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Enjoy Brian😉 Go Blues!!!!

Kennedy was the sub in the Prelim. When he came on we stemmed the tide & held our own. We had to win the clearances to win the game. We lost this game because we lost the clearances 44 to 30. This is even after the 1st quarter when we were well in front in clearances. We were slaughtered after...

I'm a fan of Boyd & I had him in my team a week before selection I'm a little frustrated with some selections. We don't always know what's going on behind walls but much of what I wrote last Sunday (see below) re selections may have helped. I had Boyd in along with Kennedy. We had to take a...

During the week leading into the game l was calling for Kennedy to be in the starting 22 to support Cripps along with Boyd. Clearances became a big factor & something you don’t want to lose against a team like Lions. You don’t leave out a bull in big finals. It was great to see Boyd play a...

Humble team 1st selfless footy. Only focusing on the basics for 120 min. This is what Voss & his team has created for this moment (no player needs to win this off their own boot). This will create enormous pressure on the team expected to win. We have the talent (Kennedy, Silvagni, Cuningham...

Would have been nice to get Kennedy into the team but go well Owies do us proud when you come on and give us that emotional spark.

8 day turnaround is also a big bonus. Team is hardened & will run out the game

Given we have included speed (Boyd) & running endurance (Hollands), I would be very surprised it's not Kennedy

I wanted Boyd in. Allows for more overlap run from defence to add to Saad. Our ball movement has been a little too predictable. Adding Hollands also adds more run into spaces. Both Boyd & Hollands can help open up our forward line by adding more overlap distribution. I would like to see...

Agree

I hope we learn from 99 and from the Dees game last week and pick the right team for the right game plan. In 99 we got thrashed in the 1st final, then won the next 2 finals going long & direct, along with a bit of Kouta magic. I watched training before the Grand Final and watched their drills...

Both Lions & Pies have played 1 game in 28 days by the time the weekend comes around. Blues have not played well(nor poor) for 5 weeks. Lucky to win their 1st 2 finals. I wonder what will happen if we click & Lions feel the pressure. Pies have been a little imbalanced ever since Cameron, Cox &...

Apparently you need to leave to restore the internet (smile) .............Yes it's flakey

You only have to compare the profile of the team when we were winning by 50 points a game to the team of the last 2 finals. You shouldn't be playing all of Curnow, Mckay, Dekoning & Pitto in the same team. And you shouldn't be playing all of Weitering, Gov, Kemp & Marchbank in the same team. I...

When we were smashing teams at the beginning of our winning streak we were gang tackling and closing space on opposition(We basically had 22 players who were applying pressure) You are right, tackling was not good on a couple of attempts against Dees. When we don't win the clearances, with a...

Half time 1970 RIP Ron

Wow, what a win. Lever was like a fish out water in the end there. Dekoning, Motlop, Hollands would feel they belong on the big stage. Courage from our leaders. Cripps, Weitering, & the Doc who typifies incredible resilience And of course Walsh. A special game Enjoy your coffees Bluebaggers

At this stage of his career probably less of an impact player but a great choice & insurance cover if a player was to go down early

Last week our forward line was stagnate at times, especially in the 2nd half. Sydney did flood back and sat inside the forward 50 arc. We need to be smarter and lower our eyes and hold up the ball and distribute wider if need be. Especially at times when haven't won the clearances and gone in...

Kennedy replaces McKay & Motlop Martin you'd imagine. Kennedy now in, along with Cripps & Hewett, matches nicely Dees strength in Oliver, Petracca, Viney. Add Cerra & Walsh and maybe Dow as sub and the Dees have their hands fall. We get the Fritsch & Pickett match up right, Dees will find it...

McKay & Martin are massive outs. Both out of our forward line. Big talented key forward talls are important in big finals & Martin has been all class and provided speed, pressure, smarts, goal kicking since coming in. I would prop up our forward line this week whilst bolstering our midfield at...

If Maynard gets off Dill Gill & Laura will be humiliated & Christian vindicated

I wrote this on main board in reference to a precedent. I suggested you may be able to use the Plowman incident as a guide. I could be off the mark but I think you can.

I think we can refer to the Plowman against O'Meara incident and verdict as a guide. Look at the series of frames below to support points below: Plowman was given 2 wks for rough conduct and it was upheld on appeal. If it was deemed intentional, he would of obviously got more weeks On the below...

The title of this thread states “no opposition supporters” I strongly disagree with this. It should allow Essendon supporters to comment so they have the opportunity to send their well wishes & congratulations during our finals campaign 😎

Bringing in Kennedy to replace the injured McKay could be the right move. It makes us slightly smaller & you still have Curnow & Dekoning as key forwards with Pitto as your No 1 ruck He is a bull so he can rotate to midfield & you can have Cripps forward as 3rd tall more often Dees big asset is...

McKay gets those 2 misses next time. He would be more disappointed than any supporter with those misses. He had 11 touches & had important linking marks by the time he went off. At his worst he stops Curnow being double teamed, a key marking option down the ground, provides front and centre...

That's why I used that example, Maynard has less to stand on

I'm saying there is a duty of care to protect the head if you don't make the contest when in motion. But you're right the "footy act" "non contest" had finished (which was not a contested ball act) and he carelessly (or intentionally) caused damage. Proving it was intentional or him...

Under AFL's duty of care this incident should get 2 to 3 wks. Careless, high, high impact 2wks, severe impact 3 wks Maynard did do a footy act and attempt to smother. He did this sprinting towards the player. After/during the attempt it is his duty of care to avoid head high contact if he is...