Round 1, 2014: North Melbourne vs. Essendon

[TheKanga]

Teams

North Melbourne:

New: Nick Dal Santo, Luke Mcdonald
Milestones: Lachlan Hansen 100th game

FB - Brad Mckenzie - Nathan Grima - Scott Mcmahon
HB - Shaun Atley - Scott Thompson - Jamie Mcmillan
C - Ryan Bastinac - Jack Ziebell - Nick Dal Santo
HF - Sam Gibson - Aaron Black - Leigh Adams
FF - Lindsay Thomas - Drew Petrie - Lachlan Hansen
R - Todd Goldstein - Daniel Wells - Brent Harvey
Int - Ben Cunnington - Sam Wright - Luke Mcdonald - Aaron Mullet

Essendon

New:

• Patrick Ambrose,
• Paul Chapman,
• Martin Gleeson,
• Zach Merrett

Milestones:

• Patrick Ryder - Playing 150th game,
• Jake Carlisle - Playing 50th game

FB - Dyson Heppell - Dustin Fletcher - Mark Baguley
HB - Michael Hibberd - Michael Hurley - Cale Hooker
C - David Myers - Jobe Watson - Heath Hocking
HF - Paul Chapman - Jake Carlisle - Ben Howlett
FF - David Zakaharis - Joe Daniher - Kyle Hardingham
R- Patrick Ryder - Brendon Goddard - Brent Stanton
Int - Patrick Ambrose - Martin Gleeson - Zach Merrett - Jackson Merrett



Should be a ripper of a game

 

[Kcrack]

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Six goal win to North.

 

[Engimal]

Footy's back!

Hopefully a North win and 200 DT points to Luke McDonald because the rest of my team's s**t.

 

[TheKanga]

Go North, give them hell!

 

[Tigerland]

The over-hyping of North by dim-witted, always wrong journalists has bordered ridiculousness this pre-season.

Time for the truth to be revealed.

Essendon by 10 points.

 

[Ruff_RydeR]

Bombers by 10, got a good feeling about this one.

 

[i am a logo]

Hardest match to tip this round. I honestly have no idea who will win.

 

[Handsuper47]

Essendon by 1 after being down by 20 with a minute to go

 

[Righteo]

Hardest match to tip this round. I honestly have no idea who will win.

Same here. Hope to see Chappy kick a bag tonight though.

 

[le dominateur]

Hard to see the Bombers kicking a winning score.

 

[TheKanga]

North have kicked 100pts + in our last 5 meetings against Essendon.
They will also have to kick 100pt+ and i can't see it happening.

 

[treefingers]

North will thump them.

 

[master bate]

Essendon's backline is solid.
Essendon's top tier midfield are great.

But this is the majority of the Essendon forward line

New:

• Patrick Ambrose,
• Paul Chapman,
• Zach Merrett

Plus a converted key defender, plus a 2nd year key forward who has to back up ruck, plus Kyle Hardingham.

If North lock the game down and put pressure on Essendon when going forward then their backline should win one on ones against that lot.

Funnily enough that hasn't been North's game style and Essendon might be a chance with midfield goals and fast break play.

 

[Kickit2brown]

North by 5 goals +

 

[bkozican]

Really wouldnt mind seeing North thump the bombers tonight

 

[TheHoneyBadger]

The over-hyping of North by dim-witted, always wrong journalists has bordered ridiculousness this pre-season.

Time for the truth to be revealed.

Essendon by 10 points.

 

[Kcrack]

The over-hyping of North by dim-witted, always wrong journalists has bordered ridiculousness this pre-season.

Time for the truth to be revealed.

Essendon by 10 points.

Well at least you acknowledge it's not the North supporters for once.

 

[TheHoneyBadger]

Pretty happy this is the friday night match after last week's offering and tomorrow night's display.
Tipping North. Think the midfield units for both teams are rather evenly poised. Both have had issues with accountability through the middle so hopefully that continues and it's a high scoring shootout. Love close games where both teams score 100+.

 

[Julius Seizure]

North in a close one. I'm interested to see how Luke McDonald goes, and see how Daniher looks after another pre season.

 

[mehow2g]

For everyone going please keep the WCE spirit and boo Essendon.

 

[Kram]

Essendon by 6 points.

 

[ManWithNoName]

We're wearing white shorts, proving yet again the AFL has no idea about the uniform issue.

White is one of North's main colours. They have two, white is one. The archaic "away shorts" rule has surely been dead for years. So why make us wear them against North? North's jumper is largely white. It INCREASES a clash that doesn't exist.

North's home, blue-on-white, jumper with white shorts vs our jumper with black shorts. Both sides in proper traditional colours. Absolutely no chance of clash/confusion. Clearly too sensible for the AFL.

 

[jordz82]

In b4 north have a 60 point lead at half time, end up losing by 1 point

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

For everyone going please keep the WCE spirit and boo Essendon.

Lets get into the spirit, boo, Jobe, boo, * are going bust, boo.