Venue: Etihad Stadium at 7:50pm AEST
LAST FIVE MEETINGS
R21, 2017, Adelaide 18.15 (123) d Essendon 12.8 (80) at Etihad Stadium
R4, 2017, Adelaide 24.9 (153) d Essendon 13.10 (88) at Adelaide Oval
R19, 2016, Adelaide 22.11 (143) d Essendon 9.7 (61) at Adelaide Oval
R20, 2015, Adelaide 27.9 (171) d Essendon 8.11 (59) at Etihad Stadium
R14, 2014, Essendon 15.11 (101) d Adelaide 14.8 (92) at Etihad Stadium
Game notes: It must have felt like a long pre-season for the Crows, who surrendered meekly to Richmond on Grand Final day last year and have had nearly six months to think about it before opening their season against the Bombers. Adelaide will have some new faces in their line-up but will be hoping to again be one of the most dominant sides in the League, having been the best side for the majority of last season. Plenty of eyes will also be on Essendon who, after an embarrassing elimination final loss to Sydney, went to the trade period and came out with Jake Stringer, Devon Smith and Adam Saad. All three will be expecting to make an impact from the start, with high hopes for the Bombers in 2018 to break their 13-year drought since a finals win.
Thommo’s Tip: Essendon by 12 points.
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With Keefe out my attention turns to D.Fogarty as a rookie but he is a little pricey. Who has the best JS out of the below?
D.Fogarty (Ade)
O’Connor (Gee)
L.Fogarty (Gee)
Waterman (Wce)
Waterman, He plays for West Coast. That in itself means he should get games.
Also, reports are that Josh J Kennedy might be out for the first 6 weeks gives him plenty of time to prove himself.
Thanks. My concern with Waterman is that he plays Sydney, Bulldogs and Geelong. I am not sure he gets games once JJK is back which might be rd4.
Oooh, even more research!
The amount of consideration is blowing my mind!!!
Anyways, thats true, but you just never know with these forward rookies.
Have a good one!!
D. Fogarty is your best bet but if he doesnt perform, there will not be job security when Tex comes back.
I will not go for any other Geelong Rookies because They have Danger and Selwood still to come back,
West Coast, you read what was said
I like O’Connor. I think he will play a lot more games and provide some run out of defence. The only problem is whether his skills can handle the AFL pressure. He showed some good kicks and some shockers in the JLT.
What are your thoughts on L.Fogarty Brad? Apparently Joelwood identified him as one to get early games.
out of doedee, naughton, finlayson and murray who to play???
Murray and….someone. Finlayson?
Essendon v Adelaide at Etihad Stadium, 7.50pm AEDT
LATE CHANGES
Essendon: Nil
Adelaide: Sam Gibson (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Hugh Greenwood
FINAL INTERCHANGES
Essendon: Andrew McGrath, Kyle Langford, Josh Green, Matt Dea
Adelaide: Hugh Greenwood, David Mackay, Cameron Ellis-Yolmen, Lachlan Murphy
Breaks a streak of 130 consecutive games for Gibson
I’m not sure anyone of this earth will ever break the run of the great Jim Stynes.
Please help… do I take:
1. parker as a premo
2. coniglio as a premo/ steeping stone to danger
3. O’Meara as a stepping stone to danger
4. armitage as a stepping stone to danger
Parker, Coniglio, well ahead of Armitage and Parker.
Personally I would go Coniglio
Parker for sure
Do I take kelly or zerrett for points? Price an byes no issue.
18min to decide
TU kelly
TU zerrett
Hope you went Kelly as my last premo change days ago was Kelly to Merrett due to Bye structure.
Zerrett looks finished for the night considering he was concussed in JLT 1.
TU: Fogarty
TD: Venables
Who to field
T/U – Doedee
T/D – Finlayson
TU: Barry
TD: Fogarty
TU: Doedee
TD: Naughton
Who’s your tip
TU: Bombers
TD: Crows
Very basic question here but needs to be said.. whats TU/TD stand for?
thumbs up and thumbs down
Ah. Much appreciated.
What McGrath just did on the fotty field left me speechless.
Wpoiled the ball against a much taller oponent. Beat him out physically. Handballed it out to a teamate who blew it. Picked up the spoiled ball and kicked a pressure kick beautifully to the midfield.
Wow. What a player.
Already regretting not getting him.
Superstar!
He is my F3.
My tip for midpricer of the year.
McGrath my D3 .
He he.
Sorry a few 2 many sherbets!
Whaaaaaaat happened to Zerrett?
Could be serious?
Where is Gibbs, just out of curiosity? Unsighted so far.
I’ve just realised he’s had 4 disposals. Is he wearing a disguise? I honestly haven’t seen his face or heard his name called.
Wait, I think I’ve spotted him. He’s had a haircut! I was looking for much longer hair.
#6
26 touches and 2 goals at 3 quarter time. Can you spot him now, boys?
Yep, found him!
wtf is zerrett doing?
At the moment, shaking off a good bump.
Bombers 26 v Crows 23
Bombers
Tom Bellchambers 41
James Stewart 37
Dyson Heppell 34
Michael Hurley 29
Darcy Parish 28
Andrew McGrath 25
David Zaharakis 25
Devon Smith 25
Brendon Goddard 22
Zach Merrett 21
Mitch Brown 21
Jake Stringer 21
Conor McKenna 19
Kyle Langford 13
Josh Green 13
Michael Hartley 9
Cale Hooker 9
Joshua Begley 7
Joe Daniher 7
Adam Saad 7
A. M-Tipungwuti 4
Matt Dea 3
Crows
Rory Laird 41
Matt Crouch 36
Bryce Gibbs 35
Rory Atkins 29
Daniel Talia 25
Paul Seedsman 25
Curtly Hampton 25
David Mackay 22
Darcy Fogarty* 21
Josh Jenkins 21
Richard Douglas 19
Mitchell McGovern 17
Eddie Betts 17
Rory Sloane 16
Kyle Hartigan 15
Luke Brown 15
Cam Ellis-Yolmen 13
Jake Kelly 12
Tom Doedee 12
Sam Jacobs 11
Hugh Greenwood 11
Lachlan Murphy 8
You right to do the scores tonight, Brad?
Yeah, no probs.
Merrett has been cleared to come back on. Just has to wait out the 20mins.
Not sure about that one. Apparently his been told his done for the night according to Richo.
Fair enough. Sorry about that just got home to watch the game.
The silly Boundary rider on the ABC reported Merrett was cleared to come back on.
He even did not know right up until he was due to come back on saying Merrett has gone down the rooms to warm up and will back on in 2 minutes.
Bloody useless.
Just let him know what i thought about it on Twitter.
What’s his name? I’d like to see this Twitter exchange!
Don’t know his name. I just Tweeted to @abcgrandstand who he was Boundary riding for.
Will have to find out his name.
I’m going in for a vision test tomorrow if that bump is assessed as high contact. Missed his head by over a foot. Probably bit his tongue which caused the blood in mouth.
Wow Merrets out! Will have to have a serious look at him when that 19 leaves his 3 rnd ave
Only affects his price once being in Rd 1.
Verrrry good prospect
not ready for an upgrade target so soon
Bombers 38 v Crows 33
Bombers
Dyson Heppell 89
David Zaharakis 63
Tom Bellchambers 62
Andrew McGrath 58
Michael Hurley 56
Devon Smith 53
James Stewart 47
Mitch Brown 47
Darcy Parish 45
Kyle Langford 36
Conor McKenna 35
Jake Stringer 35
Brendon Goddard 34
Adam Saad 31
Michael Hartley 30
Joe Daniher 29
Josh Green 23
A. M-Tipungwuti 21
Joshua Begley 20
Cale Hooker 19
Zach Merrett 19
Matt Dea 12
Crows
Rory Laird 79
Matt Crouch 62
Bryce Gibbs 54
David Mackay 53
Josh Jenkins 48
Paul Seedsman 46
Daniel Talia 45
Tom Doedee 44
Sam Jacobs 38
Rory Atkins 36
Rory Sloane 34
Luke Brown 34
Curtly Hampton 33
Eddie Betts 30
Jake Kelly 30
Darcy Fogarty* 29
Kyle Hartigan 27
Richard Douglas 25
Cam Ellis-Yolmen 22
Hugh Greenwood 21
Lachlan Murphy 19
Mitchell McGovern 19
What is the asterisk on Fogarty for?
1st goal of the match.
Cheers
Kreuzer last night, Zerret tonight. I’m afraid to wake up tomorrow. I’m going to need a dozen trades next week for injuries!
Of all the midfielders, I just had to go with Merrett, didn’t I? FFS…….
Crouch or Zerrett, Crouch or Zerrett… Guess which one I chose to start 🙁
I’m seriously glad I went with Parker instead right now. Although I do still have him in Fantasy and RDT… let’s hope he gets up for next week.
Shit, that sucks Yiorgi. I only ran him in AFL Fantasy ahead of Crouch.
Luck has a lot to do with it. I had none at all last year, and have dodged 2 bullets this year.
Commiserations.
On Stef Martin all week and I change to Jacobs yesterday for god know’s what reason why do I do these things.
3QT Bombers 58 v Crows 78
Bombers
Dyson Heppell 106
David Zaharakis 99
Tom Bellchambers 81
Devon Smith 79
Andrew McGrath 71
Mitch Brown 69
Brendon Goddard 66
Michael Hurley 63
James Stewart 61
Darcy Parish 60
Jake Stringer 52
Cale Hooker 52
Kyle Langford 47
Joe Daniher 46
Conor McKenna 44
Michael Hartley 42
Adam Saad 42
Matt Dea 36
Josh Green 34
A. M-Tipungwuti 34
Joshua Begley 31
Zach Merrett 19
Crows
Rory Laird 112
Bryce Gibbs 99
Matt Crouch 85
David Mackay 79
Tom Doedee 74
Rory Sloane 71
Josh Jenkins 62
Paul Seedsman 56
Sam Jacobs 54
Mitchell McGovern 53
Jake Kelly 53
Luke Brown 52
Daniel Talia 51
Curtly Hampton 49
Kyle Hartigan 47
Cam Ellis-Yolmen 47
Richard Douglas 46
Rory Atkins 43
Hugh Greenwood 43
Eddie Betts 40
Darcy Fogarty 39
Lachlan Murphy 29
Got Doedee on bench. That’s gonna hurt.
Same here. Replaced him with finlayson 20 minutes before the bounce!
Replaced him with Murphy based on JLT scores … oops
FT – Bombers 99 d Crows 87
Bombers
Dyson Heppell 144
David Zaharakis 135
James Stewart 109
Andrew McGrath 103
Brendon Goddard 100
Michael Hurley 100
Devon Smith 93
Tom Bellchambers 90
Cale Hooker 88
Darcy Parish 78
Conor McKenna 75
Mitch Brown 72
Josh Green 68
Adam Saad 66
A. M-Tipungwuti 65
Michael Hartley 63
Jake Stringer 62
Joe Daniher 58
Kyle Langford 54
Joshua Begley 53
Matt Dea 48
Zach Merrett 17
Crows
Rory Laird 138
Bryce Gibbs 116
Matt Crouch 105
David Mackay 95
Sam Jacobs 90
Tom Doedee 87
Rory Sloane 87
Cam Ellis-Yolmen 78
Paul Seedsman 76
Josh Jenkins 71
Jake Kelly 69
Daniel Talia 68
Luke Brown 63
Eddie Betts 56
Mitchell McGovern 52
Richard Douglas 50
Darcy Fogarty* 49
Curtly Hampton 46
Hugh Greenwood 46
Kyle Hartigan 45
Rory Atkins 40
Lachlan Murphy 33
Thanks for the scores!!
Great comeback by the Bombers. I seem to remember them doing something similar in round 1 last year also.
Now, the stupid question that you’re all pondering – who do I bring in to get Doedee’s score?
Keeffe?
I can’t think of any premium defenders who are only out for a week.
Houli? Motts Manouevre?
Sorry Schwarz, we posted at the same time. Houli is already locked out.
Houli won’t work as Richmond have already played.
What about:
Out – Sicily(def)/Coniglio
In – Dangerfield/(non-playing def rookie e.g Coffield)
Only considering because it is Danger and 86 points on the bench could end up being 30-40.
T/u – yup go for it. Motts will be proud.
T/d – nah don’t go chasing bench points
The only one I could think of is Houli, and obviously he’s not an option.
Keeffe is a good one, I was thinking maybe Coffield as the floating donut now that English is getting a game.
Surely you back in Naughton, Murray and/or Finlayson to score 60-80. Every chance score higher (or bomb out…)
I remember trying to get Langdons 120 rd1 a few years back really hurt after trading in a rookie that didnt end up playing for a while.
With O’Connor out, this problem is solved!
Tim English comes in for Darcy Cameron, and the Irish Cat gets the C this week.
Tom Cole
Yep this is the best answer. Only missing because of his father’s passing. Almost certain to come back in R2 or 3. Not sure it’s worth it for only 80 odd though
Coffield
Is 87 worth it? Pretty good score for a rookie but you could end up wasting a trade on it… I’m tempted
Keefe
Currently got LDU thinking switch finlayson to mid a get coffield in to get doedee scores good or bad idea
Oh my – can I get your tips for tomorrow Thommo?
You have to get one right eventually Weendog!
Very happy with Laird, Jacobs, Doedee, and Smith. I was a tad worried about Doedee and Jacobs early in the match, but both finished up very well (especially Doedee).
It also looks like McGrath was not a trap after all – well done to those who had the courage to start him.
They could just be sucking you in. Heppell scored a 140+ and he did the same last year but then just played back to an average of 100.
Don’t let them make you impulse trade. Wait another week first
M Crouch
41 touches = 18 kicks / 23 handballs
80% de
11 contested
7 clearances
3 inside 50’s
3 rebound 50’s
1 goal assist
2 tackles
6 marks
4 clangers
1 x FA
Seems like a pretty low score for that return?
I think it’s about right Catta. Didn’t really have much effect on the game, lots of short kicks, not many metres gained. I’m a fan of his, but I’ve seen him play a lot better.
Wouldnt be surprised if it was due to scaling. Lots of players with high scores tonight and when the bombers surged he did very little. 9 players scoring 100+ never helps
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Pmsl. Good one Matt.
Surely Douglas shouldnt of been reported for the bump on merret?? Looked alright to me didnt see a slow mo tho
When merett gets up spitting blood he is gone…