Finally 

Rachele is a seriously gifted player and his positional awareness is outstanding, but boy his 2nd efforts are soft. If he doesn't get it first time, he stops. 

Croms 2 defenders down 

Will be a hard slog now 

I [censored] HATE Essendon so much. And I hate the cheating umpires. And I hate the AFL for choreographing games.

The three goals gifted to them in isolation are bad enough. But they kickstarted Essendon’s momentum roll and psychologically the Crows were stymied and it makes watching this almost insufferable. 

Anyone else think Ben Keays looks a lot like Fritta?

Adelaide clearly going to need a miracle to get a free kick. 

1 minute ago, Nasher said:

Anyone else think Ben Keays looks a lot like Fritta?

Temu Fritta yes

Oh yes it’s Friday Night  “not 15 play on” footy again! 

This is the worst defending I’ve seen all year by two AFL teams. Absolute garage and can’t believe Essendon are in the 8.

Geez some teams get looked after by the umps

What do you get when an unstoppable force meets and immovable object?

The opposite of this game.

Cox kicking 3 goals. THAT'S how bad the Crows are playing at the moment. 

3 minutes ago, Nasher said:

Anyone else think Ben Keays looks a lot like Fritta?

Yep. Just don’t tell his mum that. She won’t receive it well. I found out the hard way 😂

Seems to be a common theme with the surname Cox. 

Do either of these teams know it’s not first to 100? I mean, you are allowed to defend.

Crows, bombres - you can’t trust either of them. Absolutely no defending. 
Just wanted the bombres to lose, but those boys in yellow have other ideas. And so do the Crows by the looks of it.

My father-in-law has contributed a Vietnamese expression for the kind of defense these teams are offering;

"soft as soaked noodles"

6 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

This is the worst defending I’ve seen all year by two AFL teams. Absolute garage and can’t believe Essendon are in the 8.

The Croms don't know how to arrest momentum with the possession / kick - mark game.

They're just 'all ahead full' almost 100% of the time.

Getting smacked around stoppage & CBs since half time as well.

Essendon have a man playing the pocket, similar to ANB (when he plays there), and Croms have allowed him to play unmanned at almost every around ground stoppage so far.

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I have been a bit of a fan of Matthew Nicks at Adelaide, but surely they have to let him go now, before the end of the year. They have a decent list now but can't defend and can't hold momentum. 

4 minutes ago, Maldonboy38 said:

I have been a bit of a fan of Matthew Nicks at Adelaide, but surely they have to let him go now, before the end of the year. They have a decent list now but can't defend and can't hold momentum. 

They are a seriously frustrating team. 
And that’s up against some pretty strong opposition (at being soft - NOT calling bombres strong opposition, just to make that absolutely crystal clear)

Their supporters must be stabbing themselves in the eyes. 

13 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

Do either of these teams know it’s not first to 100? I mean, you are allowed to defend.

Does that mean you think at least 1 of them will get 100? The way they’re kicking…

Wow Martin really is a serial ducker 

Boy these umps are just so one sided

 

Adelaide defence is woeful, I think we can still leverage Petty on a trade. He's a very good tall defender.

Get stuffed