Essendon Gameday Thread

[gossipcom]

Magic has missed two easy shots which could have gotten us even closer.

Apparently there was a stuff up with the clock, so we should be behind by at least 1 point less than we are.

[31 hard at it]

Need Bird , Ves, Grundy and others to step up.
They have not done enough to try to keep us in the game.
Jack has shown some good moves.

Need to make fewer mistakes as Essendon will outrun us.

[573v30]

Half Time

Essendon 8.8 56
Sydney 5.8 38

[Nico]

Don't get that from the radio

It is extremely difficult to see a radio broadcast Satch. Take it from me Pyke is officially no good right now. He has no idea where to run or place himself. Has genuine second efforts but is a long, long way off being an AFL footballer.

[10Totti10]

Crouch has been rubbish. Roos has got the matchups and tactics all wrong. We need to play one on one footy as they have had at least 2 people free on numerous occasions. Grundy needs to go to the forward line, with Richards moving back. Richards is useless up forward. Pyke needs to learn to tap to advantage. Just blindly tapping it down.

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

2 points with gettable opportunities.

Mickey O not kicking through the ball both times close to goal as well.

We CAN lift. But look too slow for the running Dons team.

JF

[Nico]

Need Bird , Ves, Grundy and others to step up.
They have not done enough to try to keep us in the game.
Jack has shown some good moves.

Need to make fewer mistakes as Essendon will outrun us.

Don't agrre on the Grundy bit. Looks to have been one of our better players. I will start on Crouch. 2 effective disposals. One he tried to kick a goal, got pushed off the footy and it fell to LRT. The other he kicked to Mattner 30 metres on his own and couldn't hit him on the chest. How bad was that kick to Fletcher.

It is hard to be an effective side when have Pyke not up to it, Malceski who refuses to tackle and find a man, Crouch and Ablett who is just plainly a passenger. We are 4 men short.

We had 2 clean centre clearances for a goal and an abominal miss by MOL, and one backward clearance in the whole half of footy. They are killing us at clearances because they have a couple of players off the pack while our blokes all fall on top of one another to hold the footy in. Then when they clear it they have players everywhere on their own with a paddock to run in. Our forward defensive pressure is pathetic.

Why was ROK matched on Watson for crying out loud. Use your best clearance midfielder as a tagger - sheeesh.

Our chippy, chippy crap is turning it over so much it is enough to make you peuck. Close to our worst half of the year.

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Have to admit I have tears in my eyes watching BBB going around on his car.

JF

[Nico]

Crouch has been rubbish. Roos has got the matchups and tactics all wrong. We need to play one on one footy as they have had at least 2 people free on numerous occasions. Grundy needs to go to the forward line, with Richards moving back. Richards is useless up forward. Pyke needs to learn to tap to advantage. Just blindly tapping it down.

Richards is crap everywhere. Him and Ablett missed absolute sitters of snaps from 15 metres with no one in front of them, surprise, surprise.

[10Totti10]

We can win this game, I honestly don't think they have been much better than us. All I think is that we need to start playing one on one footy, not this loose man crap. C"MON SWANNIES!!!!

[Nico]

Have to admit I have tears in my eyes watching BBB going around on his car.

JF

So here is a bloke who has let the club down so many times getting a hero's send off. Please excuse me for being largely bemused. he belts a player yet again and we put him up on a pedastal.

[Robbo]

So here is a bloke who has let the club down so many times getting a hero's send off. Please excuse me for being largely bemused. he belts a player yet again and we put him up on a pedastal.

Agreed.

[Swans500]

We are out of the mix....for a long long time to come....NO system whatsoever....and none in sight....

[xpression]

why is abblett playing?..whats wrong with roos?.

[Foreign Legion]

If anyone can tell me who is on Lovett I'd most appreciate it - cause I have no bloody idea.

Worst game I've seen Mattner play and I'm struggling to find a winner for us. Maybe Goodes, O'Keefe and to a lesser extent Barlow.

If anyone is still wearing moulded soles they should be lined up and shot.