Game Day Round 2 - Sydney v Essendon, SCG, Saturday 23/3/24, 7.30pm AEDST

[boncer34]

We have been okay but clearly don't have the defensive running power.

Need to focus on this heavily the next few years

Haven't bothered for the past decade. Can't see why we'd start now.

 

[windyhill]

Pinch one boys.

Yes.

 

[Yoda_]

We have been okay but clearly don't have the defensive running power.

Need to focus on this heavily the next few years

we've waited 20, what's another couple ey

 

[sameolds33]

Stringer gets one back. Well done Gresh

 

[Nifft]

Stringer!

 

[The Donners]

Game over.

I’m not hating what I’m seeing though. Same old problem not working the other way but think there has been improvement there.

 

[Call Me Cake]

Needed that goal

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

3 minutes...How many red time goals for Swans?

 

[VelvetSledge]

Feel as though we’re going to get run over in the final term but I’m not overly upset with how the game has gone.

The transition though…. Aaaaahhhh

 

[Mootsy]

Our defence and tackling very poor. VFL level.

 

[Yoda_]

they managed to * it up and still time to mop up and go again..

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

10 metre kick

 

[MightyDon]

That is a 3m kick

 

[Beerfish]

Lol. That whole passage was emblematic of us

 

[JayJ20]

It's too easy for them to move the ball from defence to their forward 50. Nothing will change until this changes.

 

[Vindicater]

Rough bounce for Durham but how did we not get guys back. Swans are running us off our feet

 

[Maddogm]

I've seen kicks twice that long been called not 15 for us

 

[mike14]

You can see the difference in composure and poise.
It's amazing how playing in meaningful games in September every year can really help you grow as a team

 

[boncer34]

Christ Durham. Grab the ball.

 

[jdstorm]

Rough bounce for Durham but how did we not get guys back. Swans are running us off our feet

To be fair we’ve run them off their feet as well.

Which is something unusual for Essendon

 

[rumply]

Anyone who has any doubt of how pathetic we are as a defensive unit only need look at that last Swans goal.

 

[Old Campaigner]

Their kicking is just so good

Even their less skillful kickers have plenty of targets in space to make things easier for them

 

[boncer34]

Beerfish you won't believe it.

Hobbs, Perkins and Duursma were jogging in transition while their opponents streamed away.

 

[brendan84]

We still just don’t have the ability to run at the required level

 

[Maddogm]

You can see the difference in composure and poise.
It's amazing how playing in meaningful games in September every year can really help you grow as a team

When you know you're going get away with everything as opposed to have frees against plucked out of thin air