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great to get a look at Ah-Mu. He brushed aside other defenders in the intra game a few weeks ago, it will be interesting to see how he goes against outside opposition.

I didn't see his whole game but took particular attention to his last couple of quarters. He rarely kicked and the three kicks I did see didn't make it to a gws player. He got possessions but they were mostly handballs. We still could use him though, as you said.

To play them back into form ?

Same here. I requested and use the physical plastic membership tickets for entry into the MCG. it saves fiddling around with multiple family member tickets on my phone at the turnstiles. Technology is not 100 % reliable, especially if many people are trying to access the app at the same time. Sites are prone to failure or locking at high usage times. Then you get some clubs in the VFL using a different ticketing site (Footscray/western bulldogs) which further slows entry. Case in point was the recent Casey game at the Western Oval. There were lots of people milling around the entry trying to join/log on and buy a ticket, it took ages. Compare that with making a late decision to attend a match and rocking up with a $10 note at the entry, hand it over and walk straight in. Maybe I’m a fossil but technology doesn’t always make things better or easier.

i was hoping to see Ah-Mu play in this game. i couldn't see where he may have been injured…was he available for this game ?

Chips good but the chicken tenders were just battered and seemingly deep fried large chicken nuggets. Ground was good and the little museum under the stands was interesting. Great suburban facility.

I guess as stated elsewhere that Essendon will click in some games but having had to attend tonights game v Hawthorn due to family commitments, I would be dismayed if I was an Essendon supporter. For the first game of the season, they had little run, little spark and put in a timid display. It looked like they missed the memo that football seems to have moved on from the defensive style to more free flowing movement. They were dire.

Noise after a Melbourne goal ? How about just the crowd cheering and no song.

Do we really need to play a song after every goal ? 'Country road' and 'Sweet Caroline' gets annoying after a while...but that may just be me as I get older and grumpier...

I’ve only been to a couple of training sessions this pre season but in the physical drills against other players he has been very driven with no beg pardons. He dropped Jeffo in one drill (yeah…I kmow) which just showed the different levels of intensity. It seems he got a taste last year, wants more and is busting a gut to get it.

JVR looked very good at training. He moved quick and took few good marks in the match sim.

McAdam was doing laps at a reasonable pace and looked unimpeded. Hopefully he can step up from there.

Agree re the third quarter. I thought we really had them on the ropes in the later stages of the third but could not apply the killer blows and score a couple of goals. That seemed to be the scoring end and we rarely ventured forward in the last, after the North Melbourne/Tasmanian roos regrouped at 3 quarter time. Great effort by the girls,they gave everything.

Hope Zanker stays, Bannan has been next to useless the last few weeks and Harris has had to plug holes elsewhere and Gall is still learning so not much of a forward line re talls.