The Bombers welcome back Jordan Ridley , who’ll play his first minutes of 2024 after recovering from a quad injury sustained in pre-season.
Ridley will be accompanied by Sam Weideman in defence, who missed VFL action last week as a travelling emergency for the AFL side.
With a taller back six this week due to Zach Reid ’s availability and the two inclusions, Will Hoare and Solomon McKay will make way this week.
B
S. Weideman (10)
Z. Reid (31)
L. Hayes (18)
HB
M. Foley (73)
J. Ridley (14)
L. Lual (34)
C
X. O’Neill (55)
J. Hately (50)
A. Roberts (38)
HF
J. Menzie (47)
N. Caddy (30)
T. Wanganeen (40)
F
J. Davey (36)
C. Gray (81)
V. Visentini (39)
R
N. Bryan (24)
D. Shiel (9)
E. Tsatas (5)
INT
B. Scott (77)
J. Peris (53)
J. Eckersley (58)
O. Smartt (83)
C. Nyko (65)
23rd Player
C. Nyko (65)
EMG
W. Hoare (51)
S. McKay (80)
J. Jedwab (68)
A. Molan (82)
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Should get a big crowd down there on Sunday. Oh hang on…
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Can anyone explain why this consistently happens, is it that hard for the VFL to not schedule games at the same time??
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Cannot wait for your report on how he plays, such an important player, keep us posted David J Richardson.
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Thats a tall backline.
If we cant win this game, with this lineup. I will be concerned.
bobo
May 17, 2024, 7:52am
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That’s a team that should play well.
This team would challange North AFL side
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Ideally, you’d have one lead into the other but yeah, I’d settle for having them on at separate times but it’s not happening. Why? Because f**k you.
14 AFL listed players. Can’t remember when our VFL team was so packed full of skilled goodness and promise.
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Might be batter heading to the VFL game rather than the AFL one.
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hambo
May 17, 2024, 8:15am
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Reckon I’ll go and see that. Maybe watch a bit of AFL on the telly in the bar.
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The clubs prefer to play the VFL after the AFL game, so no carry over players miss out on games. Also prefer them to play on the same day so all player have the same recovery and training schedule.
Only way to fix it is to bring back curtain raisers or playing straight after at the same venue
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That’s an impressive VFL backline, in fact that’s a very good side all over!
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Assume we may have one player do a minimal warm up. To ensure the AFL team is covered I could see someone staying at Marvel until game time and then rushing to Windy Hill to take their place in the VFL team.
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The highest quality and tallest vfl backline your likely to see
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theDJR
May 17, 2024, 9:14am
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That backline also has Weideman in it.
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Unbelievable this game isn’t scheduled for Windy Hill Saturday, giving supporters a chance to watch both VFL and AFL. The ground’s available and will be used for Women’s game.
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Stuffed that up. Game could’ve been played at Tin Rattler’s on Saturday.
theDJR
May 18, 2024, 8:34am
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I don’t think Norf have the change rooms for that. Our women today were in a slightly-tinted glass box, which is a pretty high level of WTF.
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