VelvetSledge
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- May 24, 2007
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ESSENDON BOMBERS
Played like bullshit dickasauruses and got punished.
Weak team selection, weak tactics, weak football.
Inaccurate kicking, shocking decision-making, easy targets being missed.
Quintessential 2022 Essendon football.
Yes, the Eagles are nearing full strength again, but this is a team who had won a solitary match all year.
This 150th birthday caper can get in the bin.
Next.
WEST COAST EAGLES 16.11 107
def.
ESSENDON BOMBERS 14.13 97
GOALS: Wright 4, Stringer 3, Guelfi, Martin, Jones 2, Perkins
BEST: Shiel, Merrett, Stringer, Wright, Martin, Kelly
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SYDNEY SWANS
We just softened St Kilda up for them the week beforehand.
SYDNEY SWANS 12.11 83
def.
ST KILDA SAINTS 4.8 32
GOALS: Heeney 3, Clarke, Papley 2, Franklin, Florent, Hayward, Parker, Hickey
BEST: Lloyd, Hickey, Blakey, Papley, Florent
ESSENDON EMERGENCIES: Ben Hobbs, Andrew Phillips, Zach Reid, Brayden Ham
SYDNEY EMERGENCIES: Ryan Clarke, Will Gould, Ben Ronke, Peter Ladhams
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ESSENDON OUTS: Ben Hobbs, Nick Bryan (Both omit, what the **** are we doing), Brayden Ham (Medi-sub)
ESSENDON INS: Brandon Zerk-Thatcher, Darcy Parish
SYDNEY OUTS: Ryan Clarke (Omit), Lewis Taylor (Medi-sub)
SYDNEY INS: Justin McInerney
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Subs are announced one hour prior to bounce.
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MILESTONE:
#26 - Luke Parker, Sydney
250 GAMES
Can't really say much. Bloke is a champion of the game.
I sincerely hope we make him feel this game for weeks, however.
Christ knows if Ben Hobbs is actually feeling sore and tired, but if he is, bloody tell us. Omitting one of the shining lights of this season with no reasoning is genuine utensil and balls territory. I get Nick Bryan being dropped; he hasn't quite made the jump from VFL to AFL, but you have to be patient with the big blokes.
Thankfully, Darcy Parish has returned from a badly corked calf, whilst BZT, the loose unit, is back to counter the tall Sydney forward line.
Dylan Clarke's brother has been omitted for the Swans, and Justin McInerney returns.
UUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Round 9, 2022
Shithole Cricket Ground
14/5/2022
SYDNEY 14.21 105
violated
ESSENDON 6.11 47
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SYDNEY GOALS: Franklin, Papley, Hayward, Wicks 2, Kennedy, Parker, Hickey, Heeney, Bell, Gulden
ESSENDON GOALS: Wright 2, Francis, Perkins, Hobbs, Martin
SYDNEY BEST: Mills, Gulden, Warner, Franklin, Papley
ESSENDON BEST: Uhhh
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CHANGES SINCE LAST TIME:
ESSENDON OUTS: McGrath, Cutler, Hobbs, Reid, Francis, Bryan, Waterman
ESSENDON INS: Zerk-Thatcher, Langford, Snelling, Stringer, Jones, D'Ambrosio
SYDNEY OUTS: Wicks, Kennedy, Bell, Ladhams, Clarke
SYDNEY INS: Reid, Stephens, Fox, Campbell
We'll lose, but hopefully we show a bit more fight this time.
Sydney by 12.
