Practice Match Game Chat – Essendon v Western Bulldogs

Written by Gunboat Diplomacy on February 23 2022

Essendon v Western Bulldogs at the Hangar (3.00pm AEDT).

ESSENDON

1. Andrew McGrath, 2. Sam Draper, 3. Darcy Parish, 4. Kyle Langford, 5. Devon Smith, 6. Jye Caldwell, 7. Zach Merrett, 8. Ben Hobbs, 9. Dylan Shiel, 10. Aaron Francis, 11. Will Snelling, 12. Tom Cutler, 13. Nik Cox, 14. Jordan Ridley, 15. Jayden Laverde, 16. Archie Perkins, 17. James Stewart, 19. Nick Hind, 20. Peter Wright, 21. Dyson Heppell, 23. Harrison Jones, 24. Nick Bryan, 26. Kaine Baldwin, 27. Mason Redman, 29. Jake Kelly, 35. Matt Guelfi, 43. Tex Wanganeen, 47. Nicholas Martin

Notable absentees: Michael Hurley, Jake Stringer, Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti

WESTERN BULLDOGS

1. Adam Treloar, 2. Jamarra Ugle-Hagan, 3. Mitch Wallis, 4. Marcus Bontempelli, 5. Josh Dunkley, 7. Lachie Hunter, 8. Stef Martin, 11. Jack Macrae, 12. Zaine Cordy, 13. Josh Schache, 15. Taylor Duryea, 19. Cody Weightman, 20. Ed Richards, 21. Tom Liberatore, 23. Laitham Vandermeer, 27. Rob McComb, 29. Mitch Hannan, 31. Bailey Dale, 32. Arthur Jones, 33. Aaron Naughto, 34. Bailey Williams, 35. Caleb Daniel, 37. Roarke Smith, 39. Jason Johannisen, 43. Ryan Gardner, 44. Tim English

Notable absentees: Bailey Smith, Hayden Crozier, Sam Darcy, Josh Bruce, Tim O’Brien, Alex Keath

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32 thoughts on “Practice Match Game Chat – Essendon v Western Bulldogs”

  1. Rookies :

    Essendon :
    N. Bryan – 166K, R
    B.Hobbs – 152K, M
    K. Baldwin – 124k F
    T. Wanganeen – Unsigned
    N. Martin – Unsigned

    Not Playing
    G. McDonough – 117K, D

    Western Bulldogs:
    A. Jones – 117K D/F
    R.McComb – 102K, M

    Not playing
    C. Parker – 102K, M/F

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    1. Glad you are liking it Wighty, I’ve seen about 15 minutes total – rest of the time it’s either buffering or frozen with a ” media playback issue detected” across the screen.

      On this small evidence % I won’t be renewing past the two week free trial!!!

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        1. Spot on JD & Wighty, terrible coverage and listening to the commentary from Brendan Goddard you would think that it was a game between two Essendon teams. Not very impressed, yet I watch sport on Kayo quite a lot.

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    2. Haha spot on Wighty! I don’t even care that’s it’s a pre-practice- practice game;
      It’s great to have footy back!

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  2. Any severe fairdinkum tackling?
    Where were the “already proven” team stars?
    Practice games are to fill gaps and obtain surplus……IMO of course….

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    1. Where are you getting those numbers, xbxx?

      Don’t think Dunkley had nearly 40 touches and Treloar played the whole game.

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      1. He’s right, Gunboat. Dunkley had 37 and Treloar went off at 3QT. There was a table released last night showing disposals and which quarters players were off the ground.

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  3. – McGrath 31 touches across HB
    – Parish 28 and 15 CBA in 3 qtrs
    – Ridley 20 after slow start
    – Treloar 27 and goal
    – Bont 18, goal in a half
    – Dunkley 35 and 16 CBA in a full game
    – Dale 30 and majority kickouts

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      1. Just the 15 touches and 3 CBAs for Caldwell, Lisa.

        And those numbers were with McGrath at HB, no Stringer, Hobbs only for one quarter and Parish chilling in the third and off in the last.

        Covered the ground well but didn’t accumulate enough to pique my interest.

        CT and I will have a full practice match report out soon.

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  4. BOMBERS SC PTS BULLDOGS SC PTS
    W. Snelling 120 J. Macrae 126
    A. McGrath 115 J. Dunkley 124
    A.Perkins 108 B.Dale 120
    J.Ridley 104 L.Hunter 109
    D.Shiel 95 A.Treloar 93
    D.Parish 94 T.English 93
    J.Stewart 94 J.Johannisen 89
    Z.Merrett 90 E.Richards 84
    N.Hind 78 A.Naughton 78
    T.Cutler 75 T.Liberatore 66
    K.Langford 71 M.Bontempelli 56
    J.Kelly 67 J.Schache 53
    J.Laverde 64 S.Martin 52
    N.Cox 56 M.Hannan 46
    J.Caldwell 51 L.Vandermeer 42
    A.Francis 50 M.Wallis 42
    K.Baldwin 49 C.Daniel 42
    T.Wanganeen 47 R.Smith 36
    N.Martin 45 A.Jones 36
    D.Smith 43 C.Weightman 30
    M.Redman 41 R.McComb 28
    H.Jones 38 Z.Cordy 28
    M.Guelfi 36 T.Duryea 25
    P.Wright 32 R.Gardner 24
    S.Draper 24 B.Williams 24
    B.Hobbs 21 J.Ugle-Hagan 7

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    1. Yeah, pretty good.

      Took 14 CBAs, Martin had 12. Not really relevant as a RUC only though, Nic.

      Wait for him to get FWD DPP, which is where he’s stated he wants to develop.

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        1. Oh, really?

          In that case, could be a smoky option. Especially when Martin inevitably breaks down. Only problem is he’s said he wants to play predominantly FWD, so won’t have the scoring stream of a pure ruck.

          His CBAs the other day surprised me.

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          1. When I first picked my team I heavily considered him as he’s cheap and rucks generally score well. His role is a bit unknown unfortunately

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  5. Mcgrath, Sheil and Perkins are all starting to be looking very Supercoach relevent…

    Interesting.

    Mcgrath. Should gain DPP and in a new highly supercoach friendly role… Could he average 115+ as a defender?

    Dylan Sheil. Classic Fallen Premium. Only needs to get to $510 to make 150K and has the role/scoring history to get there

    Perkins. DPP high draft pick in 2nd year. The real elite guys tend to make a jump to 400/450k year 2.

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    1. JSG.

      I wouldn’t get so carried away by Mcgrath. 115 is crazy talk. Lloyd only averaged 107 last year. 110 for a defender is huge. If he can crack the 100 with DPP you would call that a win.

      You make some good points on Sheil . Though his injury history make him a very risky proportion at any price. If you select him I’d have an escape plan.

      Perkins is a future champ . Theres little to no chance he can make the jump you speak of without at least 50/50 split Mid / Forward. I’m not sure he will get that chance in 2022.

      Just my 2 cents anyway.

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