Game Day Round 2: Essendon v Brisbane, Saturday March 26, 4.35pm AEDST - Marvel Stadium

[The Devils Advocate]

Stringer gone cold this quarter

Barometer confirmed.

 

[The Devils Advocate]

I'm done with Francis. Invites pressure with sloppy hands. Next.

He's been good IMO. His aggression is top notch.

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Daniher is running hot but Lav is hanging in there.

 

[YoboD]

At least the effort seems to be there. I don’t think we’re a good enough team currently to make up for the players we have out to win this game, but I can at least accept that when they actually dig in compared to how they played against Geelong.

 

[maskmcgee]

I'm done with Francis. Invites pressure with sloppy hands. Next.

But he took that mark once like 4 years ago

 

[Red Black and Blue]

He's been good IMO. His aggression is top notch.

Yeah great pressure and competing in the air, needs to nail his chances.

 

[Lore]

So does Tex actually get to play in his debut then?

 

[mike14]

Not so great. We sort of righted the ship at the end, but we really just stopped when the Lions upped the pressure.

The output of Ridley, Redman and Hind is down both offensively and defensively and it's hurting us a lot

 

[The Devils Advocate]

Yeah great pressure and competing in the air, needs to nail his chances.

Our big issue with Francis is we don't have him paired with an elite crumbing forward.
He constantly gets the ball to ground in the forward line.

 

[JT_the_Man]

Made a mistake throwing that lid away at QT.

 

[Bjchan13]

Good to see a bit of desperation to defend and at least make things difficult for Brisbane. Led by Durham.

 

[BomberTime]

Goal kicking yet again. Tired of seeing us work hard to get looks and can’t nail the shot.

Only for Lions nail their opportunities.

Frustrating.

 

[ghostdog]

Accuracy by foot to fix up, especially in front of goal, but I'm much happier with the intent this week. Feels like we're competitive again so hopefully that restores some confidence.

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Harris Andrews

Age

28

Ht

202cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.8

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.6

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

151.7

2star

D

17.0

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

8.0

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.0

3star

D

9.8

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

4.8

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

1.6

4star

MG

94.0

2star

. What's going on with him? ...or is Wright just having an exceptional game? Breaking out?

 

[Bjchan13]

Stop

Stop what?

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

i deserve a ban for giving the finger to joe...and he responded

 

[The Devils Advocate]

So does Tex actually get to play in his debut then?

I hope not. Probably means something bad happens.
Is it awful that I wish food poisoning on Devon Smith?

 

[Goat Hird]

Caldwell has had a crack, I like him.

 

[thaibomber]

ham ans Stewart 7 touches for the half between them.

 

[scythe]

Yeah we dropped off the workrate massively (until the last few minutes), but 6 of those behinds really ought to have been goals.

Nowhere near over. Come on boys regroup

 

[MiguelM]

As others have said, what's up with Hind? zero run.

 

[Vander18]

Kicking for goal has been amateurish….and I’m being kind. Brisbane were always going to come hard at some point, we don’t have the luxury of missing goals that AFL players should kick every time.

Kick those and we are still 2-3 up which would have been a good result.

Enjoyed seeing Caldwell lift in the last 5-10 there. Someone needed to and he did. Also enjoying Durhams competitiveness and bravery - it’s a welcome addition.

 

[Lore]

I hope not. Probably means something bad happens.
Is it awful that I wish food poisoning on Devon Smith?

I think Hepp is playing sore, it doesn’t have to mean missing games just that the doc says they can’t continue.

 

[ghostdog]

Not so great. We sort of righted the ship at the end, but we really just stopped when the Lions upped the pressure.

The output of Ridley, Redman and Hind is down both offensively and defensively and it's hurting us a lot

Yeah it sounds like Ridley has being making uncharacteristic mistakes, as has Redman, and Hind for whatever reason has forgotten that part of his role is to run and carry.

 

[The Devils Advocate]

Caldwell has had a crack, I like him.

I find it frustrating how many of his tackles get broken. Watch him, he often misses and his hand slip off their shoulders. Needs to go lower and get his chest into tackles. So many arm tackles.

 

[MiguelM]

Durham has been good. Made a difference.