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Team for this week?

From the Essendon Board on Bigfooty

B: 1. Mark Johnson 7. Dean Solomon 42. Nathan Lovett-Murray
HB: 10. Mark McVeigh 16. Kepler Bradley 33. Adam McPhee
C: 26. Chris Heffernan 4. Jobe Watson 2. Ricky Dyson
HF: 15. Courtenay Dempsey 25. Scott Lucas 5. James Hird
F: 6. Angus Monfries 21. Courtney Johns 19. David Hille
R: 22. Tristan Cartledge 24. Brent Stanton 11. Damien Peverill
INT: 23. Mark Bolton 28. Richard Cole 29. Joel Reynolds 43. Dean Rioli

EMG: 36. Sam Lonergan 35. Ben Jolley 32. Andrew Lee

IN: Courtney Dempsey, Richard Cole, Tristan Cartledge, Joel Reynolds

OUT: Ben Jolley (omitted), Andrew Welsh (shin), Dustin Fletcher (hamstring), Jason Johnson (suspended)
 
I keep hearing about this Essendon "youth policy" and Hird's thinks they can make finals, blah, blah, blah! :blah

But what players in that Bombers line-up are 1st year players...players who have played their first senior game this season?
One..maybe two at best? or?
 
Why dont we give Roach a chance. Who knows he might be a player that steps up to AFL football but doesnt dominate VFL. A little like Meyer did. With one game left it looks like Roach is a goner and his only hope looks to be that he is rookie listed.
 
No Fletcher in the back line
We should stack with talls, try and force a mismatch
be great if we could get Bradley on Matty, McPhee on Shultz (don't let him rebound)
which would leave Bolton on Stafford/Pattison
 
davidrodan said:
No Fletcher in the back line
We should stack with talls, try and force a mismatch
be great if we could get Bradley on Matty, McPhee on Shultz (don't let him rebound)
which would leave Bolton on Stafford/Pattison
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They might play Solomon on Richo, like they've done in the past....Bradley on *smile*, and try and use McPhee as a 'rebounder' like we do with the Bowdens.
 
akhoury said:
Why dont we give Roach a chance. Who knows he might be a player that steps up to AFL football but doesnt dominate VFL. A little like Meyer did. With one game left it looks like Roach is a goner and his only hope looks to be that he is rookie listed.
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Why so much focus on Roach getting a game? How many of his type have we brought in to the team this year?  The sad fact is that Roach has not performed as well as the other similar-sized youngsters who have played and cemented their positions in the seniors.  Tambling, White, Meyer, Howatt, Foley, Raines

I think the writing is on the wall
 
RICHMOND v ESSENDON
Saturday, 7:10pm AEST, MCG

RICHMOND
B: Raines, Hall, P.Bowden
HB: Chaffey, J.Bowden, Hyde
C: Deledio, Tuck, Tivendale
HF: Pettifer, Pattison, Tambling
F: Krakouer, Richardson, Stafford
FOLL: Simmonds, Johnson, Foley
I/C: Howat, White, Polo, Schulz
EMG: Humm, Roach, Rodan
IN: -
OUT: -

ESSENDON
B: M.Johnson, Solomon, Lovett-Murray
HB: McVeigh, Bradley, McPhee
C: Heffernan, Watson, Dyson
HF: Dempsey, Lucas, Hird
F: Monfries, Johns, Hille
FOLL: Cartledge, Stanton, Peverill
I/C: Bolton, Cole, Reynolds, Rioli
EMG: Lonergan, Jolley, Lee
IN: Dempsey, Cole, Cartledge, Reynolds
OUT: Fletcher (hamstring), J.Johnson (suspension), Welsh (shin), Jolley

Field umpires: Hendrie, Head, McInerney
 
GoodOne said:
akhoury said:
Why dont we give Roach a chance. Who knows he might be a player that steps up to AFL football but doesnt dominate VFL. A little like Meyer did. With one game left it looks like Roach is a goner and his only hope looks to be that he is rookie listed.
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Why so much focus on Roach getting a game? How many of his type have we brought in to the team this year? The sad fact is that Roach has not performed as well as the other similar-sized youngsters who have played and cemented their positions in the seniors. Tambling, White, Meyer, Howatt, Foley, Raines

I think the writing is on the wall
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And what chance has he had? One game, where he looked really good, but got injured! Since then, he's been consistent at Coburg, but hasn't seen anything since. For heavens sake, they brought Chaffey AND Rodan back, yet Roachy can't get a sniff. We're all here praising Raines + Howat for their efforts...who's to say Roachy can't do the same?

Like what's been said before, he certainly is a prime candidate to get the flick...and he'd be justifiably annoyed if that was the case.
 
If Roach doesn't play I think we can assume he is definitely gooooooooooooooooooooooone!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe we are hiding him so we can pick him up in the Rookie Draft. :hihi :hihi :hihi
 
As i have said many times i would love to see all Richmond players make it but it just does not happen.
I can look at players and make my mind up on who i think is going to make it and who is not.
Kellaway named at Coburg would have liked to see him in the ones.
 
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