Preview Changes: R18 2019 vs Essendon

[Scorpus]

Milera?

Can't seem him playing 100% inside mid so not much interest

 

[FAITH]

How mackay can get a game again after not even being able to show anything vs witches hats is incredible. Seriously how is he getting a game.

 

[dogs105]

Can't seem him playing 100% inside mid so not much interest

Inside/outside mid.

 

[Ramify]

So team balance is chucked out the window?

Nether Lynch or Stengel play a similar role.

That ever elusive non-statistical role you mean?

AFCs notion of team balance is a freaking joke dude. Consists of balancing out half a team worth of in form talent with another half of hazbeen-but-never-were hacks who train the house down but never produce the goods when it matters.

 

[1990crow]

Im angry at how little I care about this club right now. That stat about how many players in our 2015 side in the one tomorrow night says it all.

 

[Danger in Texas]

We both love Stengle but you got prize dibs
Think we should have played all 3 fwds
Hard to match on

Haha love him all you wish mate definitely agree with your point, having three small forwards in Betts, Murphy and Stengle (all guys that provide nice defensive pressure) would be a good point of difference for sure

 

[1970crow]

Why dont you guys just let us win to keep the pears out of the top 8

We’re considering it. I’ll let you know our decision no later than about 10pm tomorrow night.

 

[The Karma Bus]

I did see people talking about Stengle being dropped in a joking way and "as if" type way, "not even this club would do that"...

Lol

 

[SugarShane]

"Stengle, 3 goals on debut, I like your hustle! That's why it was so hard to cut you."

 

[King Elvis]

s**t football club.

 

[Murray2503]

Let's be honest. The only time our club makes any progressive change is when we get our ass handed to us. They make the token change and then revert back once we flat track bully some useless club. Rinse repeat. Club is going nowhere under Pyke. He is incapable of developing anything other than mediocrity.

 

[SugarShane]

So team balance is chucked out the window?

Nether Lynch or Stengel play a similar role.

No Mackay would upset our team balance? That's like saying winning powerball would upset your budget.

 

[Burtonsgottago]

I can see he's needed at HB if we run Milera and Smith on the ball. If those 2 play back, with Mackay on the wing I'll not be impressed.

Mackay’s run out of HB? We’ve had 200+ games to realise he’s just not that good.

 

[dogs105]

Mackay’s run out of HB? We’ve had 200+ games to realise he’s just not that good.

Have to play someone there

 

[SaltPeter]

Wow just looked at the poll results. 76% thought Mackay would be dropped.

Jeez way to get sucked in

I think you're mistaking "sucked in" with "hoped"

 

[Morning_Fog]

It doesn't need to be a like for like when we have the personnel to cover Mackay's role.

Lets assume it was MacKay, who plays where?

 

[dogs105]

Players I'm keen to watch:

Milera
Murphy
ROB
Brouch

 

[Ramify]

No Mackay would upset our team balance? That's like saying winning powerball would upset your budget.

A.O.T.Y(Analogy of the year) right there folks!

 

[Jars458]

Embarrassed by Port only two pay the price. s**t club. My first game in two months tomorrow night. Not excited at all.

 

[Burtonsgottago]

Have to play someone there

Try someone else. We’ve had a big enough sample size to see that Mackay isn’t up to it. There is no upside. He will not get better.

 

[SydCrow]

Ootiib C unlucky. Has Mackay covered in turnovers, clangers, targets missed, tackles stuck. Also non-statistical categories and fan popularity. This club is a joke.

 

[Ramify]

Lets assume it was MacKay, who plays where?

Simples. Change your bloody structure and quota system/ideal age profile to accommodate your most in-form and talented players.
I know the set-and-firget approach has payed off bigtime for us over the years but Isnt this a big part of a coaches job description???It's called dynamism or something like that.
Who knows, it could possibly make a certain teams gameplan a tad less predictable, and as farfetched a notion it may seem, it could even benefit the team both longterm and short by getting games into the kids(long) and by forcing players in the now to do wacky s**t like actually perform in order to secure their spot(the now).

 

[Morning_Fog]

No Mackay would upset our team balance? That's like saying winning powerball would upset your budget.

I’m all for dropping MacKay, I would be ecstatic if he never played again but I just don’t See how the forward line works if you drop MacKay for Lynch.

Betts, Stengle, Murphy with Lynch, Walker and Jenkins just doesn’t work.

 

[raticus_usm]

i was a little supprised stengle was dropped too but when u think about it he had 2 gimmee goals and a good snap against wiches hats so i can understand if its for team balance. as for Dmac he has a lot of haters but isnt he one of the speedier players we have? everyone has been talking how the bombers will cut us up with speed. The proof will be in the pudding tommorow. If we win ( i thinks so by 2 goals) the changes have worked.

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[SaltPeter]

Just noticed that Hurley, Fantasia, Laverde and Zac Clarke are all outs.

McKernon has been named as the ruck

50 game milestone for both Greenwood and Knight