Preview Round 22: Essendon vs Port Adelaide, Docklands, Sunday 14/07/2022 @ 4:40 PM AEST

[The Prosecutor]

Reid forward?

 

[Skipper_]

Reid forward?

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I reckon the bench’ll be Ridley Hobbs, Caldwell and Langford.

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

Last weeks medical sub, Massimo, unused. This week it'll be Cutler and we'll get an injury in the first 5 minutes and he'll play a full game of AFL while Massimo plays in the VFL.

There is no god.

Very vanilla but what else do we expect.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Would have to be our strongest team this season with Shiel and Caldwell in

 

[Vindicater]

Don't see how Bryan gets in with that bench unless they plan on dropping Langford, Ridley or Hobbs.

Or unless Caldwell still has a test before Sunday to get up.

 

[brutus76]

Cutler the sub

Be interesting to see if Jesus our Messiah gets a game for the almighty Power.

Not enough faith to put him in the starting 18 is concerning

 

[Kyptastic]

Don The Stat preview out now

 

[Bombers36]

Pretty happy with that team!
The writing has been on the wall for both Jones and Snelling who have both been pretty average for a few weeks now - and Shiel is an automatic IN if available
If Caldwell gets up to play that would be and added bonus…Final lineup should look something like;-

Kelly Zerk Hind
Redman Lav McGrath
Durham Shiel Heppell
Martin Stewart Perkins
2MP Stringer Guelfi

Draper Parish Merrett

Bench: Langford Hobbs Ridley Caldwell
SUB: Cutler


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[andleanback]

Hobbs omitted
Laughable

 

[Petrify]

Dropping Hobbs??? Okay, I'm on team Clarko now

 

[Bjchan13]

Will be good to get another look at the Draper/Bryan combination. Happy Massimo back also.

 

[Vindicater]

Dropping Hobbs...

Sigh

 

[Nifft]

Hobbs omitted
Laughable

Wait what? Surely it's because he's being managed, he couldn't be dropped on form. And you can't question his endeavor, he's exactly the sort of player Truck said he wanted.

 

[Halftimehero]

Wait what? Surely it's because he's being managed, he couldn't be dropped on form. And you can't question his endeavor, he's exactly the sort of player Truck said he wanted.

I’d say he’d be the sub.

 

[Nifft]

I’d say he’d be the sub.

But if we don't get an injury then he doesn't play at all this week at any level.

Actually if I was going to drop anyone it would've been Hind (or make him sub). I didn't like his body language when he ignored the coach on the bench the other week, and I think that sort of thing needs to be changed to improve the culture.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Seems odd to drop Hobbs when he's the bloo kolla standard we actually want to be rewarding with games.

 

[eth-dog]

Hobbs getting dropped isn't the end of the world.

Interesting that we haven't added a tall to the emergencies with Stewart injured.

 

[Kyptastic]

Not the AFL side, but Alwyn Davey

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Jnr’s going to be 23rd man in the VFL side this week

 

[ant555]

Hobbs getting dropped isn't the end of the world.

Interesting that we haven't added a tall to the emergencies with Stewart injured.

Reid not tall

 

[eth-dog]

Reid not tall

I meant we chose to bring Waterman into the squad instead of, say, Baldwin.

 

[ant555]

Not that concerned about Hobbs being dropped. 13 possessions and only a couple of tackles. With Shiel and Caldwell back he was under pressure to hold his spot.

 

[JayJ20]

Not surprising that Hobbs was dropped. He’ll probably be the sub. Caldwell, Perkins, Shiel, Parish and Merrett are all in. He’s had enough games at AFL level to lock in a spot in the 22 next year.

Excited to see Bryan in, but I don’t know about Jones and Stewart (two forwards) for a ruck/forward.

 

[eth-dog]

Not surprising that Hobbs was dropped. He’ll probably be the sub. Caldwell, Perkins, Shiel, Parish and Merrett are all in. He’s had enough games at AFL level to lock in a spot in the 22 next year.

Excited to see Bryan in, but I don’t know about Jones and Stewart (two forwards) for a ruck/forward.

Stewart out through injury

 

[Halftimehero]

You’d think if Hurley was getting a send off game then this would have been a perfect opportunity for it with Stewart injured, maybe he’s not getting one? Maybe he’s playing on?

 

[andleanback]

You’d think if Hurley was getting a send off game then this would have been a perfect opportunity for it with Stewart injured, maybe he’s not getting one? Maybe he’s playing on?

Why would it be perfect. R23 at the g would be perfect not the grave yard shift on Sunday. Just started to look okay last week in the vfl, one more week and he should be able to get through an afl game.