VFL Game Day Round 5: Essendon vs Collingwood, Windy Hill, Monday 25/04/2022 @ 1:05 PM

eth-dog · Apr 21, 2022

The winless Dons come up against an in form Collingwood, having won 3 of the 4 games so far this season. However head to head, the Bombers have held the wood over the Pies for the past few years, winning 7 of the last 9 and 3 of the last 5 the two teams have played each other.

Essendon scored over 100 again on the weekend but couldn't get over the line against Port Melbourne, relegating them to second last on the VFL ladder. Kaine Baldwin put his name up for a recall into the AFL side with 5 goals, whilst Joe Atley and Dylan Landt were amongst the best for the Dons through the middle of the ground.

Collingwood's last start was their first loss of the season, going down to GWS by 17 points, the Giants having lead for most of the day. Oliver Henry was the main man inside 50 with 3 goals, whilst Finlay Macrae and Tyler Brown had 52 disposals and a goal between them through the middle of the ground, showcasing the depth of Collingwood's midfield.

Possible sides:

Essendon vs Collingwood

FB: Alastair Lord - Cody Brand - Garrett McDonagh
FF: Trent Bianco - Mason Cox - Cooper Murley
HB: Nick Hind - Josh Eyre - Dylan Landt
HF: Oliver Henry - Will Kelly - Callum Brown
MF: Cooper Anderson - Sam Conforti - Brayden Ham
MF:Caleb Poulter - Finlay Macrae - Tyler Brown
HF: Tex Wanganeen - Harrison Jones - Tom Hird
HB: Trey Ruscoe - Liam McMahon - Isaac Chugg
FF: Aaron Francis - Shaun McKernan - Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti
FB: Tom Wilson- Michael Hartley - Neville Jetta
OB: Cian McBride - Joe Atley - Josh Iacobaccio
OB: Aiden Begg - Arlo Draper - Harvey Harrison

IC: Jacob Brown - Will Golds - James Peters - James Harrold
IC: Lachlan Tardrew - Callan Wellings - Campbell Lane - Sam Glover
23P: Joel Fitzgerald
23P: Cameron Wild

Realistically it's another loss here. Their midfield will completely and utterly destroy ours.

ghostdog · Apr 21, 2022

How well does McBride go in the ruck? I would have thought they'd put it on McKernan?

LB#16 · Apr 21, 2022

How hard is it to schedule these games so the end doesn't run into the start of the seniors?

The Prosecutor · Apr 21, 2022

Scheduling as been absolute stupid this year.

Lore · Apr 21, 2022

LB#16 said:
How hard is it to schedule these games so the end doesn't run into the start of the seniors?

The Prosecutor said:
Scheduling as been absolute stupid this year.

It's deliberate because covid - Mahoney mentioned it in one of those member videos a week or two ago.

LB#16 · Apr 21, 2022

Lore said:
It's deliberate because covid - Mahoney mentioned it in one of those member videos a week or two ago.

That's interesting. To ensure folks only go to one?

Lore · Apr 21, 2022

LB#16 said:
That's interesting. To ensure folks only go to one?

No I think it's to do with player availability.

Like if you have someone suddenly come out of the AFL side due to H&S protocols then you'll know before the VFL game starts and should have maximum opportunity to bring in a replacement that hasn't already played the day before.

More of a thing if you do a West Coast than one player at a time.

ant555 · Apr 21, 2022

Lore said:
No I think it's to do with player availability.

Like if you have someone suddenly come out of the AFL side due to H&S protocols then you'll know before the VFL game starts and should have maximum opportunity to bring in a replacement that hasn't already played the day before.

More of a thing if you do a West Coast than one player at a time.

I blame Dan . Should have lifted the close contact rules before the VFL started

Halftimehero · Apr 21, 2022

Lore said:
It's deliberate because covid - Mahoney mentioned it in one of those member videos a week or two ago.

Playing a heap of day games hasn’t helped, we’ve got a block of 3 Saturday night games coming up after the Dogs game next week so should be a bit better then.

pazza · Apr 25, 2022

Alex Hird to play today as confirmed this morning.

Good to see the brothers playing together and will be out there at Windy Hill for it.

Also Wanganeen, Jones and Francis will not play...Hind not named either. Smith and Cutler to play.

eth-dog · Apr 25, 2022

I'm harping on this but we can really expose Collingwood's defence today if we play McBride forward. They only have Cox and Wilson as key forwards, who Reid and Brand should be suited to, so a combination of McBride (197), Eyre (198) and Archard (199)/Bryan (202) can expose McMahon (197), Kelly (194) and Glover (194).

Still, their midfield will s**t all over ours.

Ati Tude · Apr 25, 2022

pazza said:
Alex Hird to play today as confirmed this morning.

Good to see the brothers playing together and will be out there at Windy Hill for it.

Also Wanganeen, Jones and Francis will not play...Hind not named either. Smith and Cutler to play.

What is the point of not playing Jones. Doesnt he need to match fitness.

rumply · Apr 25, 2022

eth-dog · Apr 25, 2022

In any case I suspect one of Smith or Cutler only play the first half and then go be the reserve sub in case something happens in the warm up

Lore · Apr 25, 2022

Ati Tude said:
What is the point of not playing Jones. Doesnt he need to match fitness.

He seemed to have a sore ankle again at one point last week, they strapped him up and he played on but perhaps it was worse than we thought.

Or perhaps Stringer is in doubt and they're pulling a fast one.

Ati Tude · Apr 25, 2022

Lore said:
He seemed to have a sore ankle again at one point last week, they strapped him up and he played on but perhaps it was worse than we thought.

Or perhaps Stringer is in doubt and they're pulling a fast one.

Then Francis should play VFL. Can understand holding one of Jones or Francis back to cover Stringer, but not both.

eth-dog · Apr 25, 2022

Jones' ankle didn't quite get up in time

carloss · Apr 25, 2022

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Lore · Apr 25, 2022

eth-dog · Apr 25, 2022

Bullshit free to Henry for a block gives them a 2 goal lead with the wind

Duckworth · Apr 25, 2022

Tom Cutler 13 disposals in the first quarter.

ghostdog · Apr 25, 2022

Duckworth said:
Tom Cutler 13 disposals in the first quarter.

Let's go Tommy!

carloss · Apr 25, 2022

Lord has some serious acceleration

Duckworth · Apr 25, 2022

carloss said:
Lord has some serious acceleration

looked good running through the middle.

Duckworth · Apr 25, 2022

That handball might have been Bryan's first disposal.

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