Game Day Round 9: Sydney v Essendon, Saturday May 14, 7.25pm AEST - SCG

[TheGreatBarryB]

Love to see someone run through Parker. Rowbottom can do it so expect we can get away with it as well

 

[cobra land]

Rowbottom smashes Merrett head high and dangerously and nobody goes to him.

Parker openly mocks Shiel and nobody goes to him.

Sydney are contemptuous of us and why wouldn’t they be?

Unfortunately we have not a single person in the team that would have you looking over your shoulder.
Their is no team softer than us, no one !

 

[staaation]

i don't see a single player on this team who could take over as captain after hepp. grim stuff.

 

[FlyingV]

I’m really disappointed in the lack of fight in the likes of Ridley and McGrath. We consider these guys our future, McGraths the vice captain, yet, the commentators literally said they can only see Heppell organising things behind play. It’s like they’re not up for the fight. Concerning.

 

[scythe]

Rowbottom smashes Merrett head high and dangerously and nobody goes to him.

Parker openly mocks Shiel and nobody goes to him.

Sydney are contemptuous of us and why wouldn’t they be?

I miss the days when the club was hated. Now they just laugh at us.

 

[citizen-erased]

I'm getting kinda sick of the over exaggeration of Shiel's performance. He isn't great, but he's a bit of a scapegoat/whipping boy. Caldwell, Merrett, Parish and McGrath are not defending either. Other than Parish and his turnovers by foot, the other 3 are not contributing to the game. The only reason why the others are not being held to account like Shiel is because we drafted Parish, Merrett and McGrath and Caldwell didn't cost much.

Nah
Ive been of similar opinion but merrett and parish work well as a pair in our system
Shiel has experience and $$$ and doesn't deliver to 10% of it

 

[84859300]

C'mon the crows

 

[ghostdog]

Just started watching it now and saw Parker taunt our players.

If we don't knock that campaigner out and cop long suspension we stand for nothing. Second half should be target that campaigner.

Was more concerned no-one stood up to Rowbottom's high shot in Merrett

 

[Runk]

 

[MightyDon]

Are we going to play one good quarter so we can say we just didn’t play our way long enough, maybe when we are 12 goals down and the swans take the foot off for ten minutes

 

[citizen-erased]

Are we going to play one good quarter so we can say we just didn’t play our way long enough, maybe when we are 12 goals down and the swans take the foot off for ten minutes

When the opposition stop is our time to shine

 

[MiguelM]

Only player I have seen stand up for a teamate was Hobbs last week.

We are so far off blue collar it is not funny. We are front runners 101.

 

[TheGrizz]

There are 8+ players that should be on notice for the second half here for their spot next week in the second half.
Shiel, Caldwell, Hind, Cutler and Francis chief amongst them. Maybe even Heppell if we are brave enough to drop a captain.

Also I would go 1v1 this 2nd half. The zone just isn't working.

 

[MightyDon]

i don't see a single player on this team who could take over as captain after hepp. grim stuff.

I think anyone on the list could take over from Hep, really grim stuff

 

[Howard Moon]

Not bad so far, building chronic load

 

[FlyingV]

I'm getting kinda sick of the over exaggeration of Shiel's performance. He isn't great, but he's a bit of a scapegoat/whipping boy. Caldwell, Merrett, Parish and McGrath are not defending either. Other than Parish and his turnovers by foot, the other 3 are not contributing to the game. The only reason why the others are not being held to account like Shiel is because we drafted Parish, Merrett and McGrath and Caldwell didn't cost much.

Oh I’m sorry to hear that. I’m sick of his insipid efforts so poor he’s being mocked by opposition players. I’m sick of seeing our own players crack the shits at him for not running two ways… and all this after he’s recently been dropped.

 

[Jobe Watson]

Just started watching it now and saw Parker taunt our players.

If we don't knock that campaigner out and cop long suspension we stand for nothing. Second half should be target that campaigner.

Why would any of our players do that? They probably all agree with Parker that Shiel is a squib.

 

[essendon]

Useless bunch....Bombers of old.....piss weak efforts

 

[cobra land]

The 1st 5 minutes of the 3rd Q will tell us exactly where we stand, either we will crack in and take a few with us or we will surrender meekly.
My money is on the latter

 

[Yoda_]

Around the grounds, Adelaide who were bottom 4 last year are taking it up to last years prelim finalists Brisbane.

 

[Stopher]

As good a time as any to remind everyone we took Steinberg instead of Parker.

 

[staaation]

I think anyone on the list could take over from Hep, really grim stuff

if they could, he'd have been able to hand it over and take some time off instead of running his body into the ground

 

[citizen-erased]

There are 8+ players that should be on notice for the second half here for their spot next week in the second half.
Shiel, Caldwell, Hind, Cutler and Francis chief amongst them. Maybe even Heppell if we are brave enough to drop a captain.

Also I would go 1v1 this 2nd half. The zone just isn't working.

Cutler needs to stop trying the cute kicks.
Francis is ok. Doing what he needs for now. Just keep hitting the packs.

Get heppell up on the ball
Slide Francis back
Waterman on. Shiel surely had his feelings hurt by parker and cant continue

 

[oldandslow]

Useless bunch....Bombers of old.....piss weak efforts

Bombers of old?

 

[nesko_25]

There are 8+ players that should be on notice for the second half here for their spot next week in the second half.
Shiel, Caldwell, Hind, Cutler and Francis chief amongst them. Maybe even Heppell if we are brave enough to drop a captain.

Also I would go 1v1 this 2nd half. The zone just isn't working.

Yeah, nah. Hind, Cuts and Frang are actually having a crack. Take you blinkers off.

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