I’ll be straight.. I kinda stopped caring about this season after the Geelong loss. That game told me everything I needed to know about this team. I watch the games so I write these previews. As far as I’m concerned the absolute best thing that can happen to Essendon this year is for us not to win another game.
Our losing streak is thankfully almost certain to continue next week when we face a rampant Dockers eyeing off a Top 4 spot.. Oh and it’s at the MCG… and a 60% chance of rain..
<Warning - Rant Time>
Thank you Brad for continuing to play the same old useless players who haven’t let us down time and time again for the last 6 years. I’m sure we can get some more bargain trades like Wright who will overperform for 1 year, have us patting ourselves on the back for how astute we are, and we’ll give them a big contract, and convince ourselves they are the best 22 because of that one game out of 10.
I’m very happy we’ve got the time-proven dream midfield back together of Merret, Parish and Shiel. Such a shame we have had such a massive injury list this year, we just never seem to get a good run at it.
I look forward to you definitely seeing out your contract and extending your coach career by many years and am glad the EFC could help fund your retirement, and your mate Goldstein too while we were at. You join a special group of people including Matthew Leuenberger, Mark Williams, Camporeale, Mal Michael, Tom Cutler, Jacob Townsend, Zac Clarke, Matthew Allan, John Worsfold, Sam Weideman, Craig Bird, James Gwilt, Jonathan Giles, Adam Cooney, Paul Chapman, Hayden Skipworth and Justin Murphy.
I’ll finish the year out, but I won’t be writing these previews next year and there is a good chance no one else will either, cause frankly none of us care anymore.
The Round Before The Round That Was
Called it! Shout out to Nifft
ST KILDA 5.1 7.2 14.4 17.6 (108)
ESSENDON 2.3 5.5 6.7 8.7 (55)
GOALS
St Kilda: Caminiti 3, Sharman 3, Steele 3, Membrey 2, Higgins 2, Owens, Butler, Marshall, Wanganeen-Milera
Essendon: Shiel 2, Draper, Durham, Duursma, Jones, Merrett, Stringer
BEST
St Kilda: Marshall, Steele, Wanganeen-Milera, Sharman, Sinclair
Essendon: Merrett, Duursma, Durham, Caldwell
INJURIES
St Kilda: Nil
Essendon: Jordan Ridley (corkie)
SUBSTITUTES
St Kilda: Hugo Garcia (unused)
Essendon: Archie Perkins (replaced Jordan Ridley in the third quarter)
Crowd: 39,761
Dockers play tonight and properly spank the Eagles.
The Last Time We Met
A game that was decided by the quality of each teams possessions out of clearances.. Hmm.. that sounds familiar.
FREMANTLE 3.3 8.7 12.8 14.9 (93)
ESSENDON 2.3 5.3 6.5 9.7 (61)
GOALS
Fremantle: Jackson 3, Amiss 2, Walters 2, Frederick 2, Brayshaw, Johnson, Schultz, Serong, Switkowski
Essendon: Caldwell, Guelfi, Hobbs, Langford, Martin, Menzie, Merrett, Parish, Stringer
BEST
Fremantle: Serong, Jackson, Pearce, Brayshaw, Henry, Johnson
Essendon: Merrett, Martin, Hobbs, Parish, Ridley
INJURIES
Fremantle: Nil
Essendon: Zerk-Thatcher (head knock)
LATE CHANGES
Fremantle: Nil
Essendon: Jye Menzie replaced in selected side by Nick Bryan
SUBSTITUTES
Fremantle: Sam Sturt (replaced Alex Pearce in fourth quarter)
Essendon: Jye Menzie (replaced Nick Bryan in third quarter)
Crowd: 43,063 at the Optus Stadium
The Selection Table
Possible Outs - **** there are a lot of options here now
Wright -
Menzies -
Grasham
Laverde -
Ridley - Inj
Heppell - Make the ****en call already
Perkins - 4 Disposals in a half of footy..
Lagford/Stringer - Can’t play both.. But we keep doing it
Parish - Seriously, does rushing back players every ****en work for us?
Redman - Shithouse all year - Needs to grow his hair back out
Draper - Don’t care what we do.. Need to **** this guy off for a while.. Compare these stats.... Remember when Melbourne didn’t even bother with a Ruck? A completely unready Vigo would offer more than Draper currently.
Possible Ins (Updated since VFL game)
Byran -
Hind -
Roberts -
Setterfield -
Tsatas -
Hobbs -
Wanganeen -
My Prediction - God I hope we lose.. Winning would be a disaster for us now. I don’t give a shit about winning a ****en final. I give a shit about building a team that can genuinely compete.
Freo by 37
Our losing streak is thankfully almost certain to continue next week when we face a rampant Dockers eyeing off a Top 4 spot.. Oh and it’s at the MCG… and a 60% chance of rain..
<Warning - Rant Time>
Thank you Brad for continuing to play the same old useless players who haven’t let us down time and time again for the last 6 years. I’m sure we can get some more bargain trades like Wright who will overperform for 1 year, have us patting ourselves on the back for how astute we are, and we’ll give them a big contract, and convince ourselves they are the best 22 because of that one game out of 10.
I’m very happy we’ve got the time-proven dream midfield back together of Merret, Parish and Shiel. Such a shame we have had such a massive injury list this year, we just never seem to get a good run at it.
I look forward to you definitely seeing out your contract and extending your coach career by many years and am glad the EFC could help fund your retirement, and your mate Goldstein too while we were at. You join a special group of people including Matthew Leuenberger, Mark Williams, Camporeale, Mal Michael, Tom Cutler, Jacob Townsend, Zac Clarke, Matthew Allan, John Worsfold, Sam Weideman, Craig Bird, James Gwilt, Jonathan Giles, Adam Cooney, Paul Chapman, Hayden Skipworth and Justin Murphy.
I’ll finish the year out, but I won’t be writing these previews next year and there is a good chance no one else will either, cause frankly none of us care anymore.
The Round Before The Round That Was
Called it! Shout out to Nifft
ST KILDA 5.1 7.2 14.4 17.6 (108)
ESSENDON 2.3 5.5 6.7 8.7 (55)
GOALS
St Kilda: Caminiti 3, Sharman 3, Steele 3, Membrey 2, Higgins 2, Owens, Butler, Marshall, Wanganeen-Milera
Essendon: Shiel 2, Draper, Durham, Duursma, Jones, Merrett, Stringer
BEST
St Kilda: Marshall, Steele, Wanganeen-Milera, Sharman, Sinclair
Essendon: Merrett, Duursma, Durham, Caldwell
INJURIES
St Kilda: Nil
Essendon: Jordan Ridley (corkie)
SUBSTITUTES
St Kilda: Hugo Garcia (unused)
Essendon: Archie Perkins (replaced Jordan Ridley in the third quarter)
Crowd: 39,761
Dockers play tonight and properly spank the Eagles.
The Last Time We Met
A game that was decided by the quality of each teams possessions out of clearances.. Hmm.. that sounds familiar.
FREMANTLE 3.3 8.7 12.8 14.9 (93)
ESSENDON 2.3 5.3 6.5 9.7 (61)
GOALS
Fremantle: Jackson 3, Amiss 2, Walters 2, Frederick 2, Brayshaw, Johnson, Schultz, Serong, Switkowski
Essendon: Caldwell, Guelfi, Hobbs, Langford, Martin, Menzie, Merrett, Parish, Stringer
BEST
Fremantle: Serong, Jackson, Pearce, Brayshaw, Henry, Johnson
Essendon: Merrett, Martin, Hobbs, Parish, Ridley
INJURIES
Fremantle: Nil
Essendon: Zerk-Thatcher (head knock)
LATE CHANGES
Fremantle: Nil
Essendon: Jye Menzie replaced in selected side by Nick Bryan
SUBSTITUTES
Fremantle: Sam Sturt (replaced Alex Pearce in fourth quarter)
Essendon: Jye Menzie (replaced Nick Bryan in third quarter)
Crowd: 43,063 at the Optus Stadium
The Selection Table
Possible Outs - **** there are a lot of options here now
Wright -
Menzies -
Grasham
Laverde -
Ridley - Inj
Heppell - Make the ****en call already
Perkins - 4 Disposals in a half of footy..
Lagford/Stringer - Can’t play both.. But we keep doing it
Parish - Seriously, does rushing back players every ****en work for us?
Redman - Shithouse all year - Needs to grow his hair back out
Draper - Don’t care what we do.. Need to **** this guy off for a while.. Compare these stats.... Remember when Melbourne didn’t even bother with a Ruck? A completely unready Vigo would offer more than Draper currently.
Possible Ins (Updated since VFL game)
Byran -
Hind -
Roberts -
Setterfield -
Tsatas -
Hobbs -
Wanganeen -
My Prediction - God I hope we lose.. Winning would be a disaster for us now. I don’t give a shit about winning a ****en final. I give a shit about building a team that can genuinely compete.
Freo by 37
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