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Funnily enough there were similar disparaging posts about the state of our coaching staff when we had Tapping and Littlejohn. A lot of these assistant coaches only become rated on this board after they go elsewhere.
Be interesting to see if Brown plays. He was subbed out with 5 possessions and no scoring shots. i'd say he probably survives after kicking 3 the week before but it was a very quiet game.
Drab panel on this episode, my rating Caroline Wilson > Kane Cornes > Sam McClure > Matthew Lloyd.
Ex-Fitzroy supporter who unfortunately drank the Essendon cool aid (I do give him a tick for loving Bernie Quinlan). Probably still hasn't got over the 2001 GF demolition and Essendon being irrelevant since then.
I think you'll find that's the case with all teams.Funnily enough there were similar disparaging posts about the state of our coaching staff when we had Tapping and Littlejohn. A lot of these assistant coaches only become rated on this board after they go elsewhere.
It's the grass is greener syndrome.
That's an exaggerration.
The Essendon mob have never gotten over thinking they had the best team of all time with one flag to show for it.
That's a stupid thing of Lloyd to say.
Lyons can match up on any midfield. At centre bounces or stoppages.
“Everyone” used to say the same about Lester too. Sometimes ‘everyone’ is wrong. Having recovered from osteitis pubis and had a strong pre-season, I think Lyons’ running capacity is not as bad as people make out.
I don’t recall many negative comments about Lester at all. Certainly not about his running capacity.
He looks cooked after 5 mins of game time, similar to how Matho always looked.
Petracca's one of those rare players where he's very difficult to match up on or plan for.
Tracc has toweled up Starce in the past, not that there is anything wrong with that because he towels most players up. It's not a good matchup for us though.
Giving one player the job on Petracca when he goes forward is a bit of a suicide mission for whoever it is and soaks up your mental energy for anything else. Because he turns up out of nowhere like a tornado sometimes and breaks tackles. You need a team defence approach , players to be aware that when he's around someone needs to man up and put extra pressure. You need to be Petracca conscious but not to the extent you would be in a normal stopping job because if you genuinely put all your efforts into stopping him it means a couple of others are going to get a free run at it.
