buck_nekkid

I dont think Jonas had a reasonable indication from the umpire. The late whistle on the play but the umpire left the door open for Jonas to think it was touched off the contest and he was free to tackle. It looked like he was committed to the tackle by the time the whistle blew. I am happy to be corrected, but if the roles were reversed I would not have been happy if our defender had not committed to the tackle when there was no whistle. Fair result IMV is just to pay the mark and get on with it. If the whistle was one second earlier, I would violently agree with you. It was poor by the umpire to be so slow on blowing the pea. He created the problem.

You could add Motlop incorrect disposal for wines goal, Mays holding the man (vs incorrect disposal), and Oliver being dumped without the ball for butter’s goal. For us, Kozzies 50 was dodgy.

Best. From big footy…

They waited for Dixon to take his kick. Then they played it.

He went at about 44% disposal efficiency. Thought he was a liability in the first half, slightly better in the second. Harmes fumbled about everything!

This. If I see the flaccid zone early I will spew. Port get beaten by pressure at the contest and fast ball movement. Stop their mark, halve groundball contests (or better) and be in their faces and we will win.

If we do, we are desperate. He works off hb running with Langdon well. When he can have a target ahead of him and involved in a chain he has been at his best. Forward we need marking, tackling, groundball less than running, so play him where he has the greatest chance to shine. Forward we should have other options like chandler if Kozzi needs a week. In game throw the magnets around. But I don’t think we are at that point yet of needing Hunt to change roles.

Yuk! Don’t play hunt forward!

He knows he has a mic on. He knows nuffies will pounce on anything. Why would he give them such an easy swing? Pretend you love it for the media spot and move on. Not well managed I reckon.

The question is not one we have to answer atm.

Thanks Rusty. The stats back up reality in this case. The trend towards mediocrity is underway, and needs to be arrested pronto!

Our best is good enough, but we haven’t seen it for quite a few weeks. Without the back 7, we are in real trouble. The mids were absolutely thrashed by the giants, and the run and carry was pressured and poor all day. The forward set-up is geared to work off the midfield pressure and overlap - when this is poor, the forward setup looks abysmal. We really are in a ‘slump’. We are playing like a mid-table team with not enough consistency across all aspects of our game. We have a target on us and are hunted, and i reckon most teams think they are a good chance to knock us off each week. Zero fear factor about the demons atm. Looks like Ben Brown crapped the bed in the 2’s - Weid did more to earn a place and should be considered for a run. We looked way too short in the forward half yesterday, and it looked like they had no confidence kicking to contests, just bombed it to rebounding oppo players. Having a team defence is OK, but we have to score more than the opposition do. Our kicking for goal has been bad the last few weeks (TMac should have taken both shots as drop punts rather than those round the corner bangers - he didnt land one in warmup, so why think he would get them during the match?). Currently we are playing like a team that would be 5-8 on the ladder. If we don't see rapid improvement and consistent application over the next few weeks, that will be where we end up. We dont have the maturity yet to dominate at the top - i hope this little period kick starts some hunger and propels them to such potential.

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They smashed us in the middle, dominated groundball, applied heaps of pressure. and we fell for it. Tried to do too much all day. Missed the first option, ran second to too many contests. Bad day at the office for many today. No winners forward of the ball. I 50 was appalling. Lucky to be as close as we were. Felt like 6 goal loss if you didn’t peek at the scoreboard.

Apart from the weather, Brown does not suit ourmethod inside 50. Seems we deliver defensively outside a V at 45 degrees to make the ball easier to trap in. We then have secondary midfielders present in the V to take inboard marks for easier set shots. Happened a lot on Saturday night. this means a big forward has to lead to the pockets to honour the system, which seems crazy. The other option is to offer the secondary lead. Seems contrary to what someone like BBB would naturally do (lead at the ball carrier). Interesting to see if we alter the method or how the personnel play. so BBB does not fit our defensive offensive method. Wonder what he has to demonstrate to overcome this?

Our method inside 50 is the issue more than the personnel. Seems we deliver defensively outside a V at 45 degrees to make the ball easier to trap in. We then have secondary midfielders present in the V to take inboard marks for easier set shots. Happened a lot on Saturday night. this means a big forward has to lead to the pockets to honour the system, which seems crazy. The other option is to offer the secondary lead. Seems contrary to what someone like BBB would naturally do (lead at the ball carrier). Interesting to see if we alter the method or how the personnel play.

watched the replay. We held those failed vaccinators to 2 goals per quarter. we dominated the first quarter but didn’t capitalise on the score board. Ess had no way through our defence. It took long bombs by stringer to do anything early. Kossie needs to keep it simple. Not every touch has to make Bruce cry. in the last quarter, our groundball and handling was way down. Missed many easy opportunities because of this. Brayshaw was fantastic. Gawn gets throttled so often, but was really good. Too many over the head outlet handballs. Better cohesion in the middle. on replay, the result was never in doubt! Got lots to improve- groundball skills, I 50 delivery and goal kicking. Was not really that close given the difficulty they had in scoring.

Watch it without sound. No prob with the free kick allocations on the night. By the sound of the bomber whining you would think someone had lost a limb.

Folks, all that sour grapes and lack of respect will just make the end result sweeter. Essendon flogs ‘not rating’ Melbourne after the game are just sooks. Every week the media are going to drum up some team, the blues, the dons or whomever. Then I stop and look at the ladder.

He might be a good option high half forward manning a crafty hb type. Will rotate through the middle. Think he is back in the queue behind Jones.

The Jordon 100m was Def there. The Essplayer was way too late too stand the mark and the ump clearly calls for him to stay clear. He doesn’t, and is about 3M over the mark. Gotta be 50. Then that gob Smith is into the ump and another 50.

Devon shire-tea is ok too. ”stop yelling at me Devon!” Best line of the night. richo is a special type of tool.

I just popped into Bomberblitz for a laugh. Now I feel dirty. Not enough hand sanitizer for that. All about the umpires and how bad we are. Ha ha! Suck a sav you loser booing clucks.

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We saw the lions use defence to smash the cats. This is our model. Keep the ball in front of us and halve contests and we win. Let them get out the back and that’s where they get their run going. Our back 6/7 will do fine if we support up the ground. Need to minimise our turnovers going inside 50. they run fast, but we will run for longer. Gotta take all the wind out of their sails, and their supporters, with tough uncompromising footy from the first bounce. We need to win the middle and keep therm under pressure. They will wilt. Stringer plays only one good game every now and then, so not expecting too much from him. Tippa needs to be kept out of it. Line on line we have the better list. Lets not mess this one up, demons! Dees by 37 points.