Game Day Round 11 - West Coast v Essendon - Optus Stadium, Saturday May 27, 7.40pm AEST (5:40pm local)

[Harlequin]

Over here

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[TheGrizz]

So Scott wanted more run obviously.
And with the Eagles not having a legit 2nd ruck (Running with Rotham or Hough) I imagine we will try and piecemeal together with Weideman and Langford.

 

[citizen-erased]

Dat Heppell handball

Was harder to miss snell than hit him there

 

[revival_mode]

If we listen to non Essendon people, we aren't a good side. We just need to get the job done and get home without any dramas

None of this 15+ goal margins and crap. Win with limitless collateral damage and move on

We are building though, at some point (surely) the boys have to stop making games that should be comfortable wins into total shitfights. It's very Essendon to shit the bed against bottom ranked sides and has been for a long time

 

[boncer34]

Dat Heppell handball

Was he the one with that horrible bullet?

 

[rumply]

Byran off does seem an odd move.

 

[TheGrizz]

Dat Heppell handball

Had been solid until then

 

[MightyDon]

Mass has gotta have come on and played forward for Walla, what are they doing

 

[boncer34]

We are building though, at some point (surely) the boys have to stop making games that should be comfortable wins into total shitfights. It's very Essendon to s**t the bed against bottom ranked sides and has been for a long time

You think this has been a shitfight?

 

[Call Me Cake]

There was NO attempt to spoil that on West, absolutely pathetic effort from Bryan

Glad to see he was subbed off

 

[bombreys]

Why take Bryan off and leave Tippa and Heppell on? Madness

 

[scythe]

It is amazing that I feel like chewing my nails off despite being the best part of 6 goals up against 18th.

Get it done boys. Do the right thing, come home and move onto next week.

 

[mike14]

We are building though, at some point (surely) the boys have to stop making games that should be comfortable wins into total shitfights. It's very Essendon to s**t the bed against bottom ranked sides and has been for a long time

It has been an ugly watch, but I think if you could ask the players and they answered honestly, they'd say that they have always been in control of this and it isn't a shitfight

 

[Yoda_]

In other news, Gold Coast are up over the Woofs in Darwin in what could be another upset

 

[sameolds33]

Langford, Redman and Merrett. Safe hands

and Martin

 

[rumply]

So Scott wanted more run obviously.
And with the Eagles not having a legit 2nd ruck (Running with Rotham or Hough) I imagine we will try and piecemeal together with Weideman and Langford.

Guess so, plan to run over the top of them this last quarter.

 

[rumply]

In other news, Gold Coast are up over the Woofs in Darwin in what could be another upset

We look like being the outlier.

 

[Nifft]

Draper has to be one of the weirdest players of all times. It's nothing but peaks and troughs with him

He gallops like a baby giraffe, and kicks it like my son used to kick a balloon at 2 years old…. and yet sometimes it just works.

 

[Its Manbearpig]

If they kicked straight we'd be ****ed.

 

[MightyDon]

Had been solid until then

Been ok, I’d rather see someone else like Ridley play loose man in defense and have Baldwin in the team

 

[Squeaky]

Dat Heppell handball

I'm still swearing at the tele about it!!

 

[Call Me Cake]

Why take Bryan off and leave Tippa and Heppell on? Madness

Heppell's been good (admittedly), Tippa's been putting in effort and linking up play, Bryan has been shit. Simples.

 

[Yoda_]

We look like being the outlier.

Or were Wet Toast the favourites all along?

 

[Learntopray]

Wrong move subbing Bryan there.. Wouldn't blame him for leaving if he doesn't get a game next week.
We have been carrying Walla this season, he has been a massive negative today.
Should've set Bryan a challenge for the last quarter.

 

[Lore]

Walla appears to have the same floor and a higher ceiling than Bryan (in terms of the next 40 minutes)

 

[Call Me Cake]

If they kicked straight we'd be ****ed.

So sick of this trope. Kicking goals is as much of a skill as getting out a handball efficiently, laying a tackle or doing something of note with 30+ possessions. Enough.