Preview R5: Melbourne vs Essendon, April 12 7.35pm @ Adelaide Oval

[ydc55]

Prior was good last week.

He was better in the second half but he is jittery every time he is under any sort of heat.
Just like his father Michael.

 

[Groundhog Day]

Why didn’t parish play vfl?

Parish is apparently a long way from playing again. Might be looking overseas for help with his back.

 

[Cold Sober]

Parish, stick a fork in him, he's done.

 

[Yoda_]

Wonder with how few options we have that we reward young Zac Johnson with a debut, albeit likely as sub

 

[EnolaGay]

I am going. Bought tickets awhile ago though so not sure if sold out or not.

Me too, 1 membership ticket in the standing area and got one for my wife behind the goals in front of the hill.

I don't think it's sold out?

 

[MiguelM]

Yay we finally play!

Hopefully we never see another round 0. Regardless of the cyclone, I don't want a bye this early in the year.

Just go back to all teams having a bye on one weekend. Will never happen as it is all about TV$$. IMO they don't even need a bye.

We will be a game behind all year now.

 

[cAsEy_18]

Yay we finally play!

Hopefully we never see another round 0. Regardless of the cyclone, I don't want a bye this early in the year.

Just go back to all teams having a bye on one weekend. Will never happen as it is all about TV$$. IMO they don't even need a bye.

We will be a game behind all year now.

Unfortunately I think we might be quite a few games behind all year.

 

[eth-dog]

Yay we finally play!

Hopefully we never see another round 0. Regardless of the cyclone, I don't want a bye this early in the year.

Just go back to all teams having a bye on one weekend. Will never happen as it is all about TV$$. IMO they don't even need a bye.

We will be a game behind all year now.

It's written in the player contracts that they must have a mid season bye

 

[andleanback]

Yay we finally play!

Hopefully we never see another round 0. Regardless of the cyclone, I don't want a bye this early in the year.

Just go back to all teams having a bye on one weekend. Will never happen as it is all about TV$$. IMO they don't even need a bye.

We will be a game behind all year now.

Having a bye a month into the season is actually a huge advantage imo. Allows all players to freshen up after the toughest month of the year and allow them to get over any niggles, instead of constantly playing through hurt. Guys like caddy, Durham, kako who have been carrying something will be back to 100%

 

[boncer34]

It's written in the player contracts that they must have a mid season bye

And we now have 2.

 

[justlookingaround]

Tough one to tip. Someone sell me some confidence?

 

[jmoo wan]

gather round is so ****ing stupid

 

[Vindicater]

Which player debuts this week? Let's keep the debut train rolling.

Probably not Hayes as Melbourne are not super big up front.

Do we give Johnson a taste?

 

[ghostdog]

Having a bye a month into the season is actually a huge advantage imo. Allows all players to freshen up after the toughest month of the year and allow them to get over any niggles, instead of constantly playing through hurt. Guys like caddy, Durham, kako who have been carrying something will be back to 100%

I don't understand what you mean. Doesn't the same apply to the bye being at any time of the year?

 

[ghostdog]

If McGrath isn't playing a lock down role on Pickett, I'll spew.
Fritsch has been down on form. Redman needs to take advantage. Ridley and McKay should be able to control the air.

 

[Vindicater]

Just want to see Caddy rip this game apart.

 

[cAsEy_18]

I wanna see Menzie kick 9.

 

[Vindicater]

How about we focus on actually winning first.

 

[BomberManU]

Tough one to tip. Someone sell me some confidence?

That's easy, Dee's by a comfortable margin. Supporting this club for a long time has taught me that when we play against a half decent side, who are badly out of form, we lose. Only recent one I can remember winning was Carl last year. Dee's won't go 0 - 5.

 

[Squeaky]

That's easy, Dee's by a comfortable margin. Supporting this club for a long time has taught me that when we play against a half decent side, who are badly out of form, we lose. Only recent one I can remember winning was Carl last year. Dee's won't go 0 - 5.

Agreed - we are the masters of playing teams back into form.
Dee's won't go zip 5 is also my underlying thought on this game - regardless of where we are at.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

Tough one to tip. Someone sell me some confidence?

id be tipping Melbourne.

Caldwell going out is a massive out for us - cant see us winning the midfield battle

 

[andleanback]

I don't understand what you mean. Doesn't the same apply to the bye being at any time of the year?

Because we get 2…. We get the mid year one aswell, where 10 clubs don’t get a bye until June

 

[rioli brownlow]

Which player debuts this week? Let's keep the debut train rolling.

Probably not Hayes as Melbourne are not super big up front.

Do we give Johnson a taste?

2 dads day-wicks

 

[ghostdog]

That's easy, Dee's by a comfortable margin. Supporting this club for a long time has taught me that when we play against a half decent side, who are badly out of form, we lose. Only recent one I can remember winning was Carl last year. Dee's won't go 0 - 5.

The irony is, we still win. I'm not sure how SportsBet will cope with that.

 

[ghostdog]

id be tipping Melbourne.

Caldwell going out is a massive out for us - cant see us winning the midfield battle

Ah yes, but we have Tsatas and Perkins coming in.