Game Day Round 21 - Essendon v Freo, MCG, 4/8/24, 3.20pm AEST

[VelvetSledge]

ESSENDON

Disgusting.
Arguably the worst performance we've seen this season.
Finals are off the table unless we pull the biggest turnaround in footy history.
Bad recruiting.
Bad selection.
No effort.
No desire.
Once again, we fall away, badly, in the second half of the season, leaving success-starved supporters desperate for any answers.
Exactly why we've been stuck in an evergreen spiral of constant mediocrity for two decades.
I suspect that it will continue today.

ST KILDA 17.6 108
def.
ESSENDON 8.7 55

BEST: ****ing NONE OF THEM
GOALS: Shiel 2, Stringer, Merrett, Draper, Duursma, Jones, Durham

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FREMANTLE

I was so angry after our game that I didn't watch this one.
Purple team won.
And will win again today.

FREMANTLE 17.8 110
def.
WEST COAST 11.9 75

BEST: Serong, Brayshaw, Young, Clark, Treacy, Darcy
GOALS: Frederick, Emmett, Treacy 3, O'Meara, Switkowski 2, Brayshaw, Serong, Amiss, Sturt

ESSENDON OUTS: Jordan Ridley (Injured), Archie Perkins, Dyson Heppell, Peter Wright (Omitted)
ESSENDON INS: Archie Roberts, Jake Kelly

29

Jake Kelly

Age

29

Ht

190cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.5

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

6.3

4star

M

4.6

4star

T

2.6

4star

MG

157.8

2star

D

8.1

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

1.9

1star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.6

4star

MG

104.1

2star

D

14.8

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.8

4star

M

6.0

5star

T

4.2

5star

MG

107.0

2star

, Nick Bryan, Alwyn Davey Jr

FREMANTLE OUTS: Nat Fyfe (Suspension)
FREMANTLE INS: Neil Erasmus

ROUND 15, 2023
Optus Stadium
24/6/2023

FREMANTLE 14.9 93
def.
ESSENDON 9.7 61

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FREMANTLE GOALS: Jackson 3, Walters, Frederick, Amiss 2, Brayshaw, Switkowski, Schultz, Serong, Johnson
ESSENDON GOALS: Stringer, Merrett, Langford, Parish, Guelfi, Caldwell, Hobbs, Martin, Menzie

FREMANTLE BEST: Henry, Serong, Jackson, Ryan, Brayshaw
ESSENDON BEST: Ridley, Merrett, Martin, McGrath, Hobbs

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CHANGES SINCE LAST TIME:

FREMANTLE OUTS: Henry, Fyfe, Johnson, Hughes, Schultz, Walters, Pearce
FREMANTLE INS: J. Draper, Chapman, Wagner, Sharp, Banfield, Emmett, Aish

ESSENDON OUTS: Hobbs, Heppell, Ridley, Perkins, Snelling, Guelfi, Phillips, Weideman, Zerk-Thatcher, Wright
ESSENDON INS: McKay, Cox, Shiel, Duursma, Caddy, Jones, Gresham, S. Draper, A. Davey Jr, Roberts

I look forward to seeing Archie Roberts come on as sub with 15 minutes to play and then being dropped next week despite having no chance to impress. I'm sick of this shit. We are stuck in mediocrity and will fester at this level, because 20 years of this is apparently not long enough.

I don't know what the answer is, but it's becoming clear that the people in charge of our club don't either.

At least we're playing Bryan and ADJ.

Fremantle by 74.​

 

[Harlequin]

Thanks VelvetSledge
Love your work
It’s time

Go Bombers

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

The board has been keen all week for this one! Let's ****ing go!

 

[Nifft]

Good changes. Sends a message to the group. I hope VelvetSledge isn't correct in his analysis and we actually come out and make a game of it. Would love to win but ultimately I just want to see all the players putting in 100%.

 

[jannissary]

i just want a good game

 

[bommer16]

I think they’ll respond for about 45 mins then freo will just go another gear.

 

[fishardansin]

Seeing the other thread is closed, I'd like to make a public apology to windyhill. It was a poor attempt at humour, not meant to be serious. The joke was about the dumb judgment that people make about other people without knowing the details. In the end, I came across as the sort of douchebag I was attempting to mock.

That sort of judgment is not what a keyboard warrior should be making seriously.

 

[Bjchan13]

We can finish bottom 4 still, which is what needs to happen.

Better job at the selection table, need another debut in the next few weeks and another look at Tex. Keep pushing senior players out who have already had their chance to do something this year and failed.

A win today would be the biggest upset i can recall

Freo by 46

 

[mxett]

i've lost all faith in our list. Where are the goals coming from, and who is going to hold their forwards? Stringer, Langford and Wright are hopelessly out of form, and the defense has been poor across the board, excluding Ridley

 

[DallasCrane316]

Davey the sub.

 

[Bjchan13]

What the **** Brad

 

[Megabattimus]

Davey the sub.

What the **** are we doing? We finally bring him back in and we make him the sub?

This ****ing club I swear to god.

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[quotemokc]

At least Roberts isn't the sub

 

[jannissary]

baffling that on the sheet bryan’s on the wing

 

[mike14]

This is a sparse crowd.
May be looking a record for my lowest attendance at the G

 

[Donakebab]

Marto on the wing.

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

We either rush our entries or take way to long to pick an option. I don't understand how we haven't found a happy medium in like, 10 years

 

[Beerfish]

Stop shouting at me Jobe

 

[Don_Gia]

1 inside 50…1 goal

 

[Jobe Watson]

lol how is Young all alone on the 50 line?

 

[Harlequin]

Yes

 

[Beerfish]

Nice

 

[bommer16]

Onya langers

 

[FootyGuru]

Imagine if Heppell had missed that tackle. These boards would be flooded

 

[Squeaky]

Duz!!