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Mark Alvey will make his debut for the Bombers tomorrow night against St Kilda. The former Bulldog will be able to share the occasion with his best mate Dean Solomon who is also celebrating a milestone. Solomon will play his 100<SUP>th</SUP> game against the Saints.
Alvey replaces Jason Johnson in the selected side after he injured his hamstring at training this morning. Kevin Sheedy is hopeful Johnson will only miss one to two weeks with the injury.
If the saying is true – ‘you are only as good as your last performance,’ Essendon has a lot of work to do if they plan to match it with the in-form St.Kilda on Saturday night. The two teams could not have had more contrasting starts to the 2004 season. Essendon was on the end of a massive defeat and St.Kilda carried on its Wizard Cup premiership form to easily dispose of Geelong.
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