Autopsy 2023 Round 23 – GWS Giants v Essendon Bombers, Saturday August 19, 4.35 pm AEST, Giants Stadium

[Giant Strides]

Game day is here, an important one for GWS in season 2023. Lose and we're definitely out of the finals race. Win and we probably are still outside the 8, but stay alive for a final round chance. Essendon has two important inclusions - Jake Stringer

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Jake Stringer

Age

30

Ht

192cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.9

3star

K

8.5

3star

HB

4.4

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

4star

G

1.8

5star

D

8.5

2star

K

7.0

3star

HB

1.5

1star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.8

4star

G

2.5

5star

D

7.2

2star

K

4.8

2star

HB

2.4

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

1.4

4star

G

1.4

5star

(who sank us in the earlier season fixture) and ruckman Sam Draper - to match our two important returns in Binga & Snooze. To the victor goes the spoils.

Let's fire up Giants!

 

[Colonial]

Fire up.

 

[MelbourneGWS]

The game we must win to make the finals. I think the return of Bedford and Daniels will be decisive. The market has us as firm $1.33 favourites (Essendon is $3.25). Kingsley will have us primed to win after our disappointing loss to Port, and Toby is having a fantastic all Australian season. C’mon Giants! let’s give Lloyd a winning farewell home game. Hope we also hit 10k crowd as well

 

[Giant Pete]

This, usually (barring the last season or so), was the type of game under Leon where you got a genuine spike in energy and attack on the man and the ball… for example, we always won our first final.
We are a much more system based team, so it will be interesting to see if that spike translates as well in what is a genuine do or die game.

 

[Giant Pete]

Also, I think it’s fair to say now over the course of a season our biggest weakness is how easily opposing teams can move the ball into our F50… hard to say whether it’s system, effort or execution. In a nutshell, it’s just meant that very rarely have we dominated teams.
So tonight, I’m expecting that the effort will be there, but don’t be surprised if the Bombers get too many F50 entries with easy goals… that has been a consistent pattern.

 

[Colonial]

 

[Danny88]

Also, I think it’s fair to say now over the course of a season our biggest weakness is how easily opposing teams can move the ball into our F50… hard to say whether it’s system, effort or execution. In a nutshell, it’s just meant that very rarely have we dominated teams.
So tonight, I’m expecting that the effort will be there, but don’t be surprised if the Bombers get too many F50 entries with easy goals… that has been a consistent pattern.

That’s an astute post

I remember watching the tigers game and seeing them transition the ball in the first half so easily and with so many support runners

It felt like the early games of a mighty ducks movie when the oppo ran riot on the ice

 

[Simmofreo]

Little over an hour out from the game and gates are shut with a line down the street.

Anyone know what’s happening here


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[Colonial]

Little over an hour out from the game and gates are shut with a line down the street.

Anyone know what’s happening here


On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

Nothing in the media.

 

[Giant Pete]

Geez I hope all the boys can come together and meet the moment today.

 

[Gigantic]

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Welcome back Brent- missed you!

 

[Colonial]

Looks an ok crowd on tv. How’s it there?

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Fantastic start - we seem to be switched on

 

[Gigantic]

How good is Binga

 

[Colonial]

A so so opening quarter.

I hope this isn’t a reverse Giants game where we play out best at the beginning.

 

[BarryAglett]

Looks an ok crowd on tv. How’s it there?

Members area a little thin, but respectable

 

[BarryAglett]

Great clearance work is giving us a huge advantage

 

[Land of the Giants]

Looks like the orange tsnami is on.

 

[Hojuman]

Tsunami ?

Noah type world wide flood !

 

[Colonial]

So we all agree Briggs needs a 10 year contract extension yeah?

 

[Giant Strides]

Binga brilliant!!

 

[Giant Pete]

This is the performance we’ve all been waiting for

 

[Colonial]

Need to keep the foot down. Percentage matters.

 

[BarryAglett]

Josh Fahey...now Josh Sprayey.