Game Day Round 4: Essendon v GWS, Marvel Stadium, Sunday April 9th 2023 - 2.10PM

[eighties_bomber]

Perkins not looking too good, nor parish

dare isay hes overrated?

I am starting to have serious questions on Perkins footy IQ . He has some tricks but sometimes it looks like he has never played footy before.
Was hoping to start seeing a bit more from him .

100% hes as frustrating a player as eveyone else in this rabble of a team

 

[TheWeapon]

Some real panic merchants out there lacking composure with terrible disposal

 

[justlookingaround]

My feeling is the effort and intent have been good - but misses and frustration are now effecting decision making and players seem to be pointing fingers a bit - back half has been caught napping 3 or 4 times.

 

[Mr Sasquatch]

Champion...

 

[outersanctum]

As to the 'Stringer is always bad first game back' crowd.. still not seeing how he got a spot ahead of fit blokes who give a toss.

Glad Flip came in.. has been one of our best and the 2 ruck set up looks much better.

Bad goal kicking is bad footy.. always and forever. Shame because our pressure was great in that first quarter.. but just no class around goal.

 

[Pweter]

How do you put scoreboard pressure on when you miss so many sitters you'd expect colts footballers to kick.

Despite so many flaws in our play around the ground we should be a couple of goals up.

 

[VelvetSledge]

Bad kicking is bad footy.

Fix that up and we’re winning by plenty

 

[Bjchan13]

We're lucky its only 10 points with some of our efforts

 

[ant555]

McGrath also running around like a headless chook in the back half

 

[Loonerty]

Hate dominating so much only to piss it away in front of goal

 

[Blind Turn]

I like Archie. But he needs to be dropped unless he has a match-winning second half.

Our forwards are getting very little space on their defenders. Stringer seems to have a player attached to him on every lead.

 

[scythe]

Scott at halftime: “If you turds don’t start kicking straight I’ll make them open the roof.”

 

[thaibomber]

4 FREES!!! for a whole half of footy according to afl stats. beautiful consistency umpires. Virtually every person on that field is having a shit day

 

[sameolds33]

terrible play, awful umpiring, dreadful game

 

[jannissary]

this has been hard to listen to **** men

 

[WindyHillZephyr]

The good news is we only conceded 2 frees that half. Bad news we only got 2 and the maggots waved on plenty.

 

[DapperDon]

Bad kicking is bad footy.

Fix that up and we’re winning by plenty

We were saying this same thing 6 years ago

 

[Lore]

McGrath also running around like a headless chook in the back half

Are you at the ground somewhere?

Don’t think the TV cameras would’ve picked it up but I swear he ran in a complete circle on the flank before, he was defending one marking target on the 50m line then changed to the other a bit further up the wing before the ball ultimately went to the first one (who was goal side of him). Was a bit of a head scratcher

 

[mike14]

We were saying this same thing 6 years ago

and 16 years ago...☹

 

[Lore]

We were saying this same thing 6 years ago

It is remarkably like groundhog day

 

[ant555]

Are you at the ground somewhere?

Don’t think the TV cameras would’ve picked it up but I swear he ran in a complete circle on the flank before, he was defending one marking target on the 50m line then changed to the other a bit further up the wing before the ball ultimately went to the first one (who was goal side of him). Was a bit of a head scratcher

Yep level 3 wing.
Saw it .

 

[ant555]

It is remarkably like groundhog day

But it is not the player’s.

 

[Its Manbearpig]

I am starting to have serious questions on Perkins footy IQ . He has some tricks but sometimes it looks like he has never played footy before.
Was hoping to start seeing a bit more from him .

Quite a hot and cold player, does some things really good but equally and oppositely bad I feel, far from the worst on our list. But certainly some concerns around him I think.

 

[yodellinhank]

Are you at the ground somewhere?

Don’t think the TV cameras would’ve picked it up but I swear he ran in a complete circle on the flank before, he was defending one marking target on the 50m line then changed to the other a bit further up the wing before the ball ultimately went to the first one (who was goal side of him). Was a bit of a head scratcher

 

[fishardansin]

I don’t need to quote myself to know that…

Maybe I'm less secure than you.