Bombers vs Freo game thread

[Dr Moose]

Early signs looking excellent. 2 quick goals to McVeigh!

 

[Charliebrow 16]

Great signs!
they've even had to push Pav in the midfield.

 

[Dr Moose]

Lucas to Hird to Winderlich across the HB line - what a luxury!

 

[PoidaCat]

Please Keep this up!

I need you to win for the tip and because you're playing Fremantle...and it would just be funny if they lost....because...they are fremantle...

 

[Charliebrow 16]

Essendon: 5.2 32
Fremantle: 2.3 15

Fantastic signs at quarter time.
Winders is picking up a lot of disposals in the midfield.
Lovett has been explosive, his speed in that run through the midfield was brilliant. Davey's chasing and tackling is supurb.

McVeigh BOG in that quarter.

 

[Dr Moose]

Even Laycock's in on the action - what a passage of play

 

[Smyth94]

What's the crowd like?

 

[mattdavies_03]

What's the crowd like?

one of the commentators said it looks upwards of 40k which will be a good turnout

 

[Charliebrow 16]

Lucas has kicked 5 after halftime.
Great effort.

 

[Dr Moose]

"... lines up for his fifth....He's a magnificent kick"

Couldn't have said it better Bruce

 

[Charliebrow 16]

Pav has just done a Shannon Grant...

 

[Charliebrow 16]

Lloydy kicks his fourth and it's 22 points with 3 minutes remaining.

 

[Charliebrow 16]

12 point win!
Thought we deserved it. Played a very good running game today.
I'd say Stanton or Winders were BOG.
Good signs by our younger players.

 

[go_the_bombers]

Great Win by the Bombers

 

[Dyson_is_da_best]

SEE THE BOMBERS FLY UP UP!!!haha

 

[wce4premiership]

Great game

I have always liked essendon and with jetta, davey and lovett the pace problem is well and truly gone. The lucas lloyd combo is arguably the best in the competition and if they have enough belief they could well be a force come finals time. It was a joy to watch and i will enjoy watching the new baby bombers take on the comp. Sheedy has done amazingly well to have these young kids ready for afl level footy and they're thriving. Just need to know how good freo and adelaide really are before i make any assumptions and how far the bombers will go though.

 

[Dr Moose]

Great work boys --made the final quarter look hard though
3) Fletcher
2) Lucas
1) Stanton

but brilliant tackling and run through the middle all day from Lovett, Jetta and mcVeigh

 

[austinthedog]

great tackling from our small forwards. great pressure everywhere.

the silly turnovers from last year that cost us were few and far between

I'M EXCITED!!!!!

 

[Burzum]

Great win!

I'm very excited about this team.

 

[Charliebrow 16]

What makes it better, is that we still have a few good players to come back into an already strong lineup.
Hird and Lloyd didn't have a mighty big influence on the game even though Lloyd kicked his usual bag of 4, i thought he was well held today by Grover.

Only dissapointing aspect of the game was Welsh's injury could keep him out for up to 3-4 weeks.

 

[danielcan]

That was a breathtaking game and win (a win, woohoo) even though it was difficult going up against Sandilands.

I'm not sure what was going on with Laycock though.

The boys did great!

 

[monty1104]

Anyone know what happened with NLM? was he injured coz he didn't play for Bendigo either. If it was a form issue you would think he would play for Bendigo.

 

[Charliebrow 16]

Anyone know what happened with NLM? was he injured coz he didn't play for Bendigo either. If it was a form issue you would think he would play for Bendigo.

He's just injured.
Don't know what he injured though.

 

[The D-ROD]

great win...

3 - windalich - ran all day, used it well, really has developed into a good solid midfeilder with a dash of pace that has improved us greatly...
2 - mcveigh - was hard at it all day, great disposal...
1 - lovett - made a couple of mistakes but broke open the midfeild more than 3 times....when he got his kicks right they were bullets on the chest of loyd/lucas and co...

honourable mentions - lucas, stanton, fletcher

 

[Strike Swiftly]

great win boys. mcveigh played a disciplined tagging job on Bell restricting him to a handful of possessions after quarter time. mcphee played an awesome seeping job, getting back to his 2005 form. winderlichs acceleration through the middle was inspiring. the new boys kept up their forward line pressure.

lets keep up the momentum. we cant drop our game against the hapless blues. Go Bombers!