Essendon vs Adelaide

[Thiele]

Huge game for both sides. Essendon needs to keep wining to make the Finals. Adelaide needs to keep wining to make the the top4. I have gone Adelaide to win in a tight affair

[the joker]

it will be close for the first half but i think the crows will pull away in the second half

Even if Essendon win i think there finals hopes are dashed after there loss to West Coast

[Shirtfront]

Not sure if i have got the facts right but on the radio the other day, apparently Crows have not beaten Essendon in Melb for 19 games???? If so its about time this week, but to be honest i can't remember beating them over there either.

[the joker]

Not sure if i have got the facts right but on the radio the other day, apparently Crows have not beaten Essendon in Melb for 19 games???? If so its about time this week, but to be honest i can't remember beating them over there either.

close. its 19 years. 11 games.

[rogernumber10]

Dangerfield named to make his debut for the game at Telstra Dome, along with reilly coming back into the 22. Essendon has Peverill back as their one change.

[Interceptor]

Handy for Adelaide not having to contain Lucas.

I reckon the Crows can break the hoodoo this week.
Signs were pretty good against a weak Richmond, with strong run out of defence.

One problem last week though was poor kicks into the forward line -that'll need to improve.

[the joker]

One problem last week though was poor kicks into the forward line -that'll need to improve.

dont know what game you were watching last week but that was our best game for inside 50 efficiency only 47 inside 50s for 28 scoring shots. in the second qtr we had 16 inside 50s for 12 scoring shots

[Thiele]

ESSENDON v ADELAIDE
Essendon
B: Henry Slattery, Dustin Fletcher, Mal Michael
HB: Courtenay Dempsey, Patrick Ryder, Andrew Welsh
C: Andrew Lovett, Jobe Watson, Leroy Jetta
HF: Adam McPhee, Matthew Lloyd, Angus Monfries
F: Sam Lonergan, Jason Laycock, Heath Hocking
Foll: David Hille, Brent Stanton, Ricky Dyson
I/C: Jay Nash, Nathan Lovett-Murray, Damien Peverill, Adam Ramanauskas
EMG: Jason Johnson, Rhys Magin, Cale Hooker

In: Peverill
Out: Rhys Magin

Adelaide
B: Graham Johncock, Ben Rutten, Nathan Bassett
HB: Nathan van Berlo, Nathan Bock, Michael Doughty
C: Brad Symes, Simon Goodwin, David Mackay
HF: Patrick Dangerfield, Scott Stevens, Andrew McLeod
F: Richard Douglas, Nick Gill, Brad Moran
Foll: Ivan Maric, Scott Thompson, Tyson Edwards
I/C: Kris Massie, Robert Shirley, Bryce Campbell, Brent Reilly
EMG: Kurt Tippett, Andrew Otten, Jared Petrenko

In: Dangerfield, Reilly
Out: Andrew Otten, Bernie Vince (hamstring)

New: Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong Falcons)

[RoosterMarty]

Essendon are in big trouble now with Dangerfield named.

[Psyber]

Can we believe either of those line ups?

[GWW]

Essendon are in big trouble now with Dangerfield named.

Oh yeah they'd be s*****ing themselves no doubt.

[Thiele]

What is happening about Tippett. not playing for the crows and not in the line up for West Adelaide

[Psyber]

Wild guess - Dangerfield [or someone else] is not playing, Moran is FF, and Tippett and Maric rucking??
Might be wishful thinking on my part..

I don't believe Mcleod won't be at half back, or that Massie will be on the bench either.

[Thiele]

Tippett named as emergancy Moran and Maric to share the ruck Duties

[Interceptor]

One problem last week though was poor kicks into the forward line -that'll need to improve.

dont know what game you were watching last week but that was our best game for inside 50 efficiency only 47 inside 50s for 28 scoring shots. in the second qtr we had 16 inside 50s for 12 scoring shots

That was mainly because the Richmond defence was awful and gave away numerous frees, not due to particularly good delivery.
The forwards did very well to covert some of opportunities that came their way.

Even the commentators were saying at the end of the game that with the amount of ball Adelaide had, they should have won by a lot more.

[Shirtfront]

Adelaide by 7 goals, Gill to kick a bag.

[Psyber]

Adelaide by 7 goals, Gill to kick a bag.

My impression, admittedly only via TV, is that Gill looks better at CHF than FF...

[Thiele]

Petrenko is the travelling emergacy

[Sojourner]

I think its pretty rough that Andy Otten yet again gets cut from the Crows side. He consistantly does well when given a chance and is regarded as a good player yet gets few opportunities with the Crows.

Dangerfield gets given a game and has not even trained with the club this week. Seems an odd decision, if it was the case that the Crows could not make the finals it would be fair enough to start promoting players to see what they have got, yet to put Dangerfield in the team just to see how he will go gives an appearance of showing contempt for their opposition.

The Crows have not beaten Essendon for 12 years in Melbourne. Lose tommorow and I have a feeling the talkback lines will be full of comments about the above.

Still no doubt Neil Craig knows what he is doing and we will soon see what the result of it is going to be!

[stan]

I think its pretty rough that Andy Otten yet again gets cut from the Crows side. He consistantly does well when given a chance and is regarded as a good player yet gets few opportunities with the Crows.

Dangerfield gets given a game and has not even trained with the club this week. Seems an odd decision, if it was the case that the Crows could not make the finals it would be fair enough to start promoting players to see what they have got, yet to put Dangerfield in the team just to see how he will go gives an appearance of showing contempt for their opposition.

The Crows have not beaten Essendon for 12 years in Melbourne. Lose tommorow and I have a feeling the talkback lines will be full of comments about the above.

Still no doubt Neil Craig knows what he is doing and we will soon see what the result of it is going to be!

You are right, was ok last week. Probably deserves to keep his spot. But then again appartently dangerfield goes alright. With a name like dangerfield I would assume he would