Preview Round 18 - Essendoomguys VS Melbourne Demons, MCG, Saturday 13/7/24, 7.40pm AEST

[PressureCooker]

Draper is a great ruck for an opposition to rove as he lacks finesse and will put it into dumbish places quite often

He’s better on the bash and crash

If the opposition were going without a ruck we would have been better off with Goldstein who can seriously put it to advantage when he has space

Hopefully Draper can show some maturity tonight. The couple of occasions I can recall where the opposition have gone in without a recognised ruckman we've been left red faced.

 

[bommer16]

I don’t like when Ess go in as favs.

 

[MiguelM]

Hopefully Draper can show some maturity tonight. The couple of occasions I can recall where the opposition have gone in without a recognised ruckman we've been left red faced.

Yeah, maybe Draper ready to show his best. Scott did say he was finally over the injuries and ran the game out well last week.

I thought his game last week was the best he has played for the club. Held onto marks and was strong in the contest. Good all round game.

 

[Dave]

And infuriating late in games when teams are chipping aroung if it is close.

simple solution. Man up. Cracked me up last night when the toothless bogans were booing Geelong for doing it at the end. There’s no rules that say you have to give the other side a chance.

 

[fairbump_playon]

simple solution. Man up. Cracked me up last night when the toothless bogans were booing Geelong for doing it at the end. There’s no rules that say you have to give the other side a chance.

Haha I was about to say the same.

Like, get out of Clarkson’s Cluster for one goddam minute and go find a man.

 

[dank420_]

Dons by 32

 

[joey_jo_jo]

simple solution. Man up. Cracked me up last night when the toothless bogans were booing Geelong for doing it at the end. There’s no rules that say you have to give the other side a chance.

That was very enjoyable. They did it for 5 min. Probably the main thing they did better than us in what was a very similar game style to dismantle to Pies. They showed their maturity at the death and didn't give Pies a sniff, whereas we always get nervous at that point.

 

[supportyourteam]

No serious rain forecast. Weather bureau on someone's side.

 

[Maxabillions]

Anyone know if there’s a way to find your member barcode if you don’t have your physical card and you can’t call member services because it’s a Saturday?

 

[mcgrath_truther]

No serious rain forecast. Weather bureau on someone's side.

believe rain is forecast late

 

[supportyourteam]

believe rain is forecast late

The impression I have is nothing more serious than the Geelong game. Here's hoping for a solid performance.

 

[Tassieboy]

believe rain is forecast late

A possible sprinkle.

 

[Call Me Cake]

I don't like that we've gone from "will we play finals?" to "can we make top 4?". I feel like we've jumped too far ahead as supporters and forgotten where we've come from. Don't forget where we're coming from.

 

[Kong]

simple solution. Man up.

its 2024 m8, that macho shit doesnt fly anymore

 

[Gabe251]

You leave your forward line too empty if you man up completely. stand rule is dumb.

 

[supportyourteam]

I don't like that we've gone from "will we play finals?" to "can we make top 4?". I feel like we've jumped too far ahead as supporters and forgotten where we've come from. Don't forget where we're coming from.

Be a shock if we are top 2 after tonight. Hope not. Couldn't live.

 

[Happyskeret]

Be a shock if we are top 2 after tonight. Hope not. Couldn't live.

Come on mate. Support your team.

 

[ghostdog]

No serious rain forecast. Weather bureau on someone's side.

Go BoMers!

 

[ghostdog]

I don't like that we've gone from "will we play finals?" to "can we make top 4?". I feel like we've jumped too far ahead as supporters and forgotten where we've come from. Don't forget where we're coming from.

This feels like the perfect pre-melt post.

 

[supportyourteam]

Come on mate. Support your team.

Thanks. Will take heed.

 

[justlookingaround]

And infuriating late in games when teams are chipping aroung if it is close.

It's infuriating when you're on the wrong side of it, but it's 100% the right play when you're protecting a lead. Plus it requires composure, good field kicking, hard running to create the uncontested marks - it's not like it's a cheap tactic like how teams used to rush behinds to protect leads in the 00s.
Our guys were smart enough to wipe 2.5 minutes off the clock with ball control last week while the Pies were coming pretty hard as they usually do in the last 10.

 

[Happyskeret]

It's infuriating when you're on the wrong side of it, but it's 100% the right play when you're protecting a lead. Plus it requires composure, good field kicking, hard running to create the uncontested marks - it's not like it's a cheap tactic like how teams used to rush behinds to protect leads in the 00s.
Our guys were smart enough to wipe 2.5 minutes off the clock with ball control last week while the Pies were coming pretty hard as they usually do in the last 10.

We invented that tactic. It was an old Sheedy trick. Go Footy!

 

[Seattle Mariners]

No serious rain forecast. Weather bureau on someone's side.

Melbourne went 0-6 in wet weather games last year so it’s not as if the wet weather would suit them.

 

[mcgrath_truther]

Melbourne went 0-6 in wet weather games last year so it’s not as if the wet weather would suit them.

we're worse i reckon, hardly ever play in the stuff

 

[jmoo wan]

it’s very ****ing cold - is that good or bad for us?