Strangely one sided, Iām giving hawthorn more than a chance against Sydney, struggle at home to them in the past
Hawthorn have a phenomenal record against the Swans but I think theyāre pretty cooked and the Swans form has improved out of sight since the win over us.
True
refrank???
Yup.
For future reference. The only guide to fully trust.
Even though he admitted to getting āTalked toā Often.
The āBoysā on SEN are sensationalist fkwits.
Weāre a massive show I reckon.
Brown is the perfect IN for this mob.
Weāve troubled them in the recent past, our team is as settled as it has been all year. Eagles have only just been going IMO and are apparently making 6 changes which is never good for team synergy.
BRING IT ON.
If they hadnāt lost against the Swans Iād be a lot more confident.
I still think them coming off the bye is to our advantage, but Iām currently 50/50 on this one after they swung the big Axe.
Thatās the biggest worry for me. He isnāt quick enough to put on a lot of defensive pressure. At least when tippa has a quiet one he is still putting on a lot of pressure.
I havenāt watch a whole lot of vfl, but Iād seriously consitor Mozzie comming in for him if begs doest fire this week.
I agree we swamped them last year. They thought we where going to be easy beats.
They will come out at full intensity tonight Iām sure of it. If we donāt show up early it will get very ugly for us.
We have had some poor starts against top teams this year. Collingwood and gws come to mind
Minutes from the AFL umpiring department meeting:
Steve Hocking: Ok fellas, tonight is a big game for both WC and Essendon, so I want a fair and even free kick tally.
Margetts: Iām out!
This is a huge result if true
Got a bad feeling about this game because a few in the media tipped us and i heard one of them say āessendon are confidentā. We have always played well against west coast but theyāll be looking for a fast start after last years thursday night game.
Have a feeling that after the Umpire reamings weāve beeen on the end of already this year, that were then highlighted heavily in the media, and the AFL fearing a repeat episode of abuse, it might have been more āMargetts, Youāre outā
Speculation on the Eagles board that Yeo may be a late out.
Firday night is a big stage.
If the pinching of Fantasia was hidden on a sunday afternoon timeslot Stratton would probably be playing this week.
If umpires are poor or make blunders like the Rampe goal post climb then it will be talked about all weekend.
And how big a stage is Thursday then??
yep your right even bigger because will be talked about Thursday night, Friday morning, Friday night and all weekend.
whoops