eth-dog
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Essendon and North go head to head in what is essentially a dead rubber as far as finals are concerned. Essendon have been in some very good form recently, winning 5 of their last 7 games including beating a couple of top 4 opponents whilst North have only won 1 game from round 5 onwards against bottom of the ladder Preston Bullants. The two sides have met 4 times in the VFL with Essendon winning three of them.
Essendon fought back after a slow start to beat Southport, who are second on the ladder, in a see-sawing contest that saw the Bombers win by a nerve wracking 2 points. Nick Bryan was probably Essendon's best player with 44 hitouts, 6 marks and 14 disposals in a show of domintating the airways, whilst key forward James Stewart pressed for a recall into the AFL side with 4 goals, Massimo D'Ambrosio the leading possession winner with 20 disposals across half forward.
North's last start was a very close loss to Richmond, going down by 2 points at Punt Road Oval. Former AFL player Kade Answerth was North's best in front of the sticks with 2 goals, whilst Marty Hore and Dom Tyson were prolific with 31 and 25 disposals respectively, Tyson also kicking a goal against the Tigers.
I think that with the form we're in, we should win this. Essendon by 27, possible side:
FB: Aaron Francis - Cian McBride - Josh Eyre
HB: Tom Cutler - Cody Brand - Alastair Lord
MF: Brayden Ham - Alec Waterman - Garrett McDonagh
HF: Massimo D'Ambrosio - Patrick Voss - Tom Hird
FF: Michael Hurley - James Stewart - Kaine Baldwin
OB: Nick Bryan - Archie Perkins - Stefan Rasinac
IC: Brad Bernacki - Joe Atley - Billy Cootee - Joel Fitzgerald
23P: Alex Hird
Essendon fought back after a slow start to beat Southport, who are second on the ladder, in a see-sawing contest that saw the Bombers win by a nerve wracking 2 points. Nick Bryan was probably Essendon's best player with 44 hitouts, 6 marks and 14 disposals in a show of domintating the airways, whilst key forward James Stewart pressed for a recall into the AFL side with 4 goals, Massimo D'Ambrosio the leading possession winner with 20 disposals across half forward.
North's last start was a very close loss to Richmond, going down by 2 points at Punt Road Oval. Former AFL player Kade Answerth was North's best in front of the sticks with 2 goals, whilst Marty Hore and Dom Tyson were prolific with 31 and 25 disposals respectively, Tyson also kicking a goal against the Tigers.
I think that with the form we're in, we should win this. Essendon by 27, possible side:
FB: Aaron Francis - Cian McBride - Josh Eyre
HB: Tom Cutler - Cody Brand - Alastair Lord
MF: Brayden Ham - Alec Waterman - Garrett McDonagh
HF: Massimo D'Ambrosio - Patrick Voss - Tom Hird
FF: Michael Hurley - James Stewart - Kaine Baldwin
OB: Nick Bryan - Archie Perkins - Stefan Rasinac
IC: Brad Bernacki - Joe Atley - Billy Cootee - Joel Fitzgerald
23P: Alex Hird
