Bombers Best 22 2015

[Nige]

The question I have about Essendon is where the goals are going to come from? They were ranked 12th for average goals last season and have lost their fourth and seventh highest goalkickers.

1    Joe Daniher           28
2    Jake Carlisle          27
3    Paul Chapman        22
4    Patrick Ryder         20
5    Brendon Goddard    17
5    Brent Stanton       17
7    Jason Winderlich    15
8    David Zaharakis     14
9    Patrick Ambrose     13
10   Ben Howlett         12

Winderlich is gone?

[Mr.Craig]

Oh, he back flipped yeah. Still coming up as retired on AFL.com.

[Mr.Craig]

Point still stands, goalkicking a massive concern.

[meow meow]

Giles and Cooney are each good for a goal a game.

[Ricochet]

Yeh would have thought that between Giles and Belly you'd get 20-30 goals
Daniher to take another step fwd
Cooney comes in as meow pointed out


A lot rests on how much Daniher can improve imo

[meow meow]

Meanwhile Crameri had his best season with 37.17 :P

[ADEZ]

Meanwhile Crameri had his best season with 37.17 :P

Yeah he went about his way quietly! I was unaware of how solid a season he had

[silloc]

I think our forward line isn't who's in it as much as consistency.

The problem this year is it was a brand spankin new setup. We didn't have 1 player in our previous top 4's playing in our forward line at all. Towards the end of the year we were much better.

'14
1 Joe Daniher 21 28
2 Jake Carlisle 19 27
3 Paul Chapman 20 22
4 Patrick Ryder 21 20
5 Brendon Goddard 20 17

'13
1 Stewart Crameri 16 30
2 Tom Bellchambers 18 28
3 Michael Hurley 16 24
4 Alwyn Davey 14 19
5 Brendon Goddard 22 18

'12
1 Stewart Crameri 18 32
2 Alwyn Davey 17 29
3 Michael Hurley 16 26
4 Leroy Jetta 21 22
5 Jobe Watson 22 20

[H1bb3i2d]

I feel like after a solid finish to the year in what was a new forward set-up, Carlisle and Daniher are ready to kick 60+ between them. Carlisle took some time to regain his confidence in a position he hadn't spent a lot of time playing for a while, and Daniher is still a boy.

More consistency from Jake and natural improvement from Joe are the obvious improvements.

A bigger issue is the ball movement in general. That was horrendous at times this year! Gave the forwards no chance.

Veterans like Chapman, Cooney, Goddard, Winderlich don't mind a few snags. Younger blokes like Colyer and Z Merrett can find the sticks when given the chance.

It's not a matter of "who's going to kick the goals," we 100% have the manpower. Just need to get the ball to them better than we have been!

My (wishful) prediction:

[silloc]

I feel like after a solid finish to the year in what was a new forward set-up, Carlisle and Daniher are ready to kick 60+ between them. Carlisle took some time to regain his confidence in a position he hadn't spent a lot of time playing for a while, and Daniher is still a boy.

More consistency from Jake and natural improvement from Joe are the obvious improvements.

A bigger issue is the ball movement in general. That was horrendous at times this year! Gave the forwards no chance.

Veterans like Chapman, Cooney, Goddard, Winderlich don't mind a few snags. Younger blokes like Colyer and Z Merrett can find the sticks when given the chance.

It's not a matter of "who's going to kick the goals," we 100% have the manpower. Just need to get the ball to them better than we have been!

My (wishful) prediction:

Chicken or the egg: was the movement and delivery caused by an inconsistent forward setup, or was the midfields lack off efficiency making it hard for the forwards.

I don't think you can really pin point it. But I think we can all agree, having Jakey and Joe again will be a huge plus. From midfielders decision making to crumbers positioning to their general predictive team work.

If hird changes the setup again, I WILL BE FURIOUS! not because Hurley or Carlisle are suited for either end, but because of pure team consistency.

[kilbluff1985]

i felt the team lost confidence in the forward line sometimes

[The_Captain]

i felt the team lost confidence in the forward line sometimes

No Crameri no Essendon!

[kilbluff1985]

i felt the team lost confidence in the forward line sometimes

No Crameri no Essendon!

go away

[The_Captain]

i felt the team lost confidence in the forward line sometimes

No Crameri no Essendon!

go away

lolllllll.

[silloc]

Zac > Crameri