Review R2: The Good, Bad and Ugly vs. Essendon

[Cromulant]

Quality first round draftees make a difference.


Laughable to think Chayce Jones is on par with the first roundersbwe had on the park today.

I wonder why you felt the need to mention him....

Sad.

 

[AFC979810]

172.1% which could come in very handy at the end of the year.

Just happy that we are healthy and 2-0. 4-0 is a chance.

 

[jenny61_99]

40 point half time lead extended by 21 in the 2nd half.

Took our foot off. We had that won at half time.

 

[Geoffa32]

I wonder why you felt the need to mention him....

Sad.

The reality is that a big part of us playing better is the better drafting since RT.

Plus trading in Rankine.

 

[Geoffa32]

If they pick a genuine HF in the AA side, Keays would be up there.

 

[Danger in Texas]

The reality is that a big part of us playing better is the better drafting since RT.

Plus trading in Rankine.

And that captain of ours

 

[AFC979810]

Bearded Clam - I think it's time. Time for you to just say that you got your call on Ben Keays wrong.

You have been hanging on for too long. It's past time. Show old Bicks that it's okay to admit you were wrong.

We will embrace you.

 

[Mostyn]

Neither Essendon nor St Kilda are as bad as we made them look.

I mean, they're really bad, but Richmond, WCE and North all look worse.

 

[Redleg Crow]

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Early favourites for the 2025 flat track bullies tag

Nice to actually win games that we should given we lost to ****ing Richmond last year, and that four of our eight wins were against finalists.

As for flat track bullies. Port. Always Port.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Neither Essendon nor St Kilda are as bad as we made them look.

I mean, they're really bad, but Richmond, WCE and North all look worworse

Are North worse?

We will find out next week.

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

Essendon kicked 84 points against the Hawks last week too and played pretty well, they never struggle to score, they’re just horrendous defensively. We are finally good enough to properly punish poor defensive teams now, that’s a huge step forward.

 

[VictorianCrow85]

Essendon kicked 84 points against the Hawks last week too and played pretty well, they never struggle to score, they’re just horrendous defensively. We are finally good enough to properly punish poor defensive teams now, that’s a huge step forward.

Early in season you regularly see higher scores kicked as players are fresh, conditions are better & there's less footage for coaches to dissect to counter sides.

See how it looks in a few weeks as the season starts to really get into it.

 

[Cromulant]

Neither Essendon nor St Kilda are as bad as we made them look.

I mean, they're really bad, but Richmond, WCE and North all look worse.

They are that bad, due to injury.

Ordinarily they aren't going to be that bad mind you.

 

[davos44]

Good:
Precision going inside 50 instead of just pounding it in, we definitely have a plan to leave the 35-50 mark open. No matter how close we are.
Thilthorpe, Fogarty, Keays, Rachele are a danger combination.
We needed to beat this side, we did that. I would have taken half that margin and been happy.
Our midfield was bettered by Merrett and Caldwell overall but we did enough to compete.
Tex was great a bit higher up the ground, great position for him with less wrestling and getting killed in packs.

Dan Curtin just did a few more nice things, I'm not sold on him yet but that was much better

Our entire workrate and F50 entry system was of a mature side

Ball control when required, perfectly working our way up the wings the entire game.

Merrett is an absolute gun and is wasted on Essendon who have been inert for 20 years.


Bad:
The umpiring was absolutely awful, we would have won by 80+ if they weren't involved in ensuring Essendon had the biggest armchair ride. Immune to HTB for some reason and are allowed to get spun 360 with no consequences, can kick the ball 12 metres and its a mark, while we kick it 20 and its play on.

Peatling struggled a bit I feel.
Get Draper on for a full game next Sunday.



Ugly:
Nothing, a 10 goal away win against any side is beautiful.
Shiel, Jones, Hobbs are all meh and Ben Mackay is a disgraceful footballer who shouldn't be playing AFL, let alone collecting $1M a year.

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

Early in season you regularly see higher scores kicked as players are fresh, conditions are better & there's less footage for coaches to dissect to counter sides.

See how it looks in a few weeks as the season starts to really get into it.

This has been an Essendon specific problem for years though. It’s why they paid such big money for McKay (who is dead set average).

 

[Mattrox]

Essendon kicked 84 points against the Hawks last week too and played pretty well, they never struggle to score, they’re just horrendous defensively. We are finally good enough to properly punish poor defensive teams now, that’s a huge step forward.

This is solid analysis.

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

Did anyone record the Triple M commentary of the game? Is there anywhere someone uploads this online?

 

[Danger in Texas]

They are that bad, due to injury.

Ordinarily they aren't going to be that bad mind you.

That’s where we reap the benefits of having the best fitness guy in the league

 

[BringFevBack2021]

Best team in it

Dons nearly had 60 i50’s against the Hawks

Adelaide had over 60 against the Dons

Victorian media will be slow to recognise this, but the Crows look unbelievable

 

[hippyhippy]

Dan Curtin just did a few more nice things, I'm not sold on him yet but that was much better

Dan is building... he was very good in the early and then got a bit quiet and then worked himself back into the game... you can see he will have a 20+ disposal game very soon.

 

[Redleg Crow]

Early favourites for the 2025 flat track bullies tag

Go support Port.

 

[Geoffa32]

Essendon kicked 84 points against the Hawks last week too and played pretty well, they never struggle to score, they’re just horrendous defensively. We are finally good enough to properly punish poor defensive teams now, that’s a huge step forward.

And have the highest paid defender in the league.

 

[Geoffa32]

Dan is building... he was very good in the early and then got a bit quiet and then worked himself back into the game... you can see he will have a 20+ disposal game very soon.

Depends what role he is playing.

13 disposals, 1.0, with two clearances is a decent game for a guy essentially playing as a 4th tall.

 

[Interloperer]

Reasonable showing by fourth-choice small forward Izak Rankine today. Despite being subbed, he should have done enough to keep his spot.