Game Day Round 2: Essendon v Adelaide, MCG, Saturday 22/3/25 1.20pm AEDST

[ghostdog]

Duz and Kako, you can stand on this side please.
Perkins, you're on that side.

 

[mike14]

Rankine's goal was pure sex.
Durham is good
We are pathetic

 

[SpeckieMcVeigh]

What's Scotts excuse this time, we played another good team?

The zone isn't working, we don't cover space well enough to execute it. I don't know whether Scott or Jacobs is to blame, but if I don't see a change in defensive set up/structure as soon as it's feasible, I will be calling for heads.

 

[BLA60]

What's Scotts excuse this time, we played another good team?

Nah just a simple

"We got outworked and exposed, and that's on us"

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[ghostdog]

Merrett and Kako should be our small forwards. Ugh.

 

[Lore]

What's Scotts excuse this time, we played another good team?

Significant contributor is injuries and lack of experience.

More concerning is that we look like we haven’t played, watched, or thought about footy since we last won a final

 

[jannissary]

prior has cost us at the minimum 6 goals. get him out of the side

 

[andleanback]

The list needs a MASSIVE clean out.
Thankfully there's a bunch of uncompromised drafts coming up.

They are turning it over, what do you think this is
It’s the youngest team in the comp
Yes the effort is pathetic, but if you think the side we wheeled out today is any chance against a half decent side, then I don’t know what to tell you

 

[outersanctum]

Our defensive structure is poor.. I wouldn't call it a zone.. we are just caught in no mans land all the time. I'd go man on man to at least make it competitive.

And I'd love to know what the Shiel experiment is for.. let's take one of laziest midfielders with zero defence and then put him at half back... ummm yeah. McKay is soft and lazy, no 2nd effort. Martin has gone backwards.

Scott has to take some blame for putting this together.. we look lost. Tactics are woeful.

 

[DapperDon]

prior has cost us at the minimum 6 goals. get him out of the side

Still unsure why we even got him

 

[ghostdog]

If they've subbed Rankine to preserve him, that's a dis.

Good job.

 

[bommer16]

THANK YOU ZACH

 

[SpeckieMcVeigh]

We genuinely might need to play Merrett in the Toby Greene role.

 

[rumply]

McKay needs dropping

 

[sameolds33]

They are turning it over, what do you think this is
It’s the youngest team in the comp
Yes the effort is pathetic, but if you think the side we wheeled out today is any chance against a half decent side, then I don’t know what to tell you

that is true but the real disappointment is the effort and skills shown by McGrath and Shiel. They're the leaders out there

 

[srobbo]

You are taking the piss McKay falling to the ground so meekly. Drop this bloke & let him learn about work rate. Just disgusting.

 

[Its Manbearpig]

Perkins wear the black boots mate, you haven't earned the yellow.

 

[bommer16]

Who’s the lucky club to play Ess next week?

 

[Jobe Watson]

McGrath jogging in the centre square while his man runs into an open goalsquare...

 

[Its Manbearpig]

McGrath to the middle. At least we've changed something.

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

Brutal exposure.

When you objectively look at our 22 out there you see the makings of a wooden spoon side.

The other spoon competitors have top end talents. We haven't nailed any. We need a few bottom 4 finishes.

 

[sameolds33]

It's almost worse after the team scores. We then stop and they kick two more.

 

[Charliebrow 16]

Unpopular opinion, but we miss Heppell. A bit of leadership back there. Tried his heart out every week.

 

[Its Manbearpig]

Our 2nd highest goal kicker is a debuant... exciting and concerning..

 

[VelvetSledge]

Who’s the lucky club to play Ess next week?

Port :/