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Essendon by 124.
Nice to be participating in the first game of the season that features at least one decent team.....
Skeeta Olly
26 Mar 2010, 18:02
Was waiting for this thread.
Essendon by 68 IOU 1.
No homo.
bipolarbeaR
26 Mar 2010, 18:04
Geelong by 37.
But I don't care, as long as Gumby shows us something other than a broken leg.
Usually I don't start the GameDay thread until 10 minutes before the game starts, but I wasn't gonna have no-one steal my thread.
Gary Ablett Jr to be more focused on his GC contract than the game at hand.
Gary Ablett Jr to only have 33 possessions
Skeeta Olly
26 Mar 2010, 18:07
Gary Ablett Jr to only have 33 possessions
32 possessions IMO.
Too far?
32 possies and 3 goals then. Happy?
Skeeta Olly
26 Mar 2010, 18:29
hoping Hille and Hunt do there knees
we played alot better without Hille last year.
Fail.
Hope Ben bans him from this board for that. He's a shit poster here when he posts anyway.
WE'RE LEADING WE'RE GONNA WIN THE FLAG
fsfsfs
Essendon by a kick after the siren..
Anyone watching the game live?
Seems like we've had a fair bit of the ball but our disposal hasn't been great.
I base that on GameDay live of course.
Justin TV.
How are they able to show it live when 7 have the rights?
ZAKA
On justin.tv. I don't know, but they seem to avoid trouble
cooper6
26 Mar 2010, 19:02
Just placed a quick few bets.
- Dons to win by less than 39.5 @ $5.50
- Zaka to get 1st goal @ $51
- Hille to get 1st goal at @ $41
What you reckon? Any value there?
Shannon Byrnes keeping us in this...
Skeeta Olly
26 Mar 2010, 19:09
Damn it Zaka.
Oh well, only 2 points behind!
bipolarbeaR
26 Mar 2010, 19:10
Nah, Zaharakis was looking to pass off, he needs to know he can kick that stuff.
From memory, our first quarters against Geelong in recent matches have been shit. A nice change.
GameDay Live insight: Dyson and Welsh have had a lot of ineffective kicks so far........
GameDay Live insight: Dyson and Welsh have had a lot of ineffective kicks so far........
Not as good as the Eurosport commentators telling me about "Zach-car-us" and "Bartle".
Love the way both of those guys play.
Sorry. I try my best though.
Watson 2 goals....OUR UNPREDICTABLE FORWARD-LINE IS BETTER THAN YOUR ONE CARLTON.
Excellent goal by Watson just then.
Davey touches the ball whomg. Back in front :)
So good to see Ryder and Hille in the same team again!
gotta say i'm quite excited right now...!
DAVEY!!!!!
Also, well done to Dempsey for smacking into that smug selwood!
Pie eyed
26 Mar 2010, 19:33
Go Dons......:thumbsu::thumbsu:
Hopefully Gumbleton can get some of the pill in the second half! (not being negative, just hoping he does better for you guys :thumbsu:)
I haven't been too sure about Welsh lately but he's been useful in the midfield so far.
bipolarbeaR
26 Mar 2010, 19:56
Man, Johnson dropped that >_< We'd be 2 up if it wasn't for that.
Nice to get that late goal; Geelong fought back well, as expected.
Skeeta Olly
26 Mar 2010, 20:02
Done pretty well so far, but we really need to turn it on in the 3rd. Gumbleton has only one touch and Williams hasn't had much either so they really need to get into the game. Maybe go Willo or Gumby one-out in the square, isolate them to give them a chance. Or even Gumby on the wing. Those two really need to get into the game for us to have any chance.
Prismall and Stanton have been very good, as has Hooker and Pears. Slattery has been very solid also. Neagle looks very slim (compared to before), so hopefully he can have an impact of sorts in the 2nd half. Welsh needs to tighten up a little bit on Ablett, as does Dempsey on Burns.
We're getting hurt in the clearances and that's where we need to improve. Welsh has done ok, but we really need to get Watson in there. Winderlich's speed hasn't been used much, so hopefully a big last half from him and a goal or two.
Besides Neagle, who has been getting a lot of kicks up the ground, the forward line has been cold. That is where the game will be won, if we can get the clearances and the ball down there, we need to convert the goals. If Monfries, Gumbleton, Williams, Davey, Reimers, Winderlich, Neagle don't get goals, we're in trouble.
Wooh, Fletch with a goal!
Bombers36
26 Mar 2010, 20:14
gumby missing a few grabs - hopefully just nerves first game for a while.
pears going great & hille doing well also :)
Bombers36
26 Mar 2010, 20:15
edit - Pears pass to Ablett inside 50 - Ablett goal :(
Hooker has been really really good! Very impressed.
Very nice start to the quarter.....don't let them back in it!
Are any of the guys posting in here going by 7? ie are being shown the game via delay? You might wanna stay out of here....
Skeeta Olly
26 Mar 2010, 20:27
Shit, Neagle.
Dare I say it, that looks....ACL?
Don't think it was, probably just a twisted ankle.... hopefully!
Edit: Nope.. knee, but should be okay!
Skeeta Olly
26 Mar 2010, 20:33
Knee bent like Hille's did.
Knee aren't supposed to bend like that :(
Don't tell me he hurt himself when he took that mark in the 50 and played on. WAS RAGING AT MY COMPUTER SCREEN WHEN HE DID THAT.
Skeeta Olly
26 Mar 2010, 20:35
Running, or trying to on boundary.
Skeeta Olly
26 Mar 2010, 20:35
How the **** wasn't that a free to Dyson. I'm pretty sure you can't hold a man when he doesn't have the ball. ****.
It's kinda hard to judge watchign on the computer screen...
I have to be careful not to smash my keyboard sometimes.
Are tasmanians infertile or something... Just saw two ads in a row for fertility drugs... I would have thought Australia would want to discourage Tasmanians to breed. :P
Skeeta Olly
26 Mar 2010, 20:43
Still need the forwards to step up (less Neagle :(). We also need to put in a full quarter effort. We start strong, but tail off towards the end. Hopefully we break that trend.
footycool
26 Mar 2010, 20:46
Cmon dons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAWKS HEROES
26 Mar 2010, 20:47
hope your guys can keep their legs and keep in front i so want you guys to win !!!!!!!
good luck !!!
... Geee first a pie and now a hawk supporting us, this thread is starting to feel dirty.
Geez, momentum swung after Neagle played on. Silly thing to try and just hope he isn't hurt too badly.
Hurley would have been handy tonight.
Skeeta Olly
26 Mar 2010, 20:52
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Neagle!
Atheist
26 Mar 2010, 20:52
Umpires raped you in the last few minutes of the second quarter. The fifty against for not moving back on the mark was bullshit. The umpire didn't even tell him to move back once.
Plus, the Johnson and Selwood ones.
Skeeta Olly
26 Mar 2010, 20:55
Last quarter fade out! Sack Sheedy!
Skeeta Olly
26 Mar 2010, 20:58
Hille...
What the ****.
Skeeta Olly
26 Mar 2010, 21:01
Laycock. Come on down!
(Not sexually.)
I would say Laycock would have been in anyways, with one of Neagle or Gumby going out.
HAWKS HEROES
26 Mar 2010, 21:04
sen says your guys are cramping
What'd he do? :(
Charged into Selwood's (i think) back, elbow made contact with the head.
Skeeta Olly
26 Mar 2010, 21:04
Both will be better playing against a botton 4 side than a top 4 side.
Skeeta Olly
26 Mar 2010, 21:05
Raging at this holding the man not being paid/
theboxmike
26 Mar 2010, 21:06
Can't believe this has turned into 38 points in such little time FFS Essendon stop the flow
Both will be better playing against a botton 4 side than a top 4 side.
You would hope so.
talk about taking it in the arse, has ruined a pretty competitive effort. Could just become another regulation flogging in the end.
Can't believe this has turned into 38 points in such little time FFS Essendon stop the flow
It always like this, especially with Geelong, we go ok for 3 quarters, but can't do shit in the 4th.
Skeeta Olly
26 Mar 2010, 21:10
A % game now. Minimise damage.
It always like this, especially with Geelong, we go ok for 3 quarters, but can't do shit in the 4th.
Against top teams yeah, we're good for 3 quarters, but there's one quarter........
I would say Laycock would have been in anyways, with one of Neagle or Gumby going out.
Your going to drop gumby after his first real game of footy in 2 years?..no chance.
Your going to drop gumby after his first real game of footy in 2 years?..no chance.
Meh, he isn't ready for AFL yet IMO, but i probably have too much faith in Laycock.
Meh, he isn't ready for AFL yet IMO.
maybe, but he's ready for freo.
Skeeta Olly
26 Mar 2010, 21:15
1 less scoring shot.
Disappointing effort in a way.
A % game now. Minimise damage.
Looks like you've pulled back a couple of late ones. Nothing worse than getting a % hammering in the first round.
Skeeta Olly
26 Mar 2010, 21:18
Looks like you've pulled back a couple of late ones. Nothing worse than getting a % hammering in the first round.
Opened up again. Hopefully we can pin a goal or two back.
its bad enough losing to these ***** , its worse when you live in this **** of a town.
Skeeta Olly
26 Mar 2010, 21:25
One less scoring shot, yet a 31 point loss. Little moments like Davey missing an easy goal and Neagle playing on not only cost us goals, but it also cost us momentum.
I don't want to reward or accept losing, but having said that there is a fair bit the players and coaching staff can take out of and learn from this game.
Also a few mistakes really cost us momentum and the pressure it would have put on them, but it was also clear that playing such a hard, physical game and taking it up to Geelong drained our stamina.
I would have like us to keep the margin under 20 points but considering we looked dead on our feet in the last quarter 31 isn't terrible. Just bad (especially considering how well we pushed them early in the game).
Macca18
26 Mar 2010, 21:39
Nobody here discredit what happened tonight. I really don't care who you support.
In front at 3QT against the reigning premiers who won the title last year on this very ground and into the last quarter still some sort of 'chance' after being thrashed the last 4-5 times...
I said in another forum, we would of beaten 12-13 other sides tonight with that performance. Not accepting mediocrity but it's the truth. We'll beat Fremantle over here next week, little doubt.
fletch and neagle shouldnt have played on......wrapped with hille's return, surely that report will get thrown out!
not too worried about the score, they were better, as they should be!!
GrandBlue
26 Mar 2010, 21:44
Neagle would surely have to be dropped you would think. Keep Gumbleton for Fremantle but you'd at least have to punish Neagle for trying to play on in that situation. Clearly undiscipline.
GrandBlue
26 Mar 2010, 21:45
fletch and neagle shouldnt have played on......wrapped with hille's return, surely that report will get thrown out!
not too worried about the score, they were better, as they should be!!
It will clearly be 2 weeks minumum, don't expect anything less.
Neagle would surely have to be dropped you would think. Keep Gumbleton for Fremantle but you'd at least have to punish Neagle for trying to play on in that situation. Clearly undiscipline.
I'd rather they give him a chance to redeem himself, Hurley will most likely take his spot in a couple of weeks anyway.
Neagle would surely have to be dropped you would think. Keep Gumbleton for Fremantle but you'd at least have to punish Neagle for trying to play on in that situation. Clearly undiscipline.
fletch did the same thing, and you just worry about beating the pies this week and winning a flag.... :D
TimeIsRunningOut
26 Mar 2010, 21:47
The game should have been over before the last quarter. Seriously.
We were up by three goals with five minutes remaining in the third quarter. The score since quarter time was 7.3 to 9.11 (in favour of us) at that stage. Twenty scoring shots to ten should have equaled a bigger lead than the one we had. Still, we put up a good showing and weren't embarrassed against a bloody good team. Definitely room for improvement as well.
fletch and neagle shouldnt have played on......wrapped with hille's return, surely that report will get thrown out!
not too worried about the score, they were better, as they should be!!
I agree with Grandblue, Min 2 weeks, possibly 3.
It will clearly be 2 weeks minumum, don't expect anything less.
Just saw the incident...
Didn't look good, did it...
Maybe a week but who knows with the tribunal...
Football God
26 Mar 2010, 22:13
Good effort guys, the only good thing for me coming out of this is my tips lol.
TheDon35
26 Mar 2010, 22:18
Being a realist, it's basically what you'd expect.
Competitive against an underdone, below par Geelong.
Stanton, Prissa, Hille, Pears, Hooker, Hocking, Monfries all excellent.
My ussual suspects in Dyson & Slattery completely showed up as not worthy of their possitions in the side. If Slattery doesn't get dropped after that, he has photo's.
Despite very low output, happy enough with Williams, Neagle, Gumby.Didn't contribute anything but was playing the game the right way. Gumby didn't look like touching it but was getting to the right spots.
Dissapointing for Watson, Ryder, Dempsey as stars of the side, didn't really get their teeth into the game in round one.
On to next week.
Wooljay
26 Mar 2010, 22:19
It will clearly be 2 weeks minumum, don't expect anything less.
Easily, didnt try and even smother in the end, just plowed the shit out of Bartel mid-air. Dont think he did it with malice, but it didnt look good at all.
Watson's kick was close to garbage tonight.
Majestic1
26 Mar 2010, 22:27
Im pretty happy with our efforts. Geelong arnt that underdone, they didnt have 2 best 22 players. Varcoe or Rooke.
We also had 2 best 22 players missing who hold greater value to the team in Mcveigh and Hurley.
Stanton was very impressive and our midfield looks like it will take a step up to the next level or 2.
Hope Hille doesnt get rubbed out for too long or at all, did anyone see the incident?
Wahooti Fandango
26 Mar 2010, 22:28
A 20-30 point loss is what I expected. We played well for patches, but the Cats are too strong. Prismall is still yet to impress me. Zaka on the other hand is becoming a great player.
THOMO_31
26 Mar 2010, 22:33
A 20-30 point loss is what I expected. We played well for patches, but the Cats are too strong. Prismall is still yet to impress me. Zaka on the other hand is becoming a great player.
prizza yet 2 impress u, u serious he was in our best 4/5 tonite !!!!!!!!!!
Wahooti Fandango
26 Mar 2010, 22:34
prizza yet 2 impress u, u serious he was in our best 4/5 tonite !!!!!!!!!!
Disagree. I would have Stanton, Zaharakis, Hooker, Pears, Watson, Fletcher all ahead of him.
A few comments on random players.
Zaharakis just never gave up and kept taking on players. One of our best players tonight.
Stanton was great, probably our best.
Reimers has regained some of his 2008 spark. Even getting back into the oppositions faces a bit more (always entertains me). I'm impressed with him.
Watson tried hard, did some nice things but also did some stupid things.
I was impressed with Dempsey's effort, but not the effectiveness of his effort.
Hocking stood out for me as one of our better players. Looked good as a backman, worked hard to make spoils.
Pears and Hooker both did well in defence, with Hooker showing some freakish spoils (obviously learning off Fletch).
I'm glad Gumby is finally okay but he really needs to hold his marks and be better with the quick handballs at ground level, got tackled every time he had it. I'd persist with him for next week but if he doesn't improve I'd send him to Bendigo for him to find some form.
MelkshamWOW
26 Mar 2010, 22:37
Agree with PP, Prismall disappointing tonight I thought. Often tries to do too much with his kicks, can't drill relatively easy chances at goal, and often sets up his teammates with hospital handballs.
Reimers complete lack of defensive pressure was also disappointing, nowhere to be seen when Bartel was tearing us to shreds.
Apart from a few things though, I was pretty happy with the performance. About what I expected in terms of margin, and we suffered by not converting our opportunities (same old story) and having massive ****ups that changed the momentum of the game (rundown of Neagle in the 3rd comes to mind).
Kettles
26 Mar 2010, 22:38
I am a huge critic of Stanton. His kicking is at best erratic and at worst, deplorable, but his efforts tonight were magnificent.
Outstanding tonight and can hold his head high in an otherwise disappointing end to a game, again, for Essendon.