Changes for Richmond

[Dark Throne]

Good luck to Nicko, great young lad, hope he enjoys the big stage.

 

[BrunoV]

Will be wet to very wet

Thank god, we need anything that will keep this thing in close (first to avoid a blow out and second is to maybe keep us in the game).

 

[Pweter]

So when the weather finally turns in favour of Lonergan, he doesn't get selected.

If it is pissing down this is one week I'd have him in, and at the expense of Melksham.

 

[lamaros]

Lonergan gets a rest at Bendigo a few times through the year and is almost 26 now, he is still more inconsistent than Melksham.

 

[Pweter]

Lonergan gets a rest at Bendigo a few times through the year and is almost 26 now, he is still more inconsistent than Melksham.

I've said many times in other threads that if we're serious Lonergan has to go for the exact reason you said, but if he is still in the squad and getting selected on a semi-regular basis, these are the conditions to select him.

I've tried to be patient with Melksham, you would be lucky to find a post by me bagging him all season, but enough is enough. I predict he will do 1 or 2 good things in the first 5 minutes, I will then think "this is what we've been waiting for", then he'll be unsighted for the remaining 95 minutes. But hey, he's got 2 legs that haven't broken down all season so he probably gets a game on the back of that.

 

[vaughany]

Glad to see NLM back! I know he might not have the best skills or polish but at least he has a crack! He gives %100 and you can tell he loves Essendon.

Gumby returns= good

Pears- this is your last chance. Hampered by injuries is not an excuse any more. If he fumbles/looks lost tonight then it is curtains. you will be traded.

Belly v Maric shall be great to watch!

Watson- Hopefully gets another B.O.G to sew up the brownlow

Go bombers!

P.S Melbourne weather gods please don't let it rain tonight! Can't remember the last time we won in wet weather

 

[Lord Nicholson]

Could decide the AFLCA Award.

How... er... exciting.

 

[VelvetSledge]

Lonergan gets a rest at Bendigo a few times through the year and is almost 26 now, he is still more inconsistent than Melksham.

You're not wrong there, Melk has been consistently crap all year.

 

[Essendonia]

I've said many times in other threads that if we're serious Lonergan has to go for the exact reason you said, but if he is still in the squad and getting selected on a semi-regular basis, these are the conditions to select him.

I've tried to be patient with Melksham, you would be lucky to find a post by me bagging him all season, but enough is enough. I predict he will do 1 or 2 good things in the first 5 minutes, I will then think "this is what we've been waiting for", then he'll be unsighted for the remaining 95 minutes. But hey, he's got 2 legs that haven't broken down all season so he probably gets a game on the back of that.

Amazing what a 'managed load' or 'reduced output' or 'softing it' will do...nothing. The guy has skills, just needs to get some kamikaze in him.


Meanwhile, Windy Hill on a Thursday night....

 

[lamaros]

You're not wrong there, Melk has been consistently crap all year.

Despite his stats saying his year is about on par with the last season, albeit kicking more goals and getting a few less tackles and touches (almost like he's been playing up forward?).

I admit. I expected more from Melksham this year. But it's not like he has been awful (though the last 5 weeks have been poor, for sure). He's just never managed to play 4 quarters in the one game.

He put on a fair bit of weight last time pre-season. I expect now that that is behind him he will bulk up more reasonably and get a lot more run back into his legs for 2013. He obviously been very tired, and fitness was never his best asset.

 

[lamaros]

By the way, Lonergan gets fewer kicks, possessions, fewer goals, fewer behinds, more frees against... etc. The only area Lonergan is ahead is tackles and the other contested stuff.

Given that Lonergan has played inside midfield and Jake all over the shop it's not exactly a glowing endorsement for Sam.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

This year will be good for Melksham, despite not being a good year for Melksham.

That's some inception shit right there, but it's true.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Reimers hasn't even been name for Bendigo. Maybe he's injured?

As weird as this sounds I hope so, I really want to see him running around for us next year.

 

[Heppell21]

It'll be very wet and windy. Not sure how either team will cope.

 

[Essendonia]

This year will be good for Melksham, despite not being a good year for Melksham.

That's some inception shit right there, but it's true.

I enjoyed reading that sentence and escaping with a sound mind, despite my mind not making a sound, or at the time contemplating that my mind ought make a sound, or that any mind might make a sound, whether that mind be sound or unsound, or whether any mind making a sound would make a sound that was something other than an auditory sound.

 

[Bombers36]

No Dyson, Reimers or Prismall - they aren't on any injury list I can find, nor are any of them playing at at Bendigo tongiht. The fact that they all aren't contracted for 2013 makes me think they are on the outer and wont be at Essendon next year

 

[VelvetSledge]

Despite his stats saying his year is about on par with the last season, albeit kicking more goals and getting a few less tackles and touches (almost like he's been playing up forward?).

I admit. I expected more from Melksham this year. But it's not like he has been awful (though the last 5 weeks have been poor, for sure). He's just never managed to play 4 quarters in the one game.

He put on a fair bit of weight last time pre-season. I expect now that that is behind him he will bulk up more reasonably and get a lot more run back into his legs for 2013. He obviously been very tired, and fitness was never his best asset.

Good points, but last year most of us said that 2012 would be a break out year for Melk, and, frankly, he hasn't delivered at all. The past 5-7 weeks have been so horribly frustrating to watch - I'm a huge fan of the kid, and I think his best is very good - But his current form certainly doesn't warrant a place in the starting 22.

 

[lamaros]

Good points, but last year most of us said that 2012 would be a break out year for Melk, and, frankly, he hasn't delivered at all. The past 5-7 weeks have been so horribly frustrating to watch - I'm a huge fan of the kid, and I think his best is very good - But his current form certainly doesn't warrant a place in the starting 22.

I would say that it does. Who else deserves the spot more? Steinberg? Lonergan? Half of the injured guys?

The fact is that Melksham, despite the haters views, is still contributing, and that we don't have anyone else who is fit enough or in good enough form to push him out.

 

[VelvetSledge]

I would say that it does. Who else deserves the spot more? Steinberg? Lonergan? Half of the injured guys?

The fact is that Melksham, despite the haters views, is still contributing, and that we don't have anyone else who is fit enough or in good enough form to push him out.

Fair point. That aside though, you can't say Melk deserves his spot- He has been our worst player, consistently, for a fair while. I'm in no position to say who could take his spot, because I'm not sure we have the cattle, but his output is almost embarrassing.

What's he contributing, in your view?

 

[Underarm]

Will we be seeing the Red and Grey jumper tonight? I hope not.

 

[lamaros]

Fair point. That aside though, you can't say Melk deserves his spot- He has been our worst player, consistently, for a fair while. I'm in no position to say who could take his spot, because I'm not sure we have the cattle, but his output is almost embarrassing.

What's he contributing, in your view?

He hasn't been out worst player, consistently, for a fair while.

You drop a player for a reason, not just for the sake of it. No one who is suggesting why Melksham should be dropped has any reason other than "I think he played bad". That's not the kind of thinking that makes a good footy team.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Will we be seeing the Red and Grey jumper tonight? I hope not.

As long as it's with white shorts I'm fine with it.

 

[kfc1]

I honestly have not cared about an Essendon game this little all year. I'm looking forward to driving 400km tomorrow moreso than watching the game tonight

 

[VelvetSledge]

He hasn't been out worst player, consistently, for a fair while.

You drop a player for a reason, not just for the sake of it. No one who is suggesting why Melksham should be dropped has any reason other than "I think he played bad". That's not the kind of thinking that makes a good footy team.

Does he need to have an injury to be dropped? There are players in the reserves who would be dying to have a crack at the big time, Melk looks totally lazy in his current role, like he just doesn't give two shits.
We don't need that sort of mindset in a professional club.

 

[lamaros]

Does he need to have an injury to be dropped? There are players in the reserves who would be dying to have a crack at the big time, Melk looks totally lazy in his current role, like he just doesn't give two shits.
We don't need that sort of mindset in a professional club.

"Looks lazy" has to take the award for most pointless and unfounded player criticism ever. God I am sick of hearing it.