Disappointing loss but Collingwood were the better side.
As for the umpiring, well, it was pretty ordinary and I believe Tony Shaw summed it all up, “the umpires had an influence on the game”. This should never be the case. 3 decisions stuck out for me, Walla’s high tackle that wasn’t paid and then Pendlebury kind of ducked/bowed his head into the Essendon player and was given the free and that holding the ball I think on Phillips and both sides just stopped believing there was an obvious free and it wasn’t paid. Should’ve also been a 50m for Collingwood playing in after an Essendon free kick. I hate 50m penalties but Collingwood was handed a soft one earlier in the day so it should’ve been a square up. Mistakes are ok but obvious mistakes aren’t ok.
Also, the free for holding the man to Baguely that resulted in a goal wasn’t there either so it was really bad umpiring on both sides.