NAB Cup Round 2

[Guest DeesPower]

At Etihad Stadium on Thursday 24th February.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/eagles-earn-home-nab-cup-quarter-final/story-e6frf9jf-1226005762271

Surely it'll be St Kilda.

Wouldn't bank on it given theioff seasons problems. They will finish bottom half of the list

[Disco Demons 92]

Happy it's a melbourne game! \o/

Couldn't careless who we play...does it matter? No.

What really matters.

1.We don't get any injuries

2.All Players have a crack and build on confidence

would have liked the friday night match...so i could pickup the saturday morning paper and have a good read about my demons!

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,865]

Wasn't 2007 in Tassie or was that 2008 against Hawthorn?

2007 - Hawks at Etihad

2008 - Cats in Geelong

2009 - Hawks at Tassie

2010 - Freo at Subi

[bing181 9,251]

Surely it'll be St Kilda.

You would think so, but in reality hard to call. Essendon have to do the two teams/play all the kids split games thing, but St Kilda will be resting quite a few senior players it seems.

Essendon very confident .... already.

[Red Sox 2]

Thursday? Probably not that strange as it wasn't that far back that these games were played on Monday nights.

[Hobbits's 17]

Essendon very confident .... already.

They are ?

[Jaded No More 68,969]

Thursday night is one thing, but why on earth is it a 7.10pm start and not 7.40pm, like Friday night?

That's really pushing it for the majority of supporters who work. Makes no sense!

[Je Roos Salem 661]

Thursday night is one thing, but why on earth is it a 7.10pm start and not 7.40pm, like Friday night?

That's really pushing it for the majority of supporters who work. Makes no sense!

I think the idea is so that people can get up for work the next day in a better fashion- pathetic, really.

[Sir Why You Little 37,055]

Crappy ground, but another chance of exposure to a ground we traditionally struggle playing on. We all know that we can kill it at the G, but i love that we're playing pre season games at grounds we usually drop games on. Can only be a good thing for the younger players.

Yes i agree, let's play the next month on Grounds we don't like...learning to win. Round 1 against the Swannettes, 50,000+ at the MCG.

Very good point Mallee. Is it being Televised on F.T.A?? surely not. That is a major drag 2 weeks in a row....

[45HG 1,558]

Thursday night is one thing, but why on earth is it a 7.10pm start and not 7.40pm, like Friday night?

That's really pushing it for the majority of supporters who work. Makes no sense!

It makes sense to me.

[Sir Why You Little 37,055]

Thursday night is one thing, but why on earth is it a 7.10pm start and not 7.40pm, like Friday night?

That's really pushing it for the majority of supporters who work. Makes no sense!

Get's families home earlier for a Friday work day.

[Je Roos Salem 661]

I just can't wait to see the Dees live in action in a semi-important game. I really hope we (dees fans) come to Etihad in full force. It pains me when i cast my mind back to '08 when we played the Dogs and the Saints at the same venue- and it was like we were an interstate team!

[Samsara 65]

Certainly won't be Brisbane, Bombers just thumped them by 10 goals. St Kilda v Brisbane about to start. Essendon went in with a pretty strong squad, I would guess over 90%. Brisbane went in with a much younger and inexperienced squad.

[beelzebub 23,380]

will hold opinions till Ess v Sainters.. Bummers had no competition to speak of and still got sloppy. Bit more purposeful than last year... no more dangerous though

[drdrake 3,181]

Saints and Bombers Draw we will play Essendon next Thursday

[Guest Checker]

Bring on the bombers, rip 'em to shreds Melbourne.

[bing181 9,251]

Saints and Bombers Draw we will play Essendon next Thursday

Bummer ... for me, would have been much more interesting/useful to play a more mature team like St Kilda. Essendon - hard to get worked up about, whatever the outcome.

[biggestred 5,109]

Bummer ... for me, would have been much more interesting/useful to play a more mature team like St Kilda. Essendon - hard to get worked up about, whatever the outcome.

watch the board go into meltdown if we lose though.

[Eth 4]

Sweet. Thursday and Sunday twilight were the only times I could go. And we should beat the Bombers too.

Looking good.

[drdrake 3,181]

It may also mean Collingwood play St Kilda

[RalphiusMaximus 6,079]

We should be able to handle the bombers, but a lot depends on who we play on the night. We have also struggled against fast attacking teams in the past, so that should be a good test for us.