Autopsy After a tight😶 half of football we steamroll Essendon by 39

[Ticky009]

 

[The King!]

Same old negative sh** every week. Not a threat, much prefer to play them than almost anyone else in the 8 come finals time. Kate McCarthy just as bad. Even when we were 4 games clear at the start of the year it was always something negative. Has been the same the last couple of years, never a positive thing to say about the swans.

Go read every opposition board about tonight's game (even the odd Swans fan here too) they all think we are shite and no chance

 

[sr20]

Go read every opposition board about tonight's game (even the odd Swans fan here too) they all think we are shite and no chance

I agree our worst is very poor and looks like it’s lack of effort at times.

But our best is far better than anyone else, and to not even acknowledge that is bizarre.

 

[The King!]

I agree our worst is very poor and looks like it’s lack of effort at times.

But our best is far better than anyone else, and to not even acknowledge that is bizarre.

We are the best side in it. Not sure what other side hasn't had a shit patch .

Hawks flavour of the month now, probably lose to the Tigers the way this year is going

 

[mcs095]

His hammies must give our recovery team nightmares

I've got everything crossed that I can cross hoping he can have a smooth run through the rest of the season. We can't win the flag if he isn't there imho

 

[Jewelsbon]

Go read every opposition board about tonight's game (even the odd Swans fan here too) they all think we are shite and no chance

Let them think and say whatever they want. For the majority of them, their season is finished and for a great deal more they still have to fight for their position.
We are the ones that are laughing....

 

[Dubai Quacker]

I love Friday night wins.

I love putting Essendon out of their misery.

I love the old warhorse Parker proving the doubters wrong.

I love being minor premiers.

And I love seeing 2 young players in Campbell and Cleary have cracking games.

Footy is the winner.

 

[Kbroome]

Took this off another BF forum but find it funny as hell.

Here is a list of things that have happened since Essendon last won a final:

• Pluto was downgraded to a dwarf planet
• Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans
• Saddam Hussein was executed
• Italy won the 2006 FIFA World Cup
• The first iPhone was released
• Buddy Franklin, Brett Deledio, Jarryd Roughead and Jordan Lewis were all drafted
• Nathan Buckley, Brad and Chris Scott, Simon Goodwin, Stuart Dew, Sam Mitchell, Damien Hardwick and Adam Simpson all retired
• Shane Warne, Justin Langer, Damien Martyn, Glenn McGrath, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist and Brett Lee all retired from Australian Test cricket
• Andrew Bogut was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks
• Blue-ray disks were invented
• Twitter started up
• Shaun Burgoyne won four premierships and retired
• How I Met Your Mother premiered
• Steve Irwin passed away
• PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 came out
• SoundCloud came out
• Kanye West's 'Gold Digger', Snoop Dogg's 'Drop it Like it's Hot' and The Killers' 'Mr Brightside' were all released
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince book was published, and the Goblet of Fire film was released
• George W. Bush won a US presidential election
• The Simpsons have aired over a dozen seasons
• Alastair Clarkson coached his first AFL game and has since left Hawthorn and joined North Melbourne
• Zach Merrett started high school and since been appointed captain of the Bombers
• Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith was released
• Prince Charles married Camilla Bowles
• London bombings
• The T20 Big Bash League was formed
• Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth' was released
• Smoking ban implemented in the UK
• Usain Bolt won his first Olympic gold medal
• Australia's Black Saturday bushfires occurred
• YouTube was launched
• The world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, was built in Dubai
• Melbourne's Eureka Tower was built
• Port Adelaide won its first AFL premiership
• Scottie Pippen retired from the NBA
• Andrew Gaze retired from the NBL
• Lionel Messi made his league debut for Barcelona and is now nearing retirement
• Manchester United defeated Arsenal, ending an EPL-record 49-game unbeaten streak
• The Suite Life of Zack & Cody premiered on Disney Channel
• John Cena won his first of a record 16 World Championships, defeating JBL at WrestleMania 21
• Madagascar, Batman Begins, Wedding Crashers, Brokeback Mountain, Borat, Step Brothers and Saw were all released
• Winx was born
• Kobe Bryant scored a career-high 81 points for the LA Lakers against the Toronto Raptors
• Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit passed away
• Bulgaria and Romania officially joined the European Union
• Donald Trump married Melanie Knavs
• Britney Spears shaved her head
• Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt got divorced
• The Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami hit
• Novak Djokovic won his first Grand Slam
• Carlton have claimed four wooden spoons
• The Giants entered the AFL and have even featured in a grand final
• All of Essendon's current players were drafted
• AFL SuperCoach came out
• Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber all released their first albums
• Wikileaks was launched
• John Aloisi scored that famous penalty
• Leo Barry took that famous mark
• Ben Cousins was sacked as the West Coastskipper
• The TV Show 'Lost' premiered
• The NBA's infamous 'Malice at the Palace' brawl between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons took place

 

[mcs095]

I agree our worst is very poor and looks like it’s lack of effort at times.

But our best is far better than anyone else, and to not even acknowledge that is bizarre.

If we turn out enough of our best footy, we will win the flag. The big question is the 'if' part - and we can't afford for our worst (which looks bottom 4 in quality) to occur in a big final and leave us with too much work to do.

I fear we may pack it in badly like we did against Port if a team takes advantages of our slow starts and puts a gap on us. But equally, if we can control the damage early, I'm confident we can overcome any team we are within reasonable striking distance of at half time. We are definitely vulnerable - make no doubts about it, and the doubts will flood in if someone makes us pay for a slow start in a big final. But equally, we can flick a switch in a way I don't think other teams can - I think teams will know that if they don't get us early in the big matches, we are going to be very hard to beat.

Hopefully we are saving all our good first quarters for the finals and we won't have to worry about slow starts.

So much of this finals series for us will be played between the ears I suspect. We should take confidence from how good our best is, and know that, while there are good teams out there that will challenge us, if we can reach a level near our best, we can go all the way.

 

[zyzzbruh]

In that 3rd qtr you could see very clearly that we decided to flick a switch and start playing with more intent. It was like post bridge in a movie where we all of a sudden get our powers back leading to a happy ending. For the love of god what is it? What is it, at what point do we decide to use it, who decides that we're going to use it, and why can't we just use it all the time? It truly is bizarre.

Also special mention to Hayward, what an immense effort he has put out the last month. To think many fans thought he was an unnecessary player who didn't deserve a wage - have some of that. And be better. Make an effort to understand positional roles and that it's not always going to be their turn.

 

[Kbroome]

I wonder if Leo Messi is the curse that keeps on giving for Essendon

 

[TheGoatBaron]

I love Friday night wins.

I love putting Essendon out of their misery.

I love the old warhorse Parker proving the doubters wrong.

I love being minor premiers.

And I love seeing 2 young players in Campbell and Cleary have cracking games.

Footy is the winner.

Don’t forget Roberts. Love him

 

[The King!]

Took this off another BF forum but find it funny as hell.

Here is a list of things that have happened since Essendon last won a final:

• Pluto was downgraded to a dwarf planet
• Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans
• Saddam Hussein was executed
• Italy won the 2006 FIFA World Cup
• The first iPhone was released
• Buddy Franklin, Brett Deledio, Jarryd Roughead and Jordan Lewis were all drafted
• Nathan Buckley, Brad and Chris Scott, Simon Goodwin, Stuart Dew, Sam Mitchell, Damien Hardwick and Adam Simpson all retired
• Shane Warne, Justin Langer, Damien Martyn, Glenn McGrath, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist and Brett Lee all retired from Australian Test cricket
• Andrew Bogut was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks
• Blue-ray disks were invented
• Twitter started up
• Shaun Burgoyne won four premierships and retired
• How I Met Your Mother premiered
• Steve Irwin passed away
• PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 came out
• SoundCloud came out
• Kanye West's 'Gold Digger', Snoop Dogg's 'Drop it Like it's Hot' and The Killers' 'Mr Brightside' were all released
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince book was published, and the Goblet of Fire film was released
• George W. Bush won a US presidential election
• The Simpsons have aired over a dozen seasons
• Alastair Clarkson coached his first AFL game and has since left Hawthorn and joined North Melbourne
• Zach Merrett started high school and since been appointed captain of the Bombers
• Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith was released
• Prince Charles married Camilla Bowles
• London bombings
• The T20 Big Bash League was formed
• Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth' was released
• Smoking ban implemented in the UK
• Usain Bolt won his first Olympic gold medal
• Australia's Black Saturday bushfires occurred
• YouTube was launched
• The world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, was built in Dubai
• Melbourne's Eureka Tower was built
• Port Adelaide won its first AFL premiership
• Scottie Pippen retired from the NBA
• Andrew Gaze retired from the NBL
• Lionel Messi made his league debut for Barcelona and is now nearing retirement
• Manchester United defeated Arsenal, ending an EPL-record 49-game unbeaten streak
• The Suite Life of Zack & Cody premiered on Disney Channel
• John Cena won his first of a record 16 World Championships, defeating JBL at WrestleMania 21
• Madagascar, Batman Begins, Wedding Crashers, Brokeback Mountain, Borat, Step Brothers and Saw were all released
• Winx was born
• Kobe Bryant scored a career-high 81 points for the LA Lakers against the Toronto Raptors
• Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit passed away
• Bulgaria and Romania officially joined the European Union
• Donald Trump married Melanie Knavs
• Britney Spears shaved her head
• Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt got divorced
• The Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami hit
• Novak Djokovic won his first Grand Slam
• Carlton have claimed four wooden spoons
• The Giants entered the AFL and have even featured in a grand final
• All of Essendon's current players were drafted
• AFL SuperCoach came out
• Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber all released their first albums
• Wikileaks was launched
• John Aloisi scored that famous penalty
• Leo Barry took that famous mark
• Ben Cousins was sacked as the West Coastskipper
• The TV Show 'Lost' premiered
• The NBA's infamous 'Malice at the Palace' brawl between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons took place

We might win a first quarter before they win a final

 

[melbournehammer]

He's been copping some justified criticism, but thought Florent was great tonight. Used it really well forward of centre.

I like him playing further forward.i know someone from his family and they’ve always said he’s very good at making and taking goals.

 

[The King!]

 

[mcs095]

In that 3rd qtr you could see very clearly that we decided to flick a switch and start playing with more intent. It was like post bridge in a movie where we all of a sudden get our powers back leading to a happy ending. For the love of god what is it? What is it, at what point do we decide to use it, who decides that we're going to use it, and why can't we just use it all the time? It truly is bizarre.

Its so crazy how when we flick the switch, we go from zero to full bore very quickly. I'm hoping we need less of that come finals time, and more of starting well so we don't need the afterburners. But it must give the players serious confidence to know that the extra gear is there when we need it.

We just don't want to be trying to use it to achieve Mission Impossible because we had a nap in the rooms in the first quarter.

 

[Day_night_honourer]

SWANSSSSSSSSSSSDSZ

How did the open bar go ?

 

[zyzzbruh]

Its so crazy how when we flick the switch, we go from zero to full bore very quickly. I'm hoping we need less of that come finals time, and more of starting well so we don't need the afterburners. But it must give the players serious confidence to know that the extra gear is there when we need it.

We just don't want to be trying to use it to achieve Mission Impossible because we had a nap in the rooms in the first quarter.

Ye and it's not like we just come out half-arsed and eventually find out feet, we actually look dumbfounded and broken until something switches. I know we've seen the playbook before but I just could not see us having that 2nd half after seeing us looking lost and fragile in the 1st. It is a complete 180.

 

[Nuggetz]

That Campbell performance was soo good. Ditto with Roberts & Cleary. Love seeing our youngsters rip in.

 

[Dan87]

I don't really want to drop Cleary

He's the pretty solid forward flanker I've been wanting

 

[MR0808]

Just got home from the game, still on a buzz! A game jd two halves and what a second half!

 

[Nuggetz]

I have nfi what's going with our pre-game prep but its not working. Change it up, bring one of those massive speakers/boom box or try some breathing exercises or anything else but there has to be an improvement in our starts.

 

[DeathlyAccurate]

We are the best side in it. Not sure what other side hasn't had a shit patch .

Hawks flavour of the month now, probably lose to the Tigers the way this year is going

You can almost exclude the Port game as it’s so bad that it’s clearly an outlier. Outside of that, we haven’t suffered a stretch of losses any worse than anyone else and our best has been better than anyone else.

They can get stuffed.


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[Dubsforsam1]

Get Papley, McInerney and Warner in for the finals and we have a chance...Just need to win 3 more games

 

[Troystenvic]

Our first half was not even top 8 standard. I honestly cant see how playing like this is going to hold up in finals.

Celebrate the win tonight for sure but I'm not getting too excited just yet.

 

[The King!]

I quite like Horses presser, think the first quarter stuff has been different in different games. Think he has decided to really push the positive and pump the group up