MATCH PREVIEW & TEAM SELECTION - ROUND 2, 2016

[Moneider96 1,045]

My tip is that this game will be exactly like the Bulldogs nab challenge game. We will concede the lead a few times but will always be in control. 25-35 points, Dees win.

Edited March 31, 2016 by Moneider96

[Nasher 33,617]

Pleased with those changes.  We add run.  If we find ourselves in need of a tall defender, and/or Pedersen is getting in Hogan's way, he can be put back there.  We've lost arguably the two least AFL ready players in our side and added an experienced rebounder and another young gun mid.  Rubbing my hands together now, can't wait til Saturday now.

[Curry & Beer 5,444]

12 minutes ago, Peter Griffen said:

How about the bench

Bugg, Brayshaw, Oliver, Kennedy... few hard nuts, any year of the past 10 i reckon all 4 of them would have been starting 18 without question

all very new to the club also

new mfc

[Forest Demon 4,681]

I like the changes. Big year for Lumumba.

[Ted Lasso 19,549]

In fairness to them, their centre line looks OK..

 

Goddard    Zaharakis    Merritt

the rest is rubbish.

would have thought Parish was a long way off being able to compete on the inside with any of our mids.

[whatwhat say what 23,424]

Still terrified of losing.

[sisso 2,588]

They don't really have a ball-winning inside midfielder in their team at all compared to our side which is loaded with them....if we can't get first use and therefore win this game easily it'll be shattering.

[jumbo returns 6,741]

I'm still hung over - reading double again

[daisycutter 29,892]

25 minutes ago, Peter Griffen said:

How about the bench

Bugg, Brayshaw, Oliver, Kennedy... few hard nuts, any year of the past 10 i reckon all 4 of them would have been starting 18 without question

i wouldn't assume that will be the starting bench

anyway no such thing as the bench anymore, just 22 players who get an occasional rest on the bench

[Red and Bluebeard 2,101]

27 minutes ago, Peter Griffen said:

How about the bench

Bugg, Brayshaw, Oliver, Kennedy... few hard nuts, any year of the past 10 i reckon all 4 of them would have been starting 18 without question

So the bench will have several dents in it by about 10 minutes into the first quarter (especially if Viney is one of the early rotations) 

[Nasher 33,617]

10 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

Still terrified of losing.

*shakes head*

[sue 9,185]

43 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Because he is bloody useless as a player but will no doubt be of value as a coach!

He's on their list to play, not just coach. I'm just interested. Are they waiting till he gets fitter or what?

[Bang Bang Bang 5,839]

I'm not as confident as others. It's still just 22 blokes vs 22 blokes with a scoreboard that starts at 0.0.0 vs 0.0.0. We lost to them twice last year and both times the swagger on here leading up to it was exactly the same. They also beat Carlton by 10 goals not long ago. I think we'll win but anything can happen. If you offered me a 4-5 goal victory now I'd gleefully accept it.

If Daniher kicks 5.0 again I'll [censored] lose it. Hate that [censored].

[The team we love 416]

I'm chuffed with this side and the extra run it will bring. 

If we can keep the team pretty close to this line up over the next few weeks, then add Petracca, I'm not sure the Mrs will be able to handle my excitement. 

[daisycutter 29,892]

9 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

Still terrified of losing.

ffs, andrew, medicate

[What 18,810]

Great changes, looking forward to seeing Harry O get back to his best now that games are opening up and are more free flowing

[stevethemanjordan 6,952]

40 + points is what I expect. Minimum. 

If we cannot win by that margin against a side like this, we're in no hope of troubling decent teams this year.

We need to come out breathing fire and be efficient as possible going forward for the majority of the day.

[Nasher 33,617]

1 minute ago, Petraccattack said:

Great changes, looking forward to seeing Harry O get back to his best now that games are opening up and are more free flowing

I think it's pretty disrespectful to call him Harry O.

[nutbean 8,838]

1 hour ago, thesleepinggiant said:

Dunn will have to improve his disposal i think this is keeping him out. This is what they meant by turnovers further up the ground instead of close to goal and being scored against. 

We've lowered our eyes now and want to hit targets quickly within 20-30 metres even Tmac has improved his. Also think his brother plays b4 dunn for this reason aswell

Dunn's disposal is not a problem in my opinion - Essendon are small in the forward line  - Lumumba can go back in my opinion and he adds more run that Dunn.

[Satyriconhome 10,880]

7 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

ffs, andrew, medicate

Daisy   the whole board and its members need some serious help    Sylvia Saint and the hatred of Daniher  didn't know Joe had run over his cat

[daisycutter 29,892]

14 minutes ago, stevethemanjordan said:

40 + points is what I expect. Minimum. 

If we cannot win by that margin against a side like this, we're in no hope of troubling decent teams this year.

We need to come out breathing fire and be efficient as possible going forward for the majority of the day.

i'm glad you added the + because 40 points would be a fail. should be 60+

[Bitter but optimistic 22,289]

25 minutes ago, sue said:

He's on their list to play, not just coach. I'm just interested. Are they waiting till he gets fitter or what?

His last year with us was mostly at Casey and then he played up north. Nothing against Jamar but ... he's just past it now.

[Deestroy All 14,266]

16 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

Daisy   the whole board and its members need some serious help    Sylvia Saint and the hatred of Daniher  didn't know Joe had run over his cat

Can you ever post without having a dig at everyone that posts here?

 

[Bitter but optimistic 22,289]

1 hour ago, Return to Glory said:

 

I'm also nervous about this game Jaded. When I hear words like 'annihilation' I go back to when the Age published 'The Red and Blueprint to success' (close enough) prior to us playing St Kilda. We were incredibly confident. Maybe 2008. We were flogged.

I always respect your posts RTG and like you (and many others) our history dictates that being confident of a Demons win is a sure recipe for disaster.

However, this is a new team and past failures are just history to most of them. To use a cliché - a new dawn! I am confident we will give Essendon the arse [censored] they so richly deserve.

[Cards13 9,117]

49 minutes ago, Peter Griffen said:

In fairness to them, their centre line looks OK..

 

Goddard    Zaharakis    Merritt

the rest is rubbish.

would have thought Parish was a long way off being able to compete on the inside with any of our mids.

To be honest I really hope they don't blow the kid Parish up to early.