VFL - Round 1 vs Willy @ The Hangar - 3pm Sat 22 March 2025

Football Discussion Essendon VFL
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ESSENDON vs WILLIAMSTOWN

Saturday 22 March, 3:05pm, NEC Hangar

ESSENDON
B: D. Akuei (64), W. Hoare (51), J. Nguyen (42)
HB: Z. Johnson (40), L. Hayes (18), A. Clarke (36)
C: S. El-Hawli (41), J. Busuttil (68), L. Lual (34)
HF: A. Davey (33), R. Unwin (38), J. Peris (53)
F: C. Nyko (65), K. Gerreyn (19), A. Day-Wicks (44)
R: T. Goldstein (17), J. Hately (50), X. O’Neill (55)
INT: M. Foley (73), S. Clough (56), O. Smartt (63), T. Sellers (75), J. Eckersley (58)
23rd Player: S. Clough (56)
EMG: N. Quigg (83), S. McKay (80), H. Sinnott (54)

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NEW PLAYERS THIS YEAR

Dom Akuei, 22, 194cm, Carlton AFL;
Jordan Busuttil, 23, 180cm, Williamstown CYMS;
Angus Clarke, 18, 189cm, East Gambier/Glenelg;
Shane Clough, 20, 177cm, Gisborne;
Archer Day-Wicks, 18, 186cm, Sandhurst/Bendigo Pioneers;
Kayle Gerreyn, 18, 200cm, Joondalup-Kinross/West Perth;
Zak Johnson, 18, 186cm, St Mary’s Greensborough/Northern Knights;
Tyler Sellers, 22, 193cm, North Melbourne AFL;
Rhys Unwin, 18, 179cm, Cobden/GWV Rebels

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I think Sellers will be CHF not Unwin. Why do they always put them on the board after 8 pots.

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It’s a pity that the VFL season proper rolls around and we’ve all of a sudden got 9 players unavailable.

I see Setterfield is playing at neither level again :roll_eyes:

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Meanwhile, four former Bombers named in Port Melbourne’s opening game of the season: Heppell, J Davey, Wanganeen, Tommy Hird.
Baldwin injured.

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Looking forward to seeing these guys. Looks a decent line up. Slot setters or hobby back into the middle and if say there some pretty good football in that side

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349 AFL Games Experience, but just 2 Essendon players
329 Todd goldstein
20 Alwyn Davey jnr

oh wait we can add
Hately 28 games
O’Neill 39 games

416 games AFL experience and 4 players
other than that its a young side.

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Pick me up off the floor.

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He’s going out to lunch with Setters

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Is the game televised anywhere?

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Are they related to new Calder player Holly Clough? – U16er that is already 184cm, and named for the upcoming Vic Metro game.



(Bewick not in the boys Metro team)

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and they are welcome to all of them.

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Aren’t they always streamed on the VFL website? I managed to catch most VFL games last year.

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Wasn’t the complaint late last year that we needed to turn over our list? Seems like we might have done some reasonable hacking away if we are that young in the VFL.

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We have a very young team in, with very few mature bodies (Hately, O’Neil). Add Goldstein, but even he is probably only playing first ruck because Vigo is suspended.
The team will likely get done fairly often because of this, but I am happy to have it so. Even the VFL listed guys are all 23 and under - probably types we’d like to look at and see if they’re worth a list spot.

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It could be he is being held n back as there is only a short break this week for the seniors.

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Yeah maybe. If we’re lucky he might manage to string 2 or 3 games together.

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Is the big chungus mark 2 in the side

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Who?

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Slight groin issue I believe.