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nomore4s said:
But if you guys didn't take players like McPhee on you wouldn't be Freo:
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Exactly!!!! Other clubs might make a stuff up or two but it takes Freo to pull off these amazing daft drafts.

Kennas - you might like to look at Hooker for your Super Coach team. I know, I know.......I've never been a fan, but the write-ups from his efforts in the pre-season and intra-club hit-outs have been glowing. Apparently he has "beefed up" a bit and is looking less like Kepler Bradley every week!! I don't really know about the Super Coach format, but you might pick Hooker up for not much $$$$. He's been getting some good possession numbers.

Speaking of Kepler Bradley - where did he get to........??? Chops? Chops?

Duckman
 
Duckman#72 said:
Kennas - you might like to look at Hooker for your Super Coach team.

Duckman
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I've looked at a Hooker, and this one looks well priced, but I might rather spend a few more dollars for something with more experience. Will look again.

edit, actually at $331,000 he's not cheap at all, but might pencil him in.
 
Duckman#72 said:
Exactly!!!! Other clubs might make a stuff up or two but it takes Freo to pull off these amazing daft drafts.
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Yeah, it's our previous dumb trading not our drafting that has ****ed us.


Same place as Robbie Warnock, West Perth. But unlike Robbie, he plays the occassional good game there. LOL.
 
Carn the Bombers!!!!!

It'll be tough, but that's what is wonderful about a new season! It's a blank canvas. Essendon has my Oztip.

We are overdue to beat the Cats!! When it does happen it's always a "surprise" so hopefully it can be tonight.

Duckman
 
Geelong are under done. Essendon are every chance.

As an aside for those who like a punt. David Hille is paying $34 for first goal. He will start full forward, there is no way Essendon will be starting a fitter Ryder in the forward line and let Hille ruck straight out from a knee injury.
 
Some ok signs for the bombers but some worrying signs as well.

The fact they faded so badly and quite a few players went missing in the last quarter is a worry, especially cause the game was there to be won.
Only 3 Essendon players ended up with 20 or more possessions compared to 11 for Geelong, which is surprising considering how good the bombers looked for the first 3 quarters.

It also looks like the bombers played Geelong into form for next weeks game against the Hawks:, so not real pleased with that but we'll see how the Hawks go tomorrow first.
 

Well...what can I say?

Yes there were some positive signs. Let's face it, we weren't over $4.00 the win for nothing. The midfield will be better for the run. Zaharakis, Reimers, Howlett (in his first) and Prismall played well. Stanton and Watson were serviceable. Dempsey, Hooker, and Pears were good in the main. Byt players like Davey, Winderlich and Dyson need to lift. They were disappointing.

I also liked our level of intensity (for the main) and the fact that our players weren't outbodied like in previous years.

However our final capitulation was pathetic. Signs of mental and physical fragility.

But our biggest concern is ....surprise, surprise our forward line.

THE TURNING POINT of the match. The 14th minute mark of the third quarter. Neagle takes a mark (one of his only for the night), decides to play on, gets caught, free kick, Geelong rebound and goal. Now if Neagle goes back and kicks the goal the scoreline reads Essendon 85 Geelong 56 - instead of Geelong 62 Essendon 79. The play (non-play) just knocks the stuffing out of the Bombers and they don't goal again until well into the final quarter.

Considering that there is a fair chance that "Mr Shuffles" the baby elephant could outrun Neagle, what the ****ing hell was he thinking? At the moment we have got one of the greatest "decoy" FF/CHF power forward double acts in history. Hopefully it is just confidence and nerves, but the hands of both Neagle and Gumbleton were deplorable. Both dropped uncontested chest marks delivered laces out.

I'm looking forward to a more relaxed and dominant display against Freo next week. If we have to watch Gumby and Mr Shuffles play like this all year it is going to make for a long season.

Duckman
 

I thought it was an excellent game.
A Lot better viewing than the thursday night game.
I dont think the final score showed a true indication of the game.
If it's just a matter of fitness we could see some good things to come with the bombers.
Oh by the way GO THE CROWS!!!
 

Agreed jancha. I think Ling said it best after the game, these youngsters will be a great side as the year progresses.

Hard luck boys. You really had them on the ropes there for a while. I'm not sure it was Geelong running away with it in the last Q. The bombers simply faded and the more experienced legs prevailed.

Still, very promising signs. I like their style of play. Bit like Geelong in their younger days. Fast, direct and unstoppable when they're on fire. They really opened up the holes in the Cats defence and forward line. Shame they couldn't finish it off. They deserved it.

That's football though. It ain't over till the fat lady sings.
 

hahaha I was going to bag Neagle & Gumbleton out but thought I'd save it for later in the year. I really don't know how Neagle keeps getting regular games, just looking at him and you can tell he isn't fit. Add to the fact Mr Shuffles & Gumby really struggle to get near the ball on any sort of regular basis they really do need to make every chance count.

See that mark Neagle dropped in the last quarter? Looked very ordinary.
 
WaveSurfer said:
Hard luck boys. You really had them on the ropes there for a while. I'm not sure it was Geelong running away with it in the last Q. The bombers simply faded and the more experienced legs prevailed.
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IMO, Geelong lifted quite a bit in the last quarter. All their stars stood up in that last quarter and Essendon couldn't match it.

Geelong were very average during most of the first 3 quarters compared to the standard they have set over the last few years. Some of the skill errors and turnovers Geelong made were very uncharacteristic and when they cut them out in the last quarter the game changed.
 
Good to see this thread, I think all the Essendon supporters will need the emotional support cry to deal with all the losses theyll suffer this year, especially at the hands of the LIONS!

N.T
 

First few rounds always blow the cobwebs out of the system. I agree that the ball handling was questionable at times. But it was evident in both sides, the good old first round jitters.

I hear what you're saying. Cats stars however may have only been able to run away with it because of the drop in the Bombers intensity and the younger legs getting a bit tired (no stamina). That we'll never really know for sure. It's all speculation.

That said, Geelong will be a force to be reckoned with yet again. They're getting on, but they don't appear to be done with yet.

Al makes for good ball, that's what it's all about.

[[[Edit]]] I'm a Geelong supporter BTW
 
Although the difference was 31 points, there were some encouraging signs. I thought our work out of the centre during the first three quarters was excellent and we led in clearances by three qtr time. Gumbleton was very disappointing. He really did'nt even offer much of a contest and looks out of sort at this level. For the time being, I still want to give him more of a chance though.

The only reason Naygle is in the side is because of Hurley's absence. As soon as he returns, it will be back to Bendigo for Jay. Although I love our playing style, I feel it is a little one dimensional. We need to discover a solid defensive style to curtail momentum surges such as what Geelong had last night. All in all, good signs but we still need some work.
 

Depends on how you look at it.
You say Geelongs standard wasn't there for the first 3/4 or could it be simply the pressure applied by Essendon that created the mistakes.
Essendon couldn't sustain that pressure in the last quarter which in turn gave Geelong enough rope to get that flow happening. My
 

While the Essendon's pressure was good, most of those mistakes were basic skill errors. Geelongs strength has been the ability to move the ball through the centre at speed under pressure, that was missing for most of the first 3 quarters. Geelong looked very rusty at times last night.
 
Basic skill errors?
Remember the year Geelong were at their peak & lost to the Hawks in the grand final?
Would you say that Geelong on paper were the more polished side & yet on the day the Hawks beat them.
Games are won on skill but when the right amount of pressure is put on mistakes happen just like the Hawks did in winning the grand final.
It sounds as if your not giving much credit to Essendons performance last night rather that Geelong wasn't up to scratch and making excuses for them.
Both sides will improve on that game.
However i think that Essendon has a lot more to work with to improve on being the more younger inexperienced side.
I hope the next clash is 4 quarters of pressured football.
 

I agree. Essendon deserve some credit. You can't have a dead even tackle count, with the losing side winning more contested ball and then say that pressure wasn't applied.

As Nomores said.."At times Geelong looked very rusty last night". Yes they did. BUT.....you can hardly say that Essendon were firing on all cylinders either! It was a scrappy skills display at times from both sides. Don't forget it was Geelongs accuracy and polish in the first half, compared to Essendon's untidy finishing that kept the match so close. Davey runs straight towards goal 35m out and misses a 70% chance, ball rebounds and goes to Stevie J who puts through a goal that was probably a 20% chance. That is what good sides do.

If Essendon takes their chances and Geelong don't, then the result could be quite different. Essendon are still a very young side that feeds on confidence. That's why I think the Mr Shuffles incident was so crucial. For a young side to go 5 goals up midway through the third would have given them such a boost. Instead they are looking at last years premiers closing the gap to 3 goals only 25 seconds later.

For the record Geelong remind me a lot of the Bombers of 2001. They win a lot of games on reputation. Other teams "hear them coming" and expect to be run down....BUT sooner or later the reputation is broken open.

Duckman
 
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