Preview Essendon vs Carlton: 07/06/13, MCG, 7:40 PM

[eth-dog]

Why is his name Derp?

he always has the herpderp face when photo's are taken

 

[DapperDon]

Why is his name Derp?

 

[vaughany]

Anyone else that can’t concentrate today? Just solely focused on tonight’s game. Shaking in excitement. It is like had 10 coffees and pacing 10 steps up and down the room like a psych patient.

Was just thinking how great is to barrack for Essendon. Ignoring the sabotage of our great club by outside fitness rouge cowboys…we are just awesome!

· We are a big4 club, we get the spotlight blockbuster games frequently

· We have the best captain and soon to the dual brownlow medallist Jobe Watson who others seek inspiration from (recent example Watts)

· We have Fletch. Legend. enough said.

· We have the best training facility soon to be completed

· We have journos who loves us (Robbo, Emma Quayle, Rohan Conolly, Julian DeStoop, Sarah Jones)

· We have journos who hates us and love to potshot the club (infatuation with us they secretly want to be Essendon fans) Damien Barrett, Hutchy & Caro.

· We have the best marketing team (albeit wacky sometimes it is great promotion) Card tricks, flash mob, posters, competitions

· We have the future star of the comp Mr Joe Daniher

· We have passion. The feeling you get when Jobe bursts through a pack, when Fletch spoils the seemingly impossible or when Zaka kicks that goal on Anzac Day is absolutely amazing

· We simply have the best coach in the AFL. A guy who bleeds red & black, a guy who gets a standing ovation when he walks out on the ground from our great supporters. A guy who the players respect more than anyone and love him to death (see after freo game in the rooms footage) He is our god. He is the guy who will bring us our next premiership.

· He is James Hird J

Go the mighty bombers!

 

[Ben the Gooner]

Hird, Daniher, Watson, Fletcher. The four biggest names in the last 50 years at the club.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

Dustin + Ken = 636
Terry + Chris + Anthony + Neale + Darcy + Joe = 624
Tim + Jobe = 471
Dick + Tom + Joel = 467
Allan + Allan + James = 359

 

[Bombers36]

Really looking forward to this game.

Hurley, Daniher & Davey are huge INS for us, and im pretty confident our forward line will work much better with these guys running around. Hopefully we'll kick more goals from our forward 50 entries this week as we seem to be getting it in there but have had issues kicking goals... these guys should make a difference....

The OUTS also are interesting - surely TBell & Jetta offer more than Melksham & Hams..??
Melksham just seems to keep getting picked regardless of how poorly he plays, and Hams who only managed 4 possesions last week 2 of which were clangers....

 

[sneakyjetta]

the weather is terrible!

 

[bomberswarm2]

I've got a feeling, that with all the fanfare, we'll pack the G' out, get 90,000 there, then Derp will kick 8 on debut as we thrash The Scum by 120 points!

Although I'll be tipping us by 32...

 

[Ben the Gooner]

I've got a feeling, that with all the fanfare, we'll pack the G' out, get 90,000 there, then Derp will kick 8 on debut as we thrash The Scum by 120 points!

Although I'll be tipping us by 32...

Will you go away if we don't win by 120?

 

[sneakyjetta]

My tip

Close game but carlton's spread and small forwards will be too much for us
blues by 15

hope im wrong though

 

[VelvetSledge]

My tip

Close game but carlton's spread and small forwards will be too much for us
blues by 15

hope im wrong though

You've been wrong about 40 times in this thread so far, the odds are in our favour.

 

[vaughany]

Forecast for the rest of Friday

Summary

Max 15
Morning rain then showers.
Chance of any rain: 90%

Rainfall amount: 5 to 10 mm
Melbourne area

Partly cloudy. Rain, easing to isolated showers in the morning, clearing during the late afternoon. Winds west to northwesterly 20 to 25 km/h tending west to southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h in the morning then becoming west to northwesterly and light in the evening.

 

[Kakkle]

I really like the team selected for this one. Davey really is a huge in for us. Missed that guy last week. I'm glad it's raining right this moment, get out of the way now.

 

[Coldacre]

..... and the heavens open


this weather is not good. we are shizenhausen in the wet. is there such thing as an anti-rain dance?

 

[BrunoV]

Anyone else that can’t concentrate today? Just solely focused on tonight’s game. Shaking in excitement. It is like had 10 coffees and pacing 10 steps up and down the room like a psych patient.

Going to be a struggle to get through the day at work, that's for sure.

 

[vaughany]

It is Melbourne after all could be getting sunburnt in a couple of hours

 

[Tassieboy]

Weather to clear by early arvo?

 

[sneakyjetta]

seems to be already getting better

i havent been this excited for an essendon debut since jay neagle

 

[VelvetSledge]

seems to be already getting better

i havent been this excited for an essendon debut since jay neagle

Don't bloody jinx the boy

 

[monty1104]

Driving down from mildura now. Weather is perfect. Hope it follows me.

 

[vaughany]

seems to be already getting better

i havent been this excited for an essendon debut since jay neagle

Big Jay those were the days..... not hahaha

 

[vaughany]

Weather to clear by early arvo?

Clearing this arvo, another shower @ 6pm then clears for no rain during the game

 

[sneakyjetta]

Big Jay those were the days..... not hahaha

Jay "the anvil" neagle

should never of delisted him imo

 

[vaughany]

Jay "the anvil" neagle

should never of delisted him imo

Lol true.

He got delisted for "weight issues" then Hird chucked him back on the list after he tried hard in a pre season

 

[Tassieboy]

Driving down from mildura now. Weather is perfect. Hope it follows me.

Enjoy the trip!