TheMightyDons
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Saw these threads popping up at other team boards so I thought I would start one here. Unfortunately a lot more bad than good, some worrying signs coming out of the game.
GOOD:
- Lloydy. I'm still not sure whether or not he's close to 100% fitness but he played his heart out today despite things not going his way. A great captain's effort, could he be the one to lead the Bombers after Hird?
- M Johnson. Has been crucial to our midfield this year and tonight demonstrated why. When the rest of the midfielders were down he stood up and kept trying. Probably our best tonight.
- Hille. Thought his ruckwork was excellent, especially in the 2nd Quarter when we blitzed. Around the ground he was below his normal standard, but I think that was mostly due to fatigue (which I'll mention later). If we could find him some decent support I think our ruck problems could be solved.
- Bullen. I like the look of this kid, did a great tagging job and found enough of the ball and used it pretty well. Certainly the best of our youngsters over the last couple of weeks.
BAD:
Where to start...
- Selection. Very dissapointed in the match committee. I felt at half time we were going to struggle to run the game out considering the lack of players rotated off the bench. The commentators said that we only used 2 changes in the whole first half. Misiti and Barnard and possibly Peverill shouldn't have played tonight they were useless and kept us from being able to give players like the Johnsons, Rioli etc a rest. When you consider that Rama and Hird are also injured it makes it tough on the midfielders. I'm still wondering why Alessio was left out of the side as he seemed to be dropped. Hille needed a rest and Alessio wasn't there.
- Communication. How many times did we see players run down, have no where to go, miss simple targets and run into each other. This also goes back to injuries and selection as we've only had 9 players play every game this season (compared to Sydney's 15). The 3 players that were left out this week had all seen regular game time over the last few weeks.
- Jacobs. His injury left us severely undermanned in defense and he should have been taken off way earlier. Without him and Fletcher it was no wonder that Hall kicked 5.
- Disposal. Especially going into the forward 50. With the exception of M Johnson the delivery into the forward line was pathetic at best. J Johnson (as usual) and Mercuri were the worst of the lot. When we actually did kick it well we dominated, first through Lucas (who had a great 2nd quarter) and then through Lloyd at the end when we were down by 10 goals. Once again, a fit Rama and Hird, plus a match hardened Peverill, Misiti will
hopefully fix this.
UGLY:
- Robert f**kin Walls. Jesus this guy is pathetic. He seems to have a huge chip on his shoulder regarding Essendon and his commentary is disgraceful on a good night. It's a pity this site has a swear filter. His two comments of the night that I loved were the 'Essendon will not play finals' and '...compared to US (referring to Sydney) who've had 15 players yada yada yada'. Channel 10 should remove him from all Essendon games.
- Umpiring. 5 free kicks in the first 3 quarters of football! Numerous free kicks directly resulting in goals to Sydney plus ones that didn't go to Essendon (that Scott Lucas non-trip was 2 goal turnaround).
- Inability to stop opposition from scoring heavily quickly. Once again we saw the side go missing when the opposition got a run on. Happened last week vs West Coast (luckily had the half time break) and the week before vs Port Adelaide. I don't know what we can do about it.
If you've read this far then well done
I hoped you enjoyed it. Please feel free to comment. My votes for the game:
M Johnson - 3
Lloyd - 2
Lucas - 1
GOOD:
- Lloydy. I'm still not sure whether or not he's close to 100% fitness but he played his heart out today despite things not going his way. A great captain's effort, could he be the one to lead the Bombers after Hird?
- M Johnson. Has been crucial to our midfield this year and tonight demonstrated why. When the rest of the midfielders were down he stood up and kept trying. Probably our best tonight.
- Hille. Thought his ruckwork was excellent, especially in the 2nd Quarter when we blitzed. Around the ground he was below his normal standard, but I think that was mostly due to fatigue (which I'll mention later). If we could find him some decent support I think our ruck problems could be solved.
- Bullen. I like the look of this kid, did a great tagging job and found enough of the ball and used it pretty well. Certainly the best of our youngsters over the last couple of weeks.
BAD:
Where to start...
- Selection. Very dissapointed in the match committee. I felt at half time we were going to struggle to run the game out considering the lack of players rotated off the bench. The commentators said that we only used 2 changes in the whole first half. Misiti and Barnard and possibly Peverill shouldn't have played tonight they were useless and kept us from being able to give players like the Johnsons, Rioli etc a rest. When you consider that Rama and Hird are also injured it makes it tough on the midfielders. I'm still wondering why Alessio was left out of the side as he seemed to be dropped. Hille needed a rest and Alessio wasn't there.
- Communication. How many times did we see players run down, have no where to go, miss simple targets and run into each other. This also goes back to injuries and selection as we've only had 9 players play every game this season (compared to Sydney's 15). The 3 players that were left out this week had all seen regular game time over the last few weeks.
- Jacobs. His injury left us severely undermanned in defense and he should have been taken off way earlier. Without him and Fletcher it was no wonder that Hall kicked 5.
- Disposal. Especially going into the forward 50. With the exception of M Johnson the delivery into the forward line was pathetic at best. J Johnson (as usual) and Mercuri were the worst of the lot. When we actually did kick it well we dominated, first through Lucas (who had a great 2nd quarter) and then through Lloyd at the end when we were down by 10 goals. Once again, a fit Rama and Hird, plus a match hardened Peverill, Misiti will
hopefully fix this.
UGLY:
- Robert f**kin Walls. Jesus this guy is pathetic. He seems to have a huge chip on his shoulder regarding Essendon and his commentary is disgraceful on a good night. It's a pity this site has a swear filter. His two comments of the night that I loved were the 'Essendon will not play finals' and '...compared to US (referring to Sydney) who've had 15 players yada yada yada'. Channel 10 should remove him from all Essendon games.
- Umpiring. 5 free kicks in the first 3 quarters of football! Numerous free kicks directly resulting in goals to Sydney plus ones that didn't go to Essendon (that Scott Lucas non-trip was 2 goal turnaround).
- Inability to stop opposition from scoring heavily quickly. Once again we saw the side go missing when the opposition got a run on. Happened last week vs West Coast (luckily had the half time break) and the week before vs Port Adelaide. I don't know what we can do about it.
If you've read this far then well done
I hoped you enjoyed it. Please feel free to comment. My votes for the game:M Johnson - 3
Lloyd - 2
Lucas - 1
) and it would be so great to see him as a leader at the club. 
Someone asked him on 3AW if he would support Essendon in September if they were the last Victorian hope. Fair enough, there are certain teams we all wouldn't support, but all he said was "NO" in the most arrogant way. 
