8 hours ago, ProDee said:

You think we lost the Essendon game due to height ?

It was lost in the midfield.  They had 128 more possessions and 70 marks, i.e. run and spread.

When we look poor as we did last week as well it was for exactly the same reason. Commentators talk about our lack of speed - I think the conversation should be about how we tend to look pedestrian when we don't work hard enough and don't run and spread.

9 hours ago, Peter Griffen said:

Interesting listening to Drew Petrie saying he thinks we have the best clearance midfield in the AFL at the moment and that's where we're going to have a huge advantage this week. 

 

hard to believe coming up against a midfield with Gary Ablett and Dion prestia in it

We are no 1 in centre clearances.

22 hours ago, ProDee said:

You think we lost the Essendon game due to height ?

It was lost in the midfield.  They had 128 more possessions and 70 marks, i.e. run and spread.

If Daniher hadn't kicked six we would have stolen it.  Most unfair but worth four points to us.

14 hours ago, nutbean said:

He was poor against Essendon and Saints and good against North, Collingwood and Richmond. You can't have too many Lumumba's in the team ( in fact we cant afford another one !) but on his good days he is value.

But last week, apparently he was hamstrung by the after-effects of concussion which occurred in the Pies game. Which is why he's being rested this week. Apparently.

7 hours ago, steve_f said:

If Daniher hadn't kicked six we would have stolen it.  Most unfair but worth four points to us.

Daniher only kicked 2.4. We would have lost by more if he kicked straight, true, but Essendon killed us outside as ProDee said. 134 more uncontested possessions is what killed us.