Oppo Camp Non-Essendon Thread X

[doug85]

Fyfe, Barlow, Ibbotson, Mayne, Walters... we'll be playing Freo's magoos at this stage.

I'veonly been watching passively.

What happened to Mayne and Walters?

 

[Donakebab]

I'veonly been watching passively.

What happened to Mayne and Walters?

Walters looked like hamstring, just did it running. Went down the race and haven't seen him since. Was under an injury cloud coming into the game. (Edit: just saw him on the ground lol)

Maybe rolled his ankle. Still playing but really hampered.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Mayne playing with a limp surely in doubt for next week?

 

[Yoda_]

Can we have a midnight review on the Ch 7 cameras please?

they have been ordinary, constantly dropping in and out with static all night from the high cameras.

 

[baz_machine]

43k for a grand final replay.

Yep big club

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

I think Freo have been exposed tonight.

 

[VelvetSledge]

I think Freo have been exposed tonight.

And will be again next week hopefully

 

[Zach Package]

Brad Hill has had 30 touches.

so many feels...none of them positive

 

[baz_machine]

I think Freo have been exposed tonight.

They play so high intensity but when they are off the whole lot breaks down, same as all Lyons sides.

They'll be fine come sept.

 

[The Speaker]

I think Freo have been exposed tonight.

In what sense?

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

And will be again next week hopefully

Hawks reached their record of most disposals in the clubs history tonight and if I'm not mistaken Essendon is currently #1 in the comp for that stat.

Essendon play similar to Hawks gives us space and we can cut up teams too.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

In what sense?

By not turning the ball over against them.

 

[The Speaker]

By not turning the ball over against them.

That really isn't anything new.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

That really isn't anything new.

Well Essendon is another team that doesn't turn the ball over if Freo bring that same pressure as tonight we will beat them.

 

[The Speaker]

Well Essendon is another team that doesn't turn the ball over if Freo bring that same pressure as tonight we will beat them.

And we've beaten them before.

But that doesn't mean Fremantle has been 'exposed'. I didn't see any new holes tonight.

 

[Beerfish]

Well I don't think they have our depth.

 

[The Speaker]

Well I don't think they have our depth.

How would we have gone last week without Watson, Stanton and Hurley?

Measuring depth is not a simple thing.

 

[Phone]

depth can be measured pretty easily

team that is winning and is not suffering many injures = good depth
team that is losing and is suffering many injures = bad depth

 

[The Speaker]

depth can be measured pretty easily

team that is winning and is not suffering many injures = good depth
team that is losing and is suffering many injures = bad depth

The correct way of spelling depth is this:

"depth"

 

[Beerfish]

How would we have gone last week without Watson, Stanton and Hurley?

Measuring depth is not a simple thing.

Yeah fair point. I don't think we would've gone that badly though especially if we could have back the blokes we were missing.

 

[yaco55]

Wow - Freo had a couple out which hurt their midfield but the Hawks played a weaker team than last week. Freo should have done better. Freo still lack that second tall. This is their biggest issue.

 

[Doss]

43k crowd.

Pretty rubbish crowd considering it was Friday night, good weather and the GF rematch.

 

[Lord Nicholson]

43k crowd.

Pretty rubbish crowd considering it was Friday night, good weather and the GF rematch.

But 60,000 members, Doss!

Can't wait to kick 'em out of the G when they're shit again. That being said, they've had a pretty good average since '61 so I might be waiting a while.

**** them.

 

[Doss]

But 60,000 members, Doss!

Can't wait to kick 'em out of the G when they're shit again. That being said, they've had a pretty good average since '61 so I might be waiting a while.

**** them.

See, while the Essendon loving, Hawthorn loathing part of me would love to blame it all on them, three rounds in and its hard to ignore the fact that attendances have been poor everywhere. This game just continues that trend.

Even just last year, they got 55k for the GF rematch between Hawthorn and Sydney. That was on a Saturday night. In fact, in Round 22 of 2012 they got 50k for a Hawthorn v West Coast game at the MCG.

I know Sydney draw better than Freo do in Melbourne, but in one year for a GF rematch, between what are generally regarded as the best two teams in the competition and in a prime time slot with good weather, a crowd of 43,000 is very disappointing. Even more so when it's dropped from 55k the year before.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

It's because they are a small club who have doubled dipped on memberships due to the armchair ride the AFL gives them over Tassie. They travel like 3 times outside of Tassie trips.