Preview Round 2: Port Adelaide vs Essendon, Adelaide Oval, Sunday March 22, 3:15 AEDT

[jdstorm]

Changes seem to be about correcting last weeks team selection errors playing far too many defenders and a magnet reshuffle.

My guess is
Out
Kondo > prior to 3rd tall > Farrow on the wing
Out
Nguyen > Roberts out of midfield > Parish/Sharp more mid time > Gresham SF

Huss > Kako

Seems far better balanced if
Prior McKay mcgrath
Redman Reid Roberts (Johnson)

Fiorini Merrett Dursma (Farrow)
Blackison Caldwell Durham (Parish, Sharp)

Kako caddy Perkins
Langford Wright Gresham (may )

Balance seems better.

If Ridley is healthy the week after you’d think it would be between Perkins and Prior to be replaced.

 

[Bombers36]

My guess is final team will be:

OUT: HAS, Johnson
IN: Kako, Gresham

Kondo McKay McGrath
Redman Reid Roberts
Fiorini Parish Duursma
Durham Langford Kako
Caddy 2MP Gresham

Blaki Caldwell Merrett

Bench: Perkins Sharp Nguyen Prior May

 

[MattyB3150]

My guess is final team will be:

OUT: HAS, Johnson
IN: Kako, Gresham

Kondo McKay McGrath
Redman Reid Roberts
Fiorini Parish Duursma
Durham Langford Kako
Caddy 2MP Gresham

Blaki Caldwell Merrett

Bench: Perkins Sharp Nguyen Prior May

I hope Zac Johnson stays in. He is already one of our best kicks in the team and should be taking the kick ins.

 

[Bombers36]

I hope Zac Johnson stays in. He is already one of our best kicks in the team and should be taking the kick ins.

Yeah agree - maybe he does and Nguyen will come out instead

 

[King Patty]

I'm hoping Zac Johnson Stays in
Bench: Sharp, Johnson, Gresham, Huss, Kondo
In: Kako, Gresham
Out: Nguyen - Port have less quality smalls and made mistakes, May (assume we are going a bit smaller)
emergencies: El-Hawli, Ngyuen, May (Very close between Kondo and May but Kondo stays in as was first game)

 

[HirdsTheWord]

Changes seem to be about correcting last weeks team selection errors playing far too many defenders and a magnet reshuffle.

My guess is
Out
Kondo > prior to 3rd tall > Farrow on the wing
Out
Nguyen > Roberts out of midfield > Parish/Sharp more mid time > Gresham SF

Huss > Kako

Seems far better balanced if
Prior McKay mcgrath
Redman Reid Roberts (Johnson)

Fiorini Merrett Dursma (Farrow)
Blackison Caldwell Durham (Parish, Sharp)

Kako caddy Perkins
Langford Wright Gresham (may )

Balance seems better.

If Ridley is healthy the week after you’d think it would be between Perkins and Prior to be replaced.

 

[raskolnikov]

I'm just going to assume at this point that Perkins has comprising pics of Brad Scott.

 

[Donflicted]

I'm just going to assume at this point that Perkins has comprising pics of Brad Scott.

The Perko Files

 

[eth-dog]

I'm just going to assume at this point that Perkins has comprising pics of Brad Scott.

There aren't the viable options right now. I'd rather Perkins than Gresham or Guelfi, and Unwin probably needs a couple of games at VFL level.

Also he was slightly better than Langford and May last game too tbh.

 

[Orange crush]

The Perko Files

surely the Goldstein Files

 

[raskolnikov]

There aren't the viable options right now.

 

[Vindicater]

Brad will swap Kako for Huss and we will go in too tall again.

 

[dank420_]

Dogs go wacko for kako's

 

[Donflicted]

Dogs go wacko for kako's

Going to Whacko my Kako

 

[King Patty]

I'm just going to assume at this point that Perkins has comprising pics of Brad Scott.

Perkins was better than Langford and Wright who are supposed to be senior players.

 

[Donflicted]

Perkins was better than Langford and Wright who are supposed to be senior players.

Wright was awful constantly at the back

While Perkins shouldnt have gotten a game due to a limited preseason i agree he played better then Langers and Wright

 

[ant555]

I'm just going to assume at this point that Perkins has comprising pics of Brad Scott.

I am not a fan but last week it was not really effort that was disappointing. It was his finishing that sucked. Not that I am saying he does not have to find 5 levels.

Wright was awful constantly at the back

While Perkins shouldnt have gotten a game due to a limited preseason i agree he played better then Langers and Wright

Perkins still had a solid lead into that game. 50% in the Saint's game but also played 70% of the next VFL practice match then a full game in the VFL the following week and that was all in the midfield. Fitness was not an issue, and he had done a stack of running before he started full training.

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Does the team with 5 on the bench get named for Sunday's game tonight...or Saturday night?

 

[eth-dog]

Does the team with 5 on the bench get named for Sunday's game tonight...or Saturday night?

Tonight

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Kako for May

 

[Petrify]

can't help but laugh at how bad the team selection is

 

[Vindicater]

Kako for May

And Gresham for Langford.

 

[andleanback]

Can just see how this game is going to play out. Aliir, Marshall and esava going to have a field day in the air if we just bomb the ball in. Have to try and get our forward handball game going and run the ball at them, just like Sydney did to hawthorn last night

 

[joey_jo_jo]

And Gresham for Langford.

Where you seeing that? Afl website just says Kako in and May out

 

[eth-dog]

And Gresham for Langford.

Team selection: Kako to return for his first game of the 2026 season

Essendon lock in team lineup for Sunday afternoon's match in Adelaide.

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