Review Unofficial Practice Match: Essendon vs Gold Coast, Austworld, Thursday 23rd Feb @ 5pm AEDST

[ghostdog]

 

[ghostdog]

I think you can play with 4/5, especially if they can pinch on a wing or middle. Tigers did it in 2020 with Baker, Rioli, Bolton, Castagna + Edwards, Lambert and Caddy rolling through. I'd love to see all of them plus Jayden and Munkara. 3 up forward, with Stringer, Wright and Jones, 1 on the bench, Alwyn on a wing.

I like, but that could mean 4 wing rotations.

 

[ghostdog]

Locks im calling;
Menzie
Davey
Setterfield
Jones
D'ambrosio over hind

Im almost sold on voss as a slambrose style presence. Stringer can be sub for when vossy gets sore.....j/k. Vossy feels no pain. Pain feels voss.

Rd.1
Ridley zerk kelly
Mcgrath* laverde redman
Martin setterfield langford
Davey jones stringer
Tippa wright menzie
Draper parish merrett
Shiel d'ambrosio Caldwell perkins
Heppell

*might wanna do something preseason though

Wait. Did Durham play?

 

[Harlequin Dream]

The difference between 2022 and 2023 in terms of forward pressure is going to be night and day.

It felt like Menzie, Walla, Davey and Snelling were hunting in packs at times in the 3rd.

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Wait. Did Durham play?

First half.

 

[ghostdog]

Menzie snap

Ah, just saw the embed advice. Soz mods.

 

[ghostdog]

First half.

...and how was he?

 

[Red Black and Blue]

...and how was he?

Good. Without doing anything special.

 

[bombreys]

Few of the young guys showed a bit.

Menzie and Davey were close to BOG. Voss showed some real good signs. So did Wanganeen. I thought Perkins was good in the second half too. Bryan was absolutely terrible at the start but got better.

Setterfield was really good. Tippa’s pressure was brilliant - I think he plays round 1.

The bad - Caldwell was terrible and didn’t look interested in chasing at all. Same as Langford.

 

[ghostdog]

Few of the young guys showed a bit.

Menzie and Davey were close to BOG. Voss showed some real good signs. So did Wanganeen. I thought Perkins was good in the second half too. Bryan was absolutely terrible at the start but got better.

Setterfield was really good. Tippa’s pressure was brilliant - I think he plays round 1.

The bad - Caldwell was terrible and didn’t look interested in chasing at all. Same as Langford.

Maybe Caldwell still not 100%?

 

[ant555]

Will have to have another look via kayo on the computer as it you needed binoculars to watch it on TV.
I liked the pressure they displayed for 80% of the first 4 periods.
Did not really like just bombing it to two forwards on 4 defenders.
Still a bit reactive as far as picking up players in transition. A few times we where a second or so behind the speed they where playing. Need to sharpen the focus on switching over to defending a lot quicker.
Overall it was not too bad for a scratch match.

 

[andleanback]

Kinda interesting we don't have the tank to go even 5 quarters. Geelong still going with the month less prep time.

Hawks and geelong had their whole vfl list playing period 5 and 6

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Alwyn Jnr. looks damn good.

 

[Keystone agony]

I think Menzie is really making it hard not to pick him

I cant see Tippa not playing R1 been saying it for ages

Weideman over Jones but i think there is a good chance they play all 3 without Stringer if he isnt there

Durham i thought was really impressive early

For me Caldwell seems a bit behind at the moment, doesnt seem his usualnself. Surprised he was being asked to play P4 with his past history tbh. Still playing wing instead of Martin whos inside, is the plan to change that closer to season proper?

Still be interested to see if Hobbs plays proper pre season game

Ambrosio vs Hind vs Kelly splitting hairs

Only watched/cared about the first half as the 2nd half suns side was deplorable due to their lack of depth

Didnt see any change, thought we were pretty avg

 

[MiguelM]

Thought Parish's pressure without the ball was good.

His vision & hand speed is another level.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Ben Dixon

Ben Dixon

Age

47

Ht

188cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.8

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.4

3star

G

1.4

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.4

3star

K

7.6

3star

HB

2.8

3star

M

4.8

5star

T

0.8

3star

G

2.4

5star

was an average player and is now an even worse commentator.

 

[MiguelM]

I thought it was supposed to be 6x25 min?

 

[Vass38]

Positives

Voss - looks a player - round 1 darkorse?
Menzie - Is first picked forward pocket
Draper - has a presence - when he came on things changed

Negatives

Caldwell and Langford looked off the pace
Heppell fumbly
The coverage on Kayo/foxtel was shocking- the commentators nearly put me to sleep!


On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[dazzledavey36]

How was Weideman?

 

[citizen-erased]

Few of the young guys showed a bit.

Menzie and Davey were close to BOG. Voss showed some real good signs. So did Wanganeen. I thought Perkins was good in the second half too. Bryan was absolutely terrible at the start but got better.

Setterfield was really good. Tippa’s pressure was brilliant - I think he plays round 1.

The bad - Caldwell was terrible and didn’t look interested in chasing at all. Same as Langford.

Langford did some good bodying, but really doesnt run hard to chase. Did notice that a bit.

Caldwell still strong and clean, but a little lost.

 

[Lore]

How was Weideman?

They called him Sam Weitering so

 

[madrigal]

How was Weideman?

His first 30 seconds was really good.

 

[MiguelM]

Positives

Voss - looks a player - round 1 darkorse?
Menzie - Is first picked forward pocket
Draper - has a presence - when he came on things changed

Negatives

Caldwell and Langford looked off the pace
Heppell fumbly
The coverage on Kayo/foxtel was shocking- the commentators nearly put me to sleep!


On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

The cameraman was clearly drunk! Commentary was pitiful.

 

[yodellinhank]

I thought it was supposed to be 6x25 min?

I just hope the players gave 110%, that's enough for me.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

The cameraman was clearly drunk! Commentary was pitiful.

It was a very ordinary coverage ..amateurish