydney continue to get a dream run.

For now.
8 games left and anything can happen.

 

[Tadpole]

For now.
8 games left and anything can happen.

And finals are a completely different beast altogether. Make the top 8 and almost anything is possible.

 

[jmac70]

Says the poster who suggested we play Moore as a ruck rover.

Yeah, I admit it’s an out there call. I’d love to see it though, but obviously highly unlikely.

 

[gouki88]

OUT: McCreery - Markov Noble
IN: Schultz - Dean

FB: Dean - Frampton - Maynard
HB: Noble Markov - Moore - Quaynor
C: J. Daicos - Pendlebury - Lipinski
HF: Richards - Mihocek - Howe
FF: Schultz - Kreuger - Hill
FOLL: Cameron - De Goey - N. Daicos
INT: Crisp - Sidebottom - Harrison - Hoskin-Elliott
SUB: Sullivan

Howe to forward, I just worry about him down back. His day out against a woefully dysfunctional Dees forward line doesn't persuade me otherwise. Dean goes back, think he matches up well on Jones.

Richards back into the 22. No idea why he wasn't starting to begin with, thought that was a bad decision.

Edited for Noble's absence

 

[jmac70]

And finals are a completely different beast altogether. Make the top 8 and almost anything is possible.

If we can win our next three then we are right in the hunt.
Can’t afford to drop any of those.

 

[jmac70]

Edited for Noble's absence

It’s a team that should win next Friday.

 

[Doc1763]

It’s a team that should win next Friday.

as long as they play more than 20 minutes

 

[Thrawn]

Please smash *, they belong no where near the top 4.

 

[Granit1962]

Crisp and naicos need to be our 2 main mids as they were the last few weeks. The formula with pendles in there last night did not work and we looked slow.

Keep degoey primarily fwd playing the taylor adams role of last year. Pendles at half back to provide us with smart rebound kicking through the corridor.
Shoota and richards into the starting side.

Moore to pull his finger out and lead by example.

I think Pendles is to slow for half back and we looked best when our mids were Daicos, crisp and Pendles. More likely his performance was Bicep injury impacted.

 

[Copeland]

Hows Josh's shoulder I wonder.

 

[Kappa]

Yeah, I admit it’s an out there call. I’d love to see it though, but obviously highly unlikely.

It's highly unlikely because it's a terrible idea I'd guess

 

[Run n Spread]

Anyone calling for Reef to be in knows nothing about football and hasn’t watched a second of him playing VFL football. The call is from the heart not the head. I’ve stopped doing that with AJ as I now see he’s done as is Reef.
A forward set up next week of Checkers, Freddy and Howe is as good as we’ve got, it’s ok.
Eyre has been playing forward in the VFL and is a genuine tall but has only played a couple of games so not ready plus he’s a better defender.

I’m calling it that we won’t make the finals, the injury toll has just been too great to keep covering up. That’s ok get everyone fit make some good trades, I like that we’re looking at Logan McDonald despite that terrible shot for goal yesterday.

Oh we need two more wins this season, this week and against the scum for Pendles 400. My family is Essendon and some work there so a win is a must.

Essendon = probable win
Geelong = pw
Hawthorn win
Richmond = win
Carlton 50 50
Swans 50.50
Lions 50.50
Melbourne = win
4 wins get finals
5 = home
6 = top 4
8 top 2
Win the 3 we should and pick up.a probable and it's on.
Top 4 is win the wins and probables and snag one of Carlton Sydney or lions.
Definitely doable. Top 2 maybe a stretch.
I for one am not entirely convinced by Carlton. Their onslaught today was tigers running out of gas.
I agree we need players back but their coming back.

 

[Jafo]

We can't afford to drop any more games. We have made it very difficult for ourselves because right down to Melbourne in 12th, they are all only 1 game behind us. If we lose next week we'll be out of the 8

Tight year barring Swans and somewhat Baggers. 1.5 games separates 3rd from 13th on the ladder at present.