Where and when: Optus Stadium, Thursday June 20, 6.10pm
What it means for West Coast: The loss to Sydney before the bye – the Eagles’ fourth by at least seven goals – was concerning but West Coast can reclaim its one-win buffer inside the top four with victory over the Dons.
What it means for Essendon: Two-straight wins has revived the season and another upset of West Coast at Optus Stadium, after last year’s stunning ambush, could lift the Bombers back inside the eight for the first time since round five.
The stat: Essendon stunned West Coast at home in round 14 last year, booting the first eight goals in a 28-point win. The Eagles dominated inside 50s (59-45) but kicked 6.16.
The match-up: Josh Kennedy v Michael Hurley
Kennedy (27 goals) and sidekick Jack Darling (26) were both sidelined when the Bombers ambushed the Eagles 12 months ago. How Hurley and Cale Hooker handle the star West Coast forwards will have a major bearing on the contest.
It’s a big week for: John Worsfold
The West Coast legend has coached against his former club three times for two wins, and after facing serious scrutiny in the first half of the season another victory over the Eagles in Perth would see the Bombers surging towards finals.
Big call: West Coast tagger Mark Hutchings to make a beeline for Zach Merrett at the first bounce and hold the Bombers star to fewer than 20 disposals.
Mottsy’s Tip: Eagles by 30 points
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an hour to make the decision…
TU: bont
TD: merrett
BELOW: neale
Neale
Neale
I am biased, but my bombers have the game to upset eagles…especially fwd with tippa and orrrrrrrrrrrazio with space to work in. Eagles turn it up when challenged….four losses by 7 goas nd more.
NO LATE CHANGES
FINAL INTERCHANGES
West Coast: Dom Sheed, Liam Duggan, Jack Petruccelle, Jarrod Cameron
Essendon: Darcy Parish, Kyle Langford, David Zaharakis, Matt Guelfi
Everytime I see Mick in the commentry box I feal sad that he’s not coaching the PIE’S. I rekcon any teem that made him coach today would never loose a game!
Pies should hang their heads in shame the way they treated him.
Honestly mate I rekcon the BLUE’S was even more worse than us! Maybe now that there looking for a new coach they should give him another go.
Or they can have Buck’s and the PIE’S can have him back!
Maybe pies can have a succession plan and mick can take over from bucks and bucks can go to carlton.
Did you just say that?
Got two new recruits running around tonight in Clarke and Hurley. Sensational start from Hurley!
Ugh. Come on Darling and West Coast.
i traded him in when he was supercheap… fingers crossed it continues
well he has progressed to 12 😀
Come on Clarke!!
seem like clarke hasn’t been touching the ball
F**k me, West Coast! 7.14?!? Just kick straight and this game would be OVER! And, to make matters worse, Darling is doing his best to screw me SC- how is he still in my team ffs?
Some SC scores at the half:
WC
Sheed 87
Redden 70
Yep 67
Hurn 47
Gaff 52
Guv 28
Darling 19
ESS:
Hepp 61
Begley 60
Hurley 57
Zerrett 54
Shiel 45
Clarke 22
Sad face – Bombers …
West Coast Eagles: 7.14.56
Dom Sheed 87
Jack Redden 70
Elliot Yeo 67
Jamie Cripps 67
Luke Shuey 65
Lewis Jetta 57
Liam Ryan 55
Brad Sheppard 53
Andrew Gaff 52
Shannon Hurn 47
Josh J. Kennedy 43
Jarrod Cameron 41
Oscar Allen 33
Liam Duggan 31
Tom Hickey 30
Jeremy McGovern 28
Jack Petruccelle 28
Will Schofield 22
Jack Darling 19
Mark Hutchings 16
Jackson Nelson 14
Chris Masten 3
Essendon Bombers: 6.1.37
Dyson Heppell 61
Josh Begley 60
Cale Hooker 59
Michael Hurley 57
Zach Merrett 54
Jayden Laverde 54
Tom Bellchambers 51
Dylan Shiel 45
Andrew McGrath* 42
David Zaharakis 36
Conor McKenna 35
Mitch W. Brown 28
Darcy Parish 27
A. M-Tipungwuti 27
Kyle Langford 26
Adam Saad 23
Dylan Clarke 22
Matt Guelfi 20
Mason Redman 17
Shaun McKernan 9
Patrick Ambrose 9
Orazio Fantasia 5
Gaff getting screwed in the scoring … think Bombers need to shift Clarke to Sheed!!
for that matter Merrett is too … but hey, what’s new?? He’s gets nailed every week from CD!!
Gaff floating around with not many contested , it is what it is!
Josh Begley what a superstar on 60 at half time and has had 7 disposals, plus two cheep snags
if the bombers dont get their sh$ite together, this game is going to blow out and Yeo will get his BE … not sure which outcome will hurt me the most …
How the hell does Baz have a job. The most cringeworthy commentator ever
Brayshaw is worse – his voice is just so grating.
Basil is the nerd that stratton pinches at school, he is an absolute dick.
Sheed has been great value as M7/8
Roughly how much will Clarke make??
He’s on 44 at 3/4 time. Be nice if he could hit 60
a decent amount??? …
His BE is -87 … roughly $500 for each point – thus if he gets say 63 he should make about $75K – give or take a few thousand …
Nearer $450/pt at this time of year!
Hurley’s playing with the hand brake on since quarter time. Scored under 20 across the last two quarters!
Can someone smart than me explain why Hurn has 23 points on Clarke?
Same possies, Clark more contested, slightly worse DE, less kicks but 6 tackles to Hurns 0.
Because SC HQ have favorites they pile points to.
don’t get me started n CD scoring ….
that said, Hurn is 100% perfect thus far (apparently) and has more kicks … which score higher than handballs … if kicks miss the mark, then they lose more points … Clarke’s DE is only 81% – Hurn may also have taken some intercept marks or 1% that score more … haven’t watched it all – watching the Aussies as well …
Likewise Macca. Warner putting on a show…better than watching a poorly skilled, over-umpired game out west.
Well, this is a depressing night thus far … GD’s Eagles spanking my Bombers and to make matters worse, Bombers ensuring that Yeo won’t lose any money FFS!!
West Coast Eagles: 11.17.83
Dom Sheed 119
Elliot Yeo 112
Luke Shuey 95
Jack Redden 93
Jamie Cripps 82
Brad Sheppard 76
Josh J. Kennedy 75
Lewis Jetta 71
Andrew Gaff 70
Shannon Hurn 67
Liam Ryan 65
Oscar Allen 63
Jeremy McGovern 62
Tom Hickey 56
Jarrod Cameron 53
Liam Duggan 45
Jack Petruccelle 44
Jack Darling 39
Will Schofield 33
Jackson Nelson 18
Mark Hutchings 16
Chris Masten 14
Essendon Bombers: 8.1.49
Cale Hooker 92
Dyson Heppell 83
Zach Merrett 78
Tom Bellchambers 78
Josh Begley 74
Dylan Shiel 73
David Zaharakis 67
Jayden Laverde 65
Michael Hurley 62
Andrew McGrath* 57
Conor McKenna 49
Mason Redman 48
Mitch W. Brown 48
Darcy Parish 46
Dylan Clarke 44
Kyle Langford 40
A. M-Tipungwuti 36
Adam Saad 35
Shaun McKernan 21
Matt Guelfi 21
Patrick Ambrose 18
Orazio Fantasia 16
Bad luck, Macca. Haven’t enjoyed watching this though. Dominant but inaccurate.
yeah pretty crappy game – been swapping over to the cricket a fair bit – Warner starting to go nuts!! 143 off 137 balls!!
Yeah same mate i was hoping Finch and Warner would both get 100 and demolish Bangladesh
Kwahaja just took 19 off that over … he’s moving now … think they need 350 at least on this ground …
Holy f**k, Darling. You are single-handedly eroding all my progress this year. Argh!
yeah mate, if it’s at all possible with duals … avoid KPP forwards …
Ugh. I know, I know. But he had such a good patch of form last year, thought he could replicate it. Plenty started him, only the masochists have held him fml.
I was really close to starting him. And I traded him in. He was having a good patch there a while ago, I was hoping it continued.
Are you fielding more than 18? I have 19 on the field hoping darling’s score gets dropped.
I think Yeo is a must again this year … just wish he had lost more dollars … a bit too expensive for me to reach now … *sad face*
FFS he’s now got his BE and will actually make money …
I think Hurn gets points for farting or something … amazingly keeps going up … with seemingly doing little …
91 is the top end of what hurn deserved tonight, about his mean for the rest of the year i reckon.
At least Hurn will lose $30k this week and likely the same next. Good for those of us who decided he could wait!
Maybe a little scaling still to come….
West Coast Eagles: 14.22.106
Dom Sheed 147
Elliot Yeo 141
Jack Redden 122
Luke Shuey 118
Jamie Cripps 103
Brad Sheppard 94
Shannon Hurn 91
Liam Ryan 90
Andrew Gaff 89
Josh J. Kennedy 85
Tom Hickey 83
Lewis Jetta 82
Jeremy McGovern 80
Oscar Allen 71
Jarrod Cameron 69
Jack Petruccelle 58
Liam Duggan 57
Will Schofield 50
Jack Darling 41
Jackson Nelson 32
Mark Hutchings 32
Chris Masten 28
Essendon Bombers: 11.5.71
Cale Hooker 109
Zach Merrett 103
Tom Bellchambers 101
Dyson Heppell 101
Dylan Shiel 94
Josh Begley 93
Jayden Laverde 89
David Zaharakis 84
Andrew McGrath* 79
Michael Hurley 74
Darcy Parish 70
Mason Redman 70
Mitch W. Brown 69
Conor McKenna 63
Dylan Clarke 59
Kyle Langford 54
Adam Saad 46
A. M-Tipungwuti 44
Patrick Ambrose 37
Shaun McKernan 25
Matt Guelfi 23
Orazio Fantasia 19
on to next year Bombers …
Why is Clarke’s DT to supercoach ratio so poor? He’s gone at 87% DE with half his disposals being contested as well as half of them being kicks
What will Hurn’s BE and price be around next week? I might be able to afford him now!
He’ll go down $30k and have a BE around 160 again. I’m gonna wait another week, as he’ll likely drop another $20-30k!
They have HAW next week. Not traditionally a rewarding oppo for high-scoring DEFs.
Hey guys, currently facing a good problem to have but need your help nonetheless. Josh Begley scored 95 for me this week, however, I already have 6 premos on the field so I need to choose one player to omit.
TU: Omit Worpel
TD: Omit Heeney
Thanks!
If SYD redeploy the double-tag this week, you’d think Worpel should be benched. Heeney’s ankle/fitness might also be better for a week’s rest.
I’d go Heeney, but it’s a coin toss really. They could well both go better or worse than Begley.
Not very helpful. Sorry
Can’t you substitute Heeney into the mids with one that won’t play?
Nup I don’t have a dpp player in the mids to swap with unfortunately. Cheers for the help! A tough decision