Preview Round 3, 2024: Essendon v St.Kilda - Marvel Stadium, Saturday 30th March, 4:20PM AEDT *HASTIE DEBUT*

[Holy Hunter Clark]

Hastie is a ball magnet. Will be a toss of the coin between Tack and Hastie

Tack?

 

[FQFjt]

Word on the street is Hastie is the one.

 

[g_TRAIN]

With Hotton, he had 1 or 2 VFL games where he looked really good last year scattered in between a whole bunch of really average ones.

Hopefully it clicks for him, he looks to make good decisions ball in hand just doesn't find the pill.

 

[stavro#4]

Word on the street is Hastie is the one.

He looked okay but raw last week

Would be abit from the blue

 

[stavro#4]

 

[gringo2011]

Bonner has been good all pre-season and in round 1. He won't be dropped just because he made 2 execution mistakes last week.

Also watching some of the reviews of our game it looks like brave kicking to open up the ground was the instruction from the coaches. The thing about high risk plays is that they are high risk. Sometimes they don't come off and you look stupid.

 

[Dard Ball Get]

Hubnester can you un-pin this please legend?
Game Day threads have never been pinned and nor should they be.

Much appreciated thank you sir x

 

[seasonedsainter]

Who is Tack?

 

[jwikked]

Why is this pinned? I automatically skip all pinned topics. Doesn't need to be pinned, has never been pinned before. Will just lead to more people missing the thread entirely.

Also we expect the matchday thread to be posted at 12:01am like George did routinely, thanks. Let's keep some consistency here.

Also need to make sure that the formatting of the titles lines up with what we've enjoyed for the past few years.

 

[Remboy]

I'm surprised RTB didn't talk about the glaring omission of our Spiritual leader.

The real question on everyone's lips is who is replacing George, don't think we have the depth to replace him. Can one of the track watchers please give the rest of us here a bit of insight on who will be a like for like replacement?

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Are the team wearing black armbands this week?

 

[Dard Ball Get]

Are the team wearing black armbands this week?

Maybe another band of the red, white and black variety

 

[seasonedsainter]

Lol, RTB mentioned the Wilson look away handball AGAIN!!

 

[Minga]

Hubnester can you un-pin this please legend?
Game Day threads have never been pinned and nor should they be.

Much appreciated thank you sir x

Oath, bring back George ffs, love the other mods but the vibe has seriously changed on this forum in the last 24 hours, it’s a delicate thing… someone had to go upset the balance…

 

[GTrains Mullet]

Some big outs this week
King - suspended
Henry - injured
Wood - injured.
And
George - managed.

Keen to see how we go on game day considering this.

 

[Diehard Saint]

Also watching some of the reviews of our game it looks like brave kicking to open up the ground was the instruction from the coaches. The thing about high risk plays is that they are high risk. Sometimes they don't come off and you look stupid.

No guts no glory.
If it’s under instruction then do it - looks fantastic when it works.
It won’t always.

 

[Conscience]

I have lurked here since 2015 and the last 12 months or so have been the best since the days of Choomah

 

[Dard Ball Get]

I have lurked here since 2015 and the last 12 months or so have been the best since the days of Choomah

The yo-yo of Choom being banned, coming back for a day then being banned again was all time

 

[seasonedsainter]

Unpin thread please I'm confused.

 

[westernsainter]

Hastie confirmed to debut.

 

[FQFjt]

From the outside, Hastie is such a strange choice for so many reasons. Shows how much we don't know.

 

[bird_man]

Did anyone see the Hastie debut coming?

Can't say Ross isn't backing the kids, already 3 draftees to debut and I doubt it will be too long before we see Schoenmakers

 

[FQFjt]

Did Hastie play either of the preseason games? I can't recall seeing him...

 

[bird_man]

Also, why did George get the arse?

What have I missed here? Is this another case of hamstring awareness leading up to match day?

 

[GTrains Mullet]

Where’s the Hastie news dropping?

 

[seasonedsainter]

Also, why did George get the arse?

What have I missed here? Is this another case of hamstring awareness leading up to match day?

Chief wielded the hammer with as much transparency as a log.