Unofficial Preview Essendon AFL versus Williamstown VFL 5.30pm Friday 6th March at True Value Centre

[Lance Uppercut]

Sounds like a practice match.

ok noddy

 

[Mercuri Rising]

Liking Prahan for the U9 flag this year.

 

[vaughany]

Anyone going down for a look? Or do you reckon the front gate will be locked to keep media away?

 

[Drummer_19]

Fair enough. Perhaps more akin to the Prahran under 9s.

Joke loses a bit of pizzazz when it's in your other teams supported bit.

 

[vaughany]

Confirmed list of players banned by the AFL from participating in tonight's match simulation session are:
Goddard, Cooney, Daniher, Z.Merrett, Ambrose and Gwilt.

The above six weren't included in the Morwell NAB squad but were hoping to play tonight against Williamstown.

 

[Mercuri Rising]

Anyone going down for a look? Or do you reckon the front gate will be locked to keep media away?

I'm not, pretty sure it's closed. Though the main oval isn't too far from the road, if you wanna be That Guy on Melrose Drive peering through the chain-link fence.

 

[yaco55]

It was a silly decision made by the club - Fine if its only the provisionally suspended players but once you include other players its not on. I am surprised the AFL allowed this to happen in the first place.

 

[boncer34]

Confirmed list of players banned by the AFL from participating in tonight's match simulation session are:
Goddard, Cooney, Daniher, Z.Merrett, Ambrose and Gwilt.

The above six weren't included in the Morwell NAB squad but were hoping to play tonight against Williamstown.

Daniher wasn't ever playing this week.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Carlisle shines for Dons
JAKE Carlisle was the standout performer during Essendon's Friday night training session with VFL team Williamstown, which was held under tight security at Tullamarine.

Carlisle, who has only recently returned to training after battling knee tendinitis for much of the pre-season, shone for the Bombers up forward in their modified match simulation against the Seagulls.

Known as 'Buckets' to his teammates, Carlisle's clean hands above his head were impressive as he took numerous marks and kicked at least four goals before sitting out the final two quarters.

The two-hour session featured modified match simulation, with coach James Hird and assistant Nathan Bassett calling the shots as they saw fit, designed to give those 2012-listed Bombers – who are sitting out the club's NAB Challenge campaign – some much-needed practice under game conditions.

Michael Hibberd's composure in the back half was also impressive, while Dustin Fletcher was at his typical negating best.

Carlisle, Hibberd and Fletcher were joined by star teammates Jobe Watson, Cale Hooker, Michael Hurley and Tom Bellchambers in the 'practice match'.

Fellow Bombers David Myers, Ariel Steinberg, Alex Browne, Mark Baguley, Jake Melksham Travis Colyer and Brent Stanton also took part in the session.

A smattering of fans were on hand, while the session was closed to media.

TV cameras, however, parked outside the gates to gain vision of the training session, while Channel 9 even sent their helicopter over the ground early in the session.

The Bombers worked on their setups from defensive and forward stoppages, with Hird or Bassett calling for ball-ups, free kicks or boundary throw-ins at certain points of the intense game.

The players also did some push-ups and simulated wrestling drills in between the six-minute breaks of quarters, while both teams finished the session with two gruelling 400s in persistent rain.

Injured Bombers Dyson Heppell and David Zaharakis were among those watching on from an upstairs balcony.

As reported earlier, Brendon Goddard, Adam Cooney, James Gwilt, Joe Daniher, Patrick Ambrose and Zach Merrettwere directed not to take part in the session at the insistence of the AFL after they were not picked in the club's weakened 26-man line-up to face St Kilda at Morwell on Saturday.

As revealed by AFL.com.au on Wednesday, the Bombers were given permission for four players who were on the Bombers' 2012 list – Jackson Merrett, Nick O'Brien, Elliott Kavanagh and Lauchlan Dalgleish – to play against the Saints.

A verdict from the AFL's Anti-Doping Tribunal is expected later this month for the 34 present and former Essendon players given infraction notices for their alleged supplement use during the 2012 season.

More By Ben Guthrie

Great news about Carlisle.

 

[daz17]

Surely Channel 9 have better things to do instead of flying a helicopter over the ground..

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Surely Channel 9 have better things to do instead of flying a helicopter over the ground..

You can watch the footage at http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/afl/

 

[vaughany]

Very keen by ch9 seems a bit odd a chopper fly over for nothing

 

[table tennis]

Channel Ed flying a helicopter over the day hirdy gave tomato head a clip

 

[BrewSmackerVeiny]

Surely Channel 9 have better things to do instead of flying a helicopter over the ground..

This is Australia.

 

[eth-dog]

So, did we win?

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Channel Ed flying a helicopter over the day hirdy gave tomato head a clip

I hope Eddie was in the helicopter and James flipped the bird when they zoomed in.

 

[Howard Moon]

So Eddie says Stkilda should be filthy that ess are playing a weakened side.

Was collingwood filthy hawthorn played a weakened squad against them? They were happy to call themselves flag favorites and chant Collingwood around the park...

Keep your nose out of our business, you, mick, any other half Witt who thinks they have ownership of our issues.

 

[BrunoV]

So, who won?

 

[baz_machine]

So, who won?

True Solar with all the free press from the Channel Ed chopper


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[Howard Moon]

Think we won 8 pineapples to 3, but we were not keeping score

 

[fishardansin]

Joke loses a bit of pizzazz when it's in your other teams supported bit.

It'd be under 12s now surely.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

So Eddie says Stkilda should be filthy that ess are playing a weakened side.

Was collingwood filthy hawthorn played a weakened squad against them? They were happy to call themselves flag favorites and chant Collingwood around the park...

Keep your nose out of our business, you, mick, any other half Witt who thinks they have ownership of our issues.

Haha true love your avatar by the way.