Strategy Finals charge

[pazza]

With Essendon's final bye for the season now out of the way, we have a few weeks before the finals.

The ladder looks like this after the weekend:

1. Williamstown (48)
2. Casey (44)
3. Collingwood (44)
4. Port Melbourne (40)
5. Sandringham (36)
6. Footscray (36)
7. Geelong (32)
8. ESSENDON (28)
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9. Werribee (24)
10. Northern Blues (24)
11. Box Hill (20)
12. Richmond (20)
13. Coburg (20)
14. Frankston (8)
15. North Ballarat (8)

Essendon's fixture with 4 weeks to go reads as follows:

Casey (away - this Saturday night)
Williamstown (home - August 14)
North Ballarat (away - August 20)
Northern Blues (home - August 27)

Geelong has:

Frankston (home - Saturday)
Richmond (away - August 14 twilight)
Casey (home - August 21)
Port Melbourne (away - August 27)

Werribee has:

Box Hill (away - Sunday)
Casey (away - August 14)
Footscray (home - August 21)
Sandringham (home - August 28)

Northern Blues have:

Richmond (home - Saturday)
BYE
Williamstown (home - August 20)
Essendon (away - August 27)

 

[Bombers36]

if we can somehow win one of the next two (maybe Willy at home) we are in - it's going to be tough though....

 

[eth-dog]

We'll stay in. Werribee will get smacked in the last 3 rounds, Blues win this week and not the other two, and we'll win our last 2 weeks. Geelong will go 2-2 as well.

 

[pazza]

Werribee torched Northern Blues yesterday (it's not often these days you kick 15 goals and get absolutely smashed). Percentage is also critical, as Footscray's low percentage may present problems for it. Percentage currently is 100.97%, with Williamstown, BYE, Werribee and Collingwood the last 4 weeks.

 

[vaughany]

A night game at Casey. Have they had an upgrade of the ground there to host night games?

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[Howard Moon]

anyone against loading up the VFL team for the remainder of the year?

Throughout our history we have won vfl or reserves flags the year proir to winning afl flags... its a great proving ground for finals and succesfull experiences.

drop a few good kids out of the senior team for some good groundings and finals footy?

 

[bomberbilly]

i think the club should look to making sure the VFL do well. The VFL team provided a lot of joy for the fans after a tough year for the AFL side.

 

[eth-dog]

anyone against loading up the VFL team for the remainder of the year?

Throughout our history we have won vfl or reserves flags the year proir to winning afl flags... its a great proving ground for finals and succesfull experiences.

drop a few good kids out of the senior team for some good groundings and finals footy?

Francis, Morgan, McKenna, Nyuon, Merrett, Long, Polks, Ashby, Jamar, Redman, Kommer, Grimley, Michael, Edwards, McKernan, Wallis, Hams and Eades are currently eligible, with Simpkin 1 game away from qualification and Grima and Crowley 2 games. McKenna needs 3 more games in seniors to be ineligible, and Hams the same.

 

[pazza]

Francis, Morgan, McKenna, Nyuon, Merrett, Long, Polks, Ashby, Jamar, Redman, Kommer, Grimley, Michael, Edwards, McKernan, Wallis, Hams and Eades are currently eligible, with Simpkin 1 game away from qualification and Grima and Crowley 2 games. McKenna needs 3 more games in seniors to be ineligible, and Hams the same.

18 eligible plus Holmes, Coghlan, Freezer, Jack Langford, Peart, A. Heppell....

Certainly a lot of experience going into the finals.

 

[Dave]

A night game at Casey. Have they had an upgrade of the ground there to host night games?

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It's had floodlights for a couple of years now.

 

[bomberbilly]

just saw that ainsworth will be 23rd man for casey this weekend.

 

[pazza]

just saw that ainsworth will be 23rd man for casey this weekend.

Get Dodoro down there.

 

[eth-dog]

18 eligible plus Holmes, Coghlan, Freezer, Jack Langford, Peart, A. Heppell....

Certainly a lot of experience going into the finals.

Reckon we'll see Hams, McKenna, Eades, Morgan miss finals through too many senior games/injury, but with Grima, Crowley and Simpkin. So it'd look something like:

Heppell - Freezer - Ferry
Francis - Grima - McNeice
J Merrett - Coghlan - Long
Redman - McKernan - Crowley
Polkinghorne - Grimley - Michael
Jamar - Simpkin - Wallis
Nyuon - Ashby - Kommer - Heavyside - Holmes*

 

[yodellinhank]

anyone against loading up the VFL team for the remainder of the year?

Throughout our history we have won vfl or reserves flags the year proir to winning afl flags... its a great proving ground for finals and succesfull experiences.

drop a few good kids out of the senior team for some good groundings and finals footy?

The opportunity might've passed by already. Anyone with a handle on the rules be able to sort us out a list of eligible players please?

 

[eth-dog]

Francis, Morgan, McKenna, Nyuon, Merrett, Long, Polks, Ashby, Jamar, Redman, Kommer, Grimley, Michael, Edwards, McKernan, Wallis, Hams and Eades are currently eligible, with Simpkin 1 game away from qualification and Grima and Crowley 2 games. McKenna needs 3 more games in seniors to be ineligible, and Hams the same.

The opportunity might've passed by already. Anyone with a handle on the rules be able to sort us out a list of eligible players please?

???

 

[yodellinhank]

???

I HAVE LISTENING SKILLS! SHUTUP JUDGE!

Much appreciated.

 

[pazza]

Reckon we'll see Hams, McKenna, Eades, Morgan miss finals through too many senior games/injury, but with Grima, Crowley and Simpkin. So it'd look something like:

Heppell - Freezer - Ferry
Francis - Grima - McNeice
J Merrett - Coghlan - Long
Redman - McKernan - Crowley
Polkinghorne - Grimley - Michael
Jamar - Simpkin - Wallis
Nyuon - Ashby - Kommer - Heavyside - Holmes*

Pretty fair side Egan would have to work with there - suspect Jack Langford gets in before Heavyside given goals scored by him.

 

[Rack Watts]

i think the club should look to making sure the VFL do well. The VFL team provided a lot of joy for the fans after a tough year for the AFL side.

To Victorian fans maybe
It's been a shit year for us interstaters.

 

[eth-dog]

Pretty fair side Egan would have to work with there - suspect Jack Langford gets in before Heavyside given goals scored by him.

Langford misses due to being extremely top heavy with Jamar, Michael, McKernan, Nyuon and Grimley all there.

 

[pazza]

Ladder after Round 21:

1. Casey 48
2. Williamstown 48
3. Collingwood 48
4. Sandringham 40
5. Port Melbourne 40
6. Footscray 40
7. Geelong 36
8. Essendon 28
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9. Box Hill 24
10. Richmond 24
11. Werribee 24
12. Northern Blues 24
13. Coburg 20
14. Frankston 8
15. North Ballarat 8

Collingwood v Port Melbourne
Coburg v Frankston
Essendon v Williamstown
Casey v Werribee
Sandringham v Box Hill
Richmond v Geelong
North Ballarat, Northern Blues and Footscray have the bye.

Essendon's percentage copped a hit on trhe weekend, now sitting at 97.59%. Box Hill is 103.23, Richmond 100.17, Werribee 87.26 and Northern Blues 75.02.