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MATCH PREVIEW & TEAM SELECTION - ROUND 2, 2016

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in Melbourne Demons

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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.

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    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.

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    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

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    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.

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    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.

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    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

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    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) :lol::)

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    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?

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    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].

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    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. 

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

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    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.

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    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.

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    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

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    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+

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    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.

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    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?

     

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    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.

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    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. 

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