Preview Round 20 - Essendon Bombers vs Sydney Swans - Saturday, July 29th - 7:25 pm - Disney is Still Milking the s**t out of it Stadium

[Beerfish]

ESSENDON v SYDNEY SWANS

Saturday July 29, 7:25pm at Marvel Stadium

BOMBERS

B: A. McGrath, B. Zerk-Thatcher, J. Kelly
HB: M. Redman, J. Laverde, D. Heppell
C: S. Durham, A. Perkins, N. Martin
HF: J. Caldwell, P. Wright, N. Cox
F: M. Guelfi, K. Langford, B. Hobbs
FOLL: A. Phillips, D. Parish, Z. Merrett - C

I/C: W. Snelling, N. Hind, N. Bryan, J. Menzie
EMG: E. Tsatas, K. Baldwin, A. Davey Jnr, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti

In: J. Menzie
OUT: J. Ridley (Injured), J. Stringer (Injured)

 

[Zephyr Effekt]

We're dead

By design?

I really really hope it is.

 

[Zephyr Effekt]

Glad Snelling is still in the team, he's got a big future.

There has to be some type of long term focus thingamajig going on here that Brad keeps preaching on about, right (e.g., Davey or Wanganeen playing in their preferred positions in the VFL over fringe positions in the AFL)

 

[brain taylor]

Baldwin's leaving and I don't blame him one bit. Madness to play Heppell over him.

you wanna sell an AA mid for a raffle ticket but you're worried about losing a rookie swingman with two knee recos under his belt?

 

[andleanback]

you wanna sell an AA mid for a raffle ticket but you're worried about losing a rookie swingman with two knee recos under his belt?

1 knee reco

 

[brain taylor]

1 knee reco

2, google is right there

 

[andleanback]

2, google is right there

He’s had 1
Did his knee had a reco
Came back and a year later he partially tore the ligament, he didn’t have another full reco on it.

 

[Keystone agony]

30 years ago we played kids with talent- pretty special year
if kids have vfl form and there is an afl opportunity they should play

Its a far far different game to 30 years ago

But agree if a young deserves a spot as theyre best 22 then yes you pick them

 

[Keystone agony]

Despite what the club says, we really aren't that young.

If Ridley & Stringer weren't out from injuries/if we played them last week, we'd be older than Sydney. And if Buddy is a late out for Buller, they'll be older. This is the team that played in the GF last year.

We have 16 guys on the list that have played less than 5 games this year that are all 23 or under.

Our list might be young, but the team we put out each week isn't.

We are putting out one of the 4th youngest/inexperienced sides in the comp at the moment already and have for much of the year

 

[Keystone agony]

There has to be some type of long term focus thingamajig going on here that Brad keeps preaching on about, right (e.g., Davey or Wanganeen playing in their preferred positions in the VFL over fringe positions in the AFL)

Or that finals are still a very relaistic chance especially if we win this?

 

[Keystone agony]

He’s had 1
Did his knee had a reco
Came back and a year later he partially tore the ligament, he didn’t have another full reco on it.

But partial reco?

 

[dank420_]

1.5 recos

 

[jdstorm]

Its a far far different game to 30 years ago

But agree if a young deserves a spot as theyre best 22 then yes you pick them

Nah this is just a bad take based on flawed conventional wisdom

Conventional wisdom: young teams don’t win

Truth: draft means best players go to bad teams, it’s this lack of competence keeping young players on bad teams making them ineffective

Some young players are good enough to keep playing

 

[Mercurial89]

you wanna sell an AA mid for a raffle ticket but you're worried about losing a rookie swingman with two knee recos under his belt?

To be fair to eth-dog I don't think he has ever wanted to turf Parish out for nothing/very little.

Just that if the compensation was decent, it's worth exploring due to balance in the side.


As for Baldwin, it feels weird we have a kid holding down a key defensive post and who looks the goods and we have most of our young talls with really shaky injury history stopping them from even getting on the park, and we don't seem to be trying too hard to keep Baldwin, to the point we have moved him out of the position he has been performing in, to try and make the Weid project work.

 

[Milanista28]

This was battle of the 'Toasties' last season on the Swans board, good fun. Should be a close game.

 

[Keystone agony]

Nah this is just a bad take based on flawed conventional wisdom

Conventional wisdom: young teams don’t win

Truth: draft means best players go to bad teams, it’s this lack of competence keeping young players on bad teams making them ineffective

Some young players are good enough to keep playing

Experience and Age is one of the best correlations to success

 

[ant555]

30 years ago we played kids with talent- pretty special year
if kids have vfl form and there is an afl opportunity they should play

30 years ago the kids where Fletcher / Hird / Misiti / Mecuri but the side also contained a lot of experienced players like Harvey / Watson / Salmon / O'Donnell / Bewick / Denham and a super star in Wanganeen. Little bit different to now.

 

[bommer16]

30 years ago the kids where Fletcher / Hird / Misiti / Mecuri but the side also contained a lot of experienced players like Harvey / Watson / Salmon / O'Donnell / Bewick / Denham and a super star in Wanganeen. Little bit different to now.

What a team that was.

 

[Bombers36]

I think I asked this a week or two ago - when will the VFL team be announced?

 

[andleanback]

But partial reco?

Well it’s not a reco. He had an opp but think they then just emoblize for weeks and let it heal. But its still the same ligament, they were then just very slow in his recovery to make sure he had the best chance. A normal person it would only be 4/5 months out.

 

[Duckworth]

I think I asked this a week or two ago - when will the VFL team be announced?

Just announced on EFC website

VFL: Rd 19 team v Sydney… VFL: Rd 19 team v Sydney

 

[TheUnicorn]

F**k Carlton.

 

[Beerfish]

F**k Carlton.

Wrong thread but..

 

[The Devils Advocate]

Swans by 5.
Goal on the siren wins it for them.
Something super controversial happens, like Rampe climbs up Cox and swings on him.

 

[ghostdog]

Swans by 5.
Goal on the siren wins it for them.
Something super controversial happens, like Rampe climbs up Cox and swings on him.

My family sees me laughing but knows not what at!

 

[owen87]

Swans by 5.
Goal on the siren wins it for them.
Something super controversial happens, like Rampe climbs up Cox and swings on him.

Rampe swinging on Cox?