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Well my post was very serious ...Well looks like light hearted jokes are banned on here. Good luck...
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There is one thing about Hickey's game on Friday and its that he won contested ball. Yes his disposal was crap, but the end result is no worse than all those so called inside mids who didn't want to get leather on their hands.
If we want to beat Sydney we NEED to win contested ball.
Steven won a bit , but no more than Heppel, and there were other Essendon players who won more.
Steele, Ross, Stevens did not win enough of the ball.
I'll do my Damian Barrett impersonation.
If: You are an inside mid and you win less contested ball than Jack Lonie or Tom Hickey. Then: You ain't doing it right.
Acres /Dunstan/ Freeman....?
Seb was the big disappointment from that game, didn't get into the game at all and didn't seem to limit their midfield at all. We were second to the ball all night. Longer wouldn't have made a difference when the midfield didn't go in and win their own ball.
Seb was the big disappointment from that game, didn't get into the game at all and didn't seem to limit their midfield at all. We were second to the ball all night. Longer wouldn't have made a difference when the midfield didn't go in and win their own ball.
Steele is a bit of a front runner, Ross usually takes time to work his way into a game, before racking them up, so if Stevens or Steven doesn't get first use of the ball early, we are doomed.
This game isnt going to end well for you, hope you pull through ok.
Bellchambers was able to tap it directly to a running mid who would pass it clear of the congestion or do it himself no chance for our mids to get involved.There is one thing about Hickey's game on Friday and its that he won contested ball. Yes his disposal was crap, but the end result is no worse than all those so called inside mids who didn't want to get leather on their hands.
If we want to beat Sydney we NEED to win contested ball.
Steven won a bit , but no more than Heppel, and there were other Essendon players who won more.
Steele, Ross, Stevens did not win enough of the ball.
I'll do my Damian Barrett impersonation.
If: You are an inside mid and you win less contested ball than Jack Lonie or Tom Hickey. Then: You ain't doing it right.
Acres /Dunstan/ Freeman....?
One thing Longer does well is he cracks in & sets the standard. The mids compelled to follow suit. Hickey was so timid & lacked aggression, I reckon his impact or lack of is being underestimated.
That's a good call and something I have noticed as well.One thing Longer does well is he cracks in & sets the standard. The mids compelled to follow suit. Hickey was so timid & lacked aggression, I reckon his impact or lack of is being underestimated.
UnlikelyWhat chance is Holmes of playing? I keep checking each week to see if he's been named (I really want him to do well).
Like most others here it seems, I feel that Long, Battle and D-Mac are just not up to it at this stage and as such, if we're really serious about wanting to play finals this year, at least two, if not 3 of them need to come out this week.
The fact that Gilbo and maybe even Gears will miss doesn't make it easy to drop Dan though and Mav and seemingly Wright doing not doing much in the VFL and Minch being injured makes it harder to drop Long though, so that's not ideal.
Think Acres just has to come in for one of them though.
I agree with what someone else said that we need to get off the revolving door thing with Dunstan. I don't want to see him in again this year unless he puts up multiple blinders in a row at VFL level, or if one or more of Koby, Seb, or Steele are injured or way out of form. Don't think we should be dropping a Koby/Steele after one poor game just to get Dunstan back in.
Me , they are just waiting on the ok by the club doctors , it was supposed to be a secret but it's out now . Lmao
Wouldn't surprise if we keep Battle and replace Gilbert with Marshall...
Prefer Blake to Battle though.
Reckon Mav will be straight back in. Even out of form he is better than Long at this point in time.
What chance is Holmes of playing? I keep checking each week to see if he's been named (I really want him to do well).
Who can forget them VDS66....my old man loved Big Carl.Without the elbows, of course. .
Yep, looks like he's played a couple of terrific games in a row, but we know what he's like in the seniors and both Koby and Steele were good just a week earlier, so I don't believe they ought to be dropped off one ordinary game. Especially Koby.I was calling for Dunny's head but he's played 2 blinders now in a row hasn't he. Steele probably should be held to the same standard and would want a good game this week too. Was completely ineffectual with only two times I remember him winning the ball and wasn't up to his usual defensive standard. Koby was pretty s**t too.