Pre-Match. Magpies v. Bombers. All comments.

3rd degree · Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Location: John Wren's tote

We are very short down back. I thought Will Kelly or Ruscoe may have been a chance.

Piesnchess · piesnchess Joined: 09 Jun 2008

I read the article by Cornes the doomsayer, above and I have but three things to point out to him, and other panic merchants in the media and on here. Football matches are all different, every match is different. Fact. As Fly said so well yesterday, home , away games totally different to the Finals , a new season starts in two weeks. I do recall, in 1958, Magpies lost all games to the Dees, including a thrashing in the second semi final to them. WE won the flag. In 1968, I was a young lad at Moorabbin, last game of season, saints played the cats, the saints belted them by over ten goals. The very next week, the cats played saints in the first final, saints were red hot, the cats destroyed them. In 1980 ,last game, the tigers got smashed by the swans in last game, by nine goals, critics said they were done, the tigers hit back hard, belted us in the GF.. EVERY game is different Cornes you flog , heme game form means sweetfuck all in finals.

stoliboy · Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Location: Sydney, NSW

Essendon Team announced.

No Sam Draper
No Jake Stringer.

They usually play well against us.

swoop42 · Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 9:12 pm

If Essendon were in their earlier season form and close to full strength you could probably forgive a competitive loss.

Surely though after their 20 goal loss last week and with a number of key players now missing we should be expecting a comfortable victory.

Given the question marks over our current form I'm not buying any notion that we have nothing to play for tomorrow night.

To lose to an out of form, out of contention, undermanned Essendon side would be a real poor look when we're supposedly wanting to right the ship before our first final.

lazzadesilva · Joined: 04 Feb 2003

It’s one of those “damned if you win, damned if you don’t” games. If we win it’s only against a struggling bummer side etc etc. I just want to win without any injuries, piss Essenscum off into their mothballs and concentrate on the real stuff. Time to get serious about having a good crack at the flag this year.

Mr Miyagi · Joined: 14 Sep 2018

I want us to win in a way that makes a statement to other finalists and has them worried about playing us again like they did first half of the season

Magpietothemax · magpietothemax Joined: 27 Apr 2013

^
I agree.
I keep hearing suggestions (not necessarily here on NBB, but definitely elsewhere) that this is a "dead rubber" , and all we need to do is go through the motions of winning.
I believe this is totally wrong.
No team just instantaneously "flicks a switch". Clicking into gear is not a mystery, it is based on the accumulated past knowledge and confidence, plus the motivation to expend energy.
We could win by "going through the motions" tomorrow night, given the extent of Essendon's omissions. However, "going through the motions" will add not one iota of electirc charge to our potential of "flicking a switch" in September. We need to ensure that we don't go into this with any "dead rubber" mentality.

Haff · Joined: 25 Apr 2016

Nah, with those outs we should canter to a win. Anything less than 10 goals in unacceptable.
“We’re top for a reason” better start bloody showing it.

Magpietothemax · magpietothemax Joined: 27 Apr 2013

^ Yeah, I agree.
My previous post was expressed really badly.
I meant to say: no doubt, we could go through the motions and win this game due to the extent of Essendon's omissions. But if we adopted such a pathetic attitude ("dead rubber", "doesn't really count for much" etc) this would be extremely detrimental to our prospects going forward. What you do now has an impact on what happens in the future. We need to go all out tomorrow to play with hunger, and energy.