Game Day Round 7 - Essendon v Geelong - MCG, Sunday April 30, 1.10pm AEST

[boncer34]

As soon as Parish felt the fend off he gave up.

 

[Cup_o_Jobe]

The best I can say is that this has been a good day for my keeper league team, with Danger and Jezza doing as they please.

 

[MiguelM]

Hopefully no red time goals.

 

[Its Manbearpig]

We've missed a good 3 or 4 goals not having someone on the line

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

a slight zephyr knocked the ball off its line zerk?

 

[Nifft]

Fumbling is killing us

And then?

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Playing Phillips on a 5 day break was not a good idea. Dude looks cooked.

 

[Blind Turn]

Have a look at how pathetic Phillips was in the ruck contest leading to that Cameron goal.

 

[ghostdog]

This is about it. We're a five goal worse side, maybe less with Wright included, but not big enough for the clinches or tall enough to compete in the air against the mature bodies. I'm not mad. It's our reality and these are the Premiers.

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Fnn Geelong still ducking away and getting rewarded.

 

[Blind Turn]

At least we were competitive in that qtr.

 

[Happyskeret]

And then?

There was a red time goal

 

[Its Manbearpig]

Last year
Ess 6.3. 39
Geel 17.14. 116

(We've currently equaled our fulltime score last year)

 

[naraku]

The Phillips experiment was fine the first month. But we REALLY need an extended look at Bryan+ Draper.


Also, Sub Phillips

 

[Nifft]

There was a red time goal

And then?

 

[MiguelM]

That first quarter killed us again.

 

[Happyskeret]

And then?

Uhh…. Siren

 

[DERO]

No Heppell, No Essendon.

 

[Its Manbearpig]

We won that quarter, that's nice

 

[Its Manbearpig]

Stringer is our best mid
And our best forward

 

[Lore]

No Heppell, No Essendon.

Maybe he’d stop them from panicking

 

[naraku]

If it wasn't for Hawkins and Cameron, we'd be winning!

 

[jdstorm]

Half assed contest from Parish and McGrath and another Cameron goal

 

[Nifft]

Uhh…. Siren

 

[Learntopray]

Sadly its the reality.
Phillips is afl quality for 3 or 4 good games a season. Usually when given a very specific task, such as vs Grundy.
Rest he is bog average at best and a liability more often.
We really need Bryan to come along if they want to play two rucks. Wright going down in the preseason ruined any flexibility.