CRAAAAP!!!! Fletcher out with groin strain.

Lloyd is King · Post by **Lloyd is King** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:06 pm

3AW reporting Fletch won't play.

paddyl90 · Post by **paddyl90** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:13 pm

Just heard that myself Lisk. Bradley is coming in

hahah fun for the haters.

KaaN10 · Post by **KaaN10** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:38 pm

Well here is Bradleys chance..

jimmyc1985 · Post by **jimmyc1985** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 1:21 pm

D'oh. Looks like i picked a good game to let my brothers go in my place.

Fletcher playing with a groin strain would be a logical explanation as to why Cloke and Rocca dominated last week. I'd back Fletcher 19 times out of 20 to keep those 2 under control if he was playing fit.

paddyl90 · Post by **paddyl90** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 1:44 pm

Dont worry no Ruccuito

Lloyd is King · Post by **Lloyd is King** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 1:53 pm

No Rutton, no Bassett also?

Lloyd to kick a bag.

Boyler_Room · Post by **Boyler_Room** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 2:00 pm

Lloyd has to be within range to kick goals... he doesn't seem to know how to stay inside 50 these days.

paddyl90 · Post by **paddyl90** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 2:05 pm

Is Ruccuito in or out I'm confused.

Brumaz · Post by **Brumaz** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:06 pm

very good game by Mal Michael to make up for Fletch's absence!!

robbie67 · Post by **robbie67** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:14 pm

I hope Fletch is back for next week, because watching you know who run around another week will make me vomit.

Boyler_Room · Post by **Boyler_Room** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:09 pm

robbie67 wrote:I hope Fletch is back for next week, because watching you know who run around another week will make me vomit.

I'll be borderline suicidal if I have to watch that again.

Rossoneri · Post by **Rossoneri** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:52 pm

robbie67 wrote:I hope Fletch is back for next week, because watching you know who run around another week will make me vomit.

Bradley has been playing the entire year in the 2's in the forward line. Why was he brought in to play defence? f****** stupid selection committee. Why not bring in Johns? At least he has been playing defence in the 2's.

Boyler_Room · Post by **Boyler_Room** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:14 pm

Rossoneri wrote:
robbie67 wrote:I hope Fletch is back for next week, because watching you know who run around another week will make me vomit.
Bradley has been playing the entire year in the 2's in the forward line. Why was he brought in to play defence? f****** stupid selection committee. Why not bring in Johns? At least he has been playing defence in the 2's.

They gave him a stint in the forward line. Equally as useless. He was a liability on the field. Every time he got it you knew it would end up in an Adelaide player's hands... and inevitably a goal.

Essendon4eva · Post by **Essendon4eva** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:21 pm

Its not just that Bardley misses targets. The way he kicks and hanballs is all wrong.

Boyler_Room · Post by **Boyler_Room** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:29 pm

Essendon4eva wrote:Its not just that Bardley misses targets. The way he kicks and hanballs is all wrong.

I'll admit that he did kick one in the first quarter (I think) from half back out to McPhee (again.. i think) about 25m away where the ball stayed fairly flat and looked like a nice kick off the boot. I even made comment about it in the game thread. Everything else he did was just incredibly pathetic. His "no look handball" to Ryder that missed him by about 5m and allowed Goodwin (I think...) to stroll in and kick an easy goal... Man I nearly lost the plot.

j-mac31 · Post by **j-mac31** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:41 pm

It was so f****** stupid that Bradley played.

1. He has been playing forward for the past few months.

2. He has proven that he is not a defender. Full stop. Barely even good enough for AFL at all, but definitely not in the backline.

Johns should have played. He has been playing in defence AND isn;t as slow AND isn't unco AND can kick alright.

Madden · Post by **Madden** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:22 pm

Where did you hear that he had a groin strain?

MMM at the game yesterday (and papers this morning) report that there's something wrong with his knee - the patella tendon specifically.

F111 · Post by **F111** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:42 pm

Staggy wrote:Where did you hear that he had a groin strain?

MMM at the game yesterday (and papers this morning) report that there's something wrong with his knee - the patella tendon specifically.

The knee bone's attached to the groin bone, the groin bone's attached to the....etc, etc...

It was knee soreness apparently...http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/news.asp?nid=5273

Due to return this week.

robrulz5 · Post by **robrulz5** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:51 pm

Hopefully Fletch plays next week. I really don't want Bradley playing on Franklin, it was bad enough him being beaten by a player making his debut yesterday.

I don't want to imagine what Franklin would do.

billyduckworth · Post by **billyduckworth** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:06 pm

Agree with all the comments about Bradley. he just looked totally lost.

On the positive side, I thought Mal Michael really lifted in Fletcher's absence - took on the responsibility of running the backline. Didn't get a lot of possies, but every time he went near the ball, you felt confident it would be held in. Always looked cool calm and collected. Perhaps his best game yet for us.