Preview Round 12: St Kilda vs Essendon, Woolloongabba, Sunday 16/08/2020 @ 3:35 PM AEST

[eth-dog]

Merrett has been playing much more outside lately. Think he’ll continue to spend a lot of time in the wing

Those inside/outside spots aren't saying they'll spend all their time there. Merrett is still attending CB more than Langford or Cutler who are playing pretty much entirely on the wing

 

[R t james]

Will they use guelf to shut down butler or just hope team defence will work, a few people in here not sold on Clarke , I’m a fan

 

[Cold Sober]

Hope Begley has a big one.

 

[CBombers17]

It will very interesting to see what impact Clarke has around the contest. If he is allowed to hunt ball and pressure we should get better service from Merrett, Parish and McGrath. Either way the Saints aren't overly defensive so these guys need to be finding targets.

It would be great to see Begley get some some time in the middle as well as forward and i think Mutch will get his opportunity to show us he can hold down a wing. If they go down this path they can give McKenna a license of half back and play him as the 7th 'defender'.

I reckon we have been way too easy to play against for years. Whatever 'brand' we are building i want it to be based on a strong physical contest and these moves are a step in the right direction for that.

I still don't see us winning this one but hopefully these guys show enough to get more games

 

[eth-dog]

Will they use guelf to shut down butler or just hope team defence will work, a few people in here not sold on Clarke , I’m a fan

If Guelfi plays on Butler we might as well pack it in. Your son is no good.

 

[R t james]

If Guelfi plays on Butler we might as well pack it in. Your son is no good.

No good , kept the next big thing to one goal , you and dapper need to get on board

 

[ghostdog]

Rutten wants the team to learn the system. This means we'll persist with the forward pressure game. McKenna will play forward I think for that reason. St Kilda will be too quick for us though; they'll get the ball out the back and kill us with pace all afternoon.

 

[MiguelM]

Will they use guelf to shut down butler or just hope team defence will work, a few people in here not sold on Clarke , I’m a fan

Hope not. Butler would kill Guelf on the fast break.

Saad to Butler please. Gleeson to Hind?

Hill is a worry, who can go with him? is Mutch quick enough?

 

[eth-dog]

No good , kept the next big thing to one goal , you and dapper need to get on board

He had 4 very getable shots on goal. When your opponent has 4 shots on goal you haven't done your job.

 

[Bombers36]

Hope not. Butler would kill Guelf on the fast break.

Saad to Butler please. Gleeson to Hind?

Hill is a worry, who can go with him? is Mutch quick enough?

I think it will be

Saad to Butler - Butler in great form but Saad one of the best small defenders in the business and can hurt the other way
Gleeson to take Hind - slower than Hind but reads the play much better and is better in the air
Hill is a big worry - maybe give Cutler a defensive role on him

I think we are a good chance here with a line up like this;-


Zerk Hurley Gleeson
Guelfi Ridley Saad
Cutler Shiel Merrett
Snelling Langford Tippa
McKernan Stewart Townsend

Draper Parish McGrath

Bench: Clarke McKenna Begley Mutch


Comon Dons!

 

[MiguelM]

I think it will be

Saad to Butler - Butler in great form but Saad one of the best small defenders in the business and can hurt the other way
Gleeson to take Hind - slower than Hind but reads the play much better and is better in the air
Hill is a big worry - maybe give Cutler a defensive role on him

I think we are a good chance here with a line up like this;-


Zerk Hurley Gleeson
Guelfi Ridley Saad
Cutler Shiel Merrett
Snelling Langford Tippa
McKernan Stewart Townsend

Draper Parish McGrath

Bench: Clarke McKenna Begley Mutch


Comon Dons!

Yeah will be interesting.

Maybe they could counter Hill with McKenna fwd (if Hill plays off half back). Would prefer McKenna back but Hill can be damaging.

Hoping for a good effort but fearing a Bulldogs style loss. Ham might have been a better option than Cutler. Feel we are a bit short in the pace dept against saints.

 

[eth-dog]

Well we have the equal 4th youngest side named this round and the least experienced side.

St. Kilda are equal 4th with us and 5th least experienced side

 

[CBombers17]

Yeah will be interesting.

Maybe they could counter Hill with McKenna fwd (if Hill plays off half back). Would prefer Mcenna back but Hill can be damaging.

Hoping for a good effort but fearing a Bulldogs style loss. Ham might have been a better option than Cutler. Feel we are a bit short in the pace dept against saints.

This would've been a better balance. Plus Cutler should have been dropped anyway. They need to make something tasty out of Ham i reckon because he has the tank to play the style we need. Cutler offers next to nothing.

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

Interested to see how we use all of Clarke, Mutch and Begley today, surely they can't all be playing from the forward pocket.

 

[MiguelM]

Interested to see how we use all of Clarke, Mutch and Begley today, surely they can't all be playing from the forward pocket.

For me IMO,

Clarke = midfield pressure
Mutch = wing
Begley = fwd pocket to free upTippa.

 

[JT_the_Man]

Hope not. Butler would kill Guelf on the fast break.

Saad to Butler please. Gleeson to Hind?

Hill is a worry, who can go with him? is Mutch quick enough?

Ah yes, Nick Hind. I have good memories of him.

Can’t wait for him to absolutely terrorise us today and ruin my memories.

 

[Lore]

Tiny bit early but meh.

Game day thread:

Game Day - Round 12: St Kilda v Essendon, The Gabba, 16/8/20, 3.35pm AEST

ESSENDON BOMBERS Considering how disinterested and lackluster we looked for large portions of that game, you'd take a draw. Not overly happy about it though. Dylan Clarke was excellent on return, and Zach Merrett continued to just rack up possessions, gathering 10 coaches votes. He was tagged...

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