Preview Changes Vs Essendon round 21

[flyinghi64]

Feel quite confident about this game, the only thing that can spoil it is rain.

 

[WCE_Phill]

Feel quite confident about this game, the only thing that can spoil it is rain.

Not at the G mate....under the roof!

 

[Chris_6678]

We have a pretty good record at Ethiad and we beat them there this time last year.

 

[Scotland]

Oh please. Tunbridge has done next to nothing in the game's he's played.

I don't get it with those that think Tunbridge is going to be some sort of star.

Tunbridge has played 5 games with an average TOG % of 51. Is he a potential star? Perhaps, but I doubt it. Bit hard to gauge if we never play him. What I don't get is people who want to persist with guys like McGinnity who have played 78 games and are still ordinary. What role did he actually fill against Collingwood?

If Cox goes out then who else should we bring in? Slim pickings outside the 22.

 

[nameless]

So glad Jobe is playing, I'll be doing some vocal training this week for some perfectly pitched boos throughout the game.

 

[The Dodger]

So glad Jobe is playing, I'll be doing some vocal training this week for some perfectly pitched boos throughout the game.

Do... Ray... Me... So... Far... La... Ti... BOOOOOOOOOO

 

[UpForGrabs]

Our win over the Bombers last year was our last for the year.

Let's hope history repeats itself, and then doesn't... if you catch my drift.

 

[bluengold89]

IN: Corey Adamson

 

[Doughboy]

In: Lecras (if fit)
Out: Ellis (inj.)

If Lecca is not fit, I would like to see either Wilson or Brennan

...or if the MC is feeling a bit adventurous, Sinkers!

 

[Doughboy]

IN: Corey Adamson

What so he can play right field?

 

[Mighty Eagles]

Tunbridge has played 5 games with an average TOG % of 51. Is he a potential star? Perhaps, but I doubt it. Bit hard to gauge if we never play him. What I don't get is people who want to persist with guys like McGinnity who have played 78 games and are still ordinary. What role did he actually fill against Collingwood?

When Masten, Gaff and Wellingham were playing poorly after Round 4 I was calling for two of them to be dropped for a minimum two weeks for McGinnity.

If there form warrants automatic selection after two weeks, then bring them in for the next bloke who needed to be dropped.

McGinnity is not in our best 25, he's purely depth.

When he first came he in had some reasonable games. The last few weeks, especially the last fortnight that we've won, he's been average, I agree he didn't do much at all.

 

[Gizza]

Hurns 150th, milestone away game, rarley ends well

We should drop him. It's our only option.

 

[Gizza]

I really hope NN pulls up OK. He loves playing against the Bombers. They're one team with similar ruckman who uses athleticism over strength, and Nic wins that battle by a mile.

 

[nameless]

When Masten, Gaff and Wellingham were playing poorly after Round 4 I was calling for two of them to be dropped for a minimum two weeks for McGinnity.

If there form warrants automatic selection after two weeks, then bring them in for the next bloke who needed to be dropped.

McGinnity is not in our best 25, he's purely depth.

When he first came he in had some reasonable games. The last few weeks, especially the last fortnight that we've won, he's been average, I agree he didn't do much at all.

I hardly noticed McGinnity all game (which is a good thing), just played his part.
I'd like him in the team to play on Hibberd or Dempsey.

 

[MIKE85]

They are pretty confident over on the Bombers board, I did a bit of lurking, and a few on there are saying if they hit some targets they will by 50 plus!! I don't reckon we will win, but I doubt we will get thrashed! I reckon we go down by about 20 points.

 

[Grwin]

Why is it that whenever we play Essendon in an important game. It seems some crisis comes along or is manufactured to give them extra motivation. Every single time something comes up.
I hope it the ASADA things backfires on them this week and they are all too depressed to be bothered but i don't think it will work out that way.

 

[DickDunn]

In: Lecras (if fit)
Out: Ellis (inj.)

If Lecca is not fit, I would like to see either Wilson or Brennan

...or if the MC is feeling a bit adventurous, Sinkers!

Please not this.

 

[MIKE85]

Why is it that whenever we play Essendon in an important game. It seems some crisis comes along or is manufactured to give them extra motivation. Every single time something comes up.
I hope it the ASADA things backfires on them this week and they are all too depressed to be bothered but i don't think it will work out that way.

Yeah it has always seemed to work in their favour. That booing game against us, their game against Freo last year was a few day after their CEO resigned, and now this!

Hard to gauge what Essendon will turn up. That game last year at Etihad where we beat them easily, you could almost tell they had given up by then, I don't reckon they will feel the same this time around. Likely that anything that comes out of this court thing will be dragged on for another year or so, and they won't get booted out of the finals again, so maybe the players are past worrying about it.

 

[Scotland]

When Masten, Gaff and Wellingham were playing poorly after Round 4 I was calling for two of them to be dropped for a minimum two weeks for McGinnity.

If there form warrants automatic selection after two weeks, then bring them in for the next bloke who needed to be dropped.

McGinnity is not in our best 25, he's purely depth.

When he first came he in had some reasonable games. The last few weeks, especially the last fortnight that we've won, he's been average, I agree he didn't do much at all.

McGinnity had 14 touches against the Crows, mostly ineffective - often disastrous. He was tagging Sloane who had 26 and kicked a goal.

He had 14 touches against the Pies also, and was playing on who exactly?

I get why people like him, he's got a bit of pace and aggression and has a go - but he is a liability offensively abd more often than not adds very little defensively. I just don't see what role he fills at the moment.

Hutchings has been identified as a tagging option. Played on Pendles yesterday and they had 31 touches each. Pendles wasn't amazing but I'd say 9 and a half times out of 10 you'd prefer 31 of his touches compared to 31 from Hutchings. Against the Crows he did better against Dangerfield (for 3 quarters anyway). With Selwood out I can see what the MC are doing with him. With McGinnity I just can't. We can't carry two 'taggers' whose opponents get 25+ touches with a midfield as weak as ours.

 

[Bleedblueandgold]

In: Wilson/Carter, LeCras (if fit) or Maginness
Out: Ellis (inj), Cox ('rest')

 

[Adzam]

I hardly noticed McGinnity all game (which is a good thing), just played his part.
I'd like him in the team to play on Hibberd or Dempsey.

He dropped two handballs pretty much running into inside 50 which he could have scored or which could have led to scores by others. Still though I wouldn't drop him anytime soon

 

[Small Moves]

McGinnity had 14 touches against the Crows, mostly ineffective - often disastrous. He was tagging Sloane who had 26 and kicked a goal.

He had 14 touches against the Pies also, and was playing on who exactly?

I get why people like him, he's got a bit of pace and aggression and has a go - but he is a liability offensively abd more often than not adds very little defensively. I just don't see what role he fills at the moment.

Hutchings has been identified as a tagging option. Played on Pendles yesterday and they had 31 touches each. Pendles wasn't amazing but I'd say 9 and a half times out of 10 you'd prefer 31 of his touches compared to 31 from Hutchings. Against the Crows he did better against Dangerfield (for 3 quarters anyway). With Selwood out I can see what the MC are doing with him. With McGinnity I just can't. We can't carry two 'taggers' whose opponents get 25+ touches with a midfield as weak as ours.

I think we could agree that Pendlebury, although he racked up 31 disposals didn't have very much of an impact throughout the game (apart from the second quarter). This is in comparison to his usual output.

 

[Greendogg5]

Looking forward to the ruck battle between Ryder and Nic Nat, good to see 2 ruckmen actually jump for the ball rather than block

 

[southcoast]

Masten had strapping on his right thigh and Brown's calf was also strapped at the end of the game - not sure how serious injuries were but they may have some bearing on selections.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

McGinnity had 14 touches against the Crows, mostly ineffective - often disastrous. He was tagging Sloane who had 26 and kicked a goal.

He had 14 touches against the Pies also, and was playing on who exactly?

Seemed to be running with Sidebottom. Didn't exactly quell him either.