Where and When: TIO Stadium, Darwin, Saturday 22 August at 7:45pm (AEST)
Last time they met: Richmond 10.13 (73) def Essendon 6.14 (50) at the MCG
What it means to Essendon: The Bombers have slipped from the top 8 and are fast losing touch with the heavy hitters. They need a big scalp! If they knock off the Tigers they earn some belief and return to the top 8, if they lose…
What it means to the Tigers: After storming back into Grand Final calculations, the Tigers have looked a bit shaky in the last two weeks. This is their chance to chalk up another win to remain in contact with the top 4.
Supercoach Watch: The main SC guns tonight are Dusty, Ridley, Merrett and Dylan Shiel.
Thommo Watch: I don’t have a lot of irons in this fire but I would like Draper to punch out a big score for a bit of handy cash generation.
Thommo’s Tip: Tigers by 12 points.
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No late changes.
I’m not as young as I used to be, but I do remember by beloved bombers beating tigers. Just once more ???
you pumped for the game Wighty?
Frothies have me fired up !!
drinking a few coldies with you here Wighty …
bewdy mate
I want to take Macrae score as vice captain so obviously I will put the captaincy on will Gould and the Emergency on Ridley. However I’ve got the emergency on rivers too who didn’t play. Will the loophole still work?
Yep
They take the lowest emergency score don’t they?
How good was pre game entertainment.
Oh well no accounting for taste.
Parker
Or
Dangerfield
Cheers
To trade in or captain?
Trade in
This contest is too close to call.
Who whinges more:
TU: Tigers fans
TD: Bombers fans
Is lynch a cockhead
Tu Yes
Td Yes
Way too nice a description !!!
Someone should punch Lynch is the stomach!
Dual screen watching both game tonight!
Get on the bandwagon cockheads.
Collins whacked lynch first is he a cockhead.
Not the first thing lynch has done to make him a cockhead
serial cockhead with a choirboy face
Lol, Wighty. So true!
Yeah…but Lynch deserved it for his previous indiscretions…especially the back of the head dog act to a player on the ground.
Riewolt spent the break in the rooms getting looked at by the docs.
Francis was getting his ankle looked at for the bombers
rewoldt ankle
Didn’t cry about it when Collins whacked him.
Give it a rest, Bruce.
We get it: you go for Richmond.
why don’t you give it a rest or are you more entitled than me.
Go tigers!!!
didn’t you love rotten Ronny when he whacked people , and don’t tell me he did it too their face.
A slightly different time. Neil Balme and Geoff Southby set the standard.
Was at that game , not good from balme.
Sort of gets up my nose when people are commenting but GD tells me to give it a rest because we have a different view.
anyone fielding Draper?
I am! Had Ladhams and was going to trade out but figured Draper would be good for 70-75, while my D6 and F6 are more likely to score 60. But on the same day, S Hill scored terribly, so that kind of balanced it out.
Currently have Cameron & Draper sharing R2 (post trading out Gawn) & very pleased that I fielded Draper. Nice to get away with not having a premo R2 for a bit.
Francis is done for the night, hamstring injury
Grimes dives and saves a goal o_O
Got his right whack….$750….that will teach him !!!!
umm D.Smith still on 37*
Dev Smith off HB. Phat tick.
Extremely happy
Keep it up
D Smith
Merrett
Draper
Ridley
That break turn out well for Devon and if all them can get 100+ that would be extremely nice.
Rising Star performance from Draper for you tonight, P. Congrats.
Straight to the fridge martin
You got to be kidding me with that free kick….
The second 50m Tully . Sometimes the umpires get it so wrong.
Lot of good sc scores for bombers just no match winners.
martin 147
merrett 143
smith 113
must have been a very soft , bruise free game
D Smith holders should thank me for trading him out.
thx champ
Never sideways a premo! Just kidding, he has been pretty terrible all year.
I really had no choice when he was rested…..would have had a donut and lost my big cash league match up.
Wighty! As a fellow Dons fan, you should’ve known how angry he’d be at being dropped! haha jk, saw your cash league comment
All good, he’ll go back to 70’s next round. Had to laugh when Bruce said during the game “Smith…just so consistent, isn’t he?”
LMAO at Bruce, but he is right all the same…..been consistently poor for all but this last game !!