Game Day AFL 2019 Round 17: Essendon v North Melbourne, 4:35pm AEST Marvel Stadium

[Gralin]

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Melbourne area


Mostly cloudy. Very high (90%) chance of showers, becoming less likely this evening. Snow falling above 700 metres. Local hail and thunder, becoming less likely this evening. Winds westerly 30 to 45 km/h.
Where and when: Marvel Stadium, Saturday, July 13, 4.35pm AEST
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What it means for Essendon: The Bombers have won four of their last five games and are on a roll. They won ugly last week against Sydney, grinding out a win at the MCG, and could go a long way to extinguishing North's faint finals hopes with a win this week.
What it means for North Melbourne: Rhyce Shaw's charmed run at the helm of the Kangaroos has continued to keep the Roos within a chance of making the finals. Already a win outside of the top eight, the Roos can't afford a slip-up to grab a spot in September.
The stat: Essendon is aiming for a century this week. The Bombers have won 99 VFL/AFL games against North Melbourne since it entered the VFL in 1925.
The match-up: Zac Clarke is heading Essendon's injury-hit ruck division and struggled last week against Sydney. He will face North Melbourne's Todd Goldstein, who is ranked the third best ruckman in the competition (and overall the 15th best player) in the Official AFL Player Ratings.
It's a big week for: Ben Cunnington. The hard-nosed Roos midfielder has the capacity to be the difference between the sides given his brute strength around the ball. Essendon, which doesn't have a big-bodied equivalent, will need to clamp down on Cunnington.

Big call: Shaun McKernan again proves the difference between the sides, backing up his four-goal effort last year with two late goals to seal Essendon's win.
Prediction: Essendon by 17 points

Source: AFL Website

 

[boncer34]

North by 32

 

[rumply]

Yes. North way too good here, 6 goals

 

[boncer34]

Yes. North way too good here, 6 goals

After reading their board I'm genuinely concerned for a few of them if we pull off the upset.

 

[rumply]

After reading their board I'm genuinely concerned for a few of them if we pull off the upset.

I'm tipping them purely on humanitarian grounds.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

After reading their board I'm genuinely concerned for a few of them if we pull off the upset.

Likewise for your board.

 

[boncer34]

Likewise for your board.

Not even close. The sheer amount of vitriol from your board is staggering.

1k+ posts in your pre match thread with the majority being angry aggressive abusive posts. Compared to ours which crawled over 400 with the majority expressing disbelief at the nature of your boards thread.

Astounding how much this means to North.

 

[Gralin]

Likewise for your board.

Not even close. The sheer amount of vitriol from your board is staggering.

1k+ posts in your pre match thread with the majority being angry aggressive abusive posts. Compared to ours which crawled over 400 with the majority expressing disbelief at the nature of your boards thread.

Astounding how much this means to North.

How about we talk about the game hey

 

[boncer34]

How about we talk about the game hey

What's the score?

 

[Gameova_]

After reading their board I'm genuinely concerned for a few of them if we pull off the upset.

It's a big game for our finals hopes. Also we hate Essendon.

 

[Gralin]

What's the score?

0-0 slow start

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

0-0 slow start

Crowd looks average too, barely a peep.

 

[Firestarter]

Again I'm worried the age restriction isn't high enough. We don't need 12yos pretending they know more than they actually do and Wikipedia never counts.

 

[JayJ20]

What's the score?

28-16. Essendon leading

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Hail rolling through Melbourne, good day to be at Docklands

 

[Cold Sober]

We are a team of love, yep we love roadkill, especially Kangaroo.

 

[Gameova_]

Hail rolling through Melbourne, good day to be at Docklands

I hope they keep the roof open

 

[Bunkdar]

hang me in the main st for being stoopid but I moved 2 NSW
is there a way for an ex-pat to watch the game ?
EFC will win for bomber thompsons meth game

 

[Rod Stroker]

28-16. Essendon leading

That's the free kick count

 

[Rod Stroker]

Not even close. The sheer amount of vitriol from your board is staggering.

1k+ posts in your pre match thread with the majority being angry aggressive abusive posts. Compared to ours which crawled over 400 with the majority expressing disbelief at the nature of your boards thread.

Astounding how much this means to North.

Most of those were you and Dapper fouling up our board.

 

[boncer34]

Most of those were you and Dapper fouling up our board.

Been reading our board again Rodney.

 

[JayJ20]

That's the free kick count

No that was the VFL score. Funny you keep bringing that narrative considering we've only "won" the free kick count against North once in the last 6 games, which was back in 2016 (our top up year). Even that was only by 1 free kick. We deserve to get a good run against you guys.

 

[Bunkdar]

i just hope for a good game
NM was always my second team
fukin shin bonerz

 

[Rod Stroker]

Been reading our board again Rodney.

I'm not interested in reading anything on a clubs board who endorses cheating.

 

[Rod Stroker]

No that was the VFL score. Funny you keep bringing that narrative considering we've only "won" the free kick count against North once in the last 6 games, which was back in 2016 (our top up year). Even that was only by 1 free kick. We deserve to get a good run against you guys.

You can count on it!