AAAANNNNNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYYYYWAY
last night 2 things stood out for me.
the first was essendons pressure - not only on the person with the ball, but also his options. inferred pressure. this made it very difficult for us to get the ball out of our backline. it was also telling that we were useless at this. we had 4 blokes running at the man with the ball while he just squirted out a handball and 3 blokes took off with it.
the second is related to the first. our skills and decision making were deplorable. handballs to bad options, not taking the first option etc etc. and i think it took its toll on our confidence as the game wore on as well.
also, essendon wanted it more and were more desperate. but they wont have fletcher around for ever either.