Autopsy AFL 2024 Round 19 - Bombers v Crows Fri July 19th 7:40pm AEST (Marvel)

[FreoGirl]

Exciting ending and a great result

 

[1972championsofaust]

Well done crows you beat 4 umpires tonight

Official Stats:
Essendon 6 goals from Free Kicks.
Adelaide 1 goal from Free Kicks.

 

[horj89]

What a shambles. Defensively still bang average. Far too many passengers again. Play the kids. Go to the draft again.

 

[rado]

Won’t have it … dons were brave … very brave.
Perhaps Scott erred in dropping the experienced Heppell, would have been invaluable in those dying minutes …

Lol ……. Good old Hep, I’m sure he woulda given’m more drive than Goldfinger.

 

[Chaisa]

Seriously, is that the biggest choke of the year? Draper missed a sitter, Langford missed a pretty easy one and Caddy tried too hard to be the hero rather than going the percentage play which would likely have iced the game. Horrid lack of composure from Essendon.

But what a win for Adelaide! Given the heartache they've suffered for the last two years this was a really good win. Huge second quarter, then played really smart in the 4th to pull it off when Essendon looked like icing it.

What a game though.

 

[Engimal v3]

Embarrassing lol

 

[Red Bull]

Lol ……. Good old Hep, I’m sure he woulda given’m more drive than Goldfinger.

Can’t underestimate this kind of inspiration and leadership

 

[Arr0w]

Gutsy win by the Crows, especially being down some players early

 

[joe444]

I'm not sure what more the Bombers could have hoped for. Wounded opponent, favourable umpiring, smugly adoring crowd.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Momentum changed when Caldwell.went off

 

[Osho]

Life in the Dodo yet.

A bit of lairizing here, a bit of panic there.
Some complacency, some reckless decisions. And pissed away a defendable lead.

Good game though. Thoroughly enjoyed momentum swings.

 

[1990crow]

Won despite the umpiring cheating and giving Essendon a 5 goal headstart, and being down two KPD.

Suck shit PED cheaters.

 

[RAPPA]

Langford with the terrible attempted pass when he could’ve had a shot, adding to his OOF set shot, matched only by Draper’s terrible set shot miss.

 

[1990crow]

Still crying about a final played 12 years ago, you whinging sook???

Crows fan confirming the stereotype that Adelaide are the biggest bunch of babies of any AFL fanbase

Anyone who watched that know the league cheated that game.

 

[Go the Guts]

Gone quiet in here??

How are you going? Dudoro?

 

[OverseasCrowNA]

Dudoro

Gone quiet in here??

Still got me blocked, champion?

 

[Back One Out]

Will Essendon perform the biggest choke job of 2024 and make it back-to-back after 2023 choke?

Lacking in leadership, I reckon... They had everything going for them tonight.

• Home crowd, home ground...
• Hometown umpiring....
• Adelaide 2 men down after half time
• Motivation of finishing in the top 4 and playing finals
• Momentum of 7 successive goals in 3rd quarter...
• Still had the lead with under a minute remaining

If only Andy McGrath had contained the much-maligned Josh Rachele and smothered that final snap for goal.

Oh well.. Bummer!

They can still make the Top 8 from here. But they're putting themselves under a lot of pressure.

 

[ESKIE]

Very enjoyable

 

[Soggy2112]

I'm not sure what more the Bombers could have hoped for. Wounded opponent, favourable umpiring, smugly adoring crowd.

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36k for a supposed top 4 contender under a roof on Friday night with a big chunk of oppo supporters in attendance.

Pretty poor really

 

[Go the Guts]

Momentum changed when Caldwell.went off

What? Momentum changed when Adelaide lost 2 of our 3 key defenders - Murray and Butts - in the first half. It allowed Essendon's forwards to run rampant against wingers trying to defend tall units, and they capitalised on unbelievably biased umpiring.

 

[Hawksboy72]

Somebody's not happy

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[Soggy2112]

Dudoro

Last time I heard that September holiday chant it was 2018 from Port fans. They were entrenched in the 8 until we beat them and they then shat the bed and also missed the 8.

Would hate to see that happen again…

 

[kozi]

Not many actual defenders in Essendon’s backline

 

[t_94]

Ordinary side the bombers just got some early momentum off the back of a soft draw.

 

[Checksider]

Nice to be on the other end of a close game for a change.

On a side note, what the **** was that umpiring. Definitely bought into the Dons hype.