Autopsy Round 1, 2017: Ess v Haw, **Ess supporters read the OP** Ban Hammer will be wielded with impunity

[Newt Hoenikker]

Slow. Killed on the rebound.
Dont think we can play shoey and Tyrone in same team as forwards.
Sisily and Gunstan need to be permanent forwards.
Clarko got abit of work to do but thought Essendon would be difficult first up.

Pretty much how I saw it.

We're far too slow against teams with leg speed. The chaos ball over the back always hurts us.

 

[Fluro Boots]

Slow. Killed on the rebound.
Dont think we can play shoey and Tyrone in same team as forwards.

I thought Schoey played his decoy role well, he rarely got in the way of the football.

 

[MadDawg]

Hawthorn deserved to lose that game.

We selected players who had not earned the right to play in the team and they failed accordingly.

Also, why is Gunston no longer a forward? Why is Sicily no longer a forward?

We had more inside 50's but we got killed in the air in that area. Would have been handy to have our 2 best marking forwards up there methinks!

 

[Since 2001]

Out: shoey, doc, gibbo, hartung, langford, sicily
In: brand, hodge, stewart, miles, burton and lovell

What a terrible performance.

 

[Mr Lizard]

Smith denied a goal from what, 100m out? How can the umpire have clearly seen it touched when it wasn't touched?

Why no review?

 

[hawk for 37]

At some stage, first pick in the draft at No.50 has to bite. It is now. All the depth not playing are picks 50 - 75.

 

[Mr Lizard]

We could learn from the bombers here. Need to take our medicine...

LOL!

 

[MattRat]

Slow. Uncharacteristic poor skills...argh... can't be stuffed...

 

[Wesley2]

Terrible kicking, lacked precision. Bombers were set up better, deserved it.

Next week kick better.

 

[Tuck In]

Don't want to knee jerk but a few tv based observations:

- I don't know what our structure was or why we didn't change whatever's it was given we were overrun
- too many players were playing in a half and half position - neither defending nor attacking
- too often one of their players either marked or collected the ball whilst three or four of ours watched
- we seemed so heavy legged and run our of steam in the third quarter
- we can get better and will do so

 

[bugalugs213]

The b2b2b dvd will be copping a flogging this year.
Ahh sweet memories!
The Sicily in the backline thing can end, he won games off his own boot last year can he just stay up forward pls?

 

[Max Powers]

On a slightly more positive note glad Roughead is back and got through the game. Good on him!

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

How much did O'Meara cost us? Expect big things of him. He has a high opinion of himself, he better live up to it. How can he be cooked, did he not have a full pre-season? Would rather have passed on him and kept Sammy. Oh well we did get pick number 88...

We will improve no doubt but pretty galling to lose to the drug cheats. This post match is sickening.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Pretty much how I saw it.

We're far too slow against teams with leg speed. The chaos ball over the back always hurts us.

Genuine speed is generated by ball use, not legs. 31 scoring shots for only 12 goals never has been good enough. An entire season to improve and I think we'll be okay.

 

[Raydosh]

Out: shoey, doc, gibbo, hartung, langford, sicily
In: brand, hodge, stewart, miles, burton and lovell

What a terrible performance.

Lol. Langford disposal was poor but I still think he provides something we have lacked in recent years in terms of contested ball

 

[Hawk Dork]

Ugly real ugly
I need to forget what I just saw

 

[WWSD]

Great debut game by Tom Mitchell. If he plays like this for most of 2017 then he will probably win our best & fairest.

37 disposals (16 contested) - 9 marks - 4 tackles - 4 clearances - 10 inside 50s

 

[ShoveYourCOLA]

On the plus side I'm really looking forward to watching Burton, Whitecross, Stewart, Hodge, Brand, Miles next week.

Out: shoey, doc, gibbo, hartung, langford, sicily
In: brand, hodge, stewart, miles, burton and lovell

What a terrible performance.

Swap Lovell with Whitecross and I'm with you

 

[randall boner]

Not game to name names, we know who played poorly and who played well. What annoyed me is the way nothing seems to have changed from last year. So often we seem to have less guys at the contest AND less guys on the spread. So where are our guys? How often tonight did Essendon have blokes well out in space?? It's exactly like the way we were last year.

I'd take it if we had tried to do something different and lost that way, but it was pretty much rinse and repeat of our last 5 games last year.

Only positives, O'meara will be better for the run, Mitchell's first half was very very good, Roughie is back and looks fit and firing, and Cyril can't play worse than that.

Agree

 

[Dixie Flatline]

How much did O'Meara cost us? Expect big things of him. He has a high opinion of himself, he better live up to it. How can he be cooked, did he not have a full pre-season? Would rather have passed on him and kept Sammy. Oh well we did get pick number 88...

We will improve no doubt but pretty galling to lose to the drug cheats. This post match is sickening.

Writing off a guy who just played his first AFL game in two years.

Righty-o.

 

[Arc1]

I felt the Bombers were pretty brave

 

[Wesley2]

Smith denied a goal from what, 100m out? How can the umpire have clearly seen it touched when it wasn't touched?

Why no review?

Don't review behinds unfortunately

 

[Newt Hoenikker]

How much did O'Meara cost us? Expect big things of him. He has a high opinion of himself, he better live up to it. How can he be cooked, did he not have a full pre-season? Would rather have passed on him and kept Sammy. Oh well we did get pick number 88..

What a garbage post.

 

[Since 2001]

Lol. Langford disposal was poor but I still think he provides something we have lacked in recent years in terms of contested ball

Contested ball only gets you so far. Disposal is shocking. Awareness is shocking.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Deplorable. We can't play any worse though. Hodge back next week.

I'm tired of this. If one of your best players transgresses club rules then fine him. Don't leave him out of an important game. I don't care what message it sends, all it does is weaken the team, help the opposition, and hurt the supporters.