Game Day Round 12: Essendon v Richmond, Dreamtime at the... O? Saturday June 5, 7.40pm AEST, 5.40pm local

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Our defensive group hasn’t had much support from the rest of the team defensively and it’s leaving them exposed. I believe that Stewart will be good and that we have a good defensive group that just needs more time together. However any defensive group would struggle without enough pressure upfield. Keep at it, we improved a lot in the second half of that quarter.

 

[Mercurial89]

Is this Ambrose's first game since the end of 2019?

Yep it's been a long way back

 

[Jobe Watson]

Also can we not have Zaharakis at the centre bounces please. Put Waterman or Stringer in there.

 

[Howard Moon]

I know he missed the goal but how good to see Ambrose back!

Hes going at VFL pace

 

[TheGrizz]

I worry that we have lost a runner in McGrath, which doesnt help when you are going to try and run ove rthe top against a team like Richmond.

 

[Bjchan13]

Amazing we're still in it. We look flat, no pressure, combined with some pretty poor decision making when we have the ball, combined with umpiring going against us. Id love to see us come out and make a game of it

 

[Lore]

Total distance covered vs total distance at high speed;





Top 10 by Metres Gained vs Top 10 by Disposals;

 

[11kgm]

Whats worst her signing or the umpiring

 

[Boogers]

Yep it's been a long way back

Thank you. Good on him

 

[Vander18]

Change nothing. We made the adjustments in the second quarter and evened it right up.

Back the system in, we are in this.

Need Stringer and Tippa to lift and a little love from the umps and we’ll be in this up to our necks.

 

[Nicholas61]

Our defensive group hasn’t had much support from the rest of the team defensively and it’s leaving them exposed. I believe that Stewart will be good and that we have a good defensive group that just needs more time together. However any defensive group would struggle without enough pressure upfield. Keep at it, we improved a lot in the second half of that quarter.

That is the difference. They waltz the ball forward with little pressure and for us everything is a crap fight

 

[Vander18]

Soon as I saw him coming on line I thought “oh **** no!”

Does it every year.

 

[JayJ20]

Tackles
Essendon 18
Richmond 26

Tackles inside 50
Essendon 1
Richmond 7

Marks
Essendon 46
Richmond 58

Contested mark
Essendon 3
Richmond 9

That's the difference at the moment. Tigers outworking us all over the ground.

 

[MiguelM]

Also can we not have Zaharakis at the centre bounces please. Put Waterman or Stringer in there.

Waterman too slow for the centre IMO.

 

[Halftimehero]

The Snelling haters getting a first hand look at how important he is, forward pressure been non existent.

 

[Highly Evolved]

Parish vs 25 blokes

A disposal for each one, too. He's been pretty good.

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

I worry that we have lost a runner in McGrath, which doesnt help when you are going to try and run ove rthe top against a team like Richmond.

and hes one of the runners that is prepared to get back and help back there. big out

 

[Bjchan13]

Hes going at VFL pace

Correct, looks way off the pace unfortunately

 

[Albertross]

Stewart forward, hooker back, waterman to the middle.

Yeah, nah. Seriously...nah!

 

[rumply]

Still in it, have been a strong second half team, if we're within a couple of goals at 3qt, big chance.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

That is the difference. They waltz the ball forward with little pressure and for us everything is a crap fight

We got much better in the second quarter despite a couple of lapses. Hopefully the second half will be more what we’ve seen the last few weeks.

 

[Lore]

Hahaha

 

[Pweter]

18 tackles in a half - need to ramp up the pressure as Richmond have schooled us in that department

 

[Albertross]

Hahaha

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If Dylan kicks this bloke out of the middle when he comes back, I will spew. Literally!!!

 

[Lore]

Hind going forward?