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Tier 1 WW Player
The winless Dons come up against Coburg, who have only won one game for the season so far in what many would call a cripple fight. The battle of the north west has had 7 clashes, with Coburg winning 2 and Essendon 5, and if form is any indication we won't know who wins this one, with both sides losing their last 5 games.
The Bombers struggled offensively against Richmond, but held up defensively as they only lost by 33 points and held the Tigers to 10 goals 19 in the annual dream time curtain raiser. Cody Brand had his best game for the club, collecting 24 disposals against a pretty good Richmond defense whilst Brayden Ham had 20 disposals and a goal in 3 quarters playing through the midfield before getting held over as an emergency.
Coburg got jumped by 8 goals to 3 in the first quarter and never recovered from that, going down by 31 points against Sydney. Brother of Hawthorne's Ben, Peter McEvoy was the standout forward kicking 4 goals against Lewis Melican whilst Flynn Gentile had 24 disposals and 2 goals playing in the middle, and defender Charlie Thompson was at his creative best off half back.
My most dreaded game for the year, never know who to support on the day (but usually ends up as Coburg). Coburg by 17 in a tight one.
Possible sides:
Essendon
FB: Cian McBride - James Stewart -Bruno Laguda
HB: Alastair Lord - Cody Brand - Garrett McDonagh
MF: Sam Conforti - Brayden Ham - Dylan Landt
HF: Devon Smith - Josh Eyre - Tom Hird
FF: Alec Waterman - Kaine Baldwin - Shaun McKernan
OB: Andrew Phillips - Stefan Rasinac - Joe Atley
IC: Will Golds - Jake Sutton - Cooper Anderson - Josh Iacobaccio
23P: Ronald Fejo jr
Coburg
FB: Luke Nelson - Harry Nolan - Jesse Corigliano
HB: Ryan Exon - Jack Maibaum - Charlie Thompson
MF: Tom McKenzie - Luke Bunker - Nathan Boucher
HF: Braedyn Gillard - Edyn Sibbald - Josh D'Intinosante
FF: Sam Lowson - Peter McEvoy - Mitch Podhajski
OB: Adam Swierzbiolek - Tom Silvestro - Corey Ellis
IC: Tom McKenzie - Ben Jepson - Flynn Gentile - Dylan Thomas - Ryan Sturgess
The Bombers struggled offensively against Richmond, but held up defensively as they only lost by 33 points and held the Tigers to 10 goals 19 in the annual dream time curtain raiser. Cody Brand had his best game for the club, collecting 24 disposals against a pretty good Richmond defense whilst Brayden Ham had 20 disposals and a goal in 3 quarters playing through the midfield before getting held over as an emergency.
Coburg got jumped by 8 goals to 3 in the first quarter and never recovered from that, going down by 31 points against Sydney. Brother of Hawthorne's Ben, Peter McEvoy was the standout forward kicking 4 goals against Lewis Melican whilst Flynn Gentile had 24 disposals and 2 goals playing in the middle, and defender Charlie Thompson was at his creative best off half back.
My most dreaded game for the year, never know who to support on the day (but usually ends up as Coburg). Coburg by 17 in a tight one.
Possible sides:
Essendon
FB: Cian McBride - James Stewart -Bruno Laguda
HB: Alastair Lord - Cody Brand - Garrett McDonagh
MF: Sam Conforti - Brayden Ham - Dylan Landt
HF: Devon Smith - Josh Eyre - Tom Hird
FF: Alec Waterman - Kaine Baldwin - Shaun McKernan
OB: Andrew Phillips - Stefan Rasinac - Joe Atley
IC: Will Golds - Jake Sutton - Cooper Anderson - Josh Iacobaccio
23P: Ronald Fejo jr
Coburg
FB: Luke Nelson - Harry Nolan - Jesse Corigliano
HB: Ryan Exon - Jack Maibaum - Charlie Thompson
MF: Tom McKenzie - Luke Bunker - Nathan Boucher
HF: Braedyn Gillard - Edyn Sibbald - Josh D'Intinosante
FF: Sam Lowson - Peter McEvoy - Mitch Podhajski
OB: Adam Swierzbiolek - Tom Silvestro - Corey Ellis
IC: Tom McKenzie - Ben Jepson - Flynn Gentile - Dylan Thomas - Ryan Sturgess
