Preview Round 20 - Essendon Bombers vs Sydney Swans - Saturday, July 29th - 7:25 pm - Disney is Still Milking the s**t out of it Stadium

[Beerfish]

ESSENDON v SYDNEY SWANS

Saturday July 29, 7:25pm at Marvel Stadium

BOMBERS

B: A. McGrath, B. Zerk-Thatcher, J. Kelly
HB: M. Redman, J. Laverde, D. Heppell
C: S. Durham, A. Perkins, N. Martin
HF: J. Caldwell, P. Wright, N. Cox
F: M. Guelfi, K. Langford, B. Hobbs
FOLL: A. Phillips, D. Parish, Z. Merrett - C

I/C: W. Snelling, N. Hind, N. Bryan, J. Menzie
EMG: E. Tsatas, K. Baldwin, A. Davey Jnr, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti

In: J. Menzie
OUT: J. Ridley (Injured), J. Stringer (Injured)

 

[MiguelM]

B2b 6 day breaks

8 day break this week will help them freshen up a tad.

Swans only 1 less day.

Think it is a bit overrated.

 

[andleanback]

Swans only 1 less day.

Think it is a bit overrated.

Talking about us
Having 8 days break instead of 6 does make a huge difference at this time of year. While having b2b 6 day breaks can take its toll.

 

[MiguelM]

Talking about us
Having 8 days break instead of 6 does make a huge difference at this time of year. While having b2b 6 day breaks can take its toll.

going off the presser, I suspect it will be a very light week on the track. Maybe they could just play kick to kick and practice contested marking.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

As much as I don't want it to happen, I can just see Weid picked ahead of Baldwin to replace Ridley.

 

[andleanback]

As much as I don't want it to happen, I can just see Weid picked ahead of Baldwin to replace Ridley.

Scott going to get a lot offside if that happens. Doubt he comes in though given ridley is more of a 3rd athletic tall not a proper key defender.

 

[TheGrizz]

Reckon Mass (Ridley) and Walla (Snelling or Guelfi) might be a chance this week.

 

[bennyg12]

Baldwin deserves a chance

 

[andleanback]

Reckon Mass (Ridley) and Walla (Snelling or Guelfi) might be a chance this week.

Davey deserves the call up over tip

 

[Beerfish]

going off the presser, I suspect it will be a very light week on the track. Maybe they could just play kick to kick and practice contested marking.

Spot of bocce..

 

[TheGrizz]

Davey deserves the call up over tip

I tend to think that history indicates Scott will favour the experienced option whilst finals is still a legit chance (which it is if we beat Sydney, with WCE and Norf after).

Tippa laid 9 tackles on the weekend which is fantastic, not to mention the morale boost he generates for the team and fans.

If the Swans beat us I would suspect it won't be long till it is an all out youth movement.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Spot of bocce..

More likely pétanque.

 

[fairbump_playon]

He was hardly lightning

Ran a 10.94 from memory, he was a better 400m type from memory

There are guys who are running 10.6 pre AFL and then there speed doesnt even standout that much once in AFL

And then theres the significant size hes added along with not training it as much as a track and field athlete does

Ive no issue with Mcgrath think hes a future AA small defender or atleast in the squad.

The main thing that makes McGrath seem slow when chasing is that he's not trying to run fast.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

I want him playing VFL midfield to hone the craft.

Not while we still have a chance at finals

Should be in fwd flank

 

[Keystone agony]

The time to play Perkins in VFL midfield was months ago when i said

Now were picking our best side to beat Sydney and then that result dictates alot of what we do after that, certainly in Perkins case

 

[eth-dog]

Not while we still have a chance at finals

Should be in fwd flank

**** finals. The past fortnight has shown what will happen if we scrape in there.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

* finals. The past fortnight has shown what will happen if we scrape in there.

Bette to have a go then not.

 

[eth-dog]

Bette to have a go then not.

Is it? Or is it continually looping what has happened for the better part of a decade?

 

[thepokey]

I'd be tempted to give Cox a go in Rids' position, but bringing in Baldwin is probably better. I mean it is absolutely not good having one of our most important players go down like Rids did, but jesus it's kinda nice to have a little bit of depth and discuss options of who to try other than just shrugging

 

[MiguelM]

I'd be tempted to give Cox a go in Rids' position, but bringing in Baldwin is probably better. I mean it is absolutely not good having one of our most important players go down like Rids did, but jesus it's kinda nice to have a little bit of depth and discuss options of who to try other than just shrugging

I think Baldwin deserves a chance.

I would stick Cox at CHF. He is actually marking the ball well but looks lost on the wing.

I think Weid may eventually work his way back into the side in defence. Hopefully has more time in the VFL down back. Not a big enough sample size IMO. Weid & Monty might be fighting for Heppells place.

 

[citizen-erased]

No bruz, I’m talking about my kids. Weak as piss.

Only so much essington one can take in a 7 day period

 

[HirdsTheWord]

Is it? Or is it continually looping what has happened for the better part of a decade?

id agree we won't do much.

But id argue the benefit to the young group to make finals is a lot better than Perkins playing 4-5 games in the VFL midfield.

I say we play our best possible team in their proper positions and give it a crack.

If we lose vs swans, then let the kids play in learning positions.

 

[eth-dog]

id agree we won't do much.

But id argue the benefit to the young group to make finals is a lot better than Perkins playing 4-5 games in the VFL midfield.

I say we play our best possible team in their proper positions and give it a crack.

If we lose vs swans, then let the kids play in learning positions.

We've seen that it hasn't been the case. It's the classic 2 year Essendon cycle. Make finals off the back of a soft draw, get smashed, lose confidence and finish bottom 6 the following year.

I used to think like that but after the past few times it's happened I know it's complete bullshit. I want to win a flag with this group. I'd rather Perkins learn this stuff in the VFL now, sacrifice our chance of playing finals and go into next year with a real shot of making headway into it.

 

[dank420_]

We've seen that it hasn't been the case. It's the classic 2 year Essendon cycle. Make finals off the back of a soft draw, get smashed, lose confidence and finish bottom 6 the following year.

I used to think like that but after the past few times it's happened I know it's complete bullshit. I want to win a flag with this group. I'd rather Perkins learn this stuff in the VFL now, sacrifice our chance of playing finals and go into next year with a real shot of making headway into it.

What's more plausible though?

No finals until you're ready to win a flag or gradual improvement, meaning we might still lose a final on the way?

Not disputing that this year isn't the year, but we have to make finals at some point to actually start winning them.

 

[faible]

What's more plausible though?

No finals until you're ready to win a flag or gradual improvement, meaning we might still lose a final on the way?

Not disputing that this year isn't the year, but we have to make finals at some point to actually start winning them.

'Finals experience' is a bit of a furphy from memory; good teams tend to play and win finals before they win a GF because they're good teams, they're not good teams because 'finals experience'.

We've seen with how the team is yo-yo'ing in and out of finals as the draw gets easier / harder and other teams that should be better than us fall over. Playing finals won't make us more likely to win a final when we're simply not a good team.

 

[eth-dog]

What's more plausible though?

No finals until you're ready to win a flag or gradual improvement, meaning we might still lose a final on the way?

Not disputing that this year isn't the year, but we have to make finals at some point to actually start winning them.

Of course gradual improvement is more likely but there's a difference between losing a final and getting smashed week one.