The Last Time They Met - Preliminary Final

[Demonland 71,868]

The changes made fired up the team.

 

WEST COAST EAGLES

 

B: Shannon Hurn, Tom Barrass, Brad Sheppard 

HB: Thomas Cole, Jeremy McGovern, Lewis Jetta 

C:Chris Masten, Elliot Yeo, Jamie Cripps 

HF: Mark Hutchings, Jack Darling, Mark LeCras 

F: Willie Rioli, Nathan Vardy, Brendon Ah Chee 

Foll: Scott Lycett, Jack Redden, Luke Shuey 

I/C: Liam Duggan, Liam Ryan, Dom Sheed, Daniel Venables

Emg: Matthew Allen, Jackson Nelson, Francis Watson, Jake Waterman

 

No change

 

MELBOURNE 

 

B: Neville Jetta, Oscar McDonald, Jordan Lewis

HB: Christian Salem, Sam Frost, James Harmes

? Alex Neal-Bullen, Clayton Oliver, Angus Brayshaw

HF: Charlie Spargo, Sam Weideman, Aaron vandenBerg

F: Michael Hibberd, Tom McDonald, Dom Tyson

Foll: Max Gawn, Nathan Jones, Christian Petracca

I/C: Bayley Fritsch, Mitch Hannan, Dean Kent, Jake Melksham

Emg: Jeff Garlett, Jay Kennedy Harris, Cameron Pedersen, Josh Wagner

 

In: Mitch Hannan, Michael Hibberd, Dean Kent, Jake Melksham, Sam Weideman

 

Out: Jeff Garlett (omitted), Jesse Hogan (foot), Jayden Hunt (ankle), Jay Kennedy Harris (omitted), Cameron Pedersen (omitted) 

[What 18,810]

1994 , last time they met in a preliminary Final.

Lyon,. Schwarz, Stynes, Viney,  Lovett,  Tingay, Wight, Charles, Pike, Viney  ... the flag was there for the taking but we ran into a brick wall in Perth.

Thankfully the current Eagles are not a patch on the 1994 version.

[Big Demon 197]

Th Eagles of 2018 are not a great side McGovern cutting off everything bombed forward is the biggest threat, Shuey can play but Harmes can hold him Kennedy will never have played on a guy with the speed of Frost, the Demons can win this game.

 

[Lucifers Hero 39,687]

Lewis starts the mind games with WCE:  "Wily Melbourne veteran Jordan Lewis has thrown a barb at the West Coast camp ahead of the preliminary final by suggesting the Eagles are “more predictable’’ with key forwards Josh Kennedy and Jack Darling in the team".

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/more-predictable-lewis-starts-mind-games-with-eagles-early-20180915-p5040g.html

[praha 11,240]

27 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Lewis starts the mind games with WCE:  "Wily Melbourne veteran Jordan Lewis has thrown a barb at the West Coast camp ahead of the preliminary final by suggesting the Eagles are “more predictable’’ with key forwards Josh Kennedy and Jack Darling in the team".

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/more-predictable-lewis-starts-mind-games-with-eagles-early-20180915-p5040g.html

Eagles by 10 goals.

[beelzebub 23,321]

Melbourne by 18

Lewis is right. There's is a Hawthorn style game. Deny them the control with constant pressure and just like Hawthorn they'll fall away. Our game has to be at its Zenith but we will beat them. Beat them last time... we'll beat them this time. 

McGovern will find his day a hard long slog. Darling is a worry...but maybe we're just more of a worry now than we were a few weeks back. 

We've seen the best of the Weagles I think. Still to see the best of us.

[Diamond_Jim 12,566]

26 degrees forecast for Perth next Saturday... the weather recently has been a far more pleasant 22.

Melbourne a nice 20 degree day so very nice to sip on a long drink while watching the saga unfold.

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15 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

1994 , last time they met in a preliminary Final.

Lyon,. Schwarz, Stynes, Viney,  Lovett,  Tingay, Wight, Charles, Pike, Viney  ... the flag was there for the taking but we ran into a brick wall in Perth.

Thankfully the current Eagles are not a patch on the 1994 version.

Was there that day. A period in time before they learnt to Boooooooooooo. They treated visiting Melbourne supporters really well then. Were happy to talk as they wanted to know what the "East Coast" was like.  Well it was a long time ago.

[What 18,810]

13 hours ago, praha said:

Eagles by 10 goals.

Dont underestimate Jordan 'Yoda' Lewis.

[Monocology 1,109]

Was anyone else at Junction Oval in '94?

Faulty projector initially, Maria Carey's 'There's a Hero' montage that had me balling eyeballs out - then the game itself........

Different story this time ?