Round 14 - Collingwood Match Preview

By MickC

SIR James Hird says this is the most important Essendon-Collingwood game since the 1990 Grand Final.

The question is how are we going to win it?

I think the following key factors will all play a part, big or small:

Alan Richardson – Richo was involved intimately for some time with Collingwood’s development players. He knows the Goldsacks, Dicks, Anthonys, Wellinghams, Browns and Tooveys like the back of his hand. Not to mention he has the rest of their playing list covered. His tactical nous will help in a closely-fought game.

Posted Friday July  3, 2009 in Match Preview

McPhee In For Injured Watson

Essendon have made just one change for Friday nights AFL Round 14 blockbuster against Collingwood with Adam Mcphee coming in for the injured Jobe Watson.

ESSENDON
B: Henry Slattery, Tayte Pears, Heath Hocking
HB: Courtenay Dempsey, Cale Hooker, Dustin Fletcher
C: Kyle Reimers, Ricky Dyson, Andrew Lovett
HF: Angus Monfries, Scott Lucas, Jason Winderlich
F: Adam McPhee, Matthew Lloyd, Alwyn Davey
Foll: Patrick Ryder, Andrew Welsh, Brent Stanton
Int: Sam Lonergan, Nathan Lovett-Murray, Brent Prismall, Hayden Skipworth
Emg: Bachar Houli, Michael Hurley, David Myers

In: McPhee
Out: Watson (ankle)

COLLINGWOOD
B: Harry O’Brien, Simon Prestigiacomo, Tyson Goldsack
HB: Nick Maxwell, Leigh Brown, Dale Thomas
C: Brad Dick, Tarkyn Lockyer, Scott Pendlebury
HF: Dayne Beams, Travis Cloke, Paul Medhurst
F: Alan Didak, Jack Anthony, Heath Shaw
Foll: Josh Fraser, Dane Swan, Shane O’Bree
Int: Nathan Brown, Sharrod Wellingham, Leon Davis, Alan Toovey
Emg: Shannon Cox, Ben Johnson, Chris Dawes

In: Leon Davis, Scott Pendlebury
Out: Shannon Cox, Chris Dawes (both omitted)

Posted Thursday July  2, 2009 in News

Welsh Gets The Nobby Honours

Andrew Welsh’s shutdown job on Carlton skipper Chris Judd saw him pickup Bomber BOG honours in this weeks Nobby Clarke Medal voting.

Welsh finished ahead of this weeks AFL Rising Star nominee Tayte Pears, Alwyn Davey and Andrew Lovett. Lovett’s two vote haul in the process saw him close the gap to overall leader Jobe Watson to just two, with Watson now sidelined with injury.

Voting in this award is open to all members of the BomberBlitz.com forum – so drop in and signup!

Official results as tabulated by esteemed vote counter Mero

Final Voting for Round 13

5 Andrew Welsh 293
4 Tayte Pears 170
3 Alwyn Davey 54
2 Andrew Lovett 34
1 Sam Lonergan 25
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Angus Monfries 24
Brent Prismall 22
Dustin Fletcher 20
Patrick Ryder 10
Jobe Watson 5
Cale Hooker 3
Brent Stanton 2
Nathan Lovett-Murray 2
Matthew Lloyd 1
Heath Hocking 1

OVERALL STANDINGS after Round 13

Jobe Watson 27
Andrew Lovett 25
Brent Stanton 18
Jason Winderlich 17
Patrick Ryder 16
Tayte Pears 13
Matthew Lloyd 13
Dustin Fletcher 10
Courtenay Dempsey 8
Angus Monfries 6
Andrew Welsh 6
Alwyn Davey 5
Bachar Houli 5
Brent Prismall 4
Hayden Skipworth 4
Ricky Dyson 3
Adam McPhee 3
Heath Hocking 3
Jay Neagle 2
David Zaharakis 2
Michael Hurley 2
Scott Lucas 2
Sam Lonergan 1

Posted Wednesday July  1, 2009 in Nobby Clarke Medal

McVeigh Out On The Piss = Suspended

Mark McVeigh has been suspended for Friday night’s blockbuster clash with Collingwood for missing a training session.

Bomber coach Matthew Knights said McVeigh did not attend a training session on Monday after being out “socialising” on Sunday night. He will play in the VFL this weekend.

“Mark was unfortunately out socialising on Sunday and missed the training session on Monday,” Knights said at a press conference this morning. “That being the case, his preparation has been hindered for Friday night’s game. He’ll be playing the VFL and can regain some form and fitness there.”

Posted Tuesday June 30, 2009 in News

Pears Honoured With Rising Star Nomination

Essendon defender Tayte Pears has been rewarded for his job on Brendan Fevola with the Round 13 nomination for the AFL Rising Star Award.

Pears gathered 21 possessions in the Bombers 69-point win over Carlton last Friday night, limiting Fevola to just two goals on the night.

After representing Western Australia in the 2007 Under-18 national championships, the 19 year old was selected by the Bombers with pick #23 in the 2007 AFL national draft.

Pears is Essendon’s second Rising Star nominee this year, following David Zaharakis nomination earlier in the year.

Posted Monday June 29, 2009 in News

Bendigo Remain Winless

VFL ROUND 11

Frankston 4.2 6.8 12.10 16.12 (108)
Bendigo Bombers 3.5 10.6 11.10 12.13 (85)

GOALS:
Frankston: Murray 5 Lourey 2 Lombardozzi 2 Proctor 2 Marigliani Conroy Berry Morris Pollard
Bendigo Bombers: Quinn 3 Neagle 2 Redpath 2 Jetta Myers Byrne Slattery Hulme

BEST:
Frankston: Hibberd Marigliani Lombardozzi Murray Pollard Magner
Bendigo Bombers: Flaherty Hurley Jetta Thomson Myers Quinn

By fogdog
In a battle of the bottom teams, Bendigo dominated the match for two and a half quarters, losing the game in the last quarter and a half predominantly by dumb decision making from Essendon listed players (Atkinson, Houli, Nash) as well as terrible coaching.

Although I don’t think any players that played today will play for Essendon on Friday, those that would be in consideration are Myers, Jetta and Bellchambers, nobody else would be looked at.

The following is a review of the Essendon listed players as best as I can remember and saw.

Posted Sunday June 28, 2009 in Bendigo

Watson To Miss Two Weeks

Essendon midfielder Jobe Watson’s is expected to miss two weeks after scans revealed minor ankle ligament damage.

Watson injured his ankle early in the second quarter of Essendon’s 69-point win against Carlton last Friday night and, after returning to the match briefly, he eventually hobbled off and was unable to take any further part in the game.

Essendon’s football operations manager Paul Hamilton said on Saturday that the news was “reasonably good” and the MRI scans yesterday revealed there was no “major damage”.

“He’s got ligament damage and muscle damage around that ankle area. So he’s got a couple of little things rather than one big thing, so he’s likely to miss two weeks,” Hamilton said. “That’s the doctor’s estimate at this stage. The MRI didn’t show any serious damage to a couple of the areas that we were looking for.”

Posted Saturday June 27, 2009 in News

We're Still Waiting Bloos

In what could be described as an “upset” – Essendon produced their best performance in a long while for their mortal arch enemy Carlton, as the Bombers destroyed the hapless Blues to run out commanding 69 point winners 21.10 (136) to 9.13 (67), in front of 83,407 fans at the MCG on Friday night to begin AFL Round 13.

After trailing by 14 points midway through the second term, the Bombers kicked 13 of the next 14 goals, and 16 of the last 18 goals in the match, to completely annihilate Carlton and stamp themselves as genuine finals prospects. The win also marked the Bombers fifth consecutive victory over the Bloos.

Posted Friday June 26, 2009 in Match Review

Round 13 - Carlton Match Preview

By LFBS

Scum, just about the best way to describe Carlton without using a certain word starting with C. Once again, we come up against Carlton as under-dogs for whatever reason, and frankly I wouldn’t have it any other way. The scum seem to believe they won the premiership in 1999, and that arrogance still runs in them today. With the incentive of finals for both sides, it looms as a finals-like atmosphere.

Posted Friday June 26, 2009 in Match Preview

Two Changes For Bloos Clash

Essendon have made two forced changes for Friday nights important AFL Round 13 clash against Carlton at the MCG.

The suspended Mark Veigh and injured Adam McPhee make way for Henry Slattery and Nathan Lovett-Murray.

ESSENDON
B: Henry Slattery, Tayte Pears, Dustin Fletcher
HB: Courtenay Dempsey, Cale Hooker, Heath Hocking
C: Kyle Reimers, Ricky Dyson, Brent Prismall
HF: Angus Monfries, Scott Lucas, Jason Winderlich
F; Andrew Welsh, Matthew Lloyd, Alwyn Davey
Foll: Patrick Ryder, Jobe Watson, Brent Stanton
Int: Sam Lonergan, Nathan Lovett-Murray, Andrew Lovett, Hayden Skipworth, ,
Emg: Bachar Houli, Michael Hurley, David Zaharakis

In: Slattery, Lovett-Murray
Out: McVeigh (suspended), McPhee (calf)

CARLTON
B: Paul Bower, Michael Jamison, Aaron Joseph
HB: Dennis Armfield, Bret Thornton, Steven Browne
C: Kade Simpson, Chris Judd, Heath Scotland
HF: Ryan Houlihan, Jordan Bannister, Nick Stevens
F: Eddie Betts, Brendan Fevola, Setanta O’hAilpin
Foll: Matthew Kreuzer, Marc Murphy, Bryce Gibbs
Int: Mark Austin, Andrew Carrazzo, Shaun Grigg, Shaun Hampson, ,
Emerg: Brad Fisher, Jeff Garlett, Jordan Russell

In: Bret Thornton
Out: Jeff Garlett

Posted Thursday June 25, 2009 in News