Preview Round 22 - Essendon Bombers vs North Melbourne Kangaroos - Saturday, August 12th - 1:45 pm @ Robert Downey Jr. Stadium.

[wichidi]

Skimming over the North forum it seems both sets of fans have about the same level of confidence to win, which is to say, not much at all.

 

[Shanghaistu]

Not sure if this is going to be a watchable game …guess it won’t be one for the skill level and/or full game fitness enthusiasts

 

[Keystone agony]

Worst thing is North fans think theyre ending out season with a win

When it ended 3 weeks ago and im sitting here happy to lose

We really want pick 6

Because one of Caddy, Duursma, Sanders, Mckercher or Watson will atleast be available

Pick 7 and those + Curtain atleast 1 available

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Apparently Tex was in rehab group at training today...

 

[Vindicater]

Hobbs and Setter field in red in the training picks...

Incoming melts on Thursday team selections I reckon

 

[Shanghaistu]

Do we have our own ‘Carlton curse’ now? Ever since we beat them they’ve been world beaters, and we’ve been…. Well…. Putrid

 

[Squeaky]

We're finishing 3 for 3 you bunch of negative nit- wits

Strong incongruence between post and user name

 

[Squeaky]

lol I’m not sure we know how to win. We’d need to be over 30 points up with 5 mins to go.

I'd still be shitting bricks!

 

[footyfanatic111]

Brad saying if stringer gets through training today he will be in.

Would love the package to kick 6 on these hopeless campaigners but in reality he will labor around the field for 3 quarters, ending up with 8 disposals and a behind and flare up the fasciitis again

 

[HirdsTheWord]

How many of you sooking it up tipped us to win 10 games ?

It's a fair point but I'm not sure anyone can begrudge this fan base of being impatient.

It always seems to be a building year for us, going on 20 years without a finals win.

We have probably over delivered on where we saw ourselves in the preseason, my question is though when do we actually plant a stake in the ground and say we are ready.

 

[faible]

We have probably over delivered on where we saw ourselves in the preseason, my question is though we do we actually plant a stake in the ground and say we are ready.

No, because we're not ready yet.

This list profile needs another 2-3 off-seasons to be in that place IMO.

 

[eth-dog]

Brad saying if stringer gets through training today he will be in.

Would love the package to kick 6 on these hopeless campaigners but in reality he will labor around the field for 3 quarters, ending up with 8 disposals and a behind and flare up the fasciitis again

But his kids will officially be ours too

 

[Runk]

I dunno...feels like we need more learnings...

 

[ant555]

It's a fair point but I'm not sure anyone can begrudge this fan base of being impatient.

It always seems to be a building year for us, going on 20 years without a finals win.

We have probably over delivered on where we saw ourselves in the preseason, my question is though when do we actually plant a stake in the ground and say we are ready.

I know what you are saying but you also have to acknowledge that when key personal change you go back a few steps. We have been building for 15 years but it has not just been one big long build. We where going along in the right direction until we blew ourselves up with the saga . Then we tried to top up and at the end of 2020 there was a clear stake put in the ground . Two years later we sack the coach. Change presidents . Chance CEO and double the football department spend. That is another clear stake in the ground. We also add a GM of performance.
We can not say we are ready as we have hired new staff to build the side after previous staff failed. We can bemoan the fact that the previous lot managed to **** things up a few times but the previous lot are gone. There is a new system in place. We can do nothing but wait and see how this one pans out. It may well fall over again but it will not be because we did the same again.

 

[Vindicater]

What I want.

Out: Heppell (manage), Phillips (manage), Caldwell (inj)

In: Baldwin, Setterfield, Stringer


FB: Hind Zerk Cox

CHB: Redman Baldwin McGrath

C: Durham Setterfield Martin

CHF: Perkins Stringer Tsatas

FF: Menzie Wright Langford

R: Bryan Parish Merrett

Int: Laverde Guelfi Hobbs Kelly

Sub: Wanganeen


Run Bryan as full time ruck with Peter Wright as support. When Wright is in the ruck, Laverde moves forward to provide a contest. Wanganeen comes on late for a tall to add speed and pressure.

 

[andleanback]

Hobbs and Setter field in red in the training picks...

Incoming melts on Thursday team selections I reckon

Training bibs of midfielders means very little

 

[Getratugolea]

Out: Davey, Caldwell (Managed)

In: Setterfield, Stringer

 

[Vindicater]

Training bibs of midfielders means very little

 

[windyhill]

Their home game, get along people and yet again , outnumber these d/heads.

 

[DapperDon]

Give them a clap as their members do a lap of the ground pre-game for standing by and watching their shit team for 2 decades or something like that.

 

[jannissary]

Their home game, get along people and yet again , outnumber these d/heads.

i'll be there

 

[dank420_]

Their home game, get along people and yet again , outnumber these d/heads.

It’s my nephews first game ever.

And the fact is, they kind of have to win for him. He is an absolute demon of a child and he’s going to crack the shits big time if they don’t.

 

[Bombers36]

I’d like to see;-

OUT: Caldwell, Guelfi
IN: Setterfield, Wanga

Team;-

Kelly Zerk McGrath
Redman Lav Hind
Heppell Parish Durham
Martin Perkins Tsatas
2MP Langford Menzie

Phillips Setterfield Merrett

Bench: Hobbs Wanga Cox Phillips
SUB: Stringer or Tippa

 

[bommer16]

Hope Tippa gets a game.
When was the last time we played nth on Saturday instead of Sunday at 4:40?

 

[Shanghaistu]

It’s my nephews first game ever.

And the fact is, they kind of have to win for him. He is an absolute demon of a child and he’s going to crack the shits big time if they don’t.

Any chance we can get him a gig on the board / coaching staff / playing group / in fact, anywhere in the club?