Essendon vow enough is enough

[Bipolar Bear]

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

Good win by the bombers

IMO, the only thing good about it was that they didn't lose.

 

[NoWuckingFurries]

 

[Gavin Excell]

IMO, the only thing good about it was that they didn't lose.

St Kilda are flimsy but a win is a win

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

St Kilda are flimsy but a win is a win

St Kilda are flimsy at the best of times, let alone with so many guys out injured.

It would have been disastrous for Essendon to drop that game.

 

[dave10]

Another domination in clearances and contested work. A midfielder starting to evolve with strength and breadth of midfield types. Not a weakness with additions of Durham and Setterfield in particular, Perkins emerging.

Mc Grath and Duursma highly influential. Mc Grath having a terrific season to date.

Played poorly first half but certainly gritty and harder for longer. Call it ‘edge’ or whatever you like. They’re winning at the harder stuff.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

St Kilda are flimsy at the best of times, let alone with so many guys out injured.

It would have been disastrous for Essendon to drop that game.

ROFL

You need to learn a bit about the Essendon disaster scale.

Losing a Round 3 game vs St Kilda wouldn’t even move the needle. We know how to do disasters properly.

 

[Rich01]

unsure if you actually watched the game but Saints midfield rated highly and we won the clearance count so not sure what you're smoking. Would definitely love to know

All good Yods. Yep I watched the game in entirety.
Was rooting for your boys too.
But I still see lack of grit in the midfield.
I’d like to see what % of scores your side made off the turnover vs the contest. From the eye test today I’d say predominantly the former.

Essendon are great on the spread. Parish, Merritt are great on the second possession out of the clearance, as well as on the fly off the turnover.

Good finals teams have mids that crack in hard and contribute to score chains through strong ball winning grunt.

Even the most one eyed supporter wouldn’t say the bombers showed those traits today, despite the result.

 

[Yoda_]

All good Yods. Yep I watched the game in entirety.
Was rooting for your boys too.
But I still see lack of grit in the midfield.
I’d like to see what % of scores your side made off the turnover vs the contest. From the eye test today I’d say predominantly the former.

Essendon are great on the spread. Parish, Merritt are great on the second possession out of the clearance, as well as on the fly off the turnover.

Good finals teams have mids that crack in hard and contribute to score chains through strong ball winning grunt.

Even the most one eyed supporter wouldn’t say the bombers showed those traits today, despite the result.

I don't think you see enough of us if you think we kick lots of goals from the spread. Stoppage yeah, turnover, a little, fwd half defensive turnovers hardly any.

 

[Rich01]

I don't think you see enough of us if you think we kick lots of goals from the spread. Stoppage yeah, turnover, a little, fwd half defensive turnovers hardly any.

You have no idea how much I watch them really.
I see them every week as my partner is a Bomber.

But yeah, let’s see how they go against Port next week.
They are the sort of hard, contested ball mids with grit.
If they stand up and beat them thru the middle I’ll get on board and concede they may be changing.

Until then, I believe they need some toughness in the middle. I don’t think that’s really an outrageous statement.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

Another domination in clearances and contested work. A midfielder starting to evolve with strength and breadth of midfield types. Not a weakness with additions of Durham and Setterfield in particular, Perkins emerging.

Mc Grath and Duursma highly influential. Mc Grath having a terrific season to date.

Played poorly first half but certainly gritty and harder for longer. Call it ‘edge’ or whatever you like. They’re winning at the harder stuff.

Dude, they bullied a bunch of kids.

 

[boncer34]

Dude, they bullied a bunch of kids.

Ross, Jones, Steele, Hill, Marshall. So much youth.

 

[TerryWallet]

Im calling for a few more edgy wins for the Bombers. The Bombre fans have been no fun lately with all this downcast, "reality has finally hit" attitudes.

A few more edgy h&a wins and Bombre fans will be back to their "i believe" selves.

Bravo edgy Brad, get those spongey tulla floors bouncin' again.

 

[peetoo]

Im calling for a few more edgy wins for the Bombers. The Bombre fans have been no fun lately with all this downcast, "reality has finally hit" attitudes.

A few more edgy h&a wins and Bombre fans will be back to their "i believe" selves.

Bravo edgy Brad, get those spongey tulla floors bouncin' again.

Till the bye weeks hit

 

[Red Bull]

Im calling for a few more edgy wins for the Bombers. The Bombre fans have been no fun lately with all this downcast, "reality has finally hit" attitudes.

A few more edgy h&a wins and Bombre fans will be back to their "i believe" selves.

Bravo edgy Brad, get those spongey tulla floors bouncin' again.

They’re watching from their bunkers and hoping but battle fatigue is very real for dons supporters and they just aren’t ready to be betrayed by the club yet again at this stage.
They know full well that whilst Kevin and Adrian patrol the corridors, it’s still not safe to come out …

 

[NoWuckingFurries]

Dude, they bullied a bunch of kids.

FEEL THE EDGE

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

THE EDGE IS COMING TO GET YA

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

Ross, Jones, Steele, Hill, Marshall. So much youth.

Therein lies St Kilda's problem.

That is an incredibly mediocre midfield right there. Been their achilles heal for a long time, and they just can't seem to do anything about it.

 

[Yoda_]

Im calling for a few more edgy wins for the Bombers. The Bombre fans have been no fun lately with all this downcast, "reality has finally hit" attitudes.

A few more edgy h&a wins and Bombre fans will be back to their "i believe" selves.

Bravo edgy Brad, get those spongey tulla floors bouncin' again.

you must have lived under a rock cause most Bombers supporters think we're no good. Only idiots who believe the media think we're good

You're posting history on Essendon suggests which camp you lay in

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Carna Edgelords

 

[Gavin Excell]

St Kilda are flimsy at the best of times, let alone with so many guys out injured.

It would have been disastrous for Essendon to drop that game.

Who from ST kilda was injured?

 

[joey_jo_jo]

Who from ST kilda was injured?

Thought henry was a big out, had been excellent for first two rounds.
I tipped us based on him being out as I knew we would win the midfield battle and then it was a matter of just keeping NWM (relatively) quiet, as with henry out he was the only dangerous user of the footy.

 

[JayJ20]

St Kilda are flimsy at the best of times, let alone with so many guys out injured.

It would have been disastrous for Essendon to drop that game.

Yeah because we had zero injuries and no players out right. Excuses excuses.

 

[JayJ20]

You have no idea how much I watch them really.
I see them every week as my partner is a Bomber.

But yeah, let’s see how they go against Port next week.
They are the sort of hard, contested ball mids with grit.
If they stand up and beat them thru the middle I’ll get on board and concede they may be changing.

Until then, I believe they need some toughness in the middle. I don’t think that’s really an outrageous statement.

You actually have it the other way around. We rely far too much on getting goals from stoppages and centre clearances and not enough on turnovers (especially forward-half turnovers) and from our defensive half. We have the opposite problem.

Setterfield, Durham and Perkins really transformed our midfield with their size, competitiveness and ability to stick tackles. The issue is we've dominated the midfield in all 3 games but our skills and defending the transition undoes all of our midfield dominance.

Sydney beat us by waiting to intercept our clearances and then burning us the other way with their good foot skills.

To beat Essendon you need:

• good intercepters
• good footskills

Have those two things and the game is almost already won because whatever dominance we have in the middle is nullified.

 

[kreuze_missile]

Essendon vowing anything is a recipe for divorce.