Watched the game through Bintang goggles. Found it to be a really hard watch.
We looked by far the better team throughout the night and dominated in all areas in the second quarter, yet still down at 1/2 time.
Ugly, ugly game. Few highlights. Plenty of horrible mistakes. But the thing that...
I. Don’t. Like. Richmond.
Boys. Please show the football world what we are capable of against a mid-range team whilst missing so many best 22 players.
Weiters, Walsh, Martin, Motlop, Marchbank, Elijah, Pitt, Doc, JSOS..
Will be interesting at team selection this week.
Motlop clearly our number 1 favoured small forward. If he’s over his injury does he come straight in or need another two weeks to be cherry ripe (bye follows round 1)? Who out of Owies and Fantasia does he replace?
Jack Carroll will be elevated...
Wowsers! Just stumbled home after 250,000,000 Bintangs.
Please tell me we won.
Please tell me Harry was the hero.
Please tell me I am not dreaming.
Please..
Decided the best place to watch this match was to escape Melbourne. Have booked a prime spot in a great sports bar in Bali.
Tough match. Brissie in Brissie. Injuries to key players. Hot, humid conditions (I’ll push through and keep hydrated on Bintangs) 🤫
Some surprising selections- Owies and...
Watched the last quarter of the Essendon v Geelong practice match.
One thing stood out like the proverbial - Zach Merrett!!
The fearless ‘lead by example’ skipper. Boy oh boy is he a ‘must watch’. Those leadership skills are there for all to see.
Running behind his teammates demanding a cheap...
So in summary
Big Durds has been managed - hopefully see him v Melb
Williams selected in the 2's - gets through that and will be good to go Round 0
Marchbank has had COVID - should be good to go Round 0
Walsh is firming to play Round 0
Owies, little Durds & Jack Martin all touch & go for round...
I was told it was load management. No injury.
Don’t ask me who told me.
But that’s what I’ve been told, or read, or overheard..
Hopefully he’s good to go v Melbourne because with Weiters out, Marchbank probably out and kemp misfiring Geelong we don’t have many other options.
Hi all. Went along with a couple of carlton-mad mates.
As stated. Terrible conditions. Hot & windy. Geelong clearly handled the conditions a lot better than us, which was a tad disappointing. They ran a lot more numbers during the game. We stuck with our selected team.
Before I get into the...
Fair chance. We need another marking forward with Jack x 2 unavailable.
We will definitely play at least a couple of nippy goal kicking small forwards.
Could also open the door for Fog and Cuningham.
H
Charles
Moir/kemp
Motlop
Orazio Cuni/Fog
Doc & Cotts playing wing as well
Still think we were a long way off a couple of things that should be easy to remedy. Hoping we implement scenarios in our training to improve.
Our kickouts. We were better last year, but always look a bit shaky. Must work on this so that we can work the ball out easier. McGovern has to be the...
I’m with you. Do we back our ‘defensive team’ and go with 3 medium KPD or do we maintain our structure and go ‘like for like’ with a Young or big Durds?
Soapy has been at a heap of training sessions. I’m sure he will let us know.
Listening to the training reports (thanks everyone!), we seem to have upped our training re running/
The only areas of concern seem to be what our forward line set up will be and whether Pitt is fit.
The backs seem settled - they are already talking about structures/next man up re Weiters...
My Round Zero team with 35 days to go. Unfortunately, no Weiters or Elijah.
B: Newman Young McGovern
HB: Williams Marchbank Saad
C: Acres Cripps Hollands
HF: Durdin McKay Cottrell
F: Martin...
Just to add to the 'Cotts is every fan's secret favourite player'. He is a friend of my daughters.
Still drops in to watch his local side (Pearcedale) when he can.
Is an absolute beauty! Wicked sense of humour leaving everyone in stitches.
Has blue blood. Grandpa played for Carlton...
Couldn’t put my finger on it until watching the England v India test match.
THE ENGLAND CRICKET TEAM IS THE ESSENDON OF WORLD CRICKET!!!
Arrogant from top to toe
s**t fans
Media hype
Underperformers
Talk themselves up
Win a couple of games and they are world beaters
Talk up their youngsters...
I think the JSOS injury has helped Voss double down on his preference of playing TDK & Pitto.
If we are to be in contention, TDK has to build on his second half of 2023 and become our no. 1 ruck, with Pitto providing valuable support.
Big year for TDK as we also need him improving his...
Does the JSOS injury open the door for Kemp as our third tall forward?
Looks like he’s behind Marchbank and McGovern in defence.
Or do we go with TDK rotating with Kennedy/cripps with big H playing the hit up role
If Corey Durdin is fit and in form he’s in our best 22. Brings pace, aggression and pressure to our forward line.
Admittedly he has to get front and centre more often and kick more goals.
I like him and Motlop as our smalls as I think they work well together.
Like everyone else though I...
Would be incredible if he played Round 1. In a way I hope you are right, because it would be so exciting.
We are playing a very tough, seasoned team in Brisbane in Round Zero so it would be a massive ask to debut. I reckon Voss and the MC will take in experience players for our first game...
Such an interesting selection this one. The up-side is massive. A rangy HFF who looks very good in the air and has silky skills. The perfect replacement for Jack Martin in 2-3 years.
Looking at his highlights he plays bigger than I would have thought and is a very good overhead mark.
Good...
First time in years we have had such a strong squad to pick from. So many players fighting for spots in our best 23.
I think our backs and mids are pretty strong. I’m of the belief that Voss will play to our strengths and go ‘big and strong’ in our midfield. Don’t worry about this fixation...
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