Mark Robinsons comments

[ant555]

I have never really been a huge fan of his work but i thought his story in todays Herald Sun where pretty much spot on , particulary this bit

The Bombers have to be the ultimate tease.They play so well yet so dumb.Dumb in the sense that they can make the most rudimentary skills in football seem loke scaling Mount Everest in the deepest winter.
Like hitting a target.Like using their peripheral vision that when a they handball to a team mate he is not set upon immediatly.Like being accountable.Like punching from behind.Like giving the first option.Like running to help a team mate.
Last night Essendon where sloppy in all those areas time and time again.
And the Bomber players cheat. Players run forward and sideways waiting for the ball to be released .Meanwhile their teammates are fighting on the ground wondering when the cavarly is coming.

I think this part pretty much somes it up, it is something i commented on pre season and it is really hurting us.. Our biggest problem is we dont work hard enough in the middle when the ball is in our defence. A great deal of time our defenders look up and find the oposition has set up a midfield zone on us becuase they know our blokes dont run to space hard enough. This leads to the horrible sideways , back and forth kicks and handballs at half back which looks bloody terrible.
We are just horrible at the 1% ers. Tacking and sheppards seem to be a thing of the past for us.
A lot of this has to do with our confidance level but it is the small things we have to start doing that will help us move forward.

 

[Disco Clarky]

I hate to say it but weve pretty much given up! **** house in all areas, no positives coming out of last night at all. Hirdy should just retire, shouldnt have to put up with this crap! Seriously were missing really only Lloyd were a joke at the moment. I will however continue to go and support the boys. just hoping we take Gibbs in the draft. We desperately need a midfielder who can become one of the elite as none of the kids we have posess that capability.

I will be livid with rage if we choose a tall over gibbs in the draft. Im starting to get angry!

 

[red+black]

Imagine the bittersweet feelings if we beat Carlton by 1 point in Round 16. Our season is going so bad we probably will beat them.

Although Carlton are better than Hawthorn to be honest.

 

[Crave]

Pretty spot on with his comments Im afraid to admit.
Lloydy's picked a good year to snap his hammy, he would be frustrated with long periods in the goalsquare n I doubt he couldve kept drifting into our back 50 just to help mop up our mess.
Id be pretty rapt if we took a quality tall as our first pick, its noted that the draft will be quite deep so the odds are that onballers will stretch further than in recent years. Imagine what a CHB like Whitnall could do for our structure...would release Lucas n better yet, instill some agression into Bradley by having him float across HF marking everything in sight.
Thorpe looks pretty good from reading all reports

 

[south_hawk]

But maybe with Llody things may not be that bad. We wouldn't be missing the forward option thats killing us and the other part thats really killing us is Leadership which Lloydy would also take control and make an impact seens big David Hille can't.

 

[DaSawx]

Pretty spot on with his comments Im afraid to admit.
Lloydy's picked a good year to snap his hammy, he would be frustrated with long periods in the goalsquare n I doubt he couldve kept drifting into our back 50 just to help mop up our mess.
Id be pretty rapt if we took a quality tall as our first pick, its noted that the draft will be quite deep so the odds are that onballers will stretch further than in recent years. Imagine what a CHB like Whitnall could do for our structure...would release Lucas n better yet, instill some agression into Bradley by having him float across HF marking everything in sight.
Thorpe looks pretty good from reading all reports

You've been reading my mind. Would help if we avoid the spoon, which is something I'd still love to do.

 

[Crave]

You've been reading my mind. Would help if we avoid the spoon, which is something I'd still love to do.

You're a gentleman n a scholar

 

[Rhombus]

I hate to say it but weve pretty much given up! **** house in all areas, no positives coming out of last night at all. Hirdy should just retire, shouldnt have to put up with this crap! Seriously were missing really only Lloyd were a joke at the moment. I will however continue to go and support the boys. just hoping we take Gibbs in the draft. We desperately need a midfielder who can become one of the elite as none of the kids we have posess that capability.

I will be livid with rage if we choose a tall over gibbs in the draft. Im starting to get angry!

I wouldn't be surprised if Essendon take Hansen or Gumbleton at No.1. Definitely need a quality tall defender as Dustin doesn't have much time left and Kepler doesn't appear to be the answer.

 

[DaSawx]

I wouldn't be surprised if Essendon take Hansen or Gumbleton at No.1. Definitely need a quality tall defender as Dustin doesn't have much time left and Kepler doesn't appear to be the answer.

the season's not over yet

 

[Rhombus]

the season's not over yet

Oh yes it is! It's called Tanking.

 

[Crave]

Actually, Im beginning to see some merit in Desawx's prediction with the season not being over...Carlton need only 2 more wins to ruin their chances of a priority draft pick under the new legislation. I believe theyre on 6 wins right now....assuming that we can actually win another 2 games, which appears very unlikely right now.

 

[Karlostj]

Actually, Im beginning to see some merit in Desawx's prediction with the season not being over...Carlton need only 2 more wins to ruin their chances of a priority draft pick under the new legislation. I believe theyre on 6 wins right now....assuming that we can actually win another 2 games, which appears very unlikely right now.

16 points or less = priority pick after the first round.
16 points or less in a season in two consecutive seasons = Priority pick before the first round.

Carlton can get a priority pick after the first round, but can't get a priority before the first round as they got more the 16 points last season....

 

[windyhill]

Just on robinson, anyone heard him on SEN ? Condescending **** of the highest order.