Bombers vs Swans

[Lucky Knickers]

Did anyone watch Richardson's piece on Jobe Watson on the AFL site? Didn't say much unfortunately but he is a danger player for the bombers - who do you think will get the job on him? Kennedy and O'Keefe are both 188cm, so only giving away a couple of centimetres and both are strong contested marks. You would think ROK at least would have the endurance to run with him the whole day.

I hope they just play JPK and Jobe head-to-head. Fun to watch.
Joey has improved massively.

[Melbourne_Blood]

As usual, it will be won or lost in the middle. Our mids have proved plenty of times this year they can beat up on average midfields. They need to start showing they can match it with the top midfields. I have a feeling we will be on our game tomorrow, if the bombers are off theirs we should win. If they are on, they might be just too good but it will go down to the line.

[RogueSwan]

As long as Jude has a great game we will win.
Rnd 20 2011 Loss 13 disposals 3 tackles
Rnd 2 2011 win 25 disposals 9 tackles
Rnd 11 2010 win 36 disposals 12 tackles!

[Beerman]

Did anyone watch Richardson's piece on Jobe Watson on the AFL site? Didn't say much unfortunately but he is a danger player for the bombers - who do you think will get the job on him? Kennedy and O'Keefe are both 188cm, so only giving away a couple of centimetres and both are strong contested marks. You would think ROK at least would have the endurance to run with him the whole day.

[Auntie.Gerald]

geese it would have been nice to play the Bombers with all our players in !

Rohan
Goodes
McGlynn
Parker

time for Macca to rally the troops !

[ScottH]

Hmmm!?!?!?

Everitt for sub??

[Nico]

It seems to me that the replacements for the 'hard' men of Parker and McGlynn should have some 'hardness' - Morton and Malceski might not qualify on a like-for-like basis

Malceski and Everitt in sure does expose our soft underbelly.

[swansprincess]

Everitt and malceski return. Two of the 'weakest' players for two of the hardest. Apparently balance doesn't matter for the swans..

[Kirkari]

I'm still cheerleading for The Spang to come in for this game. He doesn't have quite the same disregard for personal safety as Luke Parker, but he definitely gets amongst it, and last year seemed to remind the rest of the forwards that it's easier to win the ball if you're actually at the contest. I'm also going to say Jarred Moore might get a look in. I know, I know, too slow, but... I got a feelin'...

[Rod_]

Hope your right, as that this is the game that we are going to Melbourne for this year... (and the finals of cause...!) Tickets in the nose bleed area - best I could get.

Rod_

Was there last year for the A. Goodes miss after the siren - So I need a redemption game...

LOL

Rod_

[Rod_]

The write up in afl.com has us tipped to win by 4 points. SHould be an exciting game!

Hope your right, as that this is the game that we are going to Melbourne for this year... (and the finals of cause...!) Tickets in the nose bleed area - best I could get.

Rod_

[longmile]

The write up in afl.com has us tipped to win by 4 points. SHould be an exciting game!

[giant]

It seems to me that the replacements for the 'hard' men of Parker and McGlynn should have some 'hardness' - Morton and Malceski might not qualify on a like-for-like basis

Delicately put.

[GongSwan]

It seems to me that the replacements for the 'hard' men of Parker and McGlynn should have some 'hardness' - Morton and Malceski might not qualify on a like-for-like basis

Good point, I think we can cover Parks by using Jude and ROK more in teh hard stuff, ROK has been playing a lot of forward or loose in defence over the last few games. He can take a few rotations thru the middle, but we need to find one more and probably has to come from the youth, I couldn't say who. On the longer ground at Etihad, some more run and carry off HB or the wing might be needed as we have to move the ball faster. Bringing Eski in gives us that run and penetrating kick forward, with Shaw and Hanners. With TDL now in the FWD line and LRT providing a contest and one of teh rucks up there, we actually have people to kick it to, along with some hard running mids who can get forward for the crumbs. JPK to match up on Watson, maybe Bird small forward/mid, agent Smith to get the job on Stanton. They have some big bodies in teh Bombers hard to shut them down completely, so we best be kicking some goals

[Mountain Man]

It seems to me that the replacements for the 'hard' men of Parker and McGlynn should have some 'hardness' - Morton and Malceski might not qualify on a like-for-like basis