MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM SELECTION - Round 15

[What 18,810]

Chris dawes to kick 4 snags

I knew that record cold temperatures were on the way but I didn't know hell was freezing over

[dazzledavey36 49,582]

Interesting the players they have brought in haven't been in good form at all in the VFL.

Watched a bit of their game last week when they got flogged by Williamstown and must admit i thought to myself they are in big trouble for the next couple of years. They had no young kids who stood out to me.. atleast we have had the likes of ANB, Stretch, Harmes, Brayshaw who all played strong consistent VFL before given a go.

Going through the ins heres my opinion from last week.

Alex Brown: actually wasn't to bad, probably the only one who deserved a call up.

Patrick Ambrose: Struggled in the wet greasy conditions last week. Amazing they brought him in for similar if not worse conditions.

Ashby: another soft outsider who didn't adapt to conditions.. Can't see how he will do any better..

Laverde: Suppose Its the right time for them to blood their kids. Flashed i and out of the game. Outside player that will be interesting to see how he adapts to the conditions considering i personally thought he was another who struggled.

Edwards: was an emergency after literally not getting a kick against Hawthorn. Is very quick though but again will he adopt to conditions being another skinny outsider?

How will they come into the game knowing they haven't been putting in consistent effort in the twos and also trying to gain confidence out of it?

We must win! But footy can be a strange game at times..

[Young Dee 1,303]

I knew that record cold temperatures were on the way but I didn't know hell was freezing over

[Moneider96 1,045]

Shutdown Heppel and we win. Pretty simple Melbourne.

[daisycutter 28,709]

Shutdown Heppel and we win. Pretty simple Melbourne.

already organised

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

Hocking and Melcham now out of the EFC team...

List management...

[Leoncelli_36 2,264]

Tanking ?? http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/sport/afl/news/2015/7/essendon-lose-experienced-pair-ahead-of-melbourne-clash/

[Wiseblood 24,636]

I'm still nervous....

[S.R.J 418]

So we normally lose the winnable....right

[CBDees 3,162]

I'm still nervous....

Relax. Garry Lyon has picked us to win by a margin of seven points! Shows he has a lot of confidence however personally I think getting picked by Gazza is a curse. I wish that he tipped against us like he normally does.

[daisycutter 28,709]

So we normally lose the winnable....right

no, we just normally lose. full stop.

[Skuit 9,382]

Tanking ?? http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/sport/afl/news/2015/7/essendon-lose-experienced-pair-ahead-of-melbourne-clash/

Just Hird putting in place a preemptive excuse in case of inevitable embarrassment.

[RADelaide Demon 15]

Relax guys. We got this.

[daisycutter 28,709]

Relax. Garry Lyon has picked us to win by a margin of seven points! Shows he has a lot of confidence however personally I think getting picked by Gazza is a curse. I wish that he tipped against us like he normally does.

well daniel andrews picked essendung

does that help?

[Ethan Tremblay 28,661]

I hope we dominate from the first bounce. Get out there and play our own style of footy like we have in our wins. The type of game we play seems vastly different in our wins to losses.

The turnovers are an absolute killer.

[Whispering_Jack 28,097]

RED ALERT by The Oracle

...

After team selection on Thursday night, two more Essendon players dropped out with injury - Heath Hocking (back) and Jake Melksham (hamstring). They were replaced by virtual unknowns in Jason Ashby and Shaun Edwards - even more bad news for the Demons who probably did zero homework on these blokes who will no doubt be the stars of the game

MATCH PREVIEW TO BE LOADED WHEN AVAILABLE

Yup ... it keeps getting worse with news of a Force 10 hurricane about to hit the state.

[praha 10,453]

So we normally lose the winnable....right

Nah you're right.

[praha 10,453]

Conditions are going to be shocking. If we let them get 4-5 goals in front like we did the Saints, it's game over.

IMO the team that gets 4 goals up first, wins the game.

[DubDee 21,607]

Yup ... it keeps getting worse with news of a Force 10 hurricane about to hit the state.

Hogan only getting back to Victoria now??

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,534]

Conditions are going to be shocking. If we let them get 4-5 goals in front like we did the Saints, it's game over.

IMO the team that gets 4 goals up first, wins the game.

Given the forecast, the winner might be the team that gets 4 goals

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,084]

I was worried last night about this game but now im convinced we will make a statement tomorrow. Thy will be put to the sword.

I call it the Tom Gillies cup.

[FireOath 290]

One of JKH/Harmes/Stretch/ANB would be the sub. Leaning towards JKH for some reason.

vB will be safe. His hardness is need on the ground at all times.

[M_9 1,798]

Interesting the players they have brought in haven't been in good form at all in the VFL.

Watched a bit of their game last week when they got flogged by Williamstown and must admit i thought to myself they are in big trouble for the next couple of years. They had no young kids who stood out to me.. atleast we have had the likes of ANB, Stretch, Harmes, Brayshaw who all played strong consistent VFL before given a go.

Going through the ins heres my opinion from last week.

Alex Brown: actually wasn't to bad, probably the only one who deserved a call up.

Patrick Ambrose: Struggled in the wet greasy conditions last week. Amazing they brought him in for similar if not worse conditions.

Ashby: another soft outsider who didn't adapt to conditions.. Can't see how he will do any better..

Laverde: Suppose Its the right time for them to blood their kids. Flashed i and out of the game. Outside player that will be interesting to see how he adapts to the conditions considering i personally thought he was another who struggled.

Edwards: was an emergency after literally not getting a kick against Hawthorn. Is very quick though but again will he adopt to conditions being another skinny outsider?

How will they come into the game knowing they haven't been putting in consistent effort in the twos and also trying to gain confidence out of it?

We must win! But footy can be a strange game at times..

Looking at Laverde's VFL stats. they have been far from flattering. He's only been listed in their top 6 players once, when they creamed the Cats. In that game he had 15 disposals. I reckon he's averaging less than 10 disposals a game.

He went at pick 20, just behind Langford at pick 17.

[daisycutter 28,709]

The turnovers are an absolute killer.

yep and there'll be lots of them given the weather

[What 18,810]

One of JKH/Harmes/Stretch/ANB would be the sub. Leaning towards JKH for some reason.

vB will be safe. His hardness is need on the ground at all times.

Has to come from the named 4 man bench