Round 9 - Richmond Match Preview
By No32
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz mupm, ssnz (scratch) zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.. WHAT!! Are I forgot to do that preview last night…. No32 was having his own Dreamtime @ the G.
Well the Corporate Whore has been on the road again this time to ICEland (Perth) for most of the week and flew back in the other night around 1am. And to make things worse I couldn’t get an upgrade to Business Class.. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
So Dreamtime the G, or as it's been know for the games we have played there in the past couple years "Screamtime the G” especially our last outing v the Pies.
It will be very interesting to see what happens this week as the boys will be chock full of Robin Red Breast and most times the chest gets puffy we get run over like a freight train and us supporters are left feeling like we have just been gang raped by a pack of Rogue Wildebeest!
Last weeks performance by the boys was great and it seems Sheeds really fired them up, can he back up and they back up that performance this week against the 0-7 Tiggers. I think so.
It seems also this week Teflon Terry is up his usual skull duggery, with naming Richo-Man at CHF. The guy has a fractured FREAKIN eye socket. Not only are Richmond the current JOKE of the AFL so is Terry Wallace. Fair dinkum I feel for Richmond supporters as not only did they have “The Geish”, now they have “The Douche”.
Teflon Terry is the worst at the mind games I have ever seen, in fact it’s just plain laughable…. 1 minute he is straight down the line, in fact too honest and then the next he is playing shadow games… he seems like the school kid who just wants to be cool, but can’t quite crack that nut.
I would also put a lot of this down to the way Rocket Eade conducts himself in the media…. polished performance and I believe Terry takes too much notice of that… Everytime I see Teflon working the media these days I see why Hawthorn chose Big AL.. (At least Al sticks to his 5 year plan) he started with a worse list and drafted/traded and built a side with some promise… I am off topic now
Key Match Ups
Matthew Lloyd vs Matthew Lloyd – Yep, the only person who can beat Lloyd this week will be himself because last week he was in some rare form where he wasn’t quite in the game but he was just really damaging in patches, so with the Tiggers defence I would expect him to really open up a can of WoopAss.
Damien Peverill on Nathan Foley – The Sex Machine needs to sit on (literally if need be) the Clearance Machine, Foley has become in quick time the key ingredient to any Tiger’s good play because he gets in and out with the Pill.
Patrick Ryder vs Jack Riewoldt – The Shining Son vs the Son of a Gun, could be an interesting contest but one also where Ryder could really stand out and play very wide and hurt them across half back.
Fletcher vs Kingsley – Now this will be interesting because Kent has a history of kicking a few on Fletch when he was with the Cats, so could be an interesting contest.
All in all we should smash the Teflon Terry’s Tiggers, but the last time we got cocky we got rolled (Carlton and C-Wood), so I will hold my breath AGAIN and hope they actually turn up with fire and not all Puffy Chested…
The X Factor
ME!!
The Y Factor
How Bout it!!
Predictions
First Goal – Matthew Lloyd
BOG – Patrick “I Wanna” Ryder
Result – Essendon by 45 points
| The Team | |||
| B: | M. Johnson | Michael | Slattery |
| HB: | Fletcher | Ryder | Winderlich |
| C: | McVeigh | Watson | Stanton |
| HF: | Hird | Lucas | Houli |
| F: | Davey | Lloyd | Monfries |
| R: | Hille | McPhee | Peverill |
| INT: | Camporeale | Cole | Dyson |
| J. Johnson | |||
| EMG: | Bolton | Bradley | Hislop |
| Richmond Team | |||
| B: | King | Thursfield | J. Bowden |
| HB: | Raines | Polak | Newman |
| C: | Deledio | Tuck | Edwards |
| HF: | Pettifer | Richardson | Johnson |
| F: | Krakouer | Riewoldt | Meyer |
| R: | Pattison | Polo | Foley |
| INT: | Howat | Jackson | Tambling |
| Tivendale | |||
| EMG: | Hyde | Kingsley | White |
| Last Time – Round 21 2006 – MCG | ||||
| 1 / 4 | 2 / 4 | 3 / 4 | Full Time | |
| Essendon | 3.5 | 9.8 | 12.11 | 16.17.113 |
| Richmond | 5.2 | 10.3 | 14.8 | 20.9.129 |
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| Best Players | |
| Essendon | Peverill, Hird, Lucas, Stanton, Lovett-Murray, Watson |
| Richmond | Richardson, Simmonds, Chaffey, Pettifer, Johnson, Foley |
| Goals | |
| Essendon | Lucas 4, Hird, M. Johnson, Lovett-Murray 2, Johns, Stanton, Peverill, Rioli, Dyson, McVeigh |
| Richmond | Richardson 9, Pettifer 3, Simmonds 2, Schulz, Krakouer, Tambling, Pattison, Howat, Johnson |
| TV Coverage | ||
| Ten Victoria | 7:30pm | Delayed |
| Ten SA | 6:30pm | Live |
| Ten NSW/ACT | 10:30pm | Delayed |
| Fox Sports Plus NSW | 7:00pm | Live |
| Fox Sports 1 | 12:30am AEST (27/5) | Replay |
| Radio Coverage | |
| 3AW Melbourne | 6:00 PM |
| Triple M Melbourne | 6:00 PM |
| 5AA Adelaide | 5:30 PM |
| Triple M Adelaide | 5:30 PM |
| 6PR Perth | 3:00 PM |
| NIRS Perth | 5:00 PM |
| NIRS Brisbane | 7:00 PM |
| NIRS Darwin | 6:30 PM |
| IASbet.com Betting | |
| Essendon | $1.35 |
| Richmond | $3.25 |
| BomberBlitz.com ‘Expert’ Tips | |
| Andy | Richmond by 19 points |
| Mr. Charles Bronson | Essendon by 5 points |
| Pazza | Essendon by 9 points |
| Bomberman007 | Richmond by 1 point |
| Awesome_Scotty | TBA |
| Koala | Essendon by 47 points |
| No32 | Essendon by 45 points |
Posted 25 May 07 in Match Preview News
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