Essendon = Questions Have To Be Asked

[Jono B]

It isn't just the numbers of injuries that have been the problem it has been where they have happened. We have had McVeigh, Hislop, Hocking and Lonergan injured. They are all clearance players and it has mean that we have been smashed in the clearances. This means that we rely on rebound from half back which has been hurt by the fact that we lack a CHF (Lucas and Gumbleton injured). Also both of our best defensive tacklers are missing (Davey and Jetta), that is almost 10 tackles a game that we have to find elsewhere.

 

[mantis]

Knights is feeling quite at home at the moment. He has had a life time of losing so he has brought his special talents to the Bombers

Next step, finish 9th:thumbsu:

I'd be happy with that this year.

 

[tim17]

Time for Bellchambers i think

 

[JohnHeidenreik]

Richmond players get 1 win and a draw and feel they are something special and need to sink the boot into the bombers. Have you been watching your failure of a club over the last how ever many years?? What have you got to gloat about? you are above us on the ladder only because of one draw and you are about to get your ass handed to you by the hawks.

Essendon have been hit pretty hard by injuries. Mcveigh, Davey, Lucas, Dempsey, Jetta... Our game plan was built around players like this and when they are missing we have a bunch of kids running round out there.
Of course there are going to be a few big losses. But the fact remains, when we have had all our players out there our team has looked pretty good and sorry to dissapoint all you haters we are not going to bottom out for 10 years like your sorry ass club. Stop getting ahead of yourselves you failures.

 

[mantis]

Richmond players get 1 win and a draw and feel they are something special and need to sink the boot into the bombers. Have you been watching your failure of a club over the last how ever many years?? What have you got to gloat about? you are above us on the ladder only because of one draw and you are about to get your ass handed to you by the hawks.

Essendon have been hit pretty hard by injuries. Mcveigh, Davey, Lucas, Dempsey, Jetta... Our game plan was built around players like this and when they are missing we have a bunch of kids running round out there.
Of course there are going to be a few big losses. But the fact remains, when we have had all our players out there our team has looked pretty good and sorry to dissapoint all you haters we are not going to bottom out for 10 years like your sorry ass club. Stop getting ahead of yourselves you failures.

Excellent post, I'm surprised.

 

[Houli_Douli]

agree on playing blokes out of position
also, essendon have some imposters playing senior footy, i guess because of injuries
but the likes of winderlich are not senior standard
hille is an over-rated ruckman and just too soft
lloyd is a shadow of his past self, as is mal michael
lovett, monfries and stanton do too many dumb things
and the coach has huge question marks over him

Get a clue mate, go watch an Essendon game of footy and see how much work Hille does every game he works his backside off every game to provide an option...unlike most the players on our list.

 

[Houli_Douli]

Re: Back to Basics

Our team have to go right back to basics, to re-learn
1)how to handball to a team mate,
2)how to handball to a team mate without putting him under the hammer,
3)how to kick directly to a team mate without kicking it short to him,
4) how not to kick to the opposition
5) how to kick straight.

After quarter time, Collingwood made ther next goal, but then we gave them the next 4. This was confirmed by the commentators.

and 6) how to man up
7) how to apply pressure and tackle