Review Gather Round 2024 vs Essendon

[Doctor Feel]

Honestly...if we had the Bassett era defence out there in the first quarter, that very easily was a what happen.

I thought they stood up when Essendon had a great start. They werent perfect but they did pretty well after getting a little jumped.

This is a completely new defence, the improvement to come is huge.

Lets not forget the early Gresham goals were lachie jones being ****ing useless. Not Aliir, BZT (who can add Langford to his back pocket - hes been white hot till tonight), or Esava not doing their jobs.

 

[longdonkey]

I think that midfield mix is our A-List I don't really want Wines back in there, convince me otherwise?

We need more than 3 midfielders. He is good enough to win the Brownlow . Case closed

 

[Tibbs]

Well and truly put all the "reverse Coleman" bullshit that was spouted on this board to bed. The comments were poor then and look utterly stupid now.

I want to like this TWICE

 

[Doctor Feel]

We need more than 3 midfielders. He is good enough to win the Brownlow . Case closed

Was good enough. Not is. Not even close to the player he was, and that was an outlier year not usual programming. He cant kick or run both ways to save himself.

 

[wayb2912]

There is a reason we have never been good enough. We never had the calibre of team that we have now. We are elite

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[MonkeyD]

I come in peace, just wanted to say you guys were elite tonite. JHF and Rozee monstered us. Excited to see how you guys go the rest of the year.


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[Janus]

Horne-Francis showed exactly why we missed him last week. When Jason is in the team, Rozee and Butters can exploit the space he creates.

Pressure was elite for most of the game - still missed some easy goals but overall a good performance.

Aliir and Ratugolea are a great pairing - 4 intercept marks each...just playing real consistent and getting better each week. Zerk-Thatcher adds to a pretty decent defensive group alongside the likes of Houston (4 intercept marks), Farrell and Burton. Soldo doing exactly what is expected of him.

Good decent showing from Georgiades in his first game back.

Bring in Powell-Pepper for McEntee and Wines for Boak (I'd give Mead a solid crack at it and give Travis some time to rest) and we'll go to another level. Not every team is going to be as soft as Essendon is in the middle, which is why you need guys like Wines to go to work on the inside.

Looks like the bookies knew what they were talking about when they offered $4+ for an Essendon win.

 

[Doctor Feel]

I come in peace, just wanted to say you guys were elite tonite. JHF and Rozee monstered us. Excited to see how you guys go the rest of the year.


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We arent that bullish and mostly view hinkley as a finals handbrake. The talent is undeniable, the coaching questionable.

 

[Doctor Feel]

There is a reason we have never been good enough. We never had the calibre of team that we have now. We are elite

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Careful, you are falling for the ken era mistake. We lost to melbourne at home last week and Essendon are putrid on a bad day. We are yet to prove **** all.

 

[MonkeyD]

We arent that bullish and mostly view hinkley as a finals handbrake. The talent is undeniable, the coaching questionable.

Yeah fair fair, well I’m hoping you guys go deep this year


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[Powerade 08]

I come in peace, just wanted to say you guys were elite tonite. JHF and Rozee monstered us. Excited to see how you guys go the rest of the year.


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We were hoping Duursma kicked a goal and shot Kent Hinkley with a bow and arrow. Unfortunate

 

[MonkeyD]

We were hoping Duursma kicked a goal and shot Kent Hinkley with a bow and arrow. Unfortunate

Mate I was hoping for the bow and arrow too, funny how much I hated it when he didn’t play for us but now I’m fine with it haha


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[Doctor Feel]

We were hoping Duursma kicked a goal and shot Kent Hinkley with a bow and arrow. Unfortunate

Ken wouldnt see it coming. He had nodded off leaning against the post on the bench, listening to the sounds of the game as he never wears a headset.

 

[longdonkey]

Was good enough. Not is. Not even close to the player he was, and that was an outlier year not usual programming. He cant kick or run both ways to save himself.

To be fair he couldn't kick the year he won the Brownlow either but obviously found a way to impact.

 

[longdonkey]

There is a reason we have never been good enough. We never had the calibre of team that we have now. We are elite

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Um I don't think that is it.

 

[PeacefulWarrior]

As you would all know I think JHF is the neo Nathan Buckley.

No reason to think otherwise tonight lol

How good.

 

[longdonkey]

As you would all know I think JHF is the neo Nathan Buckley.

No reason to think otherwise tonight lol

How good.

One of the best 2 vote games you'll see for a very long time.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

I think that midfield mix is our A-List I don't really want Wines back in there, convince me otherwise?

The mini league kids forming an honour guard put more physical pressure on than Essendon's midfield did.

 

[_VXV]

Only took essington 6 days to go from The Edge to the ledge.

 

[Jonts]

Why the hell do we let someone who thought rozee wasn't gonna make it as a midfielder be mod

 

[dav3]

Rozee was ok but Jason is getting the Brownlow votes.

JHF got a stack of votes in a decent year in 2023, if he keeps that up he's a chance to snag it

 

[Ah12]

Said it in the gameday thread but we absolutely should have shipped Wines off when we had the chance. Disposal much better without him.

I love Ollie but this is a home truth. He is not really necessary at all. We had no idea JHF was coming our way tho….

 

[edgie]

Malinaskas is ******* tanked

He's not a bad drinker but I reckon I had him covered at St patties two thousand and something

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[edgie]

The kind of game that makes me worried that this list can easily carry Ken through another half a dozen years. It all clicked tonight. Well except Dixon, he was noticeably awful, but it seemed he still assisted in the structure, four KPFs and a resting ruck and at no point did any of it looks too tall or slow.

It wasn't perfect, like Dixon there were other individuals down on output, but the entire team seemed to work through that pretty smoothly, led by the ridiculous midfield efforts of Rozee and JHF.

Essendon are just a nothing club, good enough to beat the bottom 4 and snag a few wins against teams around them on the ladder (8-12) but they're going nowhere fast.

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[jwint43]

Regardless of whether Hinkley is going to be there, having Rozee, Butters and JHF all 25 and under has you guys in a great place for the next generation. There wasn't an Essendon midfielder anywhere near their level tonight, even Merrett.