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1st Elimination Final
Adelaide (5) vs Essendon (8)

AAMI Stadium
8.15pm AEST, Friday 4 September

Essendon

B: Lovett-Murray Pears Atkinson
HB: Slattery Fletcher McPhee
C: Lovett Dyson McVeigh
HF: Winderlich Hurley Monfries
F: Hooker Neagle Welsh
R: Bellchambers Stanton Watson
I: Skipworth Dempsey Prismall Hocking

E: Daniher Quinn Jetta

In: Bellchambers Dempsey Skipworth
Out: Lloyd (susp) Lonergan (susp) Ryder (susp)

Adelaide

B: Johncock Rutten Otten
HB: Symes Stevens Doughty
C: Vince Goodwin Mackay
HF: Dangerfield Hentschel McLeod
F: Porplyzia Tippett Knights
R: Maric Edwards Thompson
I: Reilly Burton Douglas Sellar

E: Davis Sloane Armstrong

In: Douglas
Out: van Berlo (inj)

Forecast

A shower or two, with increasing fine breaks from mid morning, then clearing by evening. Cool to mild with moderate westerly winds, easing in the evening.

Min 10
Max 16

As expected I suppose. Will be interesting to see how Dempsey's hammy holds up on a cold wet night in Adelaide.

im happy with that!

Not too much unexpected there...intersting to see Hooker named alongside Neagle though...is that an effort to stretch the Crows defence???

lovin skipworth in!

I would have liked to have seen Daniher get a game in place of Skipworth.

Otherwise, it's the best we could have put on the park under the circumstances. Lonergan and Ryder will be missed.

I think we are a crazy chance, but we would need to control the crowd early. They are a bunch of in-bread morons!!

I know, I live in Adelaide. They've been cock-a-hoot all week.

need Hocking and Prismall to back Watson up BIG TIME!!! do that and we are in with a show! if we can starve them off the ball then bang we're home!

Changes as expected really... interesting whether McVeigh actually plays after that hand injury, Quinn will probably come in if either Spike or Dempsey arent right.

Great to see Skippy getting a game as well, he is used to AAMI stadium and the Crows and it will be great to have him out there again... he may be playing for his footy career toorrow night...

Word in the small paper this morning is that McVeigh didn't train well with his fractured hand yesterday.

Quinn and Jetta made the trip to Adelaide.

Staggy wrote:Word in the small paper this morning is that McVeigh didn't train well with his fractured hand yesterday.

Quinn and Jetta made the trip to Adelaide.

They had some footage on the news last night and he was going for marks one-handed...keeping his injured hand well away from the ball.

Either they were foxing (knowing the cameras were there) or he won't be playing.