No Oppo Supporters General AFL discussion and other club news

[peetoo]

* hardly travel the last few rounds. Will make finals but inevitably lose it

 

[Franko Armani]

So the Bombers have only beaten this year:

Eagles x2
North
Bulldogs
Saints
Crows
Tigers
Giants
Hawks

Htf have they been top 4 all year?

Because softest draw of the 2024 season

 

[KermitJagger]

People convincing me that Geelong were legitimately cooked. Not so much anything to do with Essendon if I'm honest.

Even a cooked Geelong are dangerous at home, and Essendon aren't good. I was hoping they might get wiped out but never that confident.

 

[Franko Armani]

Hate Essendon a lot more than the Cats. We had a good sporting rivalry with the Cats. The bombers are just a **** of a club.

 

[LunchboxLegend]

* are playing Geelong into form. Great.

 

[RoughysMullet]

Great to see the bummers brought down to earth but we’re kidding ourselves if we think we’re just gonna roll down to Geelong and get an easy win…

 

[Suntory Boss Coffee]

Been saying Essendon no good the whole year. Shit percentage and have had an easy draw.
Expected score doesn't lie

 

[peetoo]

* are playing Geelong into form. Great.

We’ll need to be aware of turnover game. It’s back

 

[Off The Couch]

Wasn’t it this time last year that the bombers started their slide down the ladder

 

[TylerDurden]

Dons played em into form. Awesome.

 

[RoughysMullet]

Wasn’t it this time last year that the bombers started their slide down the ladder

Yup they do it every year- start off looking like superstars on the back of an easy draw get to mid year it all goes down hill - perennial pretenders

 

[Franko Armani]

Rohans having a blinder - doesn’t happen 2 games in a row. That’s 1 positive for us.

 

[Crankyhawk]

Adelaide has helped us out

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Cats have an absolute stranglehold over Essendon in general. Would have been looking forward to this game to get back into form IMO. It's arguably the most one sided match up in the AFL in terms of H2H outside Suns Vs Crows.

 

[peetoo]

Adelaide has helped us out

Funny thing is squiggle predicted it

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Can't afford a blowout can Essendon yet they have flown the white flag for the best part of 40 mins IMO. 2nd half has been like watching a bottom 4 team out there.

 

[Bardo State]

Bowes, Danger, Atkins, De Konning, Stewart, Clark.

It's an inside midfield brigade we should torch.

Lost inside 50s 59-53

Lost stoppage clearances 34-26

Stengle, Miers, Dempsey, Close can make the most of inside 50s. I don't think they'll be scoring 50% of their inside 50s vs 30% against us like they did tonight. They're still running on fumes despite the margin.

 

[Franko Armani]

Cats have an absolute stranglehold over Essendon in general. Would have been looking forward to this game to get back into form IMO. It's arguably the most one sided match up in the AFL in terms of H2H outside Suns Vs Crows.

Interesting.

Essendon haven’t beaten a top 8 side yet despite living inside the top 8.

Collingwood and Melbourne next 2 games and I’d expect them to be outside the 8 at the conclusion of round 18.

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Great to see the bummers brought down to earth but we’re kidding ourselves if we think we’re just gonna roll down to Geelong and get an easy win…

We will put up a better show than that lame duck 2nd half performance. They did as they pleased once they broke the resistance and the bombers just folded.

 

[rdhopkins2]

Dons are downhill skiers. Soft draw and even then haven’t put sides away. % very poor.

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Bowes, Danger, Atkins, De Konning, Stewart, Clark.

It's an inside midfield brigade we should torch.

Lost inside 50s 59-53

Lost stoppage clearances 34-26

Stengle, Miers, Dempsey, Close can make the most of inside 50s. I don't think they'll be scoring 50% of their inside 50s vs 30% against us like they did tonight. They're still running on fumes despite the margin.

Our small/mediums are better than Essendon. And without Hawkins We will run Weddle with Cameron again. We will be at full strength just about as well. Get through tomorrow first of course.

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Interesting.

Essendon haven’t beaten a top 8 side yet despite living inside the top 8.

Collingwood and Melbourne next 2 games and I’d expect them to be outside the 8 at the conclusion of round 18.

Bombers have beaten Geelong 4 times in about 20 years. It's quite an amazing stat really.

 

[MightyHawks]

Lets just beat West Coast and look at the ladder after that.

Melbourne, Port and GWS sliding are all rather helpful to us.

Geelong winning looks bad, but suddenly Bombers look a risk to slide.

Suns winning looks bad too, but are Collingwood sure of a spot in the 8?

But simply must beat the Eagles this week to stay in touch

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Two very overrated teams played tonight, Essendon and GWS. Both of them wasting their time come finals.

 

[theiaofseed]

Wasn’t it this time last year that the bombers started their slide down the ladder

3-7 to finish the season last year, 2 of those 3 wins were over West Coast and North.