Autopsy AFL 2024 Round 2 - Swans v Bombers Sat March 23rd 7:30pm AEDT (SCG)
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They conceded 36 scoring shots, couldnt have done too much outworking. Also conceded 28 last week against what looks to be a very bad Hawks team. They do a fair bit right, but they cant challenge for finals unless they tighten up the defence across the ground a lot.
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Ridley is a major loss. He is the type of defender that you need back to be successful.
Hopefully he returns soon.
He's only available when the Brownlow medal is on the line, sorry. Maybe if Wright moves to midfield and gets a few more touches
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What happened to Caldwell in the 2nd half ... tagged out of it?
probably anzac day.
need him and redman for the quality rebound.
Looked like he had a knock / something wrong with his upper left leg. Wasn’t moving well at all
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yeah, i was watching on foxtel go and had that impression more as the game went on
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Perhaps. Should be able to account for the Pies without them imo.
Hoping for a Nate caddy debut too
When your big men are a bunch of cowards, absolutely they would target smalls like Cunningham.
It's Essendon Edge get it right will ya
He's the worst
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Pleased my mob did not over react on the ground.
Was sent to Heeney to a tagging job i think
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Lol… it may end up surpassing the fatuous smelly Blues or nmfcBall.
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Hopefully Harry Jones comes good. Looked really good in his first(?) season.
seems a lost cause.
Caddy hopefully the one.
Defending on transition from a kick out or turn over our biggest issue right now and has been for years. So many of Sydney's goals went the the length of the ground with not one Essendon player in the area. It's bloody frustrating to watch especially after we worked so hard for a goal and we give up a cheap easy goal to the opposistion in return
Don't think these group of players have ever been flogged in runnin. If were Brad this pre season nothing but cardio,gut running,laps all summer.
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Got a friend's SCG Members ticket tonight and was watching from high up at the Randwick end and noticed a few things I thought worth sharing:
1. Essendon were really stagnant moving the ball forwards and often didn't take the handball option off the mark. The Swans are setup VERY well in defence, but there just wasn't enough options to switch or get the ball moving.
2. The Swans gut-running is pretty impressive to watch. I don't think the Bombers gave up like some of the Collingwood efforts highlighted during the week, but there were times they were just unable to go with their opponents. The Swans spread so hard and so fast, there were lots of gaps opening up that led to undependable forward 50 entries. But I actually think something else is to blame ...
3. Poor defensive setup. Whether this was a coaching strategy or not, the Bombers defenders were seemingly never goalside of the Swans and got killed on turnovers and fast ball movement out of the Sydney D50. McKay was often rolling back to fill the hole down the line but was almost always in the wrong position and easily bypassed. I'm sure there will be a very different tactic employed next time the two teams meet.
4. The biggest divide between the two teams was footskills. Far too often, the Essendon players floated their kicks up a bit too high and gave the Swans time to shut them down. Or they didn't kick out in front of the leading player or even just to their advantage side of the contest. This happened at both ends of the ground and was infuriating to watch.
It was a pretty great game to watch though. Both teams were having a proper crack and with the history between the two sides, I wasn't sitting comfortably until far later in the game (basically the last 7 or 8 minutes) than I would've liked.
1. Essendon were really stagnant moving the ball forwards and often didn't take the handball option off the mark. The Swans are setup VERY well in defence, but there just wasn't enough options to switch or get the ball moving.
2. The Swans gut-running is pretty impressive to watch. I don't think the Bombers gave up like some of the Collingwood efforts highlighted during the week, but there were times they were just unable to go with their opponents. The Swans spread so hard and so fast, there were lots of gaps opening up that led to undependable forward 50 entries. But I actually think something else is to blame ...
3. Poor defensive setup. Whether this was a coaching strategy or not, the Bombers defenders were seemingly never goalside of the Swans and got killed on turnovers and fast ball movement out of the Sydney D50. McKay was often rolling back to fill the hole down the line but was almost always in the wrong position and easily bypassed. I'm sure there will be a very different tactic employed next time the two teams meet.
4. The biggest divide between the two teams was footskills. Far too often, the Essendon players floated their kicks up a bit too high and gave the Swans time to shut them down. Or they didn't kick out in front of the leading player or even just to their advantage side of the contest. This happened at both ends of the ground and was infuriating to watch.
It was a pretty great game to watch though. Both teams were having a proper crack and with the history between the two sides, I wasn't sitting comfortably until far later in the game (basically the last 7 or 8 minutes) than I would've liked.
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