2017 Round 3 : Pre Game Thread - Carlton vs Essendon

[bigblue]

Im still hurting from last yr.  > >
I hate Ess. > > > >
I'm not a real hater of anything really but the Ess footy club........ ( I just vomited a little in my mouth typing their name )
I HATE !

They had arguably 8 to 10 of their 1st choice players out last time round and they still pulled our pants down :o......... I'm sick of our club being their BIATCH !

Time for our boys to draw that preverbial "line in the sand" and take the game up to these bunch of - no good, drug cheating,  smug , nancy boy €¥ ! ;/$ ..................

Cmon blues. Nothing will do more for our collective pride ( and membership while we're at it ) than a win this week.

[shawny]

[quote author=PaulP link=topic=3386.msg189445#msg189445 date=1491341616]
Shawny, it was Simmo's 250th.

I think their forwards in Daniher and Orazio "Stu Cazzio" Fantasia are pretty handy. Their better mids in Heppell and Zac are in good form and in a good age /experience bracket. Our main guys Murph and Gibbs are starting to trail off a little. Jobe, like Simmo, was never fast, but he looks slower and more lumbering than usual. Still strong though, and still a good use of the footy.

Our record against them recently goes something like this :
2008-2012 : 4 wins, 1 draw, 6 losses
2013-2016 : 1 win, 1 draw, 5 losses.

Although one is better than the other, neither of those records is real flash.

I hope you're right about the win, but I don't see it happening.
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I agree they have had our measure for too long but IMO thats cause then seem to grow another leg when they face us rather than beating us based on pure ability. 

The forwards you mention are handy but no world beaters. I rate our defence as a strength and with marchbank and mccredie in I think we can stop them kicking a big score.

Melb have way more forward options and we closed them down pretty well.

[sandsmere]

Weitering stays forward with Jack Silvagni and Harry McKay.

Outs for me are - Armfield, White and Casboult.

Bring in - Cuningham, Fisher and McKay

Five first year players. Plus Jack and Charlie.

They would beat us by over 100 points.

[Thryleon]

I tell you what, this is a big game for us.

Id be dropping your non event non contributer learners for this week, and bringing in Rhys Palmer and whoever else has a mature body to deal with the sort of work the Bombers will put into us.

Palmer in particular is a must for this one and I reckon bring back Kerridge too, and sit him on Merret.

The kids should get an education against teams that are not going to be ruthless at the contest, and that is what I have seen from the Bombers.  We need to protect the younger kids in some matches, and this is one of them.

[LP]

I tell you what, this is a big game for us.

Id be dropping your non event non contributer learners for this week, and bringing in Rhys Palmer and whoever else has a mature body to deal with the sort of work the Bombers will put into us.

Palmer in particular is a must for this one and I reckon bring back Kerridge too, and sit him on Merret.

The kids should get an education against teams that are not going to be ruthless at the contest, and that is what I have seen from the Bombers.  We need to protect the younger kids in some matches, and this is one of them.

I tend to agree, it's the perfect game to give blokes any who want to make a career saving statement an opportunity!

[DJC]

Five first year players. Plus Jack and Charlie.

They would beat us by over 100 points.

I reckon that would be nine players with 10 games or less.  They would beat us by 200 points.

[LP]

I reckon that would be nine players with 10 games or less.  They would beat us by 200 points.

That would be the trigger for Watson and Lloyd to start the tanking debate!

You can almost hear Barrett, Ralph and Flubbo drooling at the thought of it!

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[DJC]

I tell you what, this is a big game for us.

Id be dropping your non event non contributer learners for this week, and bringing in Rhys Palmer and whoever else has a mature body to deal with the sort of work the Bombers will put into us.

Palmer in particular is a must for this one and I reckon bring back Kerridge too, and sit him on Merret.

The kids should get an education against teams that are not going to be ruthless at the contest, and that is what I have seen from the Bombers.  We need to protect the younger kids in some matches, and this is one of them.

Yes, I'd like to see Palmer and Kerridge in the 22 this week.

[Pominoz]

I think ita a huge game but with huge rival games its a chance for young and old players to make a statement of intent! Yes were a young side! But young doesnt mean not good enough! I think its a great chance for our younger players to really show what were made of!

Palmer kerridge would be great additions for strength and knock ability mixed with youth i fancy us suprising people

Last week everyone predicted a cricket score but if we had kicked a little bit better we would have slain the dees

Same again this week i think personally we can do it

[PaulP]

Shawny, I appreciate what you're saying. Their list might not be world beaters, but they're good enough to beat us, and for this game, that's all that matters. I reckon their list is good enough to just sneak into the 8.

I agree our defense is good, but apart from Wright, our forward line is not. And we run into the same recurring problem, which is how do we kick a winning score. I'm happy to be proven wrong, but I don't see it.