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Chism's Rnd 4 preview ...........
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Well here we are again Blue's fans our old arch nemesis Essendon. A team that has had the wood on us for way to long until we broke that hoodoo in Rd 19 last year with a massive 10+ goal win that was loooonnnggg overdue!! Garlett was the hero that game booting 6 majors and Juddy racking up a lazy 28 possession's.
We really need to keep it going with another win against the Bombers after dropping last weekend to the Pies. This game has key match up's everywhere and will go over a few that i think will decide the outcome of the game.....
Rucks and Midfield.....
The Bombers are great in this area with a rampaging Ryder and Hille combo supported by Bellchambers who had a great game last week with 41 hit outs. It will be interesting to see wether or not the Bombers play all 3 or only go with 2 against us to maximize pace which is crucial to their game plan. We will still be missing Kruez but Warnock is more than handy and going great guns so far and Hampson is no slouch. We are going to need Juddy and Murphy to have big games if the Bombers get the best of the tap out's in the middle as Jobe Watson will cut us up with first use of the ball and is in career best form.
Our Backline.....
Was exposed a bit against the Pies last week with Matty Watson having a huge task in Cloke and Dawes and the supply also contributed to the problem and hopefully the Bomber forwards don't get the same supply as Hurley is playing good footy and very dangerous and will prove a tough match up for who ever Ratts see's fit to play on him and i think Bower will play and would be my first choice to get Hurley as he has the speed to keep up and can hurt him on the rebound when we have the ball.
Some key match player match ups..
Bower V Hurley.
Robinson V Watson. Jobe needs a hard tag and Mitch is the man IMO!!
Warnock/Hammo V Hille/Ryder.
Murphy V Stanton
There are plenty more but these rank as my most important.
The Wildcards....
Ours will be Garlett and Betts IMO. If these 2 blokes can score 7-8 goals between them we win it is that simple!! Betts was quiet last week and Jeffro has been good all year and had a massive outing the last time we played them.
Bombers i feel are Monfries the Olympic diver who just loves to milk frees and drop to his knees in a stiff breeze to ensure he gets the Umpires attention. Make no mistake the guy can play and usually cut's us up kicking a few goals at important times which have killed us in the past.He needs to be shutdown and kept quiet. Also Davey and Jetta like to play against us usually saving their best run and carry and party tricks which include the flukey goals from the boundary line that just allways seem to float through.
Looks to be a great Saturday afternoon of good footy in front of a bumper crowd of 70k+ and lets just hope we are not talking about the Umpires at the end of it and the boys are allowed to play.
Blues by 26pts.
Chism
Well here we are again Blue's fans our old arch nemesis Essendon. A team that has had the wood on us for way to long until we broke that hoodoo in Rd 19 last year with a massive 10+ goal win that was loooonnnggg overdue!! Garlett was the hero that game booting 6 majors and Juddy racking up a lazy 28 possession's.
We really need to keep it going with another win against the Bombers after dropping last weekend to the Pies. This game has key match up's everywhere and will go over a few that i think will decide the outcome of the game.....
Rucks and Midfield.....
The Bombers are great in this area with a rampaging Ryder and Hille combo supported by Bellchambers who had a great game last week with 41 hit outs. It will be interesting to see wether or not the Bombers play all 3 or only go with 2 against us to maximize pace which is crucial to their game plan. We will still be missing Kruez but Warnock is more than handy and going great guns so far and Hampson is no slouch. We are going to need Juddy and Murphy to have big games if the Bombers get the best of the tap out's in the middle as Jobe Watson will cut us up with first use of the ball and is in career best form.
Our Backline.....
Was exposed a bit against the Pies last week with Matty Watson having a huge task in Cloke and Dawes and the supply also contributed to the problem and hopefully the Bomber forwards don't get the same supply as Hurley is playing good footy and very dangerous and will prove a tough match up for who ever Ratts see's fit to play on him and i think Bower will play and would be my first choice to get Hurley as he has the speed to keep up and can hurt him on the rebound when we have the ball.
Some key match player match ups..
Bower V Hurley.
Robinson V Watson. Jobe needs a hard tag and Mitch is the man IMO!!
Warnock/Hammo V Hille/Ryder.
Murphy V Stanton
There are plenty more but these rank as my most important.
The Wildcards....
Ours will be Garlett and Betts IMO. If these 2 blokes can score 7-8 goals between them we win it is that simple!! Betts was quiet last week and Jeffro has been good all year and had a massive outing the last time we played them.
Bombers i feel are Monfries the Olympic diver who just loves to milk frees and drop to his knees in a stiff breeze to ensure he gets the Umpires attention. Make no mistake the guy can play and usually cut's us up kicking a few goals at important times which have killed us in the past.He needs to be shutdown and kept quiet. Also Davey and Jetta like to play against us usually saving their best run and carry and party tricks which include the flukey goals from the boundary line that just allways seem to float through.
Looks to be a great Saturday afternoon of good footy in front of a bumper crowd of 70k+ and lets just hope we are not talking about the Umpires at the end of it and the boys are allowed to play.
Blues by 26pts.
Chism
