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No need to tackle when you’ve got the ball the whole time. Our pressure on the ball was a lot higher though.Bruise free football......and yet we had less tackles
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No need to tackle when you’ve got the ball the whole time. Our pressure on the ball was a lot higher though.Bruise free football......and yet we had less tackles
Yes that’s what stuck out to me - the stuff we normally get cut up with, was what we cut them up with.We're typically really poor at transitioning from D50 to F50 and they let us do so at somewhere between double and triple the league average yesterday and their pressure recording was the worst since 2021.
They were indescribably bad yesterday barring about an 8 minute period where we looked like we forgot how long a regular season game went for.
Scott intimated as much in his presser without calling them out for how shit they are.We're typically really poor at transitioning from D50 to F50 and they let us do so at somewhere between double and triple the league average yesterday and their pressure recording was the worst since 2021.
They were indescribably bad yesterday barring about an 8 minute period where we looked like we forgot how long a regular season game went for.
I had the same emotional response the first time I saw Walla play v Melbourne in 2016. He got the ball in the centre and streamed towards goal. We won that game - one of the few (3?) we won that year. And yet, one of most enjoyable seasons since...forever and certainly since the saga. Yesterday felt the same when he came on, like our soul was back.My 6 year old niece went to her first game yesterday. Apparently she was undecided who she was going for until Walla came on and kicked a goal. She's now an Essendon supporter and wants one of those big flags like what the cheer squad has.
So thanks Walla for ensuring I don't have to cut her from the will!
Poor girl.My 6 year old niece went to her first game yesterday. Apparently she was undecided who she was going for until Walla came on and kicked a goal. She's now an Essendon supporter and wants one of those big flags like what the cheer squad has.
So thanks Walla for ensuring I don't have to cut her from the will!
so a mate just texted me that the team on top after Rd1 has made the finals every year since 1995. Not sure if this is true, but I have a feeling if it is we may break the streak
Wins against the Crows and Kangas are no certainties.We do play the easiest draw in the comp.
Wins against the Hawks, Eagles, Suns, North and Crows count the same as wins against good teams.
Could probably beat Carlton/Richmond too
That’s about 11 wins there. Only need 3 more to make the 8.
I think the exception is the Lions in 2007.so a mate just texted me that the team on top after Rd1 has made the finals every year since 1995. Not sure if this is true, but I have a feeling if it is we may break the streak
My 6 year old niece went to her first game yesterday. Apparently she was undecided who she was going for until Walla came on and kicked a goal. She's now an Essendon supporter and wants one of those big flags like what the cheer squad has.
So thanks Walla for ensuring I don't have to cut her from the will!
We do play the easiest draw in the comp.
Wins against the Hawks, Eagles, Suns, North and Crows count the same as wins against good teams.
Could probably beat Carlton/Richmond too
That’s about 11 wins there. Only need 3 more to make the 8.
I’ve been saying we’re due to beat Richmond since 2019Could probably beat Richmond too
I must've been watching different matchups between us and them for the past 9 years or so haha.
Could probably beat Richmond too
I must've been watching different matchups between us and them for the past 9 years or so haha.
Their system has made a mess of us for that 9 years. Made even worse when rutten was trying to beat them at their own game playing their style with a playing list with an inferior aerobic profileNot sure how 9 years is a relevant sample size in footy terms given typical player career lengths.
Last 2 years Richmond have missed the finals and lost a first round elimination game to notorious chokers Brisbane (After finishing 7th)
Their big move this off-season was to bring in Tim Toranto a ball winning mid with poor disposal and Hopper an inside mid with no outside game.
That sounds a lot like another football team that wears a black uniform with a sash
^^ThisNo need to tackle when you’ve got the ball the whole time. Our pressure on the ball was a lot higher though.
It finished late yesterday.How long is Sam Mitchell's contract anyway?
Child protection will probably pay her a visit after thatMy 6 year old niece went to her first game yesterday. Apparently she was undecided who she was going for until Walla came on and kicked a goal. She's now an Essendon supporter and wants one of those big flags like what the cheer squad has.
So thanks Walla for ensuring I don't have to cut her from the will!
I don’t think even Gabriel Jesus will be able to save them.You can only beat what’s in front of you, and it was pleasing to put them away rather than a sketchy 2 goal win.
That Hawthorn team looks shocking though. Hard to see them kicking a winning score this year without Mitch Lewis (and for that matter, Jesus)