Injury Kennedy Out for 3 months

[Avalor]

Brennan in means no Mackenzie?

Brennan will come in for Schofield, who is suspended.

 

[kane249]

Brennan in means no Mackenzie?

Emac for Brown
Brennan for Schofield

 

[Quinz]

Really excited to see what we do this week. Do we put in two debutants? Leave Cox at FF?

It's times like this you find out where your team is at.

 

[dajesmac]

Oh, I didn't realise Schofield was out.

 

[pantskyle]

We should have known this would happen with JK though. Terrible preseason was underdone but played him R1 anyway.

 

[lewigie]

What happens if Emac misses again? Which is expected to happen.

 

[QS]

Lets not be like our purple neighbours and write this year off because of injuries. We have a few, yes.. But the midfield is still very much alive and we can tweak the forward structure slightly to accommodate the loss of JK. Why not throw another tall in just with the intention of providing a marking option and use Darling and Hill as the focal points?

 

[Jack_the_Ninja]

Lets not be like our purple neighbours and write this year off because of injuries. We have a few, yes.. But the midfield is still very much alive and we can tweak the forward structure slightly to accommodate the loss of JK. Why not throw another tall in just with the intention of providing a marking option and use Darling and Hill as the focal points?

exactly, we should reset our goals though and try and stay in the top 8 somehow. Then maybe get one final into our youngsters for a big charge for the 2013 Premiership. We can tweak the forward line and perhaps rejig it to be smaller and faster ?

 

[kane249]

We should have known this would happen with JK though. Terrible preseason was underdone but played him R1 anyway.

A soft tissue injury maybe, but no one would have expected a structural issue like an ankle

 

[pantskyle]

A soft tissue injury maybe, but no one would have expected a structural issue like an ankle

I didn't mean from a club point of view. I meant it more as a "was too good to be true that he is fit round 1".

 

[Chris_6678]

What happens if Emac misses again? Which is expected to happen.

He should be fine if we had to travel then i would say he would be a definite out.

 

[East coast eagle]

Im staying positive, i think sliding down the ladder will happen but out of the 8?? Im not so sure about that, we still have a great side. If we can stay around 4-6 on the ladder come the business end of the season we should still be in a position to get a home final when the boys come back? apart from Lecras obviously? thoughts??

 

[WCEbrody]

Probably silly to look for positives out of a 3 month injury to one of your most important players BUT its probably the part of the ground we can cover the easiest besides maybee the half back line. We still have a very good backline and a midfield to match it with the best, the press wont be as good with JK out but im sure we'll be alright. In most teams eyes this forward line is still pretty good:

Hill Darling Hams
Masten Lynch Resting mid/Ruck

 

[Lyyynnnchy]

I'd Prefer

HF - Masten Lynch Hill
F - Hams cox/nat Darling

 

[mehow2g]

We will be fine, top 4 for me is a lock that's all we need by that time we have players back.

We just beat a really good Richmond with 2 talls down we will just make adjustments.

Stress less.

 

[East coast eagle]

Probably silly to look for positives out of a 3 month injury to one of your most important players BUT its probably the part of the ground we can cover the easiest besides maybee the half back line. We still have a very good backline and a midfield to match it with the best, the press wont be as good with JK out but im sure we'll be alright. In most teams eyes this forward line is still pretty good:

Hill Darling Hams
Masten Lynch Resting mid/Ruck

Not looking for positives from JK injury, looking for positives for the team as a whole going forward... Alot of negativity which i can understand in a really sh!t time for us..

 

[henrykrinkle]

As an Essendon supporter I love nic-nat. I have always thought that if you put him at full forward and left him there he would at some point evolve into a hundred goal player, and I never thought I would think that about a player of his size. But of course you need to have another great ruckman first in order to be afforded that luxury. you've got that in Cox, so why don't you just pander to my curiosity and deploy nic-nat exclusively in the teeth of goals.ps. i am not as knowledgeable about your team as all of you, and my notion is maybe way wrong.

 

[kaiserchief13]

As an Essendon supporter I love nic-nat. I have always thought that if you put him at full forward and left him there he would at some point evolve into a hundred goal player, and I never thought I would think that about a player of his size. But of course you need to have another great ruckman first in order to be afforded that luxury. you've got that in Cox, so why don't you just pander to my curiosity and deploy nic-nat exclusively in the teeth of goals.ps. i am not as knowledgeable about your team as all of you, and my notion is maybe way wrong.

Because then the Eagles would lose Naitanui's tackling and defensive pressure in the midfield as well as his freakish clearance abilities. I think the Eagles will still be fine. Will lose at most 3 games till Kennedy is back.

 

[henrykrinkle]

Yes indeed. Imagine having about 15 of him in the one side. harlem globetrotters.

 

[Avalor]

Big K is gone but with McInnes, we'll be fine. He's quick and agile enough to keep the pressure on in the forward half, and he is terrific in the air.
Whether or not he plays Sunday, what with the weather, we'll have to wait and see, but I think he can fill Kennedy's shoes.
Still think we can win this Sunday.