NAB squad

Filthy · Post by **Filthy** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:32 pm

Bombers name NAB Cup squad
Thursday, 22 February 2007
The Bombers are adamant that 2007 is the year to turn things around at Windy Hill and will be out to prove themselves on Saturday night in their first official match of the season. Essendon look likely to have some fresh faces in the line up as new draftees Alwyn Davey, Mal Michael and Bachar Houli have all been named in the squad of 28 to take on Carlton at The Dome this Saturday at 6.10pm.

The Essendon squad is:

23. Mark Bolton
16. Kepler Bradley
28. Richard Cole
29. Alwyn Davey
15. Courtenay Dempsey
31. Dustin Fletcher
26. Chris Heffernan
19. David Hille
5. James Hird
43. Bachar Houli
21. Courtney Johns
14. Jason Johnson
27. Jason Laycock
18. Matthew Lloyd
36. Sam Lonergan
13. Andrew Lovett
42. Nathan Lovett-Murray
25. Scott Lucas
10. Mark McVeigh
22. Mal Michael
6. Angus Monfries
11. Damien Peverill
30. Patrick Ryder
20. Henry Slattery
24. Brent Stanton
4. Jobe Watson
12. Andrew Welsh
8. Jason Winderlich

Nice!

andrewb · Post by **andrewb** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:34 pm

Nice work Lonergan, but no Dyson...

Filthy · Post by **Filthy** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:42 pm

andrewb wrote:Nice work Lonergan, but no Dyson...

Or Smokey!!

Well done Bachor!!

DYSON#2 · Post by **DYSON#2** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:53 pm

good to see slatts in i think he will have a big year.
i didnt think Hird would play a few of the early games, he still might not though

Dizzy_69 · Post by **Dizzy_69** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:06 pm

Nice squad!

I've heard McPhee is missing due to a slight shoulder injury!

Leigh · Post by **Leigh** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:12 pm

McPhee, Mark Johnson and Camporeale all rested

gottalovett · Post by **gottalovett** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:34 pm

hey i wonder who the four to be dropped will be, i personally hope that bolton, peverill, hird (rested) and heffernan are the ones that miss out.

swoodley · Post by **swoodley** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:11 pm

I think Hirdy will play...there's no need to try and fool Carlton with a bogus selection at this time of year.

gottalovett · Post by **gottalovett** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:21 pm

actually replace hird with ryder, 3 ruckmen in the same team is too top heavy

DYSON#2 · Post by **DYSON#2** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:44 pm

gottalovett wrote:actually replace hird with ryder, 3 ruckmen in the same team is too top heavy

Its only a squad, one of the three ruckman will miss out, my guess is ryder will

Leigh · Post by **Leigh** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:05 pm

NAB Cup Round 1 2007, ESSENDON v. CARLTON
Saturday, 24 February 2007

BACKS: Patrick Ryder Mal Michael Henry Slattery

HALF BACKS:Lovett-Murray Dustin Fletcher Andrew Welsh

CENTRES: Kepler Bradley Mark McVeigh Andrew Lovett

HALF FORWARDS: Angus Monfries Scott Lucas James Hird

FORWARDS: Courtney Johns Matthew Lloyd Alwyn Davey

RUCKS: David Hille, Brent Stanton , Jobe Watson
I
NTERCHANGE: Bachar Houli, Jason Johnson, Richard Cole, Jason Winderlich, Sam Lonergan, Jason Laycock, Mark Bolton, Courtenay Dempsey, Chris Heffernan, Damien Peverill

My guess is that Sheedy will play 3 talls - Ryder in the backline taking 3rd tall defender. 4 players likely to miss on bench

BenDoolan · Post by **BenDoolan** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:07 pm

That forward line looks manacing!

DYSON#2 · Post by **DYSON#2** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:14 pm

do we need 3 talls down back?

F111 · Post by **F111** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:27 pm

DYSON#2 wrote:do we need 3 talls down back?

Do they have 3 tall forwards

DYSON#2 · Post by **DYSON#2** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:33 pm

i dont think so... i can only think of Waite and Fev being the big bodies

Windy_Hill · Post by **Windy_Hill** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:07 am

DYSON#2 wrote:i dont think so... i can only think of Waite and Fev being the big bodies

Whitnall??

andrewb · Post by **andrewb** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:09 am

Josh Kennedy is 195cm - pretty big as well. My bet is that Ryder has been picked to play on Kennedy if he gets a start and it will be a really good gauge of where he's at given Kennedy was #4 or #5 in 2005.

bpdons · Post by **bpdons** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:55 am

Hopefully we're not too cocky, we can't afford to lose to Carlton with such a near full list to choose from.

Will be interesting to see how Hansen goes tonight against the Pies, and how good Gibbs will be against Essendon.

Hopefully we will see our #2 pick sometime in the next year or two

DYSON#2 · Post by **DYSON#2** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:19 pm

Windy_Hill wrote:
DYSON#2 wrote:i dont think so... i can only think of Waite and Fev being the big bodies
Whitnall??

i was thinking he would play across half back

Rossoneri · Post by **Rossoneri** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:15 pm

Hope we absolutely smash the c**** into the ground. I dont care if we dont win next week, as log as we kill these pricks ill be happy. Hope Michael takes chunks out of Fev, and Johns puts Thorton in hospital. Fancy putting a bloke who held the club to ransom and wanted to leave in your leadership group? Or two blokes who were out on the piss at 5am?

Hate the f****** rabble, hope we smash them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!