Preview Changes V Essendon

[shintemaster]

You didn't think he'd replace Logue with another key back?

I don't think I'd replace Logue with a key back that hasn't played any useful football for over 12 months.

Either way I doubt it matters. We have the firepower to beat this team if we bother to run / work hard from the middle and have decent transition (cough Hardeman). If we don't do that and allow a barrage of i50's then they could replace Logue with the Weapon X version of Matt Scarlett and it wouldn't matter.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Just handing the game to * if we pick a 32 year old with a chronic calf over a kid who deserves a chance in Dawson.

I might be in the minority but I'd prefer Corr over Dawson. Will copped some hidings last year and hasn't shown much this year to suggest he's earned a recall.

Having said that, I'd probably rather Bath / Matlock behind the ball.

 

[Samsquanch]

OK, an away game, but here's an opportunity to go...

[VIC] $20 Adult, $17 Conc, $0 Junior GA tickets to Essendon vs North Melbourne, 7:35pm March 28, Marvel Stadium @ Ticketmaster

Deal: [VIC] $20 Adult, $17 Conc, $0 Junior GA tickets to Essendon vs North Melbourne, 7:35pm March 28, Marvel Stadium @ Ticketmaster, Store: Ticketmaster, Category: Entertainment

www.ozbargain.com.au

 

[footy2016]

Surprise to me. Do Essendon even have a forward line that demands this kind of panic? Bringing in a player that has barely got out of a trot since 2024 is just a nothing decision IMO. Game will be won and lost in the midfield and transition from back - neither of which Corr, nor indeed Dawson most likely - would do anything to change the balance.

Hardeman is the logical answer and Lmac plays 3rd tall.

 

[shintemaster]

OK, an away game, but here's an opportunity to go...

[VIC] $20 Adult, $17 Conc, $0 Junior GA tickets to Essendon vs North Melbourne, 7:35pm March 28, Marvel Stadium @ Ticketmaster

Deal: [VIC] $20 Adult, $17 Conc, $0 Junior GA tickets to Essendon vs North Melbourne, 7:35pm March 28, Marvel Stadium @ Ticketmaster, Store: Ticketmaster, Category: Entertainment

www.ozbargain.com.au

I assume we have GA entry already if H&A members... just no seat unless you get there early and stake it out.

 

[TheKanga]

Wardlaw playing?

Always like watching Wardlaw play

Should be an in

 

[Donflicted]

Should be an in

Hope he gets a good run this year

Still remember that debut game

 

[TheKanga]

Hope he gets a good run this year

Still remember that debut game

Yeah that debut was crazy and the match vs sydney the week after "interchange gate"

Its a real shame he hasnt been able to build any consistentcy

 

[DuckYeah]

Cadman? You'd be calling him a cabbage when he kicks it out of bounds lining up for goal.

Just asking the question.

 

[DuckYeah]

In my defense, i didnt put the list together. Can only pick the shit they give me

Well thats fair

 

[Donflicted]

Yeah that debut was crazy and the match vs sydney the week after "interchange gate"

Its a real shame he hasnt been able to build any consistentcy

Biggest issue right now once he does i think he will go up another 2-3 levels

 

[Event Horizon]

I would have said that about West Coast.

There are some real differences. West Coast home support is a huge asset to them, unlike the toxic environment that currently exists at Essendon. Weather factor also heavily favored them, despite the fact King Corey will shortly once again point me towards the Uncle Leo excuses thread. And West Coast senior players (Kelly, Yeo, Graham, Cripps, Baker) are way better than anything Essendon's got, not to mention the young talent that's again far superior at the WA club.

So no, I don't back away from my statement. The only way I see us getting beaten if we allow them to jump us on the back of an emotional week for them, and then we can't reel them back in

 

[Event Horizon]

Surprise to me. Do Essendon even have a forward line that demands this kind of panic? Bringing in a player that has barely got out of a trot since 2024 is just a nothing decision IMO. Game will be won and lost in the midfield and transition from back - neither of which Corr, nor indeed Dawson most likely - would do anything to change the balance.

Well, I would argue that Caddy/Wright and Langford are enough to suggest that Pink and Comben alone won't get the job done. Nor are any of our medium defenders good enough to pick up one of the talls.

I would play Comben on Wright, Pink on Langford, and Dawson on Caddy.

 

[DuckYeah]

Im going, Medallion. I ****in hope this isnt the one and only time in 2026 I watch these blokes. Please, make me buy a membership North. Go and ****ing play with some vigour, Coaches, get up these campaigners and drop these senior players. Please

 

[DuckYeah]

Well, I would argue that Caddy/Wright and Langford are enough to suggest that Pink and Comben alone won't get the job done. Nor are any of our medium defenders good enough to pick up one of the talls.

I would play Comben on Wright, Pink on Langford, and Dawson on Caddy.

Its our midfield and half forwards need to stop and win in the middle part of the ground. If we can create pressure, make a farkin tackle and pressure them into turnover then I can see a happy ending. The question is, can they?

 

[Ruckle]

I assume we have GA entry already if H&A members... just no seat unless you get there early and stake it out.

Yep that how we get in, usually back row of 4th deck though.

 

[shintemaster]

Yep that how we get in, usually back row of 4th deck though.

 

[DuckYeah]

Ummm? Is this supposed to fill us with confidence?

 

[Only Forwards]

Ummm? Is this supposed to fill us with confidence?

be honest.

Would anything that they post fill you with confidence?

 

[DuckYeah]

be honest.

Would anything that they post fill you with confidence?

A spray? Like we saw in the GWS doc.. Perhaps an axe being sharpened? Theres a couple of clips would give some confidence.

 

[chubbspeterson]

I don't think I'd replace Logue with a key back that hasn't played any useful football for over 12 months.

Either way I doubt it matters. We have the firepower to beat this team if we bother to run / work hard from the middle and have decent transition (cough Hardeman). If we don't do that and allow a barrage of i50's then they could replace Logue with the Weapon X version of Matt Scarlett and it wouldn't matter.

I'd rather play Dawson/Whitlock or just go smaller with Hardeman, but it's easy to say when you aren't under the heat.

 

[DuckYeah]

Wardlaw playing?

Always like watching Wardlaw play

i give him 8 minutes…

 

[TheKanga]

Ummm? Is this supposed to fill us with confidence?

Looks like a bunch of blokes cuddling

 

[DuckYeah]

Looks like a bunch of blokes cuddling

Cant even stick a cuddle

 

[Rod Stroker]

Ummm? Is this supposed to fill us with confidence?

those tackles sticking would have been handy in the second and third quarters on Sunday