Congratulations Essendon

[frizzle]

Cracking game of footy to watch. Momentum ebbed & flowed all night.
A credit to both sides.
Congratz on the win tonight.

 

[i_need_a_pencil]

Yeh, well done Essendon! Played much better footy all night!

And your welcome for playing Paddy Ryder into some form

 

[BABYBOMBERS2007]

A great win for us

 

[GoldenboyHird_5]

Kudos to the Cats supporters.

Very humble. Hope they go all the way this year, and beat up the Blues in the process!

 

[Rohan25]

Great effort Essendon, very impressive.

I loved that shot of Melksham kicking the goal from the goal square in the last few minutes as the cheersquad rose as one. Exhilarating stuff.

 

[Dogs_r_barking]

Well done bombers, Hird & Thommo put Scott back in his box.

 

[Bennett.]

Seriously though, how long was that last quarter?? I thought we were going to go down in the 35th minute or something haha.

 

[fishardansin]

Well done Dons!

What a great game of footy. You blokes were so hungry. Desperation made you look like stars.

Easily one of the most enjoyable games of the season. It would have been wrong if we had pipped that one.

I was going to cheer for Geelong in the finals and you've just sealed the deal. A bit of pace from Varcoe around the forward line and clear heads from Milburn and Corey would have been handy for you mob tonight. Maybe our injuries helped us to get a bigger under dog status then we deserved. It certainly freed up Hawthorn last week.

 

[Fossie 32]

Great match and great result! Congrats on a gutsy effort, one of the best games in a long time.

 

[azza29]

Tonight was everything that's great about footy. I was thinking of not going because the losses were beginning to get depressing, but went anyway and was thrilled by an unlikely win! My heart was in my mouth the whole final quarter, it definitely could have gone either way. So pumped from the win!

Have been getting shit from some Cats supporters in the office all week, can't wait to catch up with them on Monday!

 

[Bartosrules]

Well done and a great win Bombers, those are the games that keep us all coming back aren't they. I would have still felt like we lost even if we had pinched it. I thought we were outplayed all night , and no umpire influence either way!

 

[Jesse Custer]

What an awesome thread. Thankyou guys.

 

[Scuderia]

The Bombers withstood multiple challenges from the Cats all night and never gave up the lead after the first quarter - very impressive win.

 

[Scuderia]

Seriously though, how long was that last quarter?? I thought we were going to go down in the 35th minute or something haha.

Haha, yeah, I thought it went on too long also. Not good having to watch that time-on clock!

 

[Kcrack]

I expected this to be the most boring, one sided 15+ goal thumping game this weekend. I was dead wrong, the complete opposite really, probably the best game I've watched all year. If only the Dons played this consistently every week.

 

[Pie eyed]

Lovely.

 

[Gladbaqs]

Two things stood out:
1. Intensity (Where did that come from?)
2. Game plan (McCartney and Thompson earned their dough)

Thought the umpires were uncommonly good tonight too.

Hope your 50,000 members got their money's worth tonight.

 

[yaco55]

Football can be a funny game.

Inside 50's

Geelong 59 - conversion goals 27%
Essendon 44 - conversion goals 38%

The opposite to what happened against Melbourne and Richmond.

 

[TeamThatSavedAFL]

Well done Essendon. Very impressed by the way you turned your game plan around to beat us.

We were out coached but it takes 22 players to implement the game plan and I don't think you had a weak link all night.

 

[Bomber32]

Seriously though, how long was that last quarter?? I thought we were going to go down in the 35th minute or something haha.

Shit yeah! That last ten minutes or so was excruciating and it seemed like it would never end.

Just an amazing feeling when the siren went, though.

 

[kranky al]

Well done and a great win Bombers, those are the games that keep us all coming back aren't they. I would have still felt like we lost even if we had pinched it. I thought we were outplayed all night , and no umpire influence either way!

nice post mate. kudos

 

[Tommykins]

I hate how gracious Geelong supporters are, it makes them so difficult to hate. Even at the ground there was congratulations.

 

[you pick one]

Well done Bombers no excuses from us,beaten by a better side on the night simple as that all the best for the remainder of the season.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Classy Cats fans! You guys really are a credit to your club. Respect!

 

[wmvaux]

Essendon coaching staff need a big pat on the back I think, they really put things in place to stop Geelong from having things their way. Great effort by the team and the kids stepped up, although at times missed targets which I think could of helped them win by 5 or 6 goals, but in the end a great effort that hopefully they will learn from and look back at this game as a standard they need to reach week in week out.