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Autopsy 8 point loss to Essendon

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It will cost a 1st rd pick

No it won’t. The issues will prevent it being that. Second at the most and probably more likely a 3rd, could be just some pick swaps their way so our second for their third or something
 
There surely are some non negotiables when playing footy:

If you decide to play extra men back then the opposition should not be able to hit free men in the forward line and should be put under frontal pressure when attacking

Professional footballers should be able to kick and handball to a team mate (in fact that should be able to do so off both hands and both feet).

If you can't run (at speed to catch other players) you need to be really good at something to deserve a place in the team.

There is no excuse to allow a team with nearly 100 more possessions to have 30% Mora tackles than you.

Goal kicking accuracy is the most important skill in football
 
There surely are some non negotiables when playing footy:

If you decide to play extra men back then the opposition should not be able to hit free men in the forward line and should be put under frontal pressure when attacking

Professional footballers should be able to kick and handball to a team mate (in fact that should be able to do so off both hands and both feet).

If you can't run (at speed to catch other players) you need to be really good at something to deserve a place in the team.

There is no excuse to allow a team with nearly 100 more possessions to have 30% Mora tackles than you.

Goal kicking accuracy is the most important skill in football

Letting a bottom 4 side get the jump by 6 goals is certainly a new way to lose but to Essendon really? their last 2 wins were against North and Eagles both by under a kick...

Have we fallen that far? its absolutely embarrassing to use injuries as a out for the players we had more than enough talent on the field to get a win.

Essendon backline contributed to those 100 possessions as we just kept kicking it to them, Scott was so confident we would turn it over he put Merrett forward and kicked 2 in a quarter.

That first half should be studied extensively on what not to do if you want to win a game.
 

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For a team that started last year 13-1, win the minor premiership and make the Grand Final, to potentially later today be on the same number of wins as Richmond after 9 rounds is an indictment on the club.

Being at yesterday’s game, the one statistic that I think needs serious scrutiny is the seven 50’s we gave away. I cannot fathom how a professional AFL side can do that. Yes, injuries have affected our season but injuries do not give away seven 50’s. Something is wrong.
Sydney 3 wins.
Richmond 3 wins (plus Richmond v North next week).
Crikey, we’re better than this.
 
I found a positive.

Next years fixture will be easier, we'll play some shit teams twice
As painful as it is, it doesn't hurt to have a bad year every now and then. Get a high draft pick and a better draw for next season. I back the swans to bounce back quickly unlike Eagles, Nth, Saints etc
 
No it won’t. The issues will prevent it being that. Second at the most and probably more likely a 3rd, could be just some pick swaps their way so our second for their third or something


Ok let’s say they are desperate and pay some salary so he is cheap and we give them a second or 3rd, let’s just make up this imaginary unlikely scenario.

Do you back the current leadership of this club to turn him around?

Also how pissed will he get with the rat shit delivery
 

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Such a bad loss..and as it looks a lot of results went our way this weekend…,all bar the one we controlled
 
It's absolutely no excuse for the loss because we should've been able to do them comfortably if we played 4 qtrs.....but **** me the umpiring was technical and shit in our game. Compared to the other games it's chalk and cheese.
 

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Ok let’s say they are desperate and pay some salary so he is cheap and we give them a second or 3rd, let’s just make up this imaginary unlikely scenario.

Do you back the current leadership of this club to turn him around?

Also how pissed will he get with the rat shit delivery

Yeah no issue with the leadership group in that regard at all actually.
 

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Autopsy 8 point loss to Essendon

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