Essendon’s season is hanging by a single thread, an all too familiar position, as we look at another mid-table finish we crawl to 8th place if we’re lucky for our traditional Elim Final spanking. Round 20 sees us go against St Kilda, a side that is also struggling, but has put up some strong performances lately, including a recent victory against ladder leader Swans.
And like a lot of you.. I’m struggling to care. This season for me is now an absolute disaster. Another season fade, another mid-range first-round pick (which we’ll probably have to use for Kako instead of having a good first-round pick and Kako).. Still too scared to be truly shit enough to ever get ourselves out of mediocrity… (Probably should have learnt that after Hardwick was proven correct when he said we need to bottom out eh?) Too scared to trade underperforming players because of how they might perform at other teams.. Too scared to actually get rid of one of the key people responsible for the state of the list..
It’s ok. The Essendon Marketing Club is gearing up for a big October/November. That’s when we really shine.
The Round Before The Round That Was
Pathetic but not unexpected. Once again, completely wasted a strong start, 8 Goals in a row in the second, a ****en joke. The fightback in the 3rd was good to see, but that last 5 minutes highlighted Essendon to a tee, and the poster boy for Essington is Kyle Langford, who once again showed that he is the epitome of our spongy, soft mentality, as once again he had a chance to ice/win a game a missed, that 3 games this year he is essentially cost us in the last.. Caddy showing signs of being an Essington Superstar in the last too.
Oh and Adelaide were down to two on the bench and had to use their sub early in the game. Luckily we had a super sub, whose first CBA resulted in his direct opposition player at that stoppage setting up an easy goal after Perkins lost touch and then made no effort to chase or pressure him, but jogged on the spot for a bit instead.
ESSENDON 3.2 7.5 15.8 17.11 (113)
ADELAIDE 2.3 11.4 13.10 17.12 (115)
GOALS
Essendon: Cox 3, Jones 2, Caddy 2, Langford 2, Gresham 2, Durham, Stringer, Draper, Caldwell, Merrett, Redman
Adelaide: Keays 5, Fogarty 4, Rachele 3, Thilthorpe 2, Dowling, Taylor, Berry
BEST
Essendon: Redman, Merrett, Durham, Langford, McKay, Cox
Adelaide: Keays, Laird, Fogarty, Hinge, Soligo
INJURIES
Essendon: Caldwell (head knock)
Adelaide: Murray (left knee), Butts (left foot), Dawson (head knock)
SUBSTITUTES
Essendon: Archie Perkins (replaced Jye Caldwell in the fourth quarter)
Adelaide: Brayden Cook (replaced Nick Murray at quarter-time)
Crowd: 36,020 at Marvel Stadium
Might update this with the Saint Game if I remember, but I probably won’t as I’ll be switching off from Football for the rest of the weekend.
The Last Time We Met
Round 3 saw us beat St Kilda by a mere 4 Points which was greatly assisted by St Kilda’s inaccuracy, who kicked 8 Goal 12 to ¾ time. If it was 12 Goals 8, than the game was already won for them. (There's a real ****en sliding doors moment, Barret, you jackass!)
ESSENDON 3.1 5.3 8.5 10.11 (71)
ST KILDA 4.4 6.8 8.12 9.13 (67)
GOALS
Essendon: Stringer 3, Langford 3, Jones 2, McGrath, Duursma
St Kilda: Higgins 3, Caminiti 2, Sinclair, Ross, Owens, Butler
BEST
Essendon: Martin, Duursma, Merrett, Parish, Langford
St Kilda: Ross, Steele, Hill, Marshall, Higgins, Bonner
INJURIES
Essendon: Durham (concussion)
St Kilda: Nil
LATE CHANGES
Essendon: Will Setterfield (knee soreness) replaced by Harrison Jones
St Kilda: Nil
SUBSTITUTES
Essendon: Nick Hind (replaced Sam Durham in the third quarter)
St Kilda: Angus Hastie (replaced Cooper Sharman at three-quarter time)
Crowd: 44,412 at Marvel Stadium
The Selection Table
Possible Outs -
Perkins -
Menzies
Goldstein -
Kelly/Lav - Make Ridley defend. He has been shit the last 4 weeks.. Don’t believe the stats. We’ve been so much worse at defending in the transition since he is back.. Not saying it’s all him, but something’s amiss.
Caldwell - (They said he was ok, but he looked sore too)
Possible Ins (Will asses after the VFL gam.. Oh for ****s sake)
Roberts -
Hobbs -
Lewis -
ADJ -
Wanganeen -
Oh wait.. this is where I put what I think will happen not what I want nor think should happen.
Possible Ins -
Heppell
Wright
Hind
My Prediction - Less than 25k at the game.. Brad won’t survive the duration of his contract, 9th place finish for this “infinitely better than last year” team.
Oh you mean the game,
St Kilda by 16 - Too shit to smash us.
And like a lot of you.. I’m struggling to care. This season for me is now an absolute disaster. Another season fade, another mid-range first-round pick (which we’ll probably have to use for Kako instead of having a good first-round pick and Kako).. Still too scared to be truly shit enough to ever get ourselves out of mediocrity… (Probably should have learnt that after Hardwick was proven correct when he said we need to bottom out eh?) Too scared to trade underperforming players because of how they might perform at other teams.. Too scared to actually get rid of one of the key people responsible for the state of the list..
It’s ok. The Essendon Marketing Club is gearing up for a big October/November. That’s when we really shine.
The Round Before The Round That Was
Pathetic but not unexpected. Once again, completely wasted a strong start, 8 Goals in a row in the second, a ****en joke. The fightback in the 3rd was good to see, but that last 5 minutes highlighted Essendon to a tee, and the poster boy for Essington is Kyle Langford, who once again showed that he is the epitome of our spongy, soft mentality, as once again he had a chance to ice/win a game a missed, that 3 games this year he is essentially cost us in the last.. Caddy showing signs of being an Essington Superstar in the last too.
Oh and Adelaide were down to two on the bench and had to use their sub early in the game. Luckily we had a super sub, whose first CBA resulted in his direct opposition player at that stoppage setting up an easy goal after Perkins lost touch and then made no effort to chase or pressure him, but jogged on the spot for a bit instead.
ESSENDON 3.2 7.5 15.8 17.11 (113)
ADELAIDE 2.3 11.4 13.10 17.12 (115)
GOALS
Essendon: Cox 3, Jones 2, Caddy 2, Langford 2, Gresham 2, Durham, Stringer, Draper, Caldwell, Merrett, Redman
Adelaide: Keays 5, Fogarty 4, Rachele 3, Thilthorpe 2, Dowling, Taylor, Berry
BEST
Essendon: Redman, Merrett, Durham, Langford, McKay, Cox
Adelaide: Keays, Laird, Fogarty, Hinge, Soligo
INJURIES
Essendon: Caldwell (head knock)
Adelaide: Murray (left knee), Butts (left foot), Dawson (head knock)
SUBSTITUTES
Essendon: Archie Perkins (replaced Jye Caldwell in the fourth quarter)
Adelaide: Brayden Cook (replaced Nick Murray at quarter-time)
Crowd: 36,020 at Marvel Stadium
Might update this with the Saint Game if I remember, but I probably won’t as I’ll be switching off from Football for the rest of the weekend.
The Last Time We Met
Round 3 saw us beat St Kilda by a mere 4 Points which was greatly assisted by St Kilda’s inaccuracy, who kicked 8 Goal 12 to ¾ time. If it was 12 Goals 8, than the game was already won for them. (There's a real ****en sliding doors moment, Barret, you jackass!)
ESSENDON 3.1 5.3 8.5 10.11 (71)
ST KILDA 4.4 6.8 8.12 9.13 (67)
GOALS
Essendon: Stringer 3, Langford 3, Jones 2, McGrath, Duursma
St Kilda: Higgins 3, Caminiti 2, Sinclair, Ross, Owens, Butler
BEST
Essendon: Martin, Duursma, Merrett, Parish, Langford
St Kilda: Ross, Steele, Hill, Marshall, Higgins, Bonner
INJURIES
Essendon: Durham (concussion)
St Kilda: Nil
LATE CHANGES
Essendon: Will Setterfield (knee soreness) replaced by Harrison Jones
St Kilda: Nil
SUBSTITUTES
Essendon: Nick Hind (replaced Sam Durham in the third quarter)
St Kilda: Angus Hastie (replaced Cooper Sharman at three-quarter time)
Crowd: 44,412 at Marvel Stadium
The Selection Table
Possible Outs -
Perkins -
Menzies
Goldstein -
Kelly/Lav - Make Ridley defend. He has been shit the last 4 weeks.. Don’t believe the stats. We’ve been so much worse at defending in the transition since he is back.. Not saying it’s all him, but something’s amiss.
Caldwell - (They said he was ok, but he looked sore too)
Possible Ins (Will asses after the VFL gam.. Oh for ****s sake)
Roberts -
Hobbs -
Lewis -
ADJ -
Wanganeen -
Oh wait.. this is where I put what I think will happen not what I want nor think should happen.
Possible Ins -
Heppell
Wright
Hind
My Prediction - Less than 25k at the game.. Brad won’t survive the duration of his contract, 9th place finish for this “infinitely better than last year” team.
Oh you mean the game,
St Kilda by 16 - Too shit to smash us.
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