AFL Autopsy Round 4 vs Sydney and City Hall

[Nuggs Bunny]

Essendon with 35 tackles in the last quarter (source Montagna, Fox) is outrageously high pressure. Outstanding

Lmao

 

[ghostdog]

Longmire and the Sydney players giving Essendon a lot of credit..

Their narrowest winning margin this year.

 

[coastalpipeline]

Tackling fuel, whose coming up to Brissie?

 

[TylerDurden]

Never seen worse umpiring that that. The fix was in.

 

[sthmelb_dimmies]

Lmao

Why?

 

[coastalpipeline]

Hind was sic, oh well next weekend

 

[sthmelb_dimmies]

Never seen worse umpiring that that. The fix was in.

Try the 2016 grand final. The AFL actually apologized.

 

[JT_the_Man]

Try the 2016 grand final

It was probably umpiring like tonight that got you there in the first place.

 

[TheGrizz]

Try the 2016 grand final

Essendon didnt play in that game. So wrong board

Jog on thanks

 

[sthmelb_dimmies]

Essendon didnt play in that game. So wrong board

Jog on thanks

Fair. Not here to be a flog

 

[Shack18]

22 can’t beat 25.
we put up all we could can’t fault the effort

Agreed. I am a Roos fan and hate Essendon, but was barrackingfor the Dons tonight against the AFL subsidised franchise. Umpiring was crap as per usual, and hurt the Bombers.
However you should be wrapped with effort and team cohesion, they were very good. In fact first time in years I can see Essendon building a team of substance.
Go Roos!
PS Cox can play

 

[Call Me Cake]

If you take the 6 points of a goal, and split it accordingly, we would have been 3-1 by now off a single kick.

Crazy.

We did extremely well to do what we did against the barrage of disregard of the rules by the umps. The boys should go forth remembering they were robbed and use it as fuel for the weeks ahead.

 

[Rhysswans13]

Unlucky tonight, clearly holding the ball at the end. Tough game for 2 young sides coming off a 5 day break in slippery conditions. Ben Rutten

Ben Rutten

Age

40

Ht

190cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.4

3star

K

6.3

2star

HB

7.0

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.3

3star

No current season stats available

D

10.6

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

4.4

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.0

3star

looks to be getting things right and probably should have taken over last year. Waterman and Cox look great pickups. We look forward to another dramatic finish in round 20!

 

[AsIfYouCare]

I’m happy to know we should have won but not get the 4 points.

Draft picks!

That's an awful attitude - see what it did for Melbourne and Carlton. I'm proud that our club tried hard to avoid the wooden spoon in 2016. Sure, losing gets draft picks, but not caring about losing is a cancer. It takes a decade to recover.

 

[sthmelb_dimmies]

Cox should have rising star locked down this week

 

[Old Stuckup]

Just to brighten up some spirits imagine this side running out in about 2 years from now:

B: Redman - Reid - Laverde
HB: Hind - Francis - Ridley
C: Merrett - Caldwell - Cox
HF: Stringer - Jones - Perkins
F: A Davey - Eyre - McDonald-Tipungwuti
R: Draper - Parish - McGrath
I/C: Langford - Shiel - J Davey - 2021 FRP

For what might be the first time in forever we’re building something promising!

 

[coastalpipeline]

36 tackles in the final quarter of a tight game, away to an interstate team who are flying atm...******* outstanding. Especially when you consider the short week they've had.

Wait until we start some of that mean, angry, ruthless, get the * out my way, don't argue with me Martin footy.

 

[EnolaGay]

Wait until we start some of that mean, angry, ruthless, get the **** out my way, don't argue with me Martin footy.

I reckon there's some signs of that there - Cox and Perkins have a bit of s**t in them.

 

[Beerfish]

Wait until we start some of that mean, angry, ruthless, get the **** out my way, don't argue with me Martin footy.

Yep, you'll really see some free kicks then.

 

[andon]

Great effort by the young Bombers, clearly the better team.

Essendon played in the true spirit of the game and we should be proud of these young players.

Every footy fan who watched this game around Australia tonight knows Essendon were the real winners.

Go Bombers

 

[Nicholas61]

Never seen worse umpiring that that. The fix was in.

You guys got utterly reamed at the SCG last year - it was a close game. They stepped it up in the last, every time the whistle blew you knew which way the umps would signal even though the players most of the time had no idea what happened. At the death Wingard was 15 out straight in front and had his jumper pulled back at least a foot without the ball it was called “Play on”.

 

[The Airing of Grievances]

Well, at least we had a decent crack. Not going to contend this year, so as long as we have a go and blood the future, I will be happy.

Sort of, 29-16 frees, fu** me. Particularly the 3 or 4 deliberate that were paid. Still, plenty to take away from this game even though I thought we were down a few players.

Langford??? Seems down this year compared to last. Least productive player based on expectations so far. Margaret??? Let him have a run and prove himself i suppose, need to find out now if he is part of the future.

I love Cox!!! (My kids have been saying that for years, although I think it had a different meaning ) Also Waterman. Good to pick up a big bodied mature player like that. Hopefully Perkins and Jones developed into the players we want, glimpses are there.

No Draper hurts. 2LP is not the answer, and then a young Cox get thrown into it when he is more valuable elsewhere. Hopefully Hep shows some better form with a few more games under his belt. Tippa, keep your ******* feet FFS.

Oh well, disappointed and gutted, but, at least they didn't blow us away, even with the extra help they got.

This year may not be so bad after all, considering 2 weeks ago we thought we wouldn't be competitive and would only beat Norf.

Go Bombers!!!

That's an awful attitude - see what it did for Melbourne and Carlton. I'm proud that our club tried hard to avoid the wooden spoon in 2016. Sure, losing gets draft picks, but not caring about losing is a cancer. It takes a decade to recover.

You're confusing a supporter reaction after a game with insider attitudes to approaching a game. Of course we want our coaching and playing staff to be intent on putting on maximum effort each week( while also being mindful of developing and educating our young players). But having lost a close game in which we obviously gave everything, does not mean we cant look at the upside of losing to sides and getting better access to new talent than them in a comparable situation.

 

[Lore]

 

[Yoda_]

We played well but truth be told the score line flattered us.

28 scoring shots from 56 entires I50, they should have won by 9 goals.

Kudos to our guys got not breaking the dam wall when they kept coming though. All should be better for the experience of a close game.

Umpiring was crap and we should all know that we get reamed, more so Sydney in Sydney.


Anyways, frustrating game and one we could have iced but didn’t. Lots of promise and contributions across the board.

Pick ourselves up, recover and go again in Brisbane.


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[bomberlegend2007]

Try the 2016 grand final. The AFL actually apologized.

Might go watch that for lols.