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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) 
 

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.

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.

 

 

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

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.


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.

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.

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.

 
13 hours ago, praha said:

Eagles by 10 goals.

Dont underestimate Jordan 'Yoda' Lewis.

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 ?


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