Rd 6: Pre Game Palaver: Carlton vs. Essendon

[LP]

Meh, Sunday afternoon football.

Really hard for me to get interested especially with the Cheating Scum playing, you just know the AFL are hell bent on getting them wins.

It feels like being charged to watch Lance Armstrong, just doesn't seem right!

If they get 55K at this game I reckon they have done well.

Carlton by 3.

[townsendcalling]

If they get 55K at this game I reckon they have done well.

The MCC website, which is generally very accurate, states:  Expected stadium attendance 45,000

So where are all those 53, 149 loyal Bomber fans??  I would have thought that they would have earmarked this one??  Maybe it will be all our 47, 460 turning up, less a few who can't get a leave pass!!

[Mav]

According to THIS AGE ARTICLE, Dylan Buckley is out with a calf, Walker will likely miss this week and return perhaps in the 2nds the week after, Everitt may need to regain form and fitness in the 2nds, Jamo may languish in the 2nds until his form demands a recall, SOSOS is looking good but needs time, and Nick G looks like he'll replace Buckley while Whiley and Tutt are possibles.

[laj]

Me too, especially as I missed our last game and only caught the end on the radio.

That why we won. In that case you keep well away from the game as we have a 100% record when you miss it...lol.

[BluePhantom]

back to back?

When will the Tshirt come out?

[ElwoodBlues1]

It's one of those games, that they will be up for the fight and we still can't kick enough score.

Prepare yourself and know it's just a bump in the long road.

x2....They dont have much of a defense but we dont have much of an attack....only needs one player from either side to fire up and kick 4+ goals and thats probably going to be enough
to win the game....
You would think we would win with Cripps, Murphy etc leading the way but its Essendon which takes some logic out of the equation, we just seem to have a mental barrier when playing them that goes all the way back to Sheedy vs Parkin. They think they can take us no matter what the circumstances and too many times I have seen us fold up in the past to be over confident...
I am going to enjoy this win more than the Freo game but I will also be riding every kick until the siren as the Bombers seem to get lucky vs us when it matters.....

[shawny]

x2....They dont have much of a defense but we dont have much of an attack....only needs one player from either side to fire up and kick 4+ goals and thats probably going to be enough
to win the game....
You would think we would win with Cripps, Murphy etc leading the way but its Essendon which takes some logic out of the equation, we just seem to have a mental barrier when playing them that goes all the way back to Sheedy vs Parkin. They think they can take us no matter what the circumstances and too many times I have seen us fold up in the past to be over confident...
I am going to enjoy this win more than the Freo game but I will also be riding every kick until the siren as the Bombers seem to get lucky vs us when it matters.....

I agree with this.

Never confident against this mob. Last week they looked like the bottom side we all know they are but the week prior they pushed the cats till into the last quarter. I watched that game and they wouldn't go away and kept scoring when needed to be close enough to pinch it. The cats class broke them in the last 20mins but was far from easy. 

Result this week hinges a lot on which bombers team turns up....

[pinot]

we will either lose by under a goal or belt them by 10.

[LP]

......... I watched that game and they wouldn't go away and kept scoring when needed to be close enough to pinch it. The cats class broke them in the last 20mins but was far from easy. 
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I watched that game. I thought Geelong treated it without respect and played like they were doing circle work for 3/4. Once Geelong got a bit more serious, and I mean just a bit, they never looked like losing.

Perhaps for some obscure reason Geelong have some empathy for EFC! :o

[DJC]

I watched that game. I thought Geelong treated it without respect and played like they were doing circle work for 3/4. Once Geelong got a bit more serious, and I mean just a bit, they never looked like losing.

Perhaps for some obscure reason Geelong have some empathy for EFC! :o

I think the danger in playing Essendon lies in thinking that you're in for an easy win, and I suspect that's what Geelong did.

I can't really see us doing that.