Essendon’s second half was good last week and they have a few good ins. We just get the job done here. Gawn to dominate giving our on ballers silver service. We bring the heat against a lesser opponent with that manic tackling pressure we get plenty of supply to our forwards where we just have too may options for them to cover.

We will learn a lot about the team this game. It is a different team and a different club and I think the speed demons get the job done by 5 goals plus.

I'm seeing this year as a fun ride - unlike the painful rides of the last few seasons where we expected to win and be successful a lot of the time

We will lose games we should win and vice versa. Unless we turn out to the be the real deal and beat some more good teams I will not be placing too much pressure on this season. However I think we are a couple of players short of really competing against the Lions/Freo etc.

It is just great to see the new game plan, young and old players excelling and enjoying their footy.

So bring on tomorrow. If we bring the same attitude to the last few weeks, we will win easily.

Strongest Bombers side on paper in a while, so should be a good hit out for our boys.

Only way to improve is to beat sides at full strength.

What we will learn, is how we played against Essendon on the 11th of April, that's about it...

56 minutes ago, Dee Viney Intervention said:

Essendon’s second half was good last week and they have a few good ins. We just get the job done here. Gawn to dominate giving our on ballers silver service. We bring the heat against a lesser opponent with that manic tackling pressure we get plenty of supply to our forwards where we just have too may options for them to cover.

We will learn a lot about the team this game. It is a different team and a different club and I think the speed demons get the job done by 5 goals plus.

No it wasn't. It looked OK on paper but watching it I can tell you they were putrid in stoppages, clearance and speed.

Having said that they will probably get some momentum rise from their performance and we should be wary but if Melbourne plays like it can they are no match.

50 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

What we will learn, is how we played against Essendon on the 11th of April, that's about it...

Too right EO.

Hope you're doing well 🙂

14 hours ago, Fork 'em said:

I'd like us to kick 8goals in the 1st qtr and win the game by 85pts.
That'd be a new mindset.
And one I'd enjoy.

I like your style.

And if your potential first 1/4 scenario comes true it will be season on for sure

Our best beats Essendon's best. Game-plan aside, King's has to make sure that the team is switched-on

But that can apply to any match, anytime. Let-downs can happen but a good coach can see that sort of thing coming

Essendon's best player doesnt even want to be there....apart from that they have a bunch of kids and some senior players who would struggle to get a game at most other teams in the comp (Parish, Caldwell, Duursmas, Wright etc) - if we lose this then mentally the boys have really dropped the ball!

Would be a massive let down if we were to lose tomorrow; but I have enough trust in King and Co to not let that happen.

We've seen enough losses to teams we really shouldn't have lost to (Bombers included) so I get the nerves. I feel them, too.

But this is what I know:

• If we play as we have been playing and back ourselves, we win. Probably with a nice margin.

• If we walk up to this game expecting a win, we will probably lose.

• We need to respect and treat every single opponent seriously and play 4 quarters. If we do that, we'll win a fair bit.

• From what I have seen so far this year (small sample size, but a good one), the boys look like they have bought in and are enjoying the way they're playing, and probably relishing the trust/buy-in from the coaching group, as well.

I think the boys will be buoyed by last week, and King & Co will be keen to ride that wave and keep earning trust. Rain may impact scoring a little and will highlight skills. But our move ball forward at all costs will be important. Dees by 20.

I'd love for the boys to start like we did against the suns, and keep that manic pressure up.

Let's do it for Melk!

Lineup out?

29 minutes ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

Lineup out?

Fritsch in. Laurie out

Bailey for Bailey

It’s all between the ears for tomorrow’s game

Which is why i’m so confident. New attitude and mental freedom.

Let’s see if any demons from the past remain. pardon the pun

7 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Bailey for Bailey

Bayley for Bailey.

Good presser by King but what the hell were those noises in the back ground. King did real well not to get distracted but ffs it did my head in while trying to listen to what King was saying.

16 minutes ago, Dingo said:

Fritsch in. Laurie out

Good outcome. Not sure Laurie is up to AFL, maybe just for now but you’d think it would have clicked by now.

43 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Bayley for Bailey.

IN: Better Bailey

Good change but I feel for Laurie, just would like him to get a good shot but we actually have some nice healthy selection dillemas this year it seems...for now at least.

There’s someone else who won’t wanna be there after halftime or maybe even quarter time.

Unrelated: is there a Gimlet restaurant in Adelaide?

The team has been really entertaining.

If nothing else, we are getting to watch good footy.

There are improvements from one game to the next game. Big learning curves are happening. Some errors to happen, but they will keep going hard and are showing great intensities, with a joy of playing.

Go Dees

Really looking forward to seeing how Mihochek, JVR, Melksham and Fritta work together in the forward line, with a couple of Picketts thrown in (not you, fence).

2 hours ago, Red But Mostly Blue said:

We've seen enough losses to teams we really shouldn't have lost to (Bombers included) so I get the nerves. I feel them, too.

But this is what I know:

• If we play as we have been playing and back ourselves, we win. Probably with a nice margin.

• If we walk up to this game expecting a win, we will probably lose.

• We need to respect and treat every single opponent seriously and play 4 quarters. If we do that, we'll win a fair bit.

• From what I have seen so far this year (small sample size, but a good one), the boys look like they have bought in and are enjoying the way they're playing, and probably relishing the trust/buy-in from the coaching group, as well.

I think the boys will be buoyed by last week, and King & Co will be keen to ride that wave and keep earning trust. Rain may impact scoring a little and will highlight skills. But our move ball forward at all costs will be important. Dees by 20.

I'd love for the boys to start like we did against the suns, and keep that manic pressure up.

Let's do it for Melk!

I think we should not only do it for Melksham. I'm of the opinion it should be for Checkers and Steele as well. Because we owe them a lot for what they seem to have started to build here.

A new standard of no quarter given, uncompromising, hard and non stop FOOTBALL.