AFL Autopsy Elimination Final: Loss to the Weagles

[Snake Charmer]

So glad I don't know people who would do s**t like that

The joys of moving to Sydney and having nuffie swans fans for mates.

 

[mike14]

If my grandma had wheels, she’d be a bicycle.

Or a race car....

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

Game played on their terms from the opening bounce. Intercept marks, intensity, easy transition. As good a training session for them as one would like.

Too many players ball watch and corral while the opposition hunts and tackles as the default option.

Long way away. Need another mini rebuild. Trade Hurley, Zaka get some more young talent in.

 

[MightyDon]

Outside of 2016 we really haven't, we've just yo-yo'd around the ladder and tried to fill gaps haphazardly

We’ve been bottom 5 7 times in 14yrs, 4 times bottom four

 

[Yoda_]

What i wouldnt do for a Gaff or Yeo

Talking WCE players, Jack Redden fast moved up the punchable players list after his diving and theatrics tonight. Utter farce the acting he was putting on on two occasions.
Sad part is, he can play football and doesn’t need to do stupid shit like that


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[sameolds33]

That was disappointing, but at least it's out of the way. Can enjoy the rest of the finals series now.

 

[ghostdog]

Lots of positives to take out of the game. Lots of things to learn. We're gonna take that and learn more about each other and how we want to play as a club and what sort of team we want to be moving forward.

The players need you to talk to them, Woosha.

 

[Yoda_]

Game played on their terms from the opening bounce. Intercept marks, intensity, easy transition. As good a training session for them as one would like.

Too many players ball watch and corral while the opposition hunts and tackles as the default option.

Long way away. Need another mini rebuild. Trade Hurley, Zaka get some more young talent in.

We can get all the young talent in the world, sadly our development pathways are worse than our efforts tonight


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[KevDawg]

Why just continue to bomb it to their tall defenders for the whole game?
Surely they could’ve stopped at some point.

 

[The Donners]

Shiel was hugely disappointing.

We overpaid.

I’m going to defend him here.

Our midfielders give him absolutely zero support. No shepharding or blocking, you don’t see that nearly as much with the good teams’ best players i.e. Pendlebury, Dangerfield, Martin, they general have far more space. Not putting Shiel in their league but using as example.

Myers at his best (5 games maybe! Lol) provided said support.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Nic Nat and Hurn played injured, Kennedy a niggle in training.

Injuries were no excuse.

Four of ours need surgery. Hurn was fine and so was Kennedy.

No excuse but a fact that 5 were clearly injured

 

[Shane Heard]

My face from about half way through the 2nd and onwards ...

 

[HirdsTheWord]

Shiel was hugely disappointing.

We overpaid.

The bloke couldn’t hit planet earth with a kick

Too busy kicking it to the opposition

 

[scythe]

Can’t remember if I posted about it earlier in the year, but my pass mark for this year was finish top 6 (which I was willing to overlook with a win tonight), win a final and go undefeated against C*****n.

Failed season. Failed decade.

Time to go, John.

 

[mike14]

We’ve been bottom 5 7 times in 14yrs, 4 times bottom four

Yup, and almost never in consecutive seasons. We needed to hottomnjver 3-4 years and fully rebuild the list. Instead we keep getting half way and then overestimating where the list is (or starting ludicrous supplements programs)

 

[The Donners]

Why just continue to bomb it to their tall defenders for the whole game?
Surely they could’ve stopped at some point.

I don’t think we bombed it nearly as much as we did the last time we met WC. They simply can’t hit targets by foot.

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

I’m going to defend him here.

Our midfielders give him absolutely zero support. No shepharding or blocking, you don’t see that nearly as much with the good teams’ best players i.e. Pendlebury, Dangerfield, Martin, they general have far more space. Not putting Shiel in their league but using as example.

Myers at his best (5 games maybe! Lol) provided said support.

Does Shiel really need Myers running 3m behind him so he doesn't **** up a kick?

 

[biglaycock]

McGrath, Saad, Redman, Ambrose, Snelling all had a crack.

Someone else mentioned it earlier but our gut running particularly defensive it absolutely deplorable, downhill skiers if you like. On the plus side I don’t think Parish will ever fumble and burn the pill again like that.

Francis great, Hooker injured/slow and needs to solely play forward from tonight onwards. Hurls injured and honestly doesn’t compete aerially anymore anyway.

No more playing injured players and if you can’t deliver the ball and execute basic skills enjoy the VFL

 

[Jobe Watson]

Am I wrong in thinking that the entire club needs a re-branding?

New coach, new leaders, new ****ing logo. We STINK of failure right now. We don't accept mediocrity, we embrace it. The club is rotten. Big changes needed this off-season. Another list is going to go to waste.

I knew we'd lose but we barely put up a fight for 3 quarters. Pathetic culture at this club.

 

[quotemokc]

Should never have played Brown after his 0 effectiveness against Collingwood.

I would have even gone as far to not play Smack either.

Dare the players to kick low and short instead of allowing them a 'safety net' to long bomb.

 

[Tiger71]

Jesus blue supporters are flogs!, hope your mod also banned his account

As a neutral, I really believe first you need to find a new list manager and identify what is an Essendon Man ? Then go balls deep in the draft, even if it means your in the bottom part of the ladder for a number of years, at least you will get elite kids in that will fit, what an Essendon Man is. Once that's done you can seriously start getting sustained success.

I have been where you blokes are now, false dawns, knowing there was really quality in the list but they were surrounded by to many poor players, so when yo are not "on" you get exposed. you also get mired mid table so cant inject young kids in.

Truck is quality, as is blake BUT they will be wasted , if you dont right now identify what type of player/standards are suitable to wear the sash. The silver lining, Blake as well as truck were there when we did that in 2015-17. Keep your heads up, it will turn.

 

[BomberAce7]

Should have blown the siren after McGrath's 1st goal of the game. But seriously as it has been mentioned it comes down to personnel. We just arent good enough all round. Simple as that.

 

[The Donners]

Am I wrong in thinking that the entire clubs needs a rebranding?

New coach, new leaders, new ****ing logo. We STINK of failure right now. We don't accept mediocrity, we embrace it. The club is rotten. Big changes needed this off-season. Another list is going to go to waste.

I knew we'd lose but we barely put up a fight for 3 quarters. Pathetic culture at this club.

Don’t blame the club. The people within it have forgotten what it stands for.

 

[nesko_25]

Aside from Ambrose, is their any other Essendon player who enjoys contact? WCE have 8-10 player who love a wrestle or grappling. We are soft and tonight tried to avoid contact.

 

[Mikevk123]

My ratings for tonight
Dyson Heppell 8
Andrew McGrath 8
Dylan Shiel 5
Zach Merrett 6
Aaron Francis 7
Darcy Parish 4
Adam Saad 8
Conor Mckeena 4
Patrick Ambrose 6
Kyle Langford 4
Tom Bellchambers 4
Orazio Fantasia 3
Jake Stringer 2
Will Snelling 6
Brayden Ham 6
Jayden Laverde 2
Anthony Mcdonald-Tipungwuti 6
Cale Hooker 1
Mitch Brown 1
Shaun Mckernan 1
Michael Hurley 1