Preview Round 2 - Essendon Bombers vs Adelaide Crows - Saturday March 22nd - 1:20pm at the MGC

[silk]

Place holder for the full preview.

 

[eth-dog]

Rage changes:

Out: Ridley (con), Langford (hammie), Prior
In: SEH, Edwards, Johnson

 

[JayJ20]

Out: Ridley (concussion), Langford (inj), Prior
In: Edwards, Saad, Zak Johnson

 

[dank420_]

Guys, save your bandwidth.

Prior won’t be dropped.

 

[nipst@r]

Edwards, Hayes.
Langford and ridley out.

Doubt they drop prior after 1 game.

 

[rioli brownlow]

Go full archie

Perkins. Roberts day-wicks

 

[rioli brownlow]

McGrath ( only cause Nguyen isn't ready yet). McKay Redman

El hawli Reid Roberts
Durham tsastas Martin
Perkins Jones Gresham
Kako Edwards caddy
Draper Caldwell Merrett
Hobbs,Bryan,Shiel,duursma
Sub. Prior

In. El hawli Edwards
Out. Ridley Langford

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Rage changes:

Out: Ridley (con), Langford (hammie), Prior
In: SEH, Edwards, Johnson

Not even rage changes. Just straight up smart changes that are good for the immediate and the future. Time to prioritise foot skills and mobility.

 

[windyhill]

Go full archie

Perkins. Roberts day-wicks

Don't forget Duursma !

 

[andleanback]

In - el hawli, edwards
Out - Ridley Langford

Doubt they drop prior

 

[Beerfish]

I can't see how we lose this.

 

[naraku]

In: Edwards, Johnson, El-Hawli
Out: Ridley and Langford (inj), Hobbs

 

[WindyHillZephyr]

Hopefully our backline has better matchups against Adelaide. Without seeing them play I feel we should do. A fair run from the maggots at a home game with a decent crowd and our season will be back on track

 

[quotemokc]

I doubt Scott has the balls but Laverde for Prior seems an obvious swap since Laverde will at least but his body on the line and we need the experience with Ridley out.

 

[Mikevk123]

In- Hayes, Edwards, Saad
Out- Ridley, Langford, Prior

B- Hayes McKay McGrath
HB- Redman Reid Saad
C- Martin Durham Duursma
HF- Perkins Jones Gresham
F- Edwards Caddy Kako
FOLL- Draper Caldwell Merrett
I/C- Shiel, Tsatsas, Bryan, Roberts
Sub- Hobbs

 

[Bombers36]

I don’t think we were as bad as many are suggesting against the Hawks - they are the flag favourites and we matched them for 3 quarters. Against the Crows we can get our season back on track. Defence must lift but a few players back there are just getting used to playing together - at least that's what I'm hoping..!! The bonus with the Langford injury is that the Messiah Edwards will play! I’ve gone like for like changes;-

OUT: Ridley, Langford
IN: Hayes, Messiah

Team:;-

Hayes McKay McGrath
Redman Reid Roberts
Jones Perkins Duursma
Martin Messiah Merrett
Caddy Draper Kako

Bryan Durham Caldwell

Bench: Tsatas Shiel Prior Gresham
SUB: Hobbs

 

[eth-dog]

I doubt Scott has the balls but Laverde for Prior seems an obvious swap since Laverde will at least but his body on the line and we need the experience with Ridley out.

Injured

 

[Vindicater]

First thoughts for changes after a night to sleep on it.

Out: Ridley, Langford, Prior and Hobbs

In: Hayes, Saad, Edwards and Menzie

Sub: Menzie

 

[JT_the_Man]

Let’s see how much Brad has evolved.

Realistically the best options to replace Ridley and Langford are debutants (Hayes/El-Hawli and Edwards). Let’s see if he goes down that path or if we see Menzie and Setterfield.

 

[Agronomus]

Please drop Shiel. Please

 

[JT_the_Man]

I’d like to see Hayes over El-Hawli fwiw.

 

[JT_the_Man]

Guys, save your bandwidth.

Prior won’t be dropped.

The Jake Kelly replacement in every sense of the word.

 

[Howard Moon]

Realistically this year or even this week..you'd hope Shiel and Prior are phased out by Clarke, Saad or Johnson, Hobbs has to go, happy to bridge the gap with Setters until an option presents, he's got a better base level.

Clearly missed stringer last night, (I didn't think we would) fwd line going to be an issue all year unless we can get creative with it.

Can't believe they played reid on chol and left mckay free, surely it's the other way around?

 

[faible]

Doubt we’ll see any unforced changes given we’ve already got 2 and there’s no VFL games for exposure yet.

Adelaide were a similar team to us last year so will be interesting to see how we go.

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

The biggest changes we need to make from last night are for midfielders and half backs who can kick the ball well. That's why we'll probably go in unchanged save for Ridley.