How good is footy! Some – mainly West Coast supporters – would say I’m an ungracious winner, to which I would say you are most certainly correct. The Bombers went to the west and put together some very solid performances, but they had only beaten teams below them to this point in the season, and […]
Carlton fans finally have a glimmer of hope to hang on to after the Blues’ 16-point win over old rival Essendon at the MCG. David Teague’s men rallied after an arm wrestle for most of the game. Essendon mounted a late comeback but the steady head of captain Patrick Cripps kicked the sealer to spoil […]
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By Sean Mortell
Carlton‘s 16-point win over arch rivals
Essendon yesterday.
the Breakfast Club.
Jacob Weitering is a star centre-half back, while we know how good big
Harry McKay and
Nik Cox,
Zach Reid who have all debuted in 2021.
“Essendon do have top end draft picks, but all sides have top end draft picks, so it’s just about seeing how it’s going to map out at Essendon.”
Carlton’s number 1 pick from the 2018 draft,
Sam Walsh continued his good form against the Bombers with another 33 possessions and a goal.
“Walsh is now impacting games – he found his feet on the wing last year and now he’s an inside midfielder, he’s pushing inside 50 and having an impact on the scoreboard.
The Bombers are among four teams to have just the one elite ranking on their list for 2021, down from two in 2019. Ridley was a standout for the Bombers in 2020, winning the club s best-and-fairest award after emerging as one of the game s elite defenders - all with just 26 games to his name. Before last season, Ridley had played only nine senior games for the Bombers. Dylan Shiel and Zach Merrett were the Bombers two elite players in 2019, but were rated above average last year. After finishing 13th last year and losing key players at the trade table, the Bombers needed to enliven their list with future elite talent with three picks inside the top 10 in the national draft to kickstart a fresh era for new coach Ben Rutten.