Essendon and Carlton go head to head for the second time in the VFL since the abolishment of the AFL reserves, the Blues getting over the line last time the two sides met. Carlton's strength in the AFL has translated through to the VFL as well, the Blues currently 6th on the VFL ladder and only percentage away from 4th spot, whilst the Bombers are languishing in 19th out of 21 teams at the bottom, having their first win the last game before the bye.
As mentioned earlier, Essendon got their first win against Coburg the week before having a bye along with the AFL side, the win coming in bizarre circumstances with Jake Sutton kicking the ball and it bouncing over a couple of Coburg players heads before travelling over the line for a point after the siren. Kaine Baldwin stepped up inside 50 with 3 goals, 2 coming in the last quarter whilst James Stewart controlled the air down back with 15 marks in a bid to return to the AFL side.
Carlton ran over the top of cellar dwellars Preston, who lead from the 10 minute mark of the first quarter until the 23rd minute mark of the last, the Blues recording a 9 point win in a game they would have been hoping to get a bit of percentage from. Young gun Sam Philp had 3 goals with his 18 touches, and former Magpie also had 3 goals amongst his 23 disposals whilst Joel Trudgeon had 27 disposals in the middle of the ground.
I want to believe, given their struggles against Preston, but Carlton by 27. Possible Essendon side:
FB: Cody Brand - Josh Eyre - Garrett McDonagh
HB: Alastair Lord - Brandon Zerk-Thatcher - Massimo D'Ambrosio
MF: Tom Cutler - Brayden Ham - Dylan Landt
HF: Devon Smith - Cian McBride - Tom Hird
FF: Aaron Francis - Kaine Baldwin - Jye Menzie
OB: Nick Bryan - Alec Waterman - Joe Atley
IC: Andrew Phillips - Bruno Laguda - Sam Conforti - Joel Fitzgerald
23P: Alex Hird
Possible Carlton side:
FB: Brodie Kemp - Caleb Marchbank - Jordan Boyd
HB: Stefan Radovanovic - Domanic Akuie - David Handley
MF: Jack Carroll - Paddy Dow - Will Hayes
HF: Jesse Motlop - Jesse Glass-McCasker - Ned Cahill
FF: Lachlan Fogerty - Ben Crocker - Josh Honey
OB: Alex Mirkov - Sam Philp - Will Setterfield
IC: Luke Goetz - Patrick Dozzi - Alex Cincotta - Archie Stevens
23P: Josh Cripps
As mentioned earlier, Essendon got their first win against Coburg the week before having a bye along with the AFL side, the win coming in bizarre circumstances with Jake Sutton kicking the ball and it bouncing over a couple of Coburg players heads before travelling over the line for a point after the siren. Kaine Baldwin stepped up inside 50 with 3 goals, 2 coming in the last quarter whilst James Stewart controlled the air down back with 15 marks in a bid to return to the AFL side.
Carlton ran over the top of cellar dwellars Preston, who lead from the 10 minute mark of the first quarter until the 23rd minute mark of the last, the Blues recording a 9 point win in a game they would have been hoping to get a bit of percentage from. Young gun Sam Philp had 3 goals with his 18 touches, and former Magpie also had 3 goals amongst his 23 disposals whilst Joel Trudgeon had 27 disposals in the middle of the ground.
I want to believe, given their struggles against Preston, but Carlton by 27. Possible Essendon side:
FB: Cody Brand - Josh Eyre - Garrett McDonagh
HB: Alastair Lord - Brandon Zerk-Thatcher - Massimo D'Ambrosio
MF: Tom Cutler - Brayden Ham - Dylan Landt
HF: Devon Smith - Cian McBride - Tom Hird
FF: Aaron Francis - Kaine Baldwin - Jye Menzie
OB: Nick Bryan - Alec Waterman - Joe Atley
IC: Andrew Phillips - Bruno Laguda - Sam Conforti - Joel Fitzgerald
23P: Alex Hird
Possible Carlton side:
FB: Brodie Kemp - Caleb Marchbank - Jordan Boyd
HB: Stefan Radovanovic - Domanic Akuie - David Handley
MF: Jack Carroll - Paddy Dow - Will Hayes
HF: Jesse Motlop - Jesse Glass-McCasker - Ned Cahill
FF: Lachlan Fogerty - Ben Crocker - Josh Honey
OB: Alex Mirkov - Sam Philp - Will Setterfield
IC: Luke Goetz - Patrick Dozzi - Alex Cincotta - Archie Stevens
23P: Josh Cripps
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