Review Essendon defeat Footscray by 8 points

[Keystone agony]

when?

Every game. Good. Nothing brilliant, nothing poor. Hes been far away from our worse and is coming off a slow prep.

Tonight was his worse game for the season and it was 7-8 posses off the most for us.

I might have forgotten about the fremantle game.

I still dont think hes been poor in any.

Ill back Melksham as i always have done to .. whatever they say.

 

[Keystone agony]

Merrett's playing forward/2nd ruck, which is good for us.

Good for us. Silly by them.

Wont get a kick against our defense up forward and would completely nullify one of our key forwards if he was back.

 

[Doss]

Ugly and forgettable, but we got the points.

 

[Lord Nicholson]

I HAV RIDDEN THE MIGHTY MOON WORM

alsos well done dons ,bloody good - 4 points is 4 opitns!

 

[IggypopsTshirt]

Ugly footy but 4 points is just that. I'd like to get a look at Edwards before too long, I think he has potential.

*apparently 4 points are 4 opitns? Either way I like it

 

[EBCantona]

Thank feck we won that, wasn't able to watch the game but heard we were down at half time and thought it would be the Saints game all over again.

 

[Madden27Merrett]

Using DT as a reference? Just give up. Bellchambers is the best performed KPF in our side over an AFL season, bar none

He needs a big game against Brisbane, but I can see what you're getting at.

Perhaps you missed the context of where I said "even" dreamteam..but hey you must know more about footy, if T bell is a key forward, I clearly know nothing about the game... he's a ruckman FFS...who will have stints in the forward line, which AFL season are you talking about, people using last year as a bench mark are tripping....

 

[Madden27Merrett]

Ugly footy but 4 points is just that. I'd like to get a look at Edwards before too long, I think he has potential.

*apparently 4 points are 4 opitns? Either way I like it

Edwards will be playing tomorrow, get on down.

 

[Super Gusto]

Some people being very harsh on Melksham. Thought he played well tonight in the number of roles he had. He was only of the only players who was decisive when he got the ball. There were plenty of others who played well below their capabilities including some of the bigger names.

 

[rines]

Bellchambers didnt play because Bomber said he couldnt pick him based on his performance last week in the VFL

And how was Dempsey's form in the VFL??

 

[fronkalicious]

Well done on the win. But wow that was a shite game of footy.

I Look back to our game in round 16 or 17 last year and it was just light years ahead of the rubbish that was on show last night. You guys agree?

There's things you guys have obviously been dealing with that may explain some of your drop off, but there is absolutely no excuse for us to have gone backwards so badly since then.

Enjoy the 4 points tho.

 

[rawm]

Can I just say I literally felt sick watching that game. Yes we banked the four points, but something is seriously wrong at Windy Hill. Player/Coaching dissatisfaction? ASADA? The Neil Craig effect?

Did you see Watson and Heppell argue on thie field? Did you see us continuously broken apart at the stoppages and the spread? We look like a rabble both mentally and physically.

The players have just shown no grunt or any semblance of structure. If I was coach I'd drop Baguley, put Carlisle back in defence where he is in his element, drop Zaka for a month and give Melksham 2 weeks in the VFL.

Very worrying signs.

 

[Rack Watts]

I sometimes wonder how many people watch the games. Melksham played a defensive role on Griffin in the second half and was running his guts out all game.

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[rines]

Well done on the win. But wow that was a shite game of footy.

I Look back to our game in round 16 or 17 last year and it was just light years ahead of the rubbish that was on show last night. You guys agree?

There's things you guys have obviously been dealing with that may explain some of your drop off, but there is absolutely no excuse for us to have gone backwards so badly since then.

Enjoy the 4 points tho.

Don't think you will find many arguments against that in here either. Ugly game from both sides.. like a race to the bottom.

Compared to the fast ball movement, tenacity and intensity of the same fixture last year - both sides have gone backwards.

 

[theboxmike]

Interesting to note that Bomber also thought we tend to give up once we get a few goals on the board and that everybody wants to get on the end of a goal.

 

[Don Won]

Merrett's playing forward/2nd ruck, which is good for us.

Hopefully Hurley can get a bit of payback on Merrett then. That guy has a lot of bad karma queuing up and waiting for him.

 

[BigJoeD_]

Interesting to note that Bomber also thought we tend to give up once we get a few goals on the board and that everybody wants to get on the end of a goal.

Yep, downhill skiing - we have been known for it for years

 

[lamaros]

Haven't read the whole thread.

Lol at dissing Melk, was one of our better players.

 

[rumply]

Yeah anyone bagging Melksham needs to watch games a bit closer.

 

[fronkalicious]

Can I just say I literally felt sick watching that game. Yes we banked the four points, but something is seriously wrong at Windy Hill. Player/Coaching dissatisfaction? ASADA? The Neil Craig effect?

Did you see Watson and Heppell argue on thie field? Did you see us continuously broken apart at the stoppages and the spread? We look like a rabble both mentally and physically.

The players have just shown no grunt or any semblance of structure. If I was coach I'd drop Baguley, put Carlisle back in defence where he is in his element, drop Zaka for a month and give Melksham 2 weeks in the VFL.

Very worrying signs.

Re the arguing on-field, we've had plenty of that as well. At the stoppage before heppell kicked his goal, cooney threw his arms up in the air as if to say "who am I supposed to be on?!". As if it was someone else's responsibility to tell him. Instead of just manning up on heppell who was all alone. Would have hoped a 28 year old brownlow medallist would have taken some responsibility on himself. Something's wrong at our joint, and despite the win, something looks off at yours as well.

 

[Ambrosia]

Well done on the win. But wow that was a shite game of footy.

I Look back to our game in round 16 or 17 last year and it was just light years ahead of the rubbish that was on show last night. You guys agree?

There's things you guys have obviously been dealing with that may explain some of your drop off, but there is absolutely no excuse for us to have gone backwards so badly since then.

Enjoy the 4 points tho.

I didn't think Essendon were any good last year either we just kicked a lot of goals from half chances and were lucky to win. You're right about the dogs though they looked much better last year.

 

[Doss]

Re the arguing on-field, we've had plenty of that as well. At the stoppage before heppell kicked his goal, cooney threw his arms up in the air as if to say "who am I supposed to be on?!". As if it was someone else's responsibility to tell him. Instead of just manning up on heppell who was all alone. Would have hoped a 28 year old brownlow medallist would have taken some responsibility on himself. Something's wrong at our joint, and despite the win, something looks off at yours as well.

You guys will be alright, I think.

I think this year was always unlike to be one where you suddenly launched into the top six- you're still a very young side and, more than anything else, you need a better KPF spine.

Agreed though, it was a rubbish game. Best forgotten about.

The first half of the Richmond game- that's the template Footscray need to be aiming for.

 

[fronkalicious]

You guys will be alright, I think.

I think this year was always unlike to be one where you suddenly launched into the top six- you're still a very young side and, more than anything else, you need a better KPF spine.

Agreed though, it was a rubbish game. Best forgotten about.

The first half of the Richmond game- that's the template Footscray need to be aiming for.

We've had a super soft draw and unfortunately the team isn't that young. Bit of a myth. Morris, murphy, Boyd, Minson, gia, picken, griff, Williams, cooney, Higgins. Plenty of experience. Just playing very poorly.

 

[Doss]

We've had a super soft draw and unfortunately the team isn't that young. Bit of a myth. Morris, murphy, Boyd, Minson, gia, picken, griff, Williams, cooney, Higgins. Plenty of experience. Just playing very poorly.

Fair point, I suppose I'm just optimistic that in time, you'll be able to build the team around players like Stringer, Libba, Wallis, Dalhaus.

Griffen's still not quite fit, is he? When he's in full flight, he's one of the very best in the business.

 

[Knight Ryders]

I nearly had Melksham in the top 5 so I'm very surprised to see the comments this morning! Smashed Murphy then went onto Griffen for a while before they put him back on Murphy when he was having an effect in the last quarter.

We've missed Myers far more than I thought we would. Also, if Goddard was out again last night, we'd have lost again -scary thought.

Zak Merrett looked a little lost last night but invaluable experience no doubt. Like others, I'm interested in having a look at Aylett and Edwards. We definitely need a bit of flare up forward. We've also missed Kommer up forward this year - somebody being manic in the forward half.