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1 minute ago, The heart beats true said:

Look, I know this literally isn’t the right forum for me to say this but watching this I get why our defence first plan isn’t loved by the media.

It is the least fun game plan to watch, which produces the most consistent results in finals 

Happy Joel Mchale GIF by ABC Network

 

Bombers win this and we'll have a comfortable buffer in 4th place ... we can lose a game and stay 4th

But if we beat the Lions and then the Crows, the teams below us could fall further behind

In my view (even though it's always one game at a time), if we win our next 2 we'll get the double chance

Our destiny is in our own hands so if we keep winning, it won't matter what the teams below us do

 

This Essendon Crows game looks like what Basketball would be if every score had a ball up. I wish we scored more but I’d hate to see us play like this, there’s no discipline or contest. There’s a middle ground that produces much better football.


1 minute ago, titan_uranus said:

Adelaide are so incredibly overrated. One win away from the Adelaide Oval all year, and that was Hawthorn by 3 points. 

This is pathetic from them. 

15 minutes ago, deejammin' said:

This Essendon Crows game looks like what Basketball would be if every score had a ball up. I wish we scored more but I’d hate to see us play like this, there’s no discipline or contest. There’s a middle ground that produces much better football.

I rewatched our 2018 finals performances vs Geelong and Hawthorn and I think if you throw May, Lever, Petty into that side you've got the Dees' 2023 premiership team and gameplan. Very attacking and high scoring with solid defence and contested ball winners - only one genuine ruckman required.

EDIT: Having said that, the premiers for that year blew us off the park in the prelim so maybe the gameplan doesn't stack up!

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Merrett, Parish and McGrath 60 possies between then to half time.

The difference in the Bombers and Saints is the coaching. They are essentially the same sides as last year.

I agree with another poster, that if we can win our next two, we likely keep the double chance.

I hope the Giants loss doesn’t come back to haunt us. Besides our woeful kicking for goal, 3 things stuffed that game for us, Fritta’s injury, that pathetic 50 and goal to Toby, against an innocent Harmes and Hunter’s stupid, jumping off the ground, head high tackle, in the Giants’ goal square.


Blues are coming the Demons game plan 

11 inside 50 for 1 goal

Just now, YearOfTheDees said:

Bombers win helps our cause.

Yeah but I'd still rather still see Essendon out of the 8. 

I thought Adelaide were better than this 

Jake Stringer plays like that full forward in junior footy who went through puberty when he was 9 and just wants to run through everyone and snap at goals from anywhere.


Bombers will jump from 9th to 5th, FFS. And the one time I wanted the Crows to do something.

6 minutes ago, Jibroni said:

Bombers will jump from 9th to 5th, FFS. And the one time I wanted the Crows to do something.

End of next round they most likely we be 9th again.

Go Blues

Is there anything worse than having a hundred plus thousand Bomber supporters eyeing off our fourth position.

We'd better win next week for my sanity


In stark contrast to the usual bottom of the barrel commentary there’s the perfect commentary team right now, Freo vs Blues. Papalia, Dal Santo, Pav and Will Schofield. 👏

3 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

In stark contrast to the usual bottom of the barrel commentary there’s the perfect commentary team right now, Freo vs Blues. Papalia, Dal Santo, Pav and Will Schofield. 👏

Papalia is the best in the game. Actually tells me what’s happening and not what he had for lunch in 1975 when he also kicked 3 goals. 

 
2 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Papalia is the best in the game. Actually tells me what’s happening and not what he had for lunch in 1975 when he also kicked 3 goals. 

So good to have someone who just calls the game. 

West Coast and Fremantle game-time booing now at franchise records of 87% and 72% respectively. 


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