Matchups vs Carlton

[eth-dog]

ESSENDON v CARLTON
Essendon
B: Henry Slattery, Tayte Pears, Dustin Fletcher
HB: Courtenay Dempsey, Cale Hooker, Heath Hocking
C: Kyle Reimers, Ricky Dyson, Brent Prismall
HF: Angus Monfries, Scott Lucas, Jason Winderlich
F: Andrew Welsh, Matthew Lloyd, Alwyn Davey
Foll: Patrick Ryder, Jobe Watson, Brent Stanton
I/C: Sam Lonergan, Nathan Lovett-Murray, Andrew Lovett, Hayden Skipworth
Emg: Bachar Houli, Michael Hurley, David ZaharakisIn: Slattery, Lovett-Murray
Out: Mark McVeigh (susp), Adam McPhee (calf)

Carlton
B: Paul Bower, Michael Jamison, Aaron Joseph
HB: Dennis Armfield, Bret Thornton, Steven Browne
C: Kade Simpson, Chris Judd, Heath Scotland
HF: Ryan Houlihan, Jordan Bannister, Nick Stevens
F: Eddie Betts, Brendan Fevola, Setanta O’hAilpin
Foll: Matthew Kreuzer, Marc Murphy, Bryce Gibbs
I/C: Mark Austin, Andrew Carrazzo, Shaun Grigg, Shaun Hampson
Emg: Brad Fisher, Jeff Garlett, Jordan Russell
In: Thornton
Out: Jeff Garlett

IMO:
Defence
Slattery-Betts
Pears-Fevola
Fletcher-Setanta
Hooker-Kruezer (all game)
Hocking-Houlihan
Dempsey-the other forward left

Midfield
Welsh-Judd
Watson-tagged by Bannister (hopefully)

Forward
Monfries-whoever they're rebounder is

 

[VelvetSledge]

I wouldn't be surprised if Jobe gets a flying start, and we see Stevens put on him for the rest of the match. While he is one of the better Blues players who is valuable to clearances, I can imagine Ratten using him as a tag, while Judd can be used to roam free.





...
Unless Woosha has something to say about it.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

Pears --> Fev
Slattery --> Betts.

That's their entire forwardline covered.

Seriously though,

Fletcher --> some hack (likely Wiggins) to zone off in front of Fev
NLM --> Houlihan to also zone off
Hooker --> Kreuzer (when he goes forward)

into the midfield

Hocking --> Judd
Dyson --> Gibbs
Welsh --> Murphy

Let them worry about every other player on the field.

 

[IbbosBFF]

A lot hinges on Pears and Fletcher tonight....