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Winner and margin Essendon vs Brisbane

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Wish I could be as optimistic as some of you guys. This game has 'reality check' written all over it. Brisbane have been a bit of a wild card of late
 
EFC: 20.12.132
FFC: 20.5.125

GOALS:
EFC: Lucas 5, Lloyd, Lovett 4, Neagle, Jetta 2, McVeigh, Watson, Reimers
FFC: Bradshaw, Brown 5, Brennan, Black, Power 3, Stiller

BEST:
EFC: Lucas, Lloyd, McVeigh, Lovett, Neagle, Watson, Reimers
FFC: Bradshaw, Brown, Black, Power, Johnstone, Brennan
 

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Essendon by 4 pts. Should be a good one ad I'm hoping Fletcher plays the game of his life on Brown.
 
Sqwaking Hawk said:
You wont get within 40 whether Browny plays or not. Laughable to think otherwise.
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It is laughable to think that Essendon may get withing 40 points (in Melbourne) against a team who has just been defeated by Melbourne and a team which has an ordinary record in Melbourne this season. For the record i'm pretty sure we beat them by 80 odd points the last time we played them in Melbourne. The only thing that is laughable about this is you! :):thumbsu:
 
I think we will have issues with their two power forwards.

They have a few other options up forward with Clark and possibly Brennan (If they play him there) so it makes it difficult to drop off and chop out to who ever needs one and Corrie and Hooper are quite dangerous.

There Midfield is very good, although we could still win enough of the ball.

They have an underrated backline and players like Patful and McDonald, while not household names, do their job very well and along with Merret, Adcock (If he plays there)/Sherman and Drummond they should hold their own unless we can do well in the middle.

Brisbane and bit too balanced and experienced for mine by 25pts
 
Merv Neagle said:
I think we will have issues with their two power forwards.

They have a few other options up forward with Clark and possibly Brennan (If they play him there) so it makes it difficult to drop off and chop out to who ever needs one and Corrie and Hooper are quite dangerous.

There Midfield is very good, although we could still win enough of the ball.

They have an underrated backline and players like Patful and McDonald, while not household names, do their job very well and along with Merret, Adcock (If he plays there)/Sherman and Drummond they should hold their own unless we can do well in the middle.

Brisbane and bit too balanced and experienced for mine by 25pts
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So you won't be backing Ess this week? Juicy odds.... :D
 
bombersno1 said:
This is one game that could be very ugly for us. Simon Black kills us and we have no-one to mark him at all!
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Andrew Welsh would do alright I reckon
 

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Merv Neagle said:
Sorry Dusty, will be backing Brissy this week and they are currently $1.66.

I give us a chance but i think they have a few too many options.

Bet with the head, cheer with the heart.
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Your an astute punter Merv. :thumbsu:
The $1.66 on offer for Bris is pretty good, I'd have them at $1.45....
 
Merv Neagle said:
Sorry Dusty, will be backing Brissy this week and they are currently $1.66.

I give us a chance but i think they have a few too many options.

Bet with the head, cheer with the heart.
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Very true. Personally i don't think i will be touching this game as i could see it going either way but if the line margin is decent i might have a go on the dons.
 
SirJimi05 said:
After losing to Melbourne last week i would say that the $1.60+ on offer is just about spot on. :):p:thumbsu:
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Considering we have beaten Fre (14th) and WCE (15th) in the last 3 weeks, Bris at this stage are a better team then us, despite their hiccup last weekend. If they had've beaten Melb, I'm sure they would be $1.45 this week. :p
 
The Dustbin said:
Considering we have beaten Fre (14th) and WCE (15th) in the last 3 weeks, Bris at this stage are a better team then us, despite their hiccup last weekend. If they had've beaten Melb, I'm sure they would be $1.45 this week. :p
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And 5 of Brisbanes last 6 wins have been against Melbourne (16th), Fremantle (14th), Carlton (9th), St Kilda (8th) and North Melbourne (10th). Their other win was against Adelaide (6th) at home which is nothing to ride home about if you take Adelaides form into account. In Melbourne they have lost 3 of 4 games this season including a loss to the bottom team. Brisbanes form this season has been grossly overated in my opinion. :):thumbsu:
 

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SirJimi05 said:
And 5 of Brisbanes last 6 wins have been against Melbourne (16th), Fremantle (14th), Carlton (9th), St Kilda (8th) and North Melbourne (10th). Their other win was against Adelaide (6th) at home which is nothing to ride home about if you take Adelaides form into account. In Melbourne they have lost 3 of 4 games this season including a loss to the bottom team. Brisbanes form this season has been grossly overated in my opinion. :):thumbsu:
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Good point. FWIW, I'm quietly confident. :thumbsu:
 
Brisbane by 21 imo.
I'm coming all the way from Tassie to watch it! Going to be my 1st ever live Essendon match so I hope we can upset them! :D
 
I have some very good hopes for this game. Mainly because it's at the Telstra Dome. Other things come to my account... including the fact that I see Brisbane as an overrated team who's recent wins weren't all that spactacular.

Not to mention they actually LOST to Melbourne. And while the Lions might have copped a slap that could have brought them back on the ground... I still think it's a little too late. They'll go in wanting to win, but at the same time keeping the fear they achieved after last weeks loss to a completely shitty team.

The Bombers always find a way to manage somehow, in any condition, but this time I would have to say, our Ladder chance will play a good role in our confidence this week. Knights will most likely feel the same, and he will no doubt inject the tonic were looking for in our players come the day it begins. Mal Michael is ALWAYS a good player against the Lions (However Fletcher has been said to be Available this week, so he might not play) - and our record in beating them has been wonderful as of yet.

I'm thinking Lloydy has really shown a lot of great signs lately, and Reimers (as well as Mcveigh & Hille) will give it all they've got to put the Lions to rest.

And finally, the last three wins would be enough to make the Bombers believe they can win this. The 13 day rest will come in handy.

Optimism has taken me over, and I will predict ESS to win by 22 points. The game will be a thriller early on, only to let the Bombers get quite ahead by the late 3rd quater. Finishing in a confident win.

GO BOMBERS!
 

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