Game Day 2025 Round 23; Essendon Bombers v St Kilda Saints, Marvel Stadium, Docklands, Friday 15th August 7:20pm AEST

[Browny2Carlisle]

feel so flat after a win it’s crazy

 

[Pardon me]

Tell me about how we are 11th on the ladder, just 2 spots behind the Dogs

Miles off it under Ross. Game plan is deplorable. We have beaten 2 VFL sides by a collective 6 points the last 2 weeks.

Can't defend, can't move the ball. Lyon should be under massive heat. At best we deserved 2 of the last 4, at best.

And yet we have 4/4.
Funny game footy eh?

 

[sauce_head]

Find me a team that makes life harder for themselves than st.kilda

Freo were 0.8 at one point tonight…

 

[saintbill]

Poor first quarters all season- discuss

Getting outcoached every week. People know how to play us, we are super predictable.

When the game opens up we can look okay, because we do have some good players, but when other teams are fresh they know how to stop a Ross Lyon game plan.

 

[Jade Buddha]

I need a whisky

Or 7

 

[sauce_head]

feel so flat after a win it’s crazy

Just pretend we are Collingwood and we win the close ones and that the footy world is falling over us.

And we beat the drug cheats. That’s our civic duty done for the year.

 

[The Slug]

Despite having the turning circle of the Queen Mary, Steele did lift us in the last.

 

[crasha301]

Not a bad result considering.

The last few weeks has been all about development, not going to play finals so they've decided mix a lot of things up.

 

[Saintscomemarchingin]

Do you Kent's know how stressful watching the AFL app is just waiting on scores?
Sounds like a shit game

Would love to know how many times the commentators mentioned Essendon having 15 debutants, alot.
Yeah it was a shite game.

 

[Mindfury]

sometimes wins aren't just wins - they're also certified ass

 

[sauce_head]

Would love to know how many times the commentators mentioned Essendon having 15 debutants.
Yeah it was a shite game.

Haven’t we had 9? Maybe 10?

 

[sauce_head]

sometimes wins aren't just wins - they're also certified ass

And then there is beating the drug cheats which is always nice no matter the situation.

 

[Mindfury]

Despite having the turning circle of the Queen Mary, Steele did lift us in the last.

yeah, lifted the arm without managing to shrug the tackle lmao

 

[saintbill]

And yet we have 4/4.
Funny game footy eh?

As I said with 8 minutes left and we were down by a goal, we will pull a win out of our bum and Ross will escape all criticism again.

The last month has taught us we are at Richmond/North/Bombers VFL side/Dees level.

Our list is better than that. Coaches have had a diabolical year.

 

[Browny2Carlisle]

we beat Essendons vfl team yay

 

[Mindfury]

And then there is beating the drug cheats which is always nice no matter the situation.

true, but this is the first time all year i've tipped us by 40+ points

i'm done with essendon's "woe is me, no finals for x days", "whole team injured, 15 debutants" hard done by schtick. they deserve a century of humiliation, chinese style.

 

[puppy_dog7]

Nas is 100% gone

Steele saying postmatch “I love watching him play and I’ll look forward to watching him play, wherever that may be”

Windy also mentioning he’s moving out of the house with Nas and Chito to live with a few schoolmates.

 

[bergholt]

Our youngest side of the year.

10 guys in their third year of senior footy or less: 4 of last year's draftees, 4 from the year before, 2 from the year before.

I reckon it's probably not super surprising if we weren't that good considering that.

 

[sauce_head]

So a two point win on Friday night.

Are you not entertained?!?!

 

[beside the seaside]

Jeez Pou looks way too big in the legs. Needs a big offseason to get fit again.

Thought Collard showed a bit in that game in the last.

Two weeks in a row Sharman has nearly cost us the game by panicking in the final minutes.

Really liked Hugo, Windy, Hall, Nas around the ball. Loved that Hugo kick to Sharman in the last. He is tough as but also classy.

Question marks on some of the older guys going forward. Wood, Hill, Macrae, Steele. Its going to be interesting to see how we use these guys next season. Not sure they can all play every week next year.

Love Hammer but feel like he's hit the wall a bit as a backman now. Lots of work to do.

The last quarter was a good watch for what the game was. Both sides went hard.

I still feel we lack for creativity in the forward line, which was why I liked Collard. Jeez he has a kick on him, seems to be able to kick it 60 easily. Wonder if he has a future. I hope so.

Last of all please keep Nas.

 

[sauce_head]

true, but this is the first time all year i've tipped us by 40+ points

i'm done with essendon's "woe is me, no finals for x days", "whole team injured, 15 debutants" hard done by schtick. they deserve a century of humiliation, chinese style.

I tipped us by 8

 

[Saintos The ITK]

**** we have some work to do in the off season

 

[Mindfury]

Nas is 100% gone

Steele saying postmatch “I love watching him play and I’ll look forward to watching him play, wherever that may be”

Windy also mentioning he’s moving out of the house with Nas and Chito to live with a few schoolmates.

"Let's just say it moved me... TO A BIGGER HOUSE"

- Nas confirming new saints contract

 

[sauce_head]

**** we have some work to do in the off season

Isn’t it off season already?!

 

[my name was taken]

Ross explained the Dodson sub was purely a matchup decision with redman running off him