Preview Round 9: Essendon vs Fremantle, Docklands, Saturday 18/05/19, 7:20 PM

[KevDawg]

Is Ridley injured?

 

[BrunoV]

So Parish’s best two games this season were when Myers was out, a near BOG for Darce Saturday night

What does Myers not playing have to do with Parish finding the ball in space

 

[TheGrizz]

Ideally he would play back, but Hooker is needed forward more right now. We have decent matchups for the Freo forwards without him down back anyway;-

Tabener - Hurley
Hogan - Ambrose
Cox - Francis
Walters - Saad
Matera - McNeice
Langdon - Redman

Or

Hooker - Taberner
Hurley - Cox
Ambrose - Hogan
Saad - Walters
McNeice - Matera
Redman - Langdon

Hurley has dominated the match up previously with Hogan but i think Ambrose being able to go up and down the ground will suit Hogan better as he does push up to the wings alot

 

[eth-dog]

Taberner has the best engine of any of their key forwards, Ambrose needs to go to him.

 

[carnthedons]

What does Myers not playing have to do with Parish finding the ball in space

I love the super negative BrunoV having seen Kakkle go a similar route. We need less fan girls like me who can’t see objectively.

On topic, you’ve got a point and perhaps correlation isn’t causation here. My best guess is Myers not being around moves Darcy up one spot in the mids rotation which benefits both his inside and outside game. I’m wondering if the ever obstinate Woosh is evolving with the times but I fear it’s a false dawn or his hand has been forced by other factions. Hopefully we have some more fit guys and can gracefully retire Bags soon (thinking something akin to The Good Place retirement).

 

[BrunoV]

I'd be playing Redman in the middle before McKenna.

 

[BrunoV]

I love the super negative BrunoV having seen Kakkle go a similar route. We need less fan girls like me who can’t see objectively.

On topic, you’ve got a point and perhaps correlation isn’t causation here. My best guess is Myers not being around moves Darcy up one spot in the mids rotation which benefits both his inside and outside game. I’m wondering if the ever obstinate Woosh is evolving with the times but I fear it’s a false dawn or his hand has been forced by other factions. Hopefully we have some more fit guys and can gracefully retire Bags soon (thinking something akin to The Good Place retirement).

Parish gets a lot of midfield time as it is.

He was straight in against the Pies as an emergency, for example.

His work at stoppages has been terrible. He's been good when he's linking up in play usually as the game opens up.

He doesnt even have to play in the middle to be that played.

 

[boncer34]

The fact we have a dozen players on the injury list maybe?

McNeice before Ridley puzzles me

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Parish gets a lot of midfield time as it is.

He was straight in against the Pies as an emergency, for example.

His work at stoppages has been terrible. He's been good when he's linking up in play usually as the game opens up.

He doesnt even have to play in the middle to be that played.

Maybe the linking up works better when Myers isn’t there. I don’t really know the reason just an interesting quirk.

 

[cAsEy_18]

Parish gets a lot of midfield time as it is.

That's incorrect. It's a game by game basis.

Do you know how many center bounces he was in total against Sydney?

2.

 

[boncer34]

Lol

 

[eth-dog]

McNeice before Ridley puzzles me

Zaharakis not getting dropped puzzles me. I guess this is McNiece's last chance saloon.

 

[Beerfish]

Zaharakis not getting dropped puzzles me.

Has he ever been?

 

[boncer34]

Has he ever been?

Round 12 2009

 

[Beerfish]

Round 12 2009

So just once?

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

What does Myers not playing have to do with Parish finding the ball in space

Myers is well known for his blocking. He has been blocking Parish from getting the ball.

 

[cAsEy_18]

I'm not sure how it will go in terms of translating into wins for the near-future, but I would like to see
Francis, Parish, Langford, Begley, Redman, as well as eventually Ridley and Laverde play about 7-8 games together.

 

[I Remember Bluey]

Ridley continues to be stiff.

Well he is only young

 

[boncer34]

So just once?

Probably not even then. He just didn't play after Round 11 2009.

 

[eth-dog]

Has he ever been?

I actually think he hasn't played VFL since 2008.

 

[Lel13]

I think if we lose this game Devon Smith will get his full knee reco and we will start worrying about next year.

 

[Fin ice Smuggler]

I tell you there's a lot worse than Zaharakis running around for us. He is what he is and would be much better if we drafted better support around him.

If Essendon are to get better it's suppose to come from Francis, Langford, Parish, Laverde, Ridley, Mcgrath, Irving etc

But our development to improve our younger draftees has stalled and basically sucks.

Apart from Mcgrath who still struggles to hit a target by foot over 25 metres none of those players are taking Zaharakis's spot from him?

 

[Runk]

Look guys and girls, even if we lose, it won't be that bad. Life still goes on.

I mean it's not like Warner Bros would replace Ben Affleck with some whiny emo turd burger as the new Batman.

Let's keep it real.

(looks at internet)
https://au.ign.com/articles/2019/05/17/robert-pattinson-cast-as-the-batman-for-director-matt-reeves

 

[Darealrath]

To be fair, that's sort of the equivalent of Baguley in, Myers out.

 

[Mercurial89]

Look guys and girls, even if we lose, it won't be that bad. Life still goes on.

I mean it's not like Warner Bros would replace Ben Affleck with some whiny emo turd burger as the new Batman.

Let's keep it real.

(looks at internet)
https://au.ign.com/articles/2019/05/17/robert-pattinson-cast-as-the-batman-for-director-matt-reeves

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I could see Pattinson as Bruce Wayne, can't see him as Batman.