Training tomorrow and decision on best 22 contenders, I dont think there will be many surprises. 19 locks, 3 spots to fight for out of 6 players.
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Either youâre taking the â â â â out of 2012 or you must have the inside info from upstairs - As far as I can see thereâs no rain forecast in the next weekâŚ
Any win against the regining premier is always good will give the team some confidence heading torwards rd 1.
Dropping a pineapple on Richmond by 50+
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The club has been preaching defense and contested ball over the summer curious to see that in pratice against some oposition I want us to be hard to score againts but also keeping our scoring abilty.
Lol. What would the clubs know about running a football club.
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Richmond by 50+?
Both games will have 8 interchange players with unlimited rotations.
9 pointer has been dropped.
time on for last 5 minutes of each quarter unless there is a long delay.
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This is seriously funny, but also tragic because if you believe the AFLâs response to Dank was the overwhelming force that buried us during the saga, then the Wangaratta flight was the start of it all where they signaled their intent to go after our phys.edâers.
If only the AFL had stayed on that course.
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Canât wait to see the lid offâers go off tap when we win by 24, Stringer dominates, Smith kills it, and Saad cuts through the Tigers like a sharp Halal blessed knife.
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I canât wait for everyone to lose their minds after the tigers thump us, and declare that we need to sack the coach, spill the board and start a full rebuild, only to completely forget all of it 30 seconds into round one
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Apologies if already posted:
Thatâs our goal: Dons to remain a high-scoring threat
By Jon Pierik20 February 2018 â 2:35pm
Essendon will head into the new campaign intent on remaining one of the leagueâs highest-scoring sides in a bid to claim their first finals win in 14 years.
The Bombersâ new campaign officially begins on Saturday, when they head to Wangaratta to face a strong Richmond side.
The introduction of AFLX has contributed to a condensed JLT Community series this year, meaning clubs have only two matches to prepare for the season proper.
This is likely to see clubs field their close to their best teams, although the Bombers on Tuesday said a decision on whether prized recruits Jake Stringer, Devon Smith and Adam Saad would not be made until after a major training session on Wednesday.
Stringer and Smith, who will spend time in the midfield and up forward, and Saad, who will provide dash and creativity from half-back, took part in last weekâs intra-club clash.
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Their style of play will help the Bombers remains a potent threat inside attacking 50, having leapt from 18th for points scored in 2016 (65.3) when their list was decimated by anti-doping suspensions, to third last year (97). Only Adelaide and Port Adelaide scored more.
The Bombers became more proficient in attack, having been 18th in 2015 and 2016 in converting an inside 50 into a goal, to third last year.
Coach John Worsfold said the Bombers wanted to remain a major threat in front of goal.
âWe are really looking to get our best improvement really across the team by maintaining our ability to score. I think everyone has been excited by our attacking brand of football but we do need to defend better as a team and we do need to be better around the contested situations in games as well,â Worsfold said.
âThey have been the big focuses for us through the pre-season and thatâs where our biggest improvement will come from.â
The Bombers will have Joe Daniher, Cale Hooker and James Stewart as their tall marking options, with Orazio Fantasia, Josh Green and Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti among the medium-small forwards who can score and also provide pressure.
Daniherâs development is set to continue this season, coming off a season when he booted 65 goals and was one of the leagueâs most valuable targets inside 50, with the Bombersâ scoring 53 per cent of the time the high-leaping forward was the target.
Champion Data has rated five of the forwards, apart from Hooker, as either elite or above average, the equal most of any side. That the five are under the age of 25 is also important in terms of growth, with Champion Data declaring the Bombersâ overall group of players aged under 25 No. 1 for quality, even edging Greater Western Sydney.
Worsfold has told Bombers TV that the developing Tipungwuti, ranked elite for forward-half pressure acts, could also spend time in the midfield.
"This year we are hoping to have players like Devon Smith, Jake Stringer go through the midfield.
"We have also got David Myers, Kyle Langford, who has obviously been developing as a midfielder in the VFL for a couple of years now. We have some good depth there for those players to go through.
"We have also seen Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti and Orazio Fantasia slowly starting to experiment with some time through the midfield as well.
âDevon Smith [is] ⌠a real talent we think can impact the game, definitely through the midfield and also at half-forward, so I would guess, looking at the way we have started to structure up, that he would spend the balance of his time in the midfield.â
The Bombers will hold their season launch at South Wharf on Wednesday, when chief executive Xavier Campbell is expected to provide an update on Worsfoldâs contract status. Worsfold is off contract this year and the two parties have been working towards what shapes as a two-year extension, although neither has felt the need to rush a new deal.
Always liked Champion DataâŚ
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Most exciting team to watch in 2018.
Bookmark it.
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You might want to find a better forecastâŚ
Yes, I must say, they really are excellent and add such value to the sport.
Crows are a pretty exciting team
Whatâs garunteed is weâre going to look rusty and have poor disposal.
Whatâs a certainty is this forum overreacting and getting angry about the result of a practice match.
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Yep - they really did it for me in the GF.
Hope they play better than you can spellâŚif so should be guaranteed a win.
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We will be up there for sure, But all of us want to see us get better at the ugly stuff.