Preview Round 7: Essendon vs Collingwood, MCG, Anzac Day, 25/04/24 @ 3:20 PM

[Squeaky]

Won’t we look dumb when the ******* master stroke of Draper forward nets us 6 goals tomorrow…….


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On current form he'd be lucky to get 6 kicks

 

[Cold Sober]

teams have tried this with two tall (ruck sized) players. Were trying it with three

what could go wrong

Maybe something will go Wright

 

[Donakebab]

No problem with Tsatas going back to the twos if it means full midfield minutes. Needs to develop.

Hopefully just playing cheeky buggers, one of the talls a late out, all good.

 

[Cold Sober]

If we convert the possible into the capable we're home.
If we continue to convert the winnable into what the **** happened there, goodnight.
To me we're playing just, and just winning.

 

[MiguelM]

If Reid was playing we would play 1 ruck and be just as tall.

It is not that bad IMO.

 

[MiguelM]

If we convert the possible into the capable we're home.
If we continue to convert the winnable into what the * happened there, goodnight.
To me we're playing just, and just winning.

Yeah, we got away with it against Crows. Must nail our chances against the Pies or they will take the game away from us in an instant.

 

[Cold Sober]

Nullify Elliot, DeGoey no Collingwood against us, knockout that stupid arrogant yank, win . I'm in heaven.

 

[Vindicater]

If Reid was playing we would play 1 ruck and be just as tall.

It is not that bad IMO.

It is not the height that is the problem. It is the fact we are running two full time rucks plus another ruck forward in Wright.

 

[Kyptastic]

Don The Stat Preview for ANZAC day out now

 

[ant555]

Not sure I am on board with 2 rucks and Wright but it was always coming. I guess Hind will be sub .

 

[bombadeer]

Our forward press has looked decent at times for a couple of games.

Why go in so tall?

 

[Blind Turn]

We won premierships with Madden, Merrett, Daniher, Vander Haar, and Salmon. Maybe Brad is going retro in order to progress. He’s gone fully meta in his coaching philosophy. He can see that the best way to subvert a tsunami of overlapping momentum is to offer mountains in its path. Truly transcendent in his vision.

 

[rioli brownlow]

Not sure I am on board with 2 rucks and Wright but it was always coming. I guess Hind will be sub .

Heppell should be sub. There is no obvious match up for him

 

[Seb78]

Maybe Goldy is "managed" last minute and Tsatas, the Guelf or Caddy gets a game

Would be a bit stiff to drop him for Anzac Day, especially when his form as been better than Draper's. But yeh, the smart thing would be to leave one of them out.

 

[Seb78]

We won premierships with Madden, Merrett, Daniher, Vander Haar, and Salmon. Maybe Brad is going retro in order to progress. He’s gone fully meta in his coaching philosophy. He can see that the best way to subvert a tsunami of overlapping momentum is to offer mountains in its path. Truly transcendent in his vision.

To be fair the game was very different then. Daniher and Vanders weren't that tall, both around the 190cm mark I'd reckon.

 

[Blind Turn]

To be fair the game was very different then. Daniher and Vanders weren't that tall, both around the 190cm mark I'd reckon.

Yeah I get that. Going meta isn’t for for everyone I guess.

 

[Happyskeret]

To be fair the game was very different then. Daniher and Vanders weren't that tall, both around the 190cm mark I'd reckon.

It was tall at the time.

 

[Just A Tragic]

Goldy is not the future. Draper could be. Let's stop pretending we are top 4. We are culture building, and Draper is one of those the club is backing to build that culture. Its not all the campion data, its also the bonds, the energy, the team.
So many posters here treat the team like they are playing a video game. Performance has its place, but there is more to it, especially when building a team from the no-man's land of the bombers from the last 20 years.
The same goes of Laverde. When we are in a position to replace a guy who will run through walls, I'm all for it. But we are so far from that club right now.
Go bombers. Hope Draper finds his mojo when we need it.

 

[Call Me Cake]

I'm a little worried about Bobby Hill the most. He was big in creating scoring opportunities last week and we need to do all we can to nullify him as much as possible.

Fun fact though, the biggest crowd McKay has ever played in front of for Norf was 59k, and that was mostly Tigers supporters because it was Cotchin's farewell match.

Tomorrow's crowd will be about double that.

 

[brain taylor]

Goldy is not the future. Draper could be. Let's stop pretending we are top 4. We are culture building, and Draper is one of those the club is backing to build that culture. Its not all the campion data, its also the bonds, the energy, the team.
So many posters here treat the team like they are playing a video game. Performance has its place, but there is more to it, especially when building a team from the no-man's land of the bombers from the last 20 years.
The same goes of Laverde. When we are in a position to replace a guy who will run through walls, I'm all for it. But we are so far from that club right now.
Go bombers. Hope Draper finds his mojo when we need it.

re: draper, one could make the argument that our developing mids will benefit more from an experienced ruck who’s playing solid footy.

 

[JayJ20]

Can't think of a worse team to play tall against. One thing Collingwood know how to do is run. Attacking from defence is what won them the premiership.

Sigh. The game is already lost if there's no forward pressure.

 

[VelvetSledge]

CHANGES SINCE LAST TIME:

ESSENDON OUTS: Tsatas, Zerk-Thatcher, Setterfield, Perkins, Snelling, Bryan, Phillips, Weideman, Menzie, McDonald-Tipungwuti, Baldwin
ESSENDON INS: McKay, Duursma, Kelly, A. Davey, Draper, Wright, Goldstein, Caldwell, Gresham, Jones, Stringer

COLLINGWOOD OUTS: Adams, Markov, Ginnivan, McStay, Macrae
COLLINGWOOD INS: Schultz, Moore, N. Daicos, McCreery, Harrison

Good GOD those are some strong ins on both sides

 

[Yoda_]

If Reid was playing we would play 1 ruck and be just as tall.

It is not that bad IMO.

Reid would be in defence, the two rucks will more likely play fwd

 

[Happyskeret]

CHANGES SINCE LAST TIME:

ESSENDON OUTS: Tsatas, Zerk-Thatcher, Setterfield, Perkins, Snelling, Bryan, Phillips, Weideman, Menzie, McDonald-Tipungwuti, Baldwin
ESSENDON INS: McKay, Duursma, Kelly, A. Davey, Draper, Wright, Goldstein, Caldwell, Gresham, Jones, Stringer

COLLINGWOOD OUTS: Adams, Markov, Ginnivan, McStay, Macrae
COLLINGWOOD INS: Schultz, Moore, N. Daicos, McCreery, Harrison

Good GOD those are some strong ins on both sides

Wow that’s 11 changes from last time. I didn’t realise it was that many.

 

[wichidi]

If wright brings zero pressure in the forward line and press (like he often does) we are in trouble.