Turnovers

[Grey Smith Bar]

Anybody keen to guess the amount of times we directly kicked or handballed to a Geelong opponent today?

During our wins, particularly Hawthorn, I watched replays and commented that even though we won we turned the ball over a lot, and if we did that against Geelong we'd get killed. Well look what happened.

I think a part of it was that we ware too quick to dispose of the ball. I know you get very little time against the Cats, but plenty of times we played on immediately, and didn't take that tenth of a second to assess the situation and find a teammate. Rushed handballs and 'hail mary' snaps from packs were snapped up and used against us.

 

[AndyLesPaul]

One I could highlight is the Hooker throw to Varcoe in which he scored a goal.

Hooker's still a gun though

 

[George Washington]

Geelong's zone killed us, from the stands i couldnt pick an Essendon player to kick to, so I can't imagine what it was like for the players trying to get it out of the back half. The pressure from Geelong was amazing, and when that pressure is sustained desperate play and turn overs follow. Expected from a young side.

 

[jbct]

The same thing happened to us in round two last year. In hindshight this was just a shocker for essendon players, supporters and coaches. Luckily we don't play a team like Geelong again for the year unless we have the talent to scrap into the eight for the finals.

 

[Valve Bounce]

The same thing happened to us in round two last year. In hindshight this was just a shocker for essendon players, supporters and coaches. Luckily we don't play a team like Geelong again for the year unless we have the talent to scrape into the eight for the finals.

I don't want to be a spoil sport here, but just scraping into the eight won't get us a game with Geelong. It will probably take two more wins before we front up to them.

 

[jbct]

I don't want to be a spoil sport here, but just scraping into the eight won't get us a game with Geelong. It will probably take two more wins before we front up to them.

You stand corrected, possibly have to get a too a perlim to face them