What it means for Adelaide: Last weekend’s 95-point thumping of Gold Coast was a nice confidence boost, but it will count for little if the seventh-placed Crows can’t back it up against better competition.
What it means for Essendon: Having won five of their past six games, the in-form Bombers can take another step towards booking a finals berth by knocking off the Crows, who are directly above them on the ladder.
The stat: The Crows kicked the highest score in the club’s history against the Bombers in round 10, 2006 at Football Park. Trent Hentschel booted eight goals as the Crows smashed the Bombers by 138 points – 30.8 (188) to 6.14 (50).
The match-up: Eddie Betts v Adam Saad
The Bombers defender kept Betts goalless last year, but the Crows veteran is high on confidence after booting six goals against the Suns.
It’s a big week for: Rory Sloane
The Crows co-captain will receive close attention from Bombers youngster Dylan Clarke, who added North Melbourne star Ben Cunnington to his list of successful tagging assignments last week. Sloane will have to be creative and have his teammates block for him at stoppages.
Big call: Reilly O’Brien to dominate in the ruck with at least 45 hitouts and 10 clearances.
Mottsy’s Tip: Crows by 15 points
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Posted this in LMQ, re-posting it here for a bit more of a consensus or if any has any particularly strong feelings or insights on the matter:
With K. Dunkley dropped, I need another MID downgrade. Who has the better JS?
T.U: I. Hill (did okay last week considering GWS got pounded)
T.D: W. Snelling (lauded as a tackling beast in the VFL where he’s been smashing it)
Comment: someone else
Lol, you guys suck. A tie. Gone with Snelling, named in the guts and I think Woosha will reward a good effort. Plus, I get to watch him tonight.
Friday, July 19
Adelaide v Essendon at Adelaide Oval, 7.20pm ACST
FINAL INTERCHANGES
Adelaide: Hugh Greenwood, Riley Knight, David Mackay, Tom Lynch
Essendon: Dylan Shiel, Aaron Francis, Dyson Heppell, Matt Guelfi
who has the plums to VC ROB tonight?
O did with my TECHTeam. Good start!
I couldn’t bring myself too do it AS.
Hope it works out for you though!
Good call!
I decided to hold off on the rob/grundy trade for one more week, especially with gws naming two rucks. I am saying a little prayer for my bombers tonight in the city of churches.
Good move, Wighty.
Hope so GD
Bold. Love it.
working well at half time
I did the same Wighty..
Lets hope he keeps the good start up
Predictions for tonight…
Sloane to break the clarke tag and score 142 with 28 touches and 12 tackles.
Matt Crouch to rack up 44 possessions.
Adelaide by 12 points
Many Adelaide players to have inflated scores if they get up, due to many being robbed by CD last week.
A season ending injury to occur to the cursed McKernan further hindering Essendons ruck woes.
“Matt Crouch to rack up 44 possessions…and score 97 SC”
GD May I ask your age? Is it below or above M Crouch average disposal count?
Averages more than 44 touches??
Is this Bizzaro world?
20. Soul and dress sense of a 70 year old though. Yourself?
17 lol, am I close to the youngest on the sight?
I’m 4
Oh, damn. Really? Thought you’d be right up there with the wise elder Wighty!
Go easy…any others on here cleared a dance floor at crown ?? True story…to Ricky Martin.
to Livin la vita loca…….wild mambo !!
Site. 😉
Did I really just right site as sight wth??? I feel stupid…
Don’t worry, they’ll cover that in your next year if school;)
My cat has you covered !!
My prediction this week – Brad Crouch to have 50 possies and the same in supercoach points
He has to be the prem with the lowest pts per disposal.
Stringer kicks 6….at the 31 minute mark of q4, with the bombers 5 points down, tippa gathers the ball in the back pocket, 8 bounces and slots it !!
My dreams are a little less dramatic: Sloane and Zerrett to top score for their respective sides and Snelling to put up a loophole worthy score.
Crows too tall coming out. Slow and painful, like the commentating. Is that not the key reason?!?
O O O O’Brien 🙂
Soooooo close to putting the VC on ROB tonight against no one.
I was just gonna bitch about Snelling doing nothing and the GOAL!
Umm how is B. Crouch on 61 already
Loving b Smith ATM.. so glad I kept him for a bit longer even better with the long kick goals
Brouch stats don’t make sense right now.. but see if it changes at the end
Merret! come on don’t let the supercoach team down
Go Rob Go.
Held off trading to Gawn in the end.
Had VC on him and took it off last minute .
Could be could POD in 10% of teams.
Im with you Buzz…also held off
I passed on Zerrett in the end.
He will be cheaper next week anyway at this rate.
BE 129
Can Clarke get a bankable score tonight ?
Could save me a trade 😉
Hoping the same Freo Tragic.
If Milera posts a decent score may also punt on Logue on field and save 2 trades to give me another look at Whitfield this week before trading our Moore
Decisions to be made.
Get amongst it, Sloane!
Will BT just shut the f*ck up? It is unbearable. Commentates as if he’s watching an alien race performing a perverse mating ritual.
I have Mouch, Sloane, Nerrett, Clarke and Laird. So annoying that they’ll all post 90-100 rather than anything significant.
I wouldn’t be counting on Sloane, Laird or Clarke to get to 90 at this rate
Sloane will comfortably Ton up, Clarke 90ish, Laird high 80s
How’d you end up mate? Sloane getting tagged by Clarke so they were both never scoring great. Laird had 27 so not sure what happened there.
I know I am biased, but how brave these bombers !!
For sure, Wighty. Never roll over, love watching them.
How come I have Clarke on 58, but my opponent has him on 63?!!
Go away Brodie Smith
O Brien was a smart choice to VC! Essendon has no ruck but i decided to VC cripps
Congrats, Wighty and Macca. Great stuff.
Very pleased
BS how MCrouch can have 33 possessions @75% efficiency with 9 contested possessions and only 90 SC points.
It’s befoming a joke very quickly. Sure only 3 tackles and mainly handballs but he deserved at least 105. Laird too.
Worst pts per possession player in afl
MCrouch is a fine player who certainly knows how to find the pill, however he does’nt do much damage with disposals. Too many handballs, and very sideways instead of North to South with his kicks.
Yeah agreed, ive owned him from start of year based on his price but having watched him more closely this year dont think I’ll own him again. Hes an accumulator but dont think opposition would be fussed with him getting the ball in his hand.
Any chance teams start tagging B. Crouch instead of Sloane?
BCrouch is North to South with his disposals and hence much more damaging. DE% efficiency is the main reason his scoring has been held back in supercoach this yr. But when he gets that right his ceiling pts wise is higher than his brother.
Hey PJ, merret is a real downhill skier isnt he?
Pj is work’n mate. Sad to miss him comments about Clarke tagg’n sloane or the downhill skier Merrett being ‘soft’
Thought PJ rage-quit SCT?
Oh did he really? News to me
Merret was brilliant in 2nd half.
he actually was the reason they won……down hill skier and all !!
Cracking win by the bombers, happy happy Friday night!!!!
A couple of coldies to celebrate hey Wighty and Macca?
Bring on Gold Coast…
Life is good…that is seriously as good as it gets.
So great to see the never die attitude, they blow teams off the park as they can’t keep up with them, love this sh$&t!!!
And they play a game that neutral observers love. I’m finding lots of people rooting for us now.
Yep I swear I saw crows supporters hit the afl shop half way through the last quarter did seem to all of a sudden be a lot more red and black jerseys in the crowd!!!
Bugger this pies crap…..
Bombers best supported team in the country.
many coldies were had last night Bomber2018!! Simply awesome the side was!!
You’ve just woken up, eh Macca!?
well …. switching on at least!!