Game Day Round 7: Essendon v Western Bulldogs, Metricon Stadium, 17/7/20, 7.50pm AEST

[Seb78]

Let's face it though, we've beaten no-one this year bar Collingwood. Not sure where the hype has come from.

 

[fairbump_playon]

Has there ever been a 22 with less total height?

Not since they started adding vitamins to breakfast cereal in the 1930s

 

[Darealrath]

Need to show some character this quarter. Looked completely demoralised in the last 5 mins.

 

[Stopher]

Just one of those seasons. Nobody was bigging up these all of 5 days ago.

Going to be a rollercoaster even more dramatic than a Bombers BF match day thread!

Buckle up campaigners.

 

[fishardansin]

Not sure if I can sit through the last quarter. There are so many other things to do in this life.

 

[Dons4days]

Why do I support this team?

They always show us just enough to stay interested then s**t down our throats. We’ll continue to be nothing until we can at least show effort week in week out. They simply can’t be stuffed tonight.

 

[84859300]

Young Nick Bryan is a promising prospect

Would still be 2-3 years away?

 

[ghostdog]

This team is never going to achieve anything. Bunch of ******* quitters. When we don't get our way we are completely useless.

Yep. I don't mind losing, but not like a wet lettuce leaf.

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Need to try something very different. Cahill in the ruck and Hibberd on a wing.

 

[TheWeapon]

Team obviously got some tough calls but a lot of them threw in the towel that quarter. Not the mental strength of a finals team

 

[CBombers17]

Has there ever been a 22 with less total height?

If there has we will beat it at some stage. Not Only are we small we refuse to play anyone close to beast size in the middle.

 

[Goat Hird]

it's mind boggling the coaches believe this small mid can hold up

 

[fairbump_playon]

We get hibberd and the club post ‘we got our big bodied mid’, why don’t we actually play him where he dominated in the vfl... Standard coaching down at the hangar.

He might be out of position, but he also looks way off the pace

 

[Cup_o_Jobe]

Sadly seem in the same rut as we have the past decade. A good but not great team, capable of gutsy underdog performances, and equally capable of complete disintegration the week after. Definition of middle-table mediocrity.

Injuries hurt, but selection also a big question mark. McKenna simply doesn't look fit/confident in the finger, Redman's confidence is shot, Laverde is a 5th/6th forward at best, and (dare I say it) we look a big-body short in the middle.

 

[Maxabillions]

* our percentage is below 100 currently

 

[rumply]

Could be worse, I could have lived in QLD & paid good money to go watch this garbage.

 

[mxett]

Let's face it though, we've beaten no-one this year bar Collingwood. Not sure where the hype has come from.

Were never worthy of hype without a forward line

 

[srobbo]

If we roll over here & not give a whimper, I’m done giving a s**t about this year.

Had a gutful of these frauds.

 

[Lore]

We look like fish out of water

 

[andleanback]

He might be out of position, but he also looks way off the pace

Because he’s an on the ball player, no a half forward/ half back.

 

[fairbump_playon]

Redman, a second effort would be ok

 

[Pweter]

It's like we've been practicing how to be flat footed

 

[Falcon27]

Weak defence. Players just strolling through

 

[Mootsy]

Precision class, more like precision lenses.

 

[fairbump_playon]

Because he’s an on the ball player, no a half forward/ half back.

Hmmmn