Preview Round 10: Essendon Bombers vs Oliver Twist Kangaroos, Marvel Stadium, Sunday 19th May, 1:10pm

[JT_the_Man]

Don’t want to mess with a winning formula, but as mentioned above switch the sub.

 

[maskmcgee]

OUT: Jones & Heppell

You cannot be serious, drop Jones before Davey?

 

[mcgrath_truther]

would like to see roberts & hayes line up this week

 

[Call Me Cake]

Based on output alone, Jones does not deserve to keep his spot. Caddy has earned it by now and would've probably nailed at least one or both of the goals that Jones missed.

However, I do not think we will make any forced changes due to winning.

 

[eth-dog]

In: Hayes, Shiel
Out: Laverde, Davey

 

[Vindicater]

Assuming no injuries

Out: Hobbs
In: Shiel

Shiel as sub. Hobbs to dominate abit as inside mid in VFL.

 

[justlookingaround]

Norf $11 to win. Got my safety bet on.

i did this on anzac day on one of those pies $8 to win promo bets and it was a draw

 

[Keystone agony]

I'm a bit harder to please. The port and sydney games still linger.. I'm still yet to see how ruthless he can be at selection and whether he can take us to the next step.

He has a mandate and he has my full support but no coach or player should be above constant evaluation. Scott hasn't done anything yet that warrants legend status. Have us top 4 at the end of the season.. win a final and then you sign him for another 3-4 years.

Hes already signed for another 3

Im not talking about legened status, im talking about happy to have him for the next 3 years, nothing will change my mind on that as i already wanted him beforehand and also what hes done so far

By ruthless at selection table what do you want him to do?

 

[Keystone agony]

In: Hayes, Shiel
Out: Laverde, Davey

Lav managed or omitted?

 

[Keystone agony]

I think Laverde is too important for Zurhaar this week to do a manage to give Hayes a game

The time was last week in the west on 10 hrs of flying

Our challenge will be retaining him with the form hes producing, id expect some strong offers as ive mentioned previousily. Hard to see him getting a game now

 

[silk]

Preview is up.

 

[HirdyLannister]

Preview is up.

Not replacing the word North with Norf is disappointing.

 

[Gumby2Hurley]

dimma quit after we beat the tigers
clarkson next???

 

[Vindicater]

Watching them for the first half against Gold Coast we need to go into this game ruthless.

There is no reason we don't win by 80+. They were unable to run out a quarter.

 

[Dave]

dimma quit after we beat the tigers
clarkson next???

I didn’t know he coached the tigers!!!

 

[supportyourteam]

Have to be some sort of chance.

 

[DallasCrane316]

Ridley was 1-2 weeks away for the GWS game. So he’d be close. Wonder if he’ll play any VFL minutes??

For this week, no changes at all. I think consistency is important.

Not sure if Hobbs stays the sub. Might be worth Davey being the sub and Hobbs getting a full game?

 

[silk]

Not replacing the word North with Norf is disappointing.

I like to think I'm a step above Bay 13... I'm not, but I like to think it.

 

[Godzke]

One thing that worries me is how we deal with inferior midfields that flood back. We've surprised teams by going head to head with them in the midfield. We lost that battle against Port but have won or broke even elsewhere.

Teams like WBD, Coll and GWS back their midfields to stem the flow and not compromise their structure forward of the ball.

Adelaide and WCE did. They conceded the midfield battle early and focused on committing numbers behind the ball, and given we are still struggling a bit with effective connection in forward 50, that made it harder to hit targets.

I think North will do the same. They will accept defeat through the middle and focus on defending in the back half not the front half. And then they surge forward out of defence in numbers, we struggle to stop them.

It's unlikely to be a winning strategy but if North want to contain the margin then they will do that. So unfortunately I can't see us winning by a big margin until we figure out how to navigate that better.

 

[Don Won]

With four teams who might be fighting for positions in the eight now having a draw, percentage becomes a factor again

 

[ant555]

Watching them for the first half against Gold Coast we need to go into this game ruthless.

There is no reason we don't win by 80+. They were unable to run out a quarter.

I can think of one. We are not that team yet.

 

[srobbo]

8 day break with them coming back from Darwin. No excuses to not pumping these clowns & improve our percentage. Arse is falling out of them & we need to be cashing in!

 

[scottmclaren]

Can see us playing the same team, but surely Bryan and/or Caddy would be considered.

 

[Rick Ross]

Sliding doors moment…​

Alastair Clarkson reveals how 'basket case' Bombers blew it in their bid to sign him​

https://wwos.nine.com.au/afl/alastair-clarkson-north-melbourne-coach-essendon-approach-too-late/5296bf72-2382-4cbc-a10c-4da30caeb68e

 

[Cold Sober]

Could be a closer game than some think.
Their no backline v our Melbourne forward line.
It's not dream round so Davey must go, he's had a good taste for it and will be better for it.
Should win by 87 points.