Preview Round 24 - Essendon Bombers vs Collingwood Magpies - Friday, August 25th - 7:50 pm - MCG

[mcgrath_truther]

hot take, but this is the pies most important game of the season. fitting isn’t it?

been in s**t form coming into the finals and if it continues in this game it spells trouble for them. brisbane are sitting behind them on points alone vs st kilda, by no means an easy game but by saturday night they may lose their home final & their premiership chances plummet (imo)

i hope one of the brains trust lets the players know this.

even a close win puts the dagger through the heart

 

[jmoo wan]

Has a few runs on the board though

does he though?

 

[MiguelM]

does he though?

Over his career, yeah IMO.

 

[ant555]

I'd argue it's one of his strengths, especially for his size.

It's 100% better than Langford or Stringer, who he's apparently now competing with a spot for (though it would admittedly be probably the only area he'd be stronger than either of them at).

Well we are not watching the same thing. There where even comments in some of the clubs VFL reports about him working on improving it. Stringer when he has been fit is actually decent with his forward half pressure.

 

[gillon]

hot take, but this is the pies most important game of the season. fitting isn’t it?

been in s**t form coming into the finals and if it continues in this game it spells trouble for them. brisbane are sitting behind them on points alone vs st kilda, by no means an easy game but by saturday night they may lose their home final & their premiership chances plummet (imo)

i hope one of the brains trust lets the players know this.

even a close win puts the dagger through the heart

Lowest they can drop is second unless Port win by 300, so they will have home finals no matter what.

 

[mcgrath_truther]

Lowest they can drop is second unless Port win by 300, so they will have home finals no matter what.

yeah i just realised that, ah well, then losing first is still a motivator i hope

 

[jmoo wan]

Over his career, yeah IMO.

maybe...

I love him, but I think its a dodgy move by brad scott to gift him a farewell game to divert attention away from the shitty back end of the season. Everyone is now focused on Walla's farewell...

 

[DERO]

maybe...

I love him, but I think its a dodgy move by brad scott to gift him a farewell game to divert attention away from the shitty back end of the season. Everyone is now focused on Walla's farewell...

Don't forget that this is all your fault.

 

[jmoo wan]

Don't forget that this is all your fault.

hah! i picked his demise, not his ill-fated comeback!

 

[bombreys]

hot take, but this is the pies most important game of the season. fitting isn’t it?

been in s**t form coming into the finals and if it continues in this game it spells trouble for them. brisbane are sitting behind them on points alone vs st kilda, by no means an easy game but by saturday night they may lose their home final & their premiership chances plummet (imo)

i hope one of the brains trust lets the players know this.

even a close win puts the dagger through the heart

They haven’t been that bad. They lost to the 2nd team (away) by 4 goals.

We lost by 21 to a team outside the 8.

Don’t think they’d be too worried

 

[Happyskeret]

hot take, but this is the pies most important game of the season. fitting isn’t it?

been in s**t form coming into the finals and if it continues in this game it spells trouble for them. brisbane are sitting behind them on points alone vs st kilda, by no means an easy game but by saturday night they may lose their home final & their premiership chances plummet (imo)

i hope one of the brains trust lets the players know this.

even a close win puts the dagger through the heart

Gee I wish we were in their position. Oh well it’s nice to dream.

 

[ant555]

They haven’t been that bad. They lost to the 2nd team (away) by 4 goals.

We lost by 21 to a team outside the 8.

Don’t think they’d be too worried

Not sure they would be worried but there are some alarming stats they have produced in the last 5 weeks as far as their defending and contested footy goes. The have ranked 15th or worse in contested footy. Giving up scores inside 50. General defense . etc We will probably play them back into form

 

[silk]

BZT forward! Make it happen Brad.

 

[Reximilian]

BZT forward! Make it happen Brad.

Only player on the list that’s made it on to the field and hasn’t kicked a goal.

Edit: forgot Zach Reid.

 

[Kyptastic]

Last Don The Stat preview for 2023 is out now

 

[JT_the_Man]

Jeez the changes are uninspiring. Good to see Baldwin, Setterfield and Bryan back. Snelling is probably playing for his future in this one. Weideman, just lol tbh.

 

[Duckworth]

Jeez the changes are uninspiring. Good to see Baldwin, Setterfield and Bryan back. Snelling is probably playing for his future in this one. Weideman, just lol tbh.

Weiderman has the cockroach survival skills of a Dodoro. I call for some DNA testing!

 

[Keystone agony]

1st week where i havnt really understood the changes

I like the restings but wouldve liked to have seen more kids in

 

[eth-dog]

Only player on the list that’s made it on to the field and hasn’t kicked a goal.

Edit: forgot Zach Reid.

Don't think he has a vfl goal either

 

[Vindicater]

1st week where i havnt really understood the changes

I like the restings but wouldve liked to have seen more kids in

When you look through the lens of Voss and Montgomerie are getting cut then it is much easier.

Davey probably the only non-in I don't understand.

 

[dank420_]

When you look through the lens of Voss and Montgomerie are getting cut then it is much easier.

Davey probably the only non-in I don't understand.

We’ve seen what Davey can provide at senior level. He looked totally gassed last time he played.

 

[DERO]

We’ve seen what Davey can provide at senior level. He looked totally gassed last time he played.

and afraid of contact.

 

[FlyingV]

Boy we really dropped the ball last round, Stringer, Caldwell and Draper all coming in under done, to a team that was clearly running out of legs. Really tone def selections.

 

[MiguelM]

Boy we really dropped the ball last round, Stringer, Caldwell and Draper all coming in under done, to a team that was clearly running out of legs. Really tone def selections.

Scott said as much in the presser. Reading between the lines I suspect the players were cleared medically and put their hands up to play, ticking the boxes.

In the past they would probably play this week.

The fact they were all dropped injured (without visibly being injured in the game) gives me hope that Scott called them out and hopefully had a go at match committee.

One thing he has been consistent with is saying he is only interested in playing players when they are 100% ready to go.

For too long we have played underdone players.

 

[Shanghaistu]

and afraid of contact.

that was everyone in an Essendon sash, not just him