i dont really give a @#$%&! what happens this week as long as we play with a bit of heart and intent this week, and if we are getting pumped this time ratts, any @#$%&! chance we could play some man on man football and back our lads in.

sorry, last week really took the wind out of my sails.

watching my first meaningful game in 2 months i expected us to get close to the hype id been hearing about.

i have no doubt if we play our OWN brand of footy we can beat brisbane, i'm just trying to lower my expectations so im not so shattered come saturday night..

god its good to be back in september where it really does mean everything.

let it all hang out on saturday, life's too short for regrets.

goodspeed

Setanta had CHF stitched up for the time being when Fev crashed him. It sounded like a particularly nasty injury so not surprising it has taken some of the edge off his game. When he is playing well he offers a lot more to the side than Cloke IMO. This is really last chance for Cloke but I don't think it is last chance for Setanta.

Hopefully theres still some foxing going on. Be good for us if they play all of their doubtful players because there'd be a very good chance a couple of them would break down.

Better media this week with no scandal so far and Wallet putting a few of our faves rightly under the microscope. Scandals tend to deflate teams whereas criticisms of player efforts can tend to fire up players to perform better. Fingers crossed we work much harder through the middle of the ground.

Did someone say the arrogance is back at CFC? Doesnt seem like it in this thread

1.80 favourites

lions 1.95

_________________
*(grow - fun - gah)

Yeah but whatabout your whataboutism.

The key one there is goal contributed. Santy averages double.

They've played about as many up forward as each other, and as many in the ruck too. Cloke is a better ruckman, but that's not saying much.

If this is a question of form or talent, Setanta has been robbed. Ratten is losing the plot with his run vs tall issue.

_________________
29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

The Selections are a gamble... Ratten dropped one tall in Senta assuming that Bradshaw will not come up


if Black doesnt play, We will win... if he does play, it will go either way...

Conspiracy theory anyone?!


Getting the feeling that there is a 'second flight' to Brisbane.

On it - Yarran to bring the flair, 206 to bring the first use and Setanta to bring the PAIN!


Ratt's, somehow - I don't know, is going to school Voss on the art of 'foxing'

_________________
Cheap Bike Insurance
Selling Baseball Cards

Warnock cannot play seniors this season FFS! Its just too risky!

Why is it so risky??


Clokes selection says a lot of things...

_________________
There's so much I could say...

I dont particularly rate Cloke but his height and strength could prove a handful for the Lions defenders. They play a mobile backline and we should look to exploit that. It also may drag Bradshaw back if we get the ascendency in the middle.
It's a proactive decision by the MC which I dont mind.

_________________
Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

On the other hand if they don't use him at the appropriate times and go to Fev with 3 blokes on him like we normally do then their mobile backline will make Cloke look like a statue.

Channel 10 now advertising game at 9.30 making it 2 hour delay now

_________________
If you allow the Government to change the Laws in an emergency
They will create an Emergency to change the Laws

Bit unfair on Yazz............ i thought he gave a fair bit last week. 3 awesome tackles and some nice plays. To drop him for somebody who slept in is a bit of a downer.

Cloke for Setanta is just mindboggling...............

I know Setanta has been down on form, but if Bradshaw does play, will cloke go back to defence? I doubt it highly.

We are leaving Bower and Thornton to take care of Brown and Bradshaw - hmmmmm!

_________________
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit"
- Aristotle

What do you mean SydneyBlue, a 2 hour...

...oh hang on.


That's just for Sydney.


Melbourne's still LIVE.

That's a no hour delay.





p.s Carlton paying $1.91. Essendon* paying $7.83.

_________________
Cheap Bike Insurance
Selling Baseball Cards

Probably nothing in it, but there was some footage of Fev interviewed at the airport on One HD last night. When asked about the 'ins', I am sure that he said that he will have Betts, Garlett AND 'Yazz' with him up forward. Did anyone else hear this, or was I too preoccupied with the Extreme Paintball?

Liked our chances at 4pm yesterday... not so much now. An off night for either Bower or Thornton will cost 5 goals, and heaven forbid should one of them get injured!

_________________
Patrick Smith - Just another reason to HATE Essendon*!

Don't forget Andrew Walker when thinking of our defence

He has done some terrific jobs in the past on high profile forwards

_________________
If you allow the Government to change the Laws in an emergency
They will create an Emergency to change the Laws

You'd reckon he'd get Brennan, wouldn't you? At least I hope he does.

_________________
Patrick Smith - Just another reason to HATE Essendon*!

Blues want to do it for Pratt

FFS you'd think we've learned by now not to go on about "Doing it for Dick" given our shithouse performances the other times we've mentioned it

_________________
WADA medical director Dr Alan Vernec describes Essendon* FC drug case as biggest scandal in team sport the world of sport has seen. #WC2WB

#GUILTY

x2

Honestly Cloke is a better selection than Setanta for a forward based on current form.
The only reason why Setanta may have been a better selection is if he was used in the backline, because I am a little worried we are too small down there with the likes of Brown, Bradshaw, and Brennan.

If Bradshaw doesn't play (the club may know somwthing we don't) then I would drop Setanta too because honestly he has looked very lost the past few weeks at CHF, even though he was brilliant for a few games

_________________

If the midfield pull their collective fingers out the forward and back lines will take care of themselves.
When we lose it's almost always lost in the middle, rarely at either end of the ground.

_________________
"One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds." - Frank Zappa