Review R19: The Good, Bad and Ugly vs. Essendon

[Maddogmetro]

I have to assume this is sarcasm lol

A good effort against 25. Wins like that are fun.

Not sure Dowling and Taylor ready.

 

[DukeX]

Good:
That winning feeling
Massive confidence booster for Rachele
Keays
Fog
Kicking 8 in a row
The young guys delivering the goods

Bad:
Injuries (but Muzz sounded positive in the rooms )
Conceding 7 in a row
The old guys delivering the bads
Losing grip on pick 4

Ugly:
Umpiring
Vic bias

 

[nummy217]

Could this be a turning point?

Horrific umpiring against. Losing two of your key defenders. Captain off the ground for most of the last quarter. Three goals behind with a young team and unfortunately carrying a few (we need not name them). And you won.

Rachele deserved that. Fogarty deserved that. They all did.

Really hope that this game can be a boost you need heading into the preseason and new year. Despite how disappointing the season has been overall, you could, just maybe be in a better position than a year ago, due to the emergence of some new players and development of a heap of others.

The vibe was right tonight good instincts lol

 

[SugarShane]

Good: the confidence Rachele will gain from winning us the match

The celebration was brilliant. The confidence is coming back.

 

[GreyCrow]

Toot Toot

The Nostradamus

Pregame post

I had initially tipped Essendon x 17 but after seeing there changes and ours I'm not so sure

I hope we open up the forward 50 for the FogThorpe

I hope we see intent in our game plan - go deep when we are open and short when presented with better options

Keays to kick 4 sharking the FogThorpe leavings , Murphy and Rachelle 2 each

Laird 40 back to back disposals and 121m gained

And yet because its at Marvel I think Essendon win just on a brain dead decision by someone
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Nearly at the end there - just so glad it went our way tonight

 

[Redleg Crow]

Good:
Fog, Keays equal BOGs
Taylor continues to look good
ROB's second half
Rachele's goals

Bad:
Injuries
Smith
Himmelberg
Murphy
Likely suspensions

Ugly:
Umpiring was utterly shite

 

[DJ75]

The incredible
Ben Keays

2

Ben Keays

Age

27

Ht

186cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.1

3star

K

5.8

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.9

5star

G

0.4

3star

D

13.7

3star

K

8.7

3star

HB

5.0

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.7

4star

G

0.3

3star

D

13.0

4star

K

4.8

2star

HB

8.2

5star

M

1.4

2star

T

4.4

5star

G

0.4

3star

The Great
Fog. Even without the goals, his work was exceptional

The Amazing
Our last quarter midfield was Keays, Taylor and Berry. And we won the game. Unbelievable

The Good
Hinge
Max
Taylor
Dowling

The Enigmas
Rachele - Awful, lazy, soft, 3 goals, match winner.
Keane - some good, some awful. Bizarre

The absolute disgrace
The discrepancy between the free kicks Ess got in front of goal and what our forwards had to deal with. Would love to see the F50 free kick counts

The who the hell knows
Holding the ball. I have absolutely no idea what it is anymore

 

[Southerntakeover]

Mixed feelings. Great to come from behind but also a phyrric victory with those injuries and our draft position.

Doesn't really do much to the draft position

 

[Trigger13]

Love Taylor. Faded out. But he def ‘has it’.

 

[Mattrox]

Good: Our 2nd and 4th quarter. Never giving up, even after Dawson went to the rooms. Keyes best performance. Fog kicking 4 and Thilthorpe a whole game.


Bad: 2 injuries to key backs.

Ugly: Never paying Fog and Thilthorpe a free after being held relentlessly.

 

[Crow_68]

Ben Keays last quarter: 10 disposals, 5 tackles, 1 goal, 7 contested possessions, 4 inside 50’s.

**** me. That is elite.

Lachie Murphy’s last quarter: 1 handball……and then crickets.

 

[rocket18]

Good:
Keays - Has really transformed himself into a bloody good forward - applies pressure AND kicks goals.
Fog - Awesome he got rewarded on the scoreboard, being putting together a very good season.
Max - Love his composure and how he takes the games on, breaking the lines - what a star he will be for us.
Getting some good game time into our youngsters.
Rachelle - winning goal, hope that gets him up and about.

Bad:
Smith - Soooo past it, Nicks putting his woeful footy IQ on show by continually picking this guy.
Murphy - 1 handball in the last quarter, he is now a senior player and should be able to contribute when the heat is on
ROB - terrible performance
(Get rid of these 3 and we will be a much better team)
Chief could upgrade the BF servers, he could use some of the income from all the bloody ads we get bombarded with!

Ugly:
Umpiring, bewildering performance, AFL need to pull their head out their arse and admit their is a major problem.

 

[skittlebrew]

Ben Keays absolute best match ever.

Football gods were shining hard on him tonight

yeahhhh booiiii

 

[Shuestar13]

The vibe was right tonight good instincts lol

I’m glad I took a chance. I’ve had the vibe a few other times this year and not followed through which I am not happy about!

Only negative is the result helps Fremantle and Port Power… but you can’t begrudge a brilliant win like that.

 

[Minor Threat]

Football would be so much easier on my stress levels if we got paid easy free kicks in front of goal like Essendon did. Somehow though, we never, ever do

 

[GreyCrow]

The Future
I reckon we can see a path towards Tex retiring

 

[50BC]

Ben Keays last quarter: 10 disposals, 5 tackles, 1 goal, 7 contested possessions, 4 inside 50’s.

**** me. That is elite.

One of those tackles may get him suspended though

 

[Scorpus]

Fox Footy says Murray injured with a hyperextension and Crows optimistic it's not an ACL tear

 

[Bayno82]

Great win but watch Keays go for a normal footy tackle

 

[MRB37]

Love that footage of Keays at the siren. Could have easily taken the time to celebrate his own performance but ran straight for Rachele to pump him up for kicking the game winner.

 

[FR0GGY]

Not sure Dowling and Taylor ready.

Can’t work out if you’re serious or not.

 

[SugarShane]

I know this is our thread but **** me I love that the Vic media was frothing over Essendon being a Top 4 side for half the year (and during the 3rd quarter tonight) and at the moment they're 3 results away from being out of the 8 at the end of the weekend.

 

[Hbanger]

Good
Keays was huge.
Fog brilliant.
Our young players like Dowling, Taylor, Max and others.
Fighting out the win

Bad
Allowing the comeback in the 3rd.
Murph. Again.
Injuries to our key backs.

Ugly
Umpire bias

 

[Bearded Clam]

How is this absolute trash still getting a game.. let alone being classed as a leader..

He’s a fxxkn parasite.. total liability.

 

[FR0GGY]

Dawson has entered concussion protocols