Sorry guys, last week I went on the Richmond podcast and was super upbeat about how much we were going to smash Richmond by, how Lynch was going to be Pearce's puppet, and our forward line were going to kick all the goals.
And well... you all saw how that turned out. So this week I'm going for a different tactic.
Last time they met:
This weekend we're playing Essendon at the worst ground with the best name, Marvel Stadium. Last time we played Essendon was at the same ground, but with a worse name, and we lost. Will we turn that form around? Maybe... maybe not.
Since that last game we swapped a couple of players over. Freo picked up Travis Colyer, best known for being banned for drug cheating, and like most other players who stop taking PEDs, his form has never been the same. Essendon stole superstar ruckman Zac Clarke, who famously helped Freo into their first ever grand final, before a knee injury cruelly cut short his time in purple and had nothing to do with his inability to recover or play good footy.
Team's form:
Last week Essendon apparently played one of the best games ever in the history of the AFL, but were absolutely robbed by a cheating Sydney player climbing a goal post.
Freo played like the entire team were ravaged by the flu after having a week long bender at the Hip-E Club. Freo's game wasn't without controversy either with notorious thug Nathan Fyfe striking every single Richmond player he could get his elbow on. Lucky he's a Brownlow medalist, otherwise he might have missed this week's game (and certainly wasn't just lucky that Ablett did the same thing in the same round). Our forward line were terrible, but they're all untalented hacks like Jesse Hogan, so what did we expect really?
Who's in and out?
The one good thing about Freo's game last week is that there were no injuries. Blakely might come in if the selection committee didn't hate the fans and keep picking the same players every week even if they're terrible. Colyer turned the ball over about a hundred times last week so he'll probably stay in the side. We might drop all of the young kids because none of them are any good and are going to leave us at the end of the year anyway.
Essendon have lost the Brownlow favourite Devon Smith, but luckily they have all the talented kids in Australia to replace him. Goal-kicking prodigy Joe Daniher is available this week, so if you saw what our backline did last week vs no good forwards, imagine how much they're going to get pantsed this week!
Prediction:
Fyfe to keep sniping, Cerra to force a trade mid-game to a Vic side, Daniher to top the Coleman.
Essendon by like 350 points or something.
And well... you all saw how that turned out. So this week I'm going for a different tactic.
Last time they met:
This weekend we're playing Essendon at the worst ground with the best name, Marvel Stadium. Last time we played Essendon was at the same ground, but with a worse name, and we lost. Will we turn that form around? Maybe... maybe not.
Since that last game we swapped a couple of players over. Freo picked up Travis Colyer, best known for being banned for drug cheating, and like most other players who stop taking PEDs, his form has never been the same. Essendon stole superstar ruckman Zac Clarke, who famously helped Freo into their first ever grand final, before a knee injury cruelly cut short his time in purple and had nothing to do with his inability to recover or play good footy.
Team's form:
Last week Essendon apparently played one of the best games ever in the history of the AFL, but were absolutely robbed by a cheating Sydney player climbing a goal post.
Freo played like the entire team were ravaged by the flu after having a week long bender at the Hip-E Club. Freo's game wasn't without controversy either with notorious thug Nathan Fyfe striking every single Richmond player he could get his elbow on. Lucky he's a Brownlow medalist, otherwise he might have missed this week's game (and certainly wasn't just lucky that Ablett did the same thing in the same round). Our forward line were terrible, but they're all untalented hacks like Jesse Hogan, so what did we expect really?
Who's in and out?
The one good thing about Freo's game last week is that there were no injuries. Blakely might come in if the selection committee didn't hate the fans and keep picking the same players every week even if they're terrible. Colyer turned the ball over about a hundred times last week so he'll probably stay in the side. We might drop all of the young kids because none of them are any good and are going to leave us at the end of the year anyway.
Essendon have lost the Brownlow favourite Devon Smith, but luckily they have all the talented kids in Australia to replace him. Goal-kicking prodigy Joe Daniher is available this week, so if you saw what our backline did last week vs no good forwards, imagine how much they're going to get pantsed this week!
Prediction:
Fyfe to keep sniping, Cerra to force a trade mid-game to a Vic side, Daniher to top the Coleman.
Essendon by like 350 points or something.