Poll
Question:
Who will win?
Option 1: Roos
votes: 10
Option 2: Bombers
votes: 7
Option 3: Draw
votes: 1
Bombers have the better team on paper but which Roos team will run out on Saturday night?
Hopefully North, so that 90% of my friends will shut the flower up about the bombers
Very nervous if we lose I just hope it's close
I'm hoping the players will be very motivated after being booted last year
I give my personal guarantee that we will win.
nah
Essendon probably, although thats assuming Super Norf doens't show up
Quote from: Ringo on September 03, 2014, 07:44:46 PM
Bombers have the better team on paper but which Roos team will run out on Saturday night?
How exactly do you figure this one out? I'd have to say they're quite equally matched sides...
North been the better team throughout the course of the season but it's finals football, who knows what can happen. One would imagine it would be a close contest.
Tried not to let my North 2nd Bias come out Rooboys and state what I thought. I hope North are on their game from the start and if they are I think they will win but we have seen over the season different North from week to week.
Kayne Turner keeps his spot in the side, good on the young fella!
Will be interesting to see who goes to let the 5 back in that were rested
Draw. Bombers in overtime
No idea who to pick here. Gonna run with Bombers
North look the likely suspects, however I wouldn't be surprised if they choked here.
Both sides can put in under par efforts at times but lean towards the Roo's. Not an easy one to pick tbh for me.
North Melbourne will win this, just think they're too classy for the Bombers, and have more depth across the ground.
The only way the Bombers have a chance is if Goddard/Watson really dominate.. Carlisle will be sorely missed too.
North by 9 points.
Let's see which Essendon turns up.
1st quarter: vs carlton (first one)
2nd quarter: vs carlton (second one)
3rd quarter: vs hawks or cats
4th quarter: vs eagles
if we could replicate those performances for each quarter we'd beat anybody in the comp, maybe even just 3 of the quarters :3
Quote from: GoLions16 on September 03, 2014, 08:46:51 PM
Hopefully North, so that 90% of my friends will shut the flower up about the bombers
PREACH
Quote from: Jukes on September 05, 2014, 01:05:25 AM
1st quarter: vs carlton (first one)
2nd quarter: vs carlton (second one)
3rd quarter: vs hawks or cats
4th quarter: vs eagles
if we could replicate those performances for each quarter we'd beat anybody in the comp, maybe even just 3 of the quarters :3
Thats what puts teams like Sydney/Hawks so far above the rest, consistently performing throughout a game
Roos but only because if they cant win this final they never will win one.. ::)
For me, I dislike both teams. So it's kinda about picking the team I dislike less and that team is Essendon. So yeah, hope the Bombers get up.
Reckon North will turn up this week x 33
Have to go Norf the Bombers form has been hit and miss of late .
North comfortable I reckon.
Apparently Hurley and Ryder are in doubt for tonight. Still pretty sore
I also heard a rumour Watson, Goddard, Hooker, Zacka, Stants, Hibberd, Myers, Daniher, Dempsey and Howlett are likely to miss. Reliability uncertain.
Going to the game tonight!
Carn the Roos :P
had a bad feeling last week and proved correct
this week i have areally good feeling about this week
bombers by around 24 to 26 me thinks
Quote from: DazBurg on September 06, 2014, 03:20:37 PM
had a bad feeling last week and proved correct
this week i have areally good feeling about this week
bombers by around 24 to 26 me thinks
Psychic much :P
SUBS:
North Melbourne: Ryan Bastinac
Essendon: Courtenay Dempsey
NO LATE CHANGES TO EITHER SIDE
Interesting subs choices for both sides.
Very Interesting choice of subs especially Bastinac.
Quote from: kilbluff1985 on September 06, 2014, 06:01:16 PM
SUBS:
North Melbourne: Ryan Bastinac
Essendon: Courtenay Dempsey
NO LATE CHANGES TO EITHER SIDE
das what I thought
Bombers lost it Dempsey shouldn't be sub.
come on Bombers
#don'tgoquietly
Hocking running with NDS
Daniher looks like a baby giraffe.
They're hard at it to start unlike last week, as I type this:
COLYER!
Not sure why Roos aren't sending someone to run with Heppell, already up to 10 possies
1/4 time scores
PLAYERSUPERCOACH
24 Levi Greenwood 46
17 Nathan Grima 40
8 Daniel Wells 37
15 Nick Dal Santo 35
19 Sam Wright 29
18 Shaun Atley 27
43 Sam Gibson 26
22 Todd Goldstein 23
35 Aaron Black 21
34 Jamie Macmillan 20
9 Andrew Swallow 19
5 Ben Jacobs 19
16 Scott D. Thompson 19
50 Ben Brown 14
10 Ben Cunnington 12
12 Lindsay Thomas 12
7 Jack Ziebell 10
40 Kayne Turner 9
20 Drew Petrie 4
21 Luke McDonald 4
3 Ryan Bastinac 0
11 Michael Firrito -2
21 Dyson Heppell 33
4 Jobe Watson 30
30 Patrick Ryder 30
3 Paul Chapman 29
12 Mark Baguley 27
39 Heath Hocking 25
40 Ben Howlett 24
18 Michael Hurley 24
6 Joe Daniher 20
2 Tom Bellchambers 19
23 David Myers 18
1 Michael Hibberd 17
32 Travis Colyer 17
9 Brendon Goddard 16
27 Zach Merrett 15
26 Cale Hooker 13
11 David Zaharakis 10
8 Jason Winderlich 10
25 Ariel Steinberg 7
5 Brent Stanton 6
35 Martin Gleeson 5
15 Courtenay Dempsey 0
Nice composure by Colyer.
Jacobs isn't good enough
Luke Darcy said "In the house" - take one drink.
spot on Richo. shut up Brian
It pleases me to no end that Norf have turned up.
A number of Kangaroos not pulling their weight.
17 Nathan Grima 67
15 Nick Dal Santo 64
8 Daniel Wells 55
22 Todd Goldstein 55
24 Levi Greenwood 54
43 Sam Gibson 49
16 Scott D. Thompson 44
18 Shaun Atley 44
19 Sam Wright 40
9 Andrew Swallow 39
10 Ben Cunnington 38
5 Ben Jacobs 36
34 Jamie Macmillan 34
35 Aaron Black 33
7 Jack Ziebell 27
21 Luke McDonald 23
50 Ben Brown 19
40 Kayne Turner 18
11 Michael Firrito 17
12 Lindsay Thomas 16
20 Drew Petrie 8
3 Ryan Bastinac 0
4 Jobe Watson 61
39 Heath Hocking 55
12 Mark Baguley 54
6 Joe Daniher 53
3 Paul Chapman 51
18 Michael Hurley 50
32 Travis Colyer 49
21 Dyson Heppell 48
30 Patrick Ryder 46
9 Brendon Goddard 42
40 Ben Howlett 41
11 David Zaharakis 41
2 Tom Bellchambers 40
27 Zach Merrett 40
5 Brent Stanton 36
23 David Myers 34
26 Cale Hooker 32
1 Michael Hibberd 30
8 Jason Winderlich 21
25 Ariel Steinberg 19
35 Martin Gleeson 10
15 Courtenay Dempsey 0
Bombers very desperate. Harder at it.
Bombers all over them Norf are going to have to pull something out of there bum to win this
Lol Norf
Fantastic quarter by the boys, hopefully we can run away with it in the second half.
Dys super as always, backline and midfield as strong as ever, and Daniher has been great up forward.
27 points is a very nice buffer, can't get too confident though.
Yeah I hope we keep attacking instead of trying to defend the lead
Quote from: Jukes on September 03, 2014, 09:05:54 PM
I give my personal guarantee that we will win.
nah
Oh really. ^ :P
Colyer has been our best player in the first half, Joey had been great up forward, Uncle Pauly doing what he does on the big stage.
Best game of the season by far for Bellchambers as well. Plenty of positives
Hope we continue to serve up some Roo stew
Of course North do nothing in their most important match of the season. How they even win games is beyond me when they serve up halves like that one
North are third quarter specialists, but I'm not sure Norf can do it.
BBB!!!
BENNY SHOW BROWN
COME ON NORTH
I LOVE YOU CARROT TOP
flowering Norf lmao
Big Benny ;D
Wellity wellity wellity.
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North with another. Ben Brown showing tonight why I think he should be in ahead of Majak/Currie.
Stuff his sc finals. I don't have brown but keep going big fella!
Dunno, think he's fine.
are you flowerin serious umpire
ZEEEEEEEEEEEBS
Quote from: Mr.Craig on September 06, 2014, 09:13:01 PM
Dunno, think he's fine.
will be thrown out in record time
Reported for what? If anything he deserves a free for the Essendon player sliding
JOOOOEEEEEYYY
Free kick - yes, report - no.
That'll get thrown out.
Turning into the game I was hoping it would be
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on September 06, 2014, 09:14:54 PM
Reported for what? If anything he deserves a free for the Essendon player sliding
exactly. what ever happened to that rule
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Quote from: brad on September 06, 2014, 09:16:37 PM
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on September 06, 2014, 09:14:54 PM
Reported for what? If anything he deserves a free for the Essendon player sliding
exactly. what ever happened to that rule
I just said this on chat ^^
Should have been a free to Greenwood
Quote from: luvfooty on September 06, 2014, 09:17:43 PM
Quote from: brad on September 06, 2014, 09:16:37 PM
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on September 06, 2014, 09:14:54 PM
Reported for what? If anything he deserves a free for the Essendon player sliding
exactly. what ever happened to that rule
I just said this on chat ^^
Should have been a free to Greenwood
Like how Greenwood was supposed to get any lower is beyond me
Quote from: luvfooty on September 06, 2014, 09:17:43 PM
Quote from: brad on September 06, 2014, 09:16:37 PM
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on September 06, 2014, 09:14:54 PM
Reported for what? If anything he deserves a free for the Essendon player sliding
exactly. what ever happened to that rule
I just said this on chat ^^
Should have been a free to Greenwood
Greenwood made contact with Baguely after he had reached the ball and finished sliding
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on September 06, 2014, 09:18:20 PM
Quote from: luvfooty on September 06, 2014, 09:17:43 PM
Quote from: brad on September 06, 2014, 09:16:37 PM
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on September 06, 2014, 09:14:54 PM
Reported for what? If anything he deserves a free for the Essendon player sliding
exactly. what ever happened to that rule
I just said this on chat ^^
Should have been a free to Greenwood
exactly x2. what, do they want him to slide? aren't they trying to cut that out of the game?
Like how Greenwood was supposed to get any lower is beyond me
yeah nice quote bradley kyleson
3/4 time scores
8 Daniel Wells 79
24 Levi Greenwood 79
22 Todd Goldstein 79
16 Scott D. Thompson 78
19 Sam Wright 75
43 Sam Gibson 74
17 Nathan Grima 71
15 Nick Dal Santo 67
10 Ben Cunnington 65
34 Jamie Macmillan 62
7 Jack Ziebell 60
18 Shaun Atley 56
50 Ben Brown 51
9 Andrew Swallow 50
12 Lindsay Thomas 48
5 Ben Jacobs 43
35 Aaron Black 42
21 Luke McDonald 36
11 Michael Firrito 36
40 Kayne Turner 27
20 Drew Petrie 18
3 Ryan Bastinac 6
3 Paul Chapman 92
4 Jobe Watson 88
12 Mark Baguley 83
21 Dyson Heppell 82
39 Heath Hocking 77
18 Michael Hurley 76
11 David Zaharakis 74
6 Joe Daniher 68
30 Patrick Ryder 64
40 Ben Howlett 60
9 Brendon Goddard 60
2 Tom Bellchambers 58
5 Brent Stanton 54
1 Michael Hibberd 54
27 Zach Merrett 53
23 David Myers 49
26 Cale Hooker 47
32 Travis Colyer 47
25 Ariel Steinberg 28
8 Jason Winderlich 25
35 Martin Gleeson 12
15 Courtenay Dempsey 3
Exactly
Greenwood arrived after Bagulry had the ball already
Quote from: kilbluff1985 on September 06, 2014, 09:24:27 PM
Exactly
Greenwood arrived after Bagulry had the ball already
by like .2 of a second
Levi can't make a decision to attack the ball a different way in that time
Quote from: brad on September 06, 2014, 09:26:11 PM
Quote from: kilbluff1985 on September 06, 2014, 09:24:27 PM
Exactly
Greenwood arrived after Bagulry had the ball already
by like .2 of a second
Levi can't make a decision to attack the ball a different way in that time
Just Bombers bias here move on now
Sliding Rule doesn't care whether he got the ball first, its still a free.
What is Greenwood supposed to do jump over him so he doesn't get grass-cutted?
I'm just defending that Baguley was right to get the free don't agree that Greenwood should be reported will get thrown out quicker then Fevola on Brownlow night
Quote from: brad on September 06, 2014, 09:26:11 PM
Quote from: kilbluff1985 on September 06, 2014, 09:24:27 PM
Exactly
Greenwood arrived after Bagulry had the ball already
by like .2 of a second
Levi can't make a decision to attack the ball a different way in that time
Should have been play on- report will get throw out.
Quote from: luvfooty on September 06, 2014, 09:27:10 PM
Quote from: brad on September 06, 2014, 09:26:11 PM
Quote from: kilbluff1985 on September 06, 2014, 09:24:27 PM
Exactly
Greenwood arrived after Bagulry had the ball already
by like .2 of a second
Levi can't make a decision to attack the ball a different way in that time
Just Bombers bias here move on now
LOL you serious LF you sound like jukes trolling the eagles threads
Damn iphones
BIG BEN BROWN
Ben Brown was made for this. Best first year story this season
Hurley's haircut is getting worse if that's even possible
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on September 06, 2014, 09:34:29 PM
Hurley's haircut is getting worse if that's even possible
Him and Ariel Steinberg are twins I think.
Battle of the kid forwards
Huge stage - These kids have got big futures
flower.
2 young forwards tonight. that's the story I reckon
It's basically Ben Brown v Joe Daniher.
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on September 06, 2014, 09:34:29 PM
Hurley's haircut is getting worse if that's even possible
Can someone explain to me why the hell young guys insist on wearing their hair that way?
Because it seriously is not a good look
First half ordinary, second half terrific.
Come on, let's see some overtime.
Oh boy Thomas, you've done it again
Nice dive Thomas ya flog
going for North but I dont like seeing that Lindsay. soft
Quote from: Mr.Craig on September 06, 2014, 09:38:34 PM
Come on, let's see some overtime.
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So if Norf win, who makes way for Boomer?
Has to be Jacobs doesn't it?
Quote from: RaisyDaisy on September 06, 2014, 09:43:34 PM
So if Norf win, who makes way for Boomer?
Has to be Jacobs doesn't it?
Yeah, I'd say Jacobs.
Definitely Jacobs, hasn't done much right this year
PADDY
Turned into a very good game. :o
A casual snap from 45m out! That's shower you try on AFL Live. :o
Geez the loser of this game is going to be really stiff
And another slide that's not given. If you're gonna make a rule try to enforce it umpires
The Dish has done flower all until now... he's woken up. :o
lol Petrie's celebrations
Drew 'Purple Patch' Petrie
Well I guess Essendon wins the award for being unable to hold 30+ point leads
2 weeks in a row we have given up a 30 point lead >:(
Norf didn't win, the Bombers choked.
Shut up BT no one cares whether you think North has already won or not
Inb4 the North Melbourne Ben Browns get humbled by Geelong next week. ;)
Amazing thought the Roo's were gone, great fight back. Not sure how the Bombers dropped that.
Unscaled
24 Levi Greenwood 136
10 Ben Cunnington 123
16 Scott D. Thompson 122
15 Nick Dal Santo 108
22 Todd Goldstein 95
20 Drew Petrie 94
17 Nathan Grima 93
43 Sam Gibson 93
8 Daniel Wells 92
19 Sam Wright 86
9 Andrew Swallow 82
34 Jamie Macmillan 72
12 Lindsay Thomas 69
18 Shaun Atley 66
35 Aaron Black 64
50 Ben Brown 61
7 Jack Ziebell 57
11 Michael Firrito 56
40 Kayne Turner 41
5 Ben Jacobs 39
21 Luke McDonald 34
3 Ryan Bastinac 13
21 Dyson Heppell 114
12 Mark Baguley 112
30 Patrick Ryder 109
4 Jobe Watson 100
3 Paul Chapman 99
9 Brendon Goddard 97
6 Joe Daniher 89
1 Michael Hibberd 84
18 Michael Hurley 84
11 David Zaharakis 77
39 Heath Hocking 75
40 Ben Howlett 74
32 Travis Colyer 72
27 Zach Merrett 68
26 Cale Hooker 64
23 David Myers 62
2 Tom Bellchambers 55
5 Brent Stanton 47
25 Ariel Steinberg 41
8 Jason Winderlich 33
15 Courtenay Dempsey 19
35 Martin Gleeson 11
Haha Petrie 76 points that quarter
Here's hoping North and Geelong pulverize each other to death next week
Brown 61 but Petrie 94???? SC ::)
Wowee what a game of footy, the way it should be. Forget todays game ::) Tonight made us all believe
i'm absolutely filthy we have given up 5 goal leads 2 weeks in a row that's all i have to say very annoyed
i'm going to disappear for the night like we did in the second half
Quote from: tbagrocks on September 06, 2014, 10:05:26 PM
Wowee what a game of footy, the way it should be. Forget todays game ::) Tonight made us all believe
I guess you're used to watching lower quality football huh? :P
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on September 06, 2014, 10:07:15 PM
Quote from: tbagrocks on September 06, 2014, 10:05:26 PM
Wowee what a game of footy, the way it should be. Forget todays game ::) Tonight made us all believe
I guess you're used to watching lower quality football huh? :P
Which coincidently works well with their low quality key forward ;)
Quote from: GoLions16 on September 06, 2014, 10:25:26 PM
Quote from: Mailman the 2nd on September 06, 2014, 10:07:15 PM
Quote from: tbagrocks on September 06, 2014, 10:05:26 PM
Wowee what a game of footy, the way it should be. Forget todays game ::) Tonight made us all believe
I guess you're used to watching lower quality football huh? :P
Which coincidently works well with their low quality key forward ;)
Meanies. :'(
Quote from: NigeyS on September 06, 2014, 09:58:05 PM
Norf didn't win, the Bombers choked.
I just watched the game and I believe we won.
Go you magnificent Rooboys
Quote from: bottlemart on September 06, 2014, 10:26:56 PM
Quote from: NigeyS on September 06, 2014, 09:58:05 PM
Norf didn't win, the Bombers choked.
I just watched the game and I believe we won.
Go you magnificent Rooboys
Yeah North looked very good in the 2nd half, got plenty of run which they didn't seem to have early on
Quote from: GoLions16 on September 03, 2014, 08:46:51 PM
Hopefully North, so that 90% of my friends will shut the flower up about the bombers
Praise da lord. Facebook newsfeed was overflowing with Bombers statuses in the first half, gone dead quiet now ;D
Quote from: bottlemart on September 06, 2014, 10:26:56 PM
Quote from: NigeyS on September 06, 2014, 09:58:05 PM
Norf didn't win, the Bombers choked.
I just watched the game and I believe we won.
Go you magnificent Rooboys
Mate, no team that hasn't choked gives up a 33 point lead a third of the way through the 3rd Quarter to lose at Full Time by 2 goals. The Roos didn't rip that out of the Bombers hands, the Bombers gave it to them and they accepted.
Yes very much so GoLions.
We were very flat in the first half, but when we started running it made a huge difference.
Quote from: Torp on September 06, 2014, 10:29:43 PM
Quote from: bottlemart on September 06, 2014, 10:26:56 PM
Quote from: NigeyS on September 06, 2014, 09:58:05 PM
Norf didn't win, the Bombers choked.
I just watched the game and I believe we won.
Go you magnificent Rooboys
Mate, no team that hasn't choked gives up a 33 point lead a third of the way through the 3rd Quarter to lose at Full Time by 2 goals. The Roos didn't rip that out of the Bombers hands, the Bombers gave it to them and they accepted.
Injectsendon choked, but Norf lifted. Goes both ways.
Regardless its just good to see the Bombers out ;D
least we were flowering in ::)
Ran out of legs. Just could not defend like we did in the first half.
Same problem he have had for 10 years, cannot run out of games.
Because of this the likes of Wells, Greenwood, Atley and Wright split us open and savaged us on the counter-attack.
Better team for the whole four quarters won, but this is nearly as bad a loss as the '99 Preliminary final.
Just got home from the game. Probably the loudest North fan in the stadium if though I am a Carlton supporter :P Love to see an Essendon loss 8)
My man Big Bad Ben Brown was fantastic. Wells was great too. Daniher was way too fast for whoever his opponent was.
Quote from: elephants on September 06, 2014, 10:34:39 PM
Quote from: Torp on September 06, 2014, 10:29:43 PM
Quote from: bottlemart on September 06, 2014, 10:26:56 PM
Quote from: NigeyS on September 06, 2014, 09:58:05 PM
Norf didn't win, the Bombers choked.
I just watched the game and I believe we won.
Go you magnificent Rooboys
Mate, no team that hasn't choked gives up a 33 point lead a third of the way through the 3rd Quarter to lose at Full Time by 2 goals. The Roos didn't rip that out of the Bombers hands, the Bombers gave it to them and they accepted.
Injectsendon choked, but Norf lifted. Goes both ways.
Regardless its just good to see the Bombers out ;D
jeez eagles supporters complain at jukes for trolling :P
Wow, what a clash. It had it all!
Just going off all the key statistics they were showing on the big screen at the ground, everything was ridiculously close except for one key statistic that at one stage North were dominating, being marks. Obviously that had a bit to do with the chipping around the defensive half early, however, I think Grima and Scotty Thompson were exceptional tonight, despite Daniher kicking a few goals those two were time and time again taking intercept marks, repelling Essendon attacks and taking the game on, which in turn opened up North's preferred style of play with quick overlap run.
Although I wasn't convinced by him and Jacobs going in, I think Sam Wright played a fantastic game, particularly in the second half he lifted with a great 3rd term. Certainly will hold his spot next week.
Brown great stuff, have North finally found the right 3 pronged tall attack? Although Black's form has been down, he's too dangerous a player to not pay attention to. Will cause some headaches for teams as to who takes Brown/Black, with Petrie taking the number one defender out of the game.
Great win, excited to welcome a refreshed Boomer back next week. Not many harder tasks than coming up against Geelong in a cutthroat final, but its a chance to get more finals experience into the team and hopefully really push them. Should be a fantastic game!
PS Nice to see Ryder play alright in his last game at the club..wonder how many will be joining him
Quote from: kilbluff1985 on September 06, 2014, 10:36:42 PM
least we were flowering in ::)
For a grand total of 3 quarters :')
Quote from: roo boys! on September 06, 2014, 11:42:09 PM
Wow, what a clash. It had it all!
Just going off all the key statistics they were showing on the big screen at the ground, everything was ridiculously close except for one key statistic that at one stage North were dominating, being marks. Obviously that had a bit to do with the chipping around the defensive half early, however, I think Grima and Scotty Thompson were exceptional tonight, despite Daniher kicking a few goals those two were time and time again taking intercept marks, repelling Essendon attacks and taking the game on, which in turn opened up North's preferred style of play with quick overlap run.
Although I wasn't convinced by him and Jacobs going in, I think Sam Wright played a fantastic game, particularly in the second half he lifted with a great 3rd term. Certainly will hold his spot next week.
Brown great stuff, have North finally found the right 3 pronged tall attack? Although Black's form has been down, he's too dangerous a player to not pay attention to. Will cause some headaches for teams as to who takes Brown/Black, with Petrie taking the number one defender out of the game.
Great win, excited to welcome a refreshed Boomer back next week. Not many harder tasks than coming up against Geelong in a cutthroat final, but its a chance to get more finals experience into the team and hopefully really push them. Should be a fantastic game!
PS Nice to see Ryder play alright in his last game at the club..wonder how many will be joining him
Summed it up well RooBoys.
Mate the 1st half Essendon smashed us, and we looked ordinary, but once we got that run back, things turned quickly. Our second halves have been great this year, maybe the fitness has picked up, but when we take the game on we are at best.
Were on the right track. Good times ahead.
Great game, loved it!
Norf clearly the better team. If they play like they did in the 2nd half, Geelong should be very worried.
Sensational game and well done to Norf
Seemed to be very effective off half back in the second half
Late because I was out last night, but...
Quote from: Grazz on September 06, 2014, 08:39:28 PM
Quote from: Jukes on September 03, 2014, 09:05:54 PM
I give my personal guarantee that we will win.
[size/.=1pt]nah[./size]
Oh really. ^ :P
Quote it again and look what was written below that...
I could rant forever but tl;dr flower you north melbourne you're a team of dickheads but you're a team of dickheads who deserve to be playing a semi-final, except for Lindsay Thomas the flopping cow.
Daniher and Heppell confirmed next GOATs.
When Hirdy comes back and with Hooker, Hibberd, Zacka, Myers, Baguley, Colyer, Ryder/Belly/whatever ruckman we have, Howlett etc developing we'll go further in September.
Hirdy back? Pls. Bomber > anyone Essendon could hire ever again. :P
If hird coaches next year: Essendon wont play finals!
Hirdy coached a very young team to almost finals and then 7th last year - the same team Knights got sacked with - and has barely any coaching experience. I'd love bomber to stay on as an assistant, but I'm 100% confident that Hirdy is the man to lead us into the future with success.
oh, and at least we won our real grand final ::)
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Co Coaches :P :o
Another thing I just remembered, leaving the ground I mentioned that I don't think I saw anyone besides Goldy compete in any ruck contests for North, he seemed to be everywhere...checking the stats this afternoon and this confirmed my belief, Petrie with 2 hit outs showing that he spent minimal time in the ruck, only the small portions of time that Goldy was off the ground, what a beast
So many people hyping about Ben Brown, Joey was just as good.
Quote from: Torp on September 07, 2014, 09:58:36 PM
So many people hyping about Ben Brown, Joey was just as good.
Yeh agree JD was good, i think what we all like mate is that a first year player dragged them back into the game. Probably overshadows JD's efforts because the Roo's were able to get up and win but yeh JD deserves some accolades also.
Quote from: Torp on September 07, 2014, 09:58:36 PM
So many people hyping about Ben Brown, Joey was just as good.
Disagree.
Quote from: Master Q on September 07, 2014, 10:04:08 PM
Quote from: Torp on September 07, 2014, 09:58:36 PM
So many people hyping about Ben Brown, Joey was just as good.
Disagree.
Brown doesn't drop chest marks.
Seriously though, once Daniher learns to throw his big frame around a bit more and crash some packs he'll be hard to stop. Just seems to try and mark the ball by throwing his arms at the ball now, rather than throwing his whole body. A good instance in I think the 3rd or 4th qtr Greenwood was going back with the flight running into Daniher's path towards the ball, Joey really should have come right through, cleaned him up and taken the mark as he was in pole position. Instead, he shirked the contest, not commiting fully, the ball hit the ground and North cleared. I love Greenwood but all good key forwards would have (legally) polaxed him in that situation.
Look at the stats guys, they were almost identical. ;) Brown obviously got hyped more because North won. Personally I only saw Joey attempt a few chest marks and the only key one was a drop in the final quarter but the match was fairly in Norths control by then. Not saying Brown getting all the hype is a bad thing, gives Joey a little breathing space.
Quote from: roo boys! on September 07, 2014, 10:09:59 PM
Quote from: Master Q on September 07, 2014, 10:04:08 PM
Quote from: Torp on September 07, 2014, 09:58:36 PM
So many people hyping about Ben Brown, Joey was just as good.
Disagree.
Brown doesn't drop chest marks.
Seriously though, once Daniher learns to throw his big frame around a bit more and crash some packs he'll be hard to stop. Just seems to try and mark the ball by throwing his arms at the ball now, rather than throwing his whole body. A good instance in I think the 3rd or 4th qtr Greenwood was going back with the flight running into Daniher's path towards the ball, Joey really should have come right through, cleaned him up and taken the mark as he was in pole position. Instead, he shirked the contest, not commiting fully, the ball hit the ground and North cleared. I love Greenwood but all good key forwards would have (legally) polaxed him in that situation.
Greenwood is a flowering legend haha.
Quote from: Torp on September 07, 2014, 10:13:29 PM
Look at the stats guys, they were almost identical. ;) Brown obviously got hyped more because North won. Personally I only saw Joey attempt a few chest marks and the only key one was a drop in the final quarter but the match was fairly in Norths control by then. Not saying Brown getting all the hype is a bad thing, gives Joey a little breathing space.
Its not all about stats though mate! (cough, Stanton).
Brown's third quarter was game changing, inspired North to victory hence why he's rightly getting a huge pump. Plus like Grazza said he's a first year fella who just does good things :P
Brown set up a Petrie goal off his own chest and foot.
Brown took crucial chest marks in a crowded 50 while Daniher just out ran his 1 on 1 in an empty forward 100 :P
Daniher gets too much love anyway for how he performs
Quote from: Master Q on September 07, 2014, 10:04:08 PM
Quote from: Torp on September 07, 2014, 09:58:36 PM
So many people hyping about Ben Brown, Joey was just as good.
Disagree.
I disagree too.
Joey was okay, dropped a few marks he should've clunked. Everytime Norf went forward, Benny Brown looked very dangerous.
Brown is far better than Daniher every day of the week.
So he has one good game and one alright game against melbourne and a team who lost to melbourne and he's the next big thing in the afl?
Come back when he does good next week.
Tbh I don't see why we should listen to a guy who thinks Stanton is better than Ablett
Tbh Daniher is way better then Brown so why would we listen to you?
Not sure what all the fuss is about...for a North supporter who really doesn't like Daniher, at all, its hard to argue Brown's a better player than him already, he's only played 9 games after all.
Maybe we'll reassess this time next year
In terms of impact on the game, both played well however I felt Brown stood up more when his side needed it and dragged North back into the game.
Ben Brown > Gary Ablett
Ben Browns hair > Joe Danihers hair
Quote from: monga77 on September 08, 2014, 09:05:04 AM
Ben Browns hair > Joe Danihers hair
you must be joking they both need new haircuts
inb4 Brown doesn't take a mark vs Cats
Brwon's rise in form doesnt look good for Majak either. Will be interesting to see what happens to majak once his contract is up
Quote from: JBs-Hawks on September 08, 2014, 08:07:58 AM
Tbh Daniher is way better then Brown so why would we listen to you?
Well really we are talking about one game not an entire career here...
Quote from: elephants on September 08, 2014, 12:48:43 PM
Quote from: JBs-Hawks on September 08, 2014, 08:07:58 AM
Tbh Daniher is way better then Brown so why would we listen to you?
Well really we are talking about one game not an entire career here...
Nrich said everyday of the week not just one game ;)
Quote from: JBs-Hawks on September 08, 2014, 01:42:11 PM
Quote from: elephants on September 08, 2014, 12:48:43 PM
Quote from: JBs-Hawks on September 08, 2014, 08:07:58 AM
Tbh Daniher is way better then Brown so why would we listen to you?
Well really we are talking about one game not an entire career here...
Nrich said everyday of the week not just one game ;)
Who cares, they both suck :P McGovern > Buddy.
Quote from: elephants on September 08, 2014, 01:44:57 PM
Quote from: JBs-Hawks on September 08, 2014, 01:42:11 PM
Quote from: elephants on September 08, 2014, 12:48:43 PM
Quote from: JBs-Hawks on September 08, 2014, 08:07:58 AM
Tbh Daniher is way better then Brown so why would we listen to you?
Well really we are talking about one game not an entire career here...
Nrich said everyday of the week not just one game ;)
Who cares, they both suck :P McGovern > Buddy.
McBean > McGovern > Buddy
Relton Roberts > McBean > Mcgovern > Buddy. ;D
Puopolo > All
lets see who plays better next week out of BB and JoeD.
ohh wait....
;P
Quote from: Holzman on September 08, 2014, 03:55:02 PM
lets see who plays better next week out of BB and JoeD.
ohh wait....
;P
pretty pointless argument not Joe's fault Bombers are out
Quote from: kilbluff1985 on September 08, 2014, 03:57:13 PM
Quote from: Holzman on September 08, 2014, 03:55:02 PM
lets see who plays better next week out of BB and JoeD.
ohh wait....
;P
pretty pointless argument not Joe's fault Bombers are out
Dont think anyone is suggesting that mate at all.
To be honest Daniher was one of the only reasons it wasn't a North blowout
Essendon would have won the GF this season and last season if it weren't for Daniher Imo.
Quote from: elephants on September 08, 2014, 05:50:43 PM
Essendon would have won the GF this season and last season if it weren't for Daniher Imo.
troll
Quote from: monga77 on September 08, 2014, 09:05:04 AM
Ben Browns hair > Joe Danihers hair
Daniher's is so bloody greasy.
Personally I'm currently sporting a travis Colyer type style. We should all look more like Travis Colyer.
Quote from: elephants on September 08, 2014, 05:50:43 PM
Essendon would have won the GF this season and last season if it weren't for Daniher Imo.
No doubt about it. One can only imagine the damage Kyle Reimers would do one out in the forward 50
To think you guys call Jukes a troll.....
Quote from: Torpedo10 on September 08, 2014, 10:27:45 PM
To think you guys call Jukes a troll.....
I can't recall ever saying that. In fact, I can't recall using the word "troll" at all really!
Quote from: roo boys! on September 08, 2014, 10:33:38 PM
Quote from: Torpedo10 on September 08, 2014, 10:27:45 PM
To think you guys call Jukes a troll.....
I can't recall ever saying that. In fact, I can't recall using the word "troll" at all really!
nah you're good, it's nrich and old mate ele who are
Quote from: Torpedo10 on September 08, 2014, 10:27:45 PM
To think you guys call Jukes a troll.....
Why do you think people are doing it in the Essendon threads as opposed to any other thread lol
Quote from: Jukes on September 08, 2014, 10:35:14 PM
Quote from: roo boys! on September 08, 2014, 10:33:38 PM
Quote from: Torpedo10 on September 08, 2014, 10:27:45 PM
To think you guys call Jukes a troll.....
I can't recall ever saying that. In fact, I can't recall using the word "troll" at all really!
nah you're good, it's nrich and old mate ele who are
Lil bit of your own medicine eh