Blueinblood
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Chance for a 3rd consecutive win.
I know i am making this early but this is definitely a danger game for us.
Bombers coming off a good win and hopefully our boys don't get over-confident.
Their Forwards our backs:
After going to watch them on Friday it became very clear what their preferred forward setup was:
Lloyd 50-80 meters out. Pushing up to the wings to take marks. Providing an option from the 2nd or 3rd kick in play.
Lucas- 30-60 Meters out. Pushing up to HF taking marks and catching his opponent running back into the 50.
Neagle- 0-30 meters out. Generally parked his (fat) ass in the goal square and tried to take big marks and clunk some marks deep near the goal-line. Very slack on following his man on the rebound. His opponent in the first half (Embley) had 3 shots on goal which is unacceptable for Neagle.
Id expect us to match-up like this:
Lloyd- Jamison could go to him as he has the pace to go with him on his long lead to the wings. The other options would be Waite so that he can go with lloyd up the ground and be involved in the play alot more. If one of these 2 are getting beaten expect Setanta to go to Lloyd.
Lucas- Although Thornton has a good track record against him i would expect Waite to resume his role at CHB and try to be involved in as many rebounds as he can and run off Lucas.
Neagle- Expect Setant to go back there as he is probably the only one that can match it strength wise with Naegle and is much more athletic.
Id expect Thornton on Monfries on the other medium forward.
Armfield on Jetta.
Our Forwards their backs.
Fevola - Super form although has a minor injury. No clear matchup. Michael is out of the side so Fletcher will probably get the job but Fev is very quick so if our midfield can get it down to him quickly on the lead he should kick a few. Other options include Ryder and NLM
Kruezer/Cloke: Whichever of the two is down there expect Ryder to go to him.
Hartlett: Personally i think he should come into the team for Hampson as he has been down on form lately. May force a Ryder matchup if he plays, leaving fisher with NLM
Eddie: Slattery may go to him. Eddie Clear advantage up the ground and deep. Needs to crumb.
Fisher: Very dangerous as he will end up with the 3rd defender as Ryder will have to go to the resting ruckman or Hartlett. NLM may get the job so expect Fisher to have a day out.
MIDFIELDS: Expect them to tag Judd Steven's and maybe even Murphy.
Welsh has generally gone to the slower of the best two opposition midfielders so i think he will go with Steven's but wouldn't be surprised if he got Judd.
If Bannister doesn't play then i think Bentick could go with Stanton or even Hadley if he plays.
I think we can just go head to head witht he others as they have no real standouts. Maybe just Gibbs to Lonergan.
Ruckman. This is the area that concerns me. Hill is the form ruckman in the comp along with Hudson and was very very good on friday. Is very dangerous up forward so we need to exploit their lack of talls and maybe even force him to play back at stages. Cloke will always provide a contest and may have to stick close to Hille. would not be too concerned with Laycock.
Dangers to us:
9 day break for the Bombers
Coming off a good win- high confidence
In form ruckman
Lloyd and Lucas back in form
Advatages to us:
Superior midfield
On paper good match-ups for us down back
Essendons weak backline
FEV
Early week Prediction:
If we don't get cocky Blues by 32
I know i am making this early but this is definitely a danger game for us.
Bombers coming off a good win and hopefully our boys don't get over-confident.
Their Forwards our backs:
After going to watch them on Friday it became very clear what their preferred forward setup was:
Lloyd 50-80 meters out. Pushing up to the wings to take marks. Providing an option from the 2nd or 3rd kick in play.
Lucas- 30-60 Meters out. Pushing up to HF taking marks and catching his opponent running back into the 50.
Neagle- 0-30 meters out. Generally parked his (fat) ass in the goal square and tried to take big marks and clunk some marks deep near the goal-line. Very slack on following his man on the rebound. His opponent in the first half (Embley) had 3 shots on goal which is unacceptable for Neagle.
Id expect us to match-up like this:
Lloyd- Jamison could go to him as he has the pace to go with him on his long lead to the wings. The other options would be Waite so that he can go with lloyd up the ground and be involved in the play alot more. If one of these 2 are getting beaten expect Setanta to go to Lloyd.
Lucas- Although Thornton has a good track record against him i would expect Waite to resume his role at CHB and try to be involved in as many rebounds as he can and run off Lucas.
Neagle- Expect Setant to go back there as he is probably the only one that can match it strength wise with Naegle and is much more athletic.
Id expect Thornton on Monfries on the other medium forward.
Armfield on Jetta.
Our Forwards their backs.
Fevola - Super form although has a minor injury. No clear matchup. Michael is out of the side so Fletcher will probably get the job but Fev is very quick so if our midfield can get it down to him quickly on the lead he should kick a few. Other options include Ryder and NLM
Kruezer/Cloke: Whichever of the two is down there expect Ryder to go to him.
Hartlett: Personally i think he should come into the team for Hampson as he has been down on form lately. May force a Ryder matchup if he plays, leaving fisher with NLM
Eddie: Slattery may go to him. Eddie Clear advantage up the ground and deep. Needs to crumb.
Fisher: Very dangerous as he will end up with the 3rd defender as Ryder will have to go to the resting ruckman or Hartlett. NLM may get the job so expect Fisher to have a day out.
MIDFIELDS: Expect them to tag Judd Steven's and maybe even Murphy.
Welsh has generally gone to the slower of the best two opposition midfielders so i think he will go with Steven's but wouldn't be surprised if he got Judd.
If Bannister doesn't play then i think Bentick could go with Stanton or even Hadley if he plays.
I think we can just go head to head witht he others as they have no real standouts. Maybe just Gibbs to Lonergan.
Ruckman. This is the area that concerns me. Hill is the form ruckman in the comp along with Hudson and was very very good on friday. Is very dangerous up forward so we need to exploit their lack of talls and maybe even force him to play back at stages. Cloke will always provide a contest and may have to stick close to Hille. would not be too concerned with Laycock.
Dangers to us:
9 day break for the Bombers
Coming off a good win- high confidence
In form ruckman
Lloyd and Lucas back in form
Advatages to us:
Superior midfield
On paper good match-ups for us down back
Essendons weak backline
FEV
Early week Prediction:
If we don't get cocky Blues by 32
. Have the feeling murph might receive some attention after to cracking weeks in a row.
