Autopsy Round 1, 2017: Ess v Haw, **Ess supporters read the OP** Ban Hammer will be wielded with impunity

[Dixie Flatline]

Dissect away.

Don't eat our own.


Edit:

Essendon supporters, this is not your board.

The discussion here isn't meant to please you.

The comments about drugs are not going to please you.

The responses you get are not going to please you.

Is this sinking in yet?

Unless you want to discuss the game, do not post.

We've had it with all the re-imagining of the bans and the reasons for them.

If you're offended by Hawthorn supporters making drug references bigfooty club boards are not going to be a great place for you for some time, so either ignore it or leave.

 

[rdhopkins2]

Deplorable. We can't play any worse though. Hodge back next week.

 

[Breustiful]

Insipid.

 

[grumbleguts]

Anyone else blocking Essendon supporter friends numbers right now?
If I didn't and kept watching this game I'd have no mates and no roommate by tomorrow. **** this right off.

Just say "At least we're not drug cheats" and hang up.

 

[Jason Dunstall]

well that's embarrassing....

 

[ShoveYourCOLA]

Brave win by the Bombers #sobrave

 

[goldfinger]

#sobrave

 

[The A Team Van]

campaigners

 

[RobHawk]

They were definitely on something the way they performed.The umpires that is.

 

[Tyrone Time]

Thank **** I took the $2.43 after the Port JLT game.
Although the scum drifted to $3.05 tonight.
$243 very small comfort, but a stiff realisation we are rebuilding!

 

[MadDawg]

I don't understand what is going on???

Its like the Grand Final was just won, the way Basil has been smacking his lips on the Essendon pole.

They are returning drug cheats, what is so 'special' about this.

And its a round one game FFS

 

[skwunk]

The commentating, the umpiring and the standard of play were all terrible, at least there is next week.

 

[sociable hawk]

Slow. Killed on the rebound.
Dont think we can play shoey and Tyrone in same team as forwards.
Sisily and Gunstan need to be permanent forwards.
Clarko got abit of work to do but thought Essendon would be difficult first up.

 

[Max Powers]

Only thing poorer than that effort was the umpiring. Liked Henderson hope he stays in the team for a while. Mitchell played well in the first half too.

 

[Hawk Hawkins]

Midfield need more time to gel. Good signs from Hendo and TV. Gunners had one to forget.

Hopefully cobwebs are blown off now and we are in the up. I do have to admit, I feel more comfortable with the General in defense. Let's see him back next week to help control things back there.

Our forwards were not great tonight. I had high hopes of kicking a back with Cyril, Broost, Gunners, Roughnut, TV and Poppy, it wasn't to be.

 

[WWSD]

Put Schoenmakers in defense Clarko or don't play him at all.

 

[Lebbo73]

Dissect away.

Don't eat our own.

Forget the autopsy. Let's go straight to the funeral.

 

[A Cut Above]

Defence looking collectively cooked, and that's with Gibbo, Burgoyne & Hodge yet to retire. Midfield really lacking class.

What I'm most upset about is trading this years 1st round pick.

 

[LuckyHawk]

Lost by 4 goals only, played ordinary, kicked terrible in field and for goal.

 

[Tyrone Time]

You could've used a Sammy Mitchell/Lewis type out there tonight

Actually, tonight proved Clarko right.
He knows this list can't win another flag and is in full rebuilding mode.
Why not get Mitchell and JOM to 100 games in his system as quick as possible. And that isn't helped if they stayed.
Tonight vindicates the decision.

 

[Raydosh]

We tend to fall ino the same trap as always. Dominate possession in a congested forward half, we don't capitalise and get killed on the counter.
That

 

[burger09]

We could learn from the bombers here.

Need to take our medicine and keep our mouths shut.

 

[benneth]

Had a good night :/

 

[TBoyleSuperstar]

Not game to name names, we know who played poorly and who played well. What annoyed me is the way nothing seems to have changed from last year. So often we seem to have less guys at the contest AND less guys on the spread. So where are our guys? How often tonight did Essendon have blokes well out in space?? It's exactly like the way we were last year.

I'd take it if we had tried to do something different and lost that way, but it was pretty much rinse and repeat of our last 5 games last year.

Only positives, O'meara will be better for the run, Mitchell's first half was very very good, Roughie is back and looks fit and firing, and Cyril can't play worse than that.

 

[Bremner20]

We are cooked our older players look slow and disinterested I'm dredding the season ahead tbh could see us down there with Carlton and Brisbane and we've sold the farm with draft picks for the next few years too .