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Hmmmm a lot of posters have their best team without our Captain. Methinks the Club knows a little bit more than many here.

We have a forward line structure?? Well oil beef hooked.

That's annoying. We get first goal of the last quarter to get to within 15pts and they then kick three in a row..

CURRENT SCORES Score ESS 6.1 8.5 12.8 14.8 92 Melb 2.6 3.9 8.11 9.11 65 Fourth Quarter - Time: 6:29 Score: Essendon lead by 27 points.

Bomber goal

Quick goal to Petterd CURRENT SCORES Score ESS 6.1 8.5 12.8 12.8 80 Melb 2.6 3.9 8.11 9.11 65 Fourth Quarter - Time: 1:29 Score: Essendon lead by 15 points.

CURRENT SCORES Score ESS 6.1 8.5 12.8 80 Melb 2.6 3.9 8.11 59 Three Quarter Time Score: Essendon lead by 21 points.

Good Lord we may have won our first quarter for the year......

CURRENT SCORES Score ESS 6.1 8.5 12.7 79 Melb 2.6 3.9 8.10 58 Third Quarter - Time: 25:13 Score: Essendon lead by 21 points.

CURRENT SCORES Score ESS 6.1 8.5 11.7 73 Melb 2.6 3.9 6.9 45 Third Quarter - Time: 13:54 Score: Essendon lead by 28 points. Venue: Visy Park

Goal to the Bummers

Great centre clearance from Grimes which resulted in a goal to Petterd – Dees 5.9.39 to Ess 9.5.59

CURRENT SCORES Score ESS 6.1 8.5 8.5 53 Melb 2.6 3.9 4.9 33 Third Quarter - Time: 3:32 Score: Essendon lead by 20 points. Venue: Visy Park Bell goal in first 20 secs

Believe it or not I watched the game again this morning. It was worse the second time. Warnock - disposal terrible Bennell - killed down back, looked better going fwd Sylvia - I reckon he is lazy & unaccountable Jetta - too many unforced errors MacDonald easily our best. Frawley tried hard but was outclassed. Umpiring was disgraceful. Scully & JT good debuts Maric - some really good and some really bad. If he could get rid of the bad will be really good (!) Overall Freo was harder and put more pressure on, their fwd line functioned well. In contrast we had too many running unattended in the middle of the ground who were unaccountable when they had it and fumbled badly when we had it. Game plan is non-existent.

is it the coaches job that players can't hit targets? Freo to their credit were very hard at it all night. Didn't give us any time at all. I'm worried.

Ha! LOL There's some irony for you. I'd suggest realistic expectations won't result in anything like a huge 2010!

I have 3 questions: 1. WHy is our midfield set up so bad. It was atrocious last year and it was clear Sandi was dominant yet their mids were left alone at centre bounces. 2. Why is our defending at kick ins so bad? ANother set play where we fail to even have a gut 5m from the kicker and give them an easy option of kick to self run 15m and roost. 3. How can our skills be so deplorable after a whole summer of focus on them? Dropped chest marks, missed targets by hand and foot were the order of the day.

I see the link to the AFL match day site has the team but no Scully or Trengove. Anywhere else the team sheet is printed??

Jurrah is ineligible. From the AFL site: To qualify for the NAB AFL Rising Star nomination, a player must be under 21 years of age as at January 1 of that year, must not have played more than 10 games to the start of that season and must not have been suspended by the AFL or State League tribunals during the season.

Happy to go on record as saying he will be the surprise of the year. Has all the talent, is fit, strong, has a few games under his belt and knows where the goals are. Break out year.

Connolly was talking about the backline so I wouldn't read anything into him not talking about Jetta

Everyones forgetting Dunn. I think he and Maric will have breakout years. I know lots here don't think that but I'm getting in early to put it on record!!

Won four last year, could easily have been 7. That's why I think 8 this year is not out of the question.