Review Dees v the Stomach Injectors - the Good, the Bad & the Fugly

[syl]

tasmanlvr chin up mofo!

One thing I wonder about is how Jones continues to be ****ing rad while surrounded by these morons. I would've ****ing kicked their arses if they were my work colleagues!!!

 

[Marlowe]

Ugly: Paddy Ryder's goal celebration. Show some humility, jerk.

 

[TJLibby]

It was beyond ugly.

 

[CM Sean]

Fugly: I fear that we will not win a game this season. Never have I felt that way before. In all my 22 years, I don't re-call it ever appearing to be THIS bad. I can't, at this point in time, see us beating ANYone.

 

[Topkent]

The expansion teams are already in front of us I fear ,I'm honestly out of ideas ... On how to fix anything .. I give up

 

[Wonaeamirri33]

I'm honestly out of ideas ... On how to fix anything ..

Must be that hangover obstructing your thought processes there mate

 

[Topkent]

Must be that hangover obstructing your thought processes there mate

I think I could be more productive on the field than half our players Right now

 

[Dr Awkward]

It certainly can't get worse

Why do people keep saying that, it clearly can get worse.

 

[NBates]

Class.

Nick Cave would puke if he saw his photo associated with EFC.

 

[Glacier]

Morning all
Not much to say to make you all feel better, except be proud of a guy like Jones, all heart
Also just remember the smiling and laughing taking place on the ground by the bomber players and supporters, store that shit somewhere safe

 

[adamelliott]

To the richmond geelong and other supporters giving sympathy - stop

 

[Syrus]

I sat in GA with my G/f right near the essendon cheer squad tonight. Do I need to explain how I feel?

I sat by myself near the Essendon cheer squad. Biggest bunch of front runners you will ever meet.

 

[ThePuppetMaster]

I'll take the 150 point shellacking. Show some respect to the team that dished it out to you.

Mate, get over yourself - we do it for every team, EVERY week.

It's just for a laugh - lighten up.

 

[mrmonkey]

Good: These players care about the jumper: Jones, Grimes, Viney, Trengove, Clark. Howe and Frawley tried this week.

Bad: The rest do not care enough about the jumper. Clearly.

Fugly: Essendon had 200 more possessions than us yet also twice as many tackles.

This is Ugly because we should in theory had more opportunity to tackle. I know it's a different sport, but in Rugby League the team who has most tackles is usually the losing team. Now imagine a losing rugby league team not tackling.

 

[stretcharmstrong]

Mate, get over yourself - we do it for every team, EVERY week.

It's just for a laugh - lighten up.

AND it's the truth anyway!

 

[savagelunchbox]

Here's another worthy suggestion for our new club song:

If you knew your music, you'd know that the song Aenimence posted also was composed as a choral arrangement so it can be sung as a club song. No need for a song that has 6 words and is repeated ad nauseum.



'tis the saddest song ever written.

 

[ThePuppetMaster]

I have a couple more ugly's - this really baffles me from a coaching perspective.

- Watts playing on small to medium forwards.

1. Watts reads the play well, he's in the back line because he can intercept well and use the footy - now, the job of a medium forward is to lead up the ground and create space; the job of the small is to read the ball off a pack situation... neither of those are taking Watts to marking contests regularly, playing him on these players is almost literally removing him from the contests we want him to have an impact in.

If Watts plays in defence, he has to play on the 3rd tall (at least).

2. Watts has fantastic athleticism, speed, agility, ground ball skills - for his height... you put him on a 175-185cm player, he instantly loses at least two of those advantages (agility and ground ball skill).

This isn't abnormal, Buddy Franklin was losing contests to Travis Varcoe last Monday - it's incredibly difficult to win a ground contest against someone with a significantly lower center of gravity then you.

Why is Neeld playing him on players where he loses his physical and skill advantages?


- Second tactical gripe; why are M. Jones, Viney and Toumpas all in our starting midfield?

That's 3 out of 6 players (including Jamar) who have played 2 games of AFL football - chuck that inexperience in ANY midfield and it would struggle.

Not to mention that at a few stages our center bounce line up was M.Jones, Viney and Grimes - and they were slaughtered.

Sylvia never looked like getting a run in the middle, the bloke had a consistent 2nd half of the season there last year - why isn't he in there? He's experienced, hard at it, strong and skillful - I know we all talk about how much of 'a disappointment' he is but we aren't even giving him a chance to show us his wares.

Sam Blease, why isn't he on a wing instead of Toumpas? He's got a better fitness base, more experience, more confidence.

Our players development is seemingly being stalled by Neeld - a lot of them are at critical stages in their careers, they need to start to break out soon (Watts, Blease, Grimes, Trengove, Tapscott, Strauss).

- Third gripe; why are 'competitors' valued when they get beaten in every contest and have the skill set of a VFL player?

Gillies was responsible for about 8 goals last night, Sellar did nothing up forward, Terlich lost contests to Alwyn Davey and made regular poor decisions.

We don't have a balance of skillful players in the team, it's not the role of every player to win a contest - you need guys that can run and spread and use.

Just for the fcuk of it; this is what our team should be like for the rest of the season (when the best 22 are all available).

B: Garland Frawley Nicholson
HB: Dunn McDonald Jetta
C: Blease Jones Grimes
HF: Howe Watts Byrnes
F: Rodan Clark Dawes
R: Jamar Sylvia Trengove
Int: Viney McKenzie Strauss
S: M.Jones

 

[Wise Guy Sam]

I'd really like to see a stay at home forward that ...stays at home.

On the rare occasion we got the ball and extracted it quickly we would only get it one kick down the ground before we would have to start kicking it sideways (as the congestion catches up). By the time our fwds got back we had either turned it over OR they were completely out of position and energy after sprinting from the defensive 50.

 

[Plugger35]

RandB Biffinator Captain Jack Crimson Azure

Festival of Red time please.

I'm okay with the pity, but the bullshit such as Plugger and the GWS dickhead can piss off.

Calm down mate I'm not here to troll, just trying to cheer you guys up with a bit of light hearted humour. God knows you need a sense of humour as a Saints supporter too, if you don't laugh you'll cry half the time. The Dees are my 2nd favourite team after St Kilda so I take no joy in seeing you getting thrashed.

I was being semi serious though about bringing back Todd Viney as coach, you played with some spirit and were much more competitive when he was the caretaker coach. I don't think he wanted the job full time though and it might be difficult now anyway with his son playing there.

Todd did seem like a genuinely good bloke when I met him in that nightclub in Perth, whether or not that makes him a good coach I don't know. I also had a chat to Peter Rohde that night and he was a good bloke too but turned out to be a terrible coach. This was after that 1994 prelim final against West Coast at the WACA and I told Todd I was barracking for the Dees because I hated West Coast which he found amusing. The Febey twins weren't actually there though, just threw them in to add a bit of mayo to the story, they were probably back at the hotel tucked up asleep in their bunk beds.

 

[Tragic sainter]

Hey fellers sorry to intrude but I just wanted to say that Jeremy Howe is goin to be a dead set gun. I thought he was just a one trick pony last year, how wrong I was! Would love him at the saints.

 

[omit]

Good - If last week wasn't enough last night killed off any expectations I had of us winning a game this season. should do wonders for my mental state knowing that we won't win anything.

Jones was in and under everything all night. tried his ass off and deserves team mates who will do the same. If wanted to leave the club I would completely understand why

Bad - I'm still going to go to every game I can

Fugly - inability to perform basic skills that 5 year olds have mastered. the number of dropped chest marks when under no pressure was just deplorable. How can these guys get selected when they can't do the basics

 

[Colonel Matrix]

Bailey is actually looking pretty good right about now.

Also Mark Jamar, that was the most pathetic display I have ever seen from a ruckman. You were getting absolutely molested time and time again and you tried absolutely nothing different, coming in from the same angle every time, copping the same knee in the sternum every time and getting knocked on your arse every damn time. Let's also not forget your constant handballing to a stationary target that has a man within a meter of him, get out and never return, play Gawn on one leg.

Gillies, go crawl back inside your mothers snatch.

Sellar, get on a plane and just go wherever North Korea is testing nuclear missiles.

The new ruck rule has made it hard for guys like Jamar and easy for guys like Ryder who have a great leap off one or two steps.

 

[ZaharakisFTW]

hey melbourne fans i know an essendon fan is the last person you want to see on your board right now but I was sitting right next to the melbourne cheer squad last night and I've really got to take my hat off to the blokes (and ladies) in that cheer squad as they were starting chants and cheering right till the bitter end, i know its sort of the role of the cheer squad but ive still gotta hand it to these guys who can still muster up the enthusiasm after all the heartache theyve been through. Maybe if some of your players could show the same effort and dedication to the club that these blokes did the result of last night may have been very different.

 

[Bluelegs]

Good: Davey's goal from the boundary line. Showed the Flash of old there.

Not going to bother thinking about the rest of the match.

 

[Big_Ed]

Gillies was responsible for about 8 goals last night

My conservative estimate after the game was 16. Geez he gets murdered 1 on 1.