Dr. Gonzo

He's quick, has a good leap and his dad had a decent career with us. Unfortunately he's not very good at football.

The signs were there I thought. They need time in the side together to build the team synergy.

Oliver gave Rankine a little rabbit punch to the ribs. Soft as butter but knowing our luck he'll get a week

Maxy was great, BOG for me. Was everywhere and took the pack/contested marks we need from him. Great game. Hey @jnrmac another win by more than a goal one week at a time

Our structure looked so much better with Weid deep and TMac leading up between the 50s to be the link at half forward. Sucks that he got injured when he was starting to find the ball, hopefully he'll be right for next week. If not brown has to come in for our structure if nothing else. OMac was also good, structurally he tightens us up down back. I think the others defenders (lever and Jetta mainly) trust him down there whatever else you might think of him which is a plus for the back 6. He blanketed Day while May did the same to King.

Pearce Hanley caught holding the ball 10m in front of our goal and paid a ballup was pathetic We seemed to get the rough end of the stick tonight but at least we came away with the win

I thought Salem was fantastic early, faded after half time but showed just how good he can be. Would love to see him play further up the ground, as good as his kicking is coming out of defense I reckon it would be better going inside 50 and the defensive side of his game hurts him across half back

CARNA DEMONS!!!!

His disposal isn't great but I love his running. Always runs forward to provide an option after dishing it off.

CMON DEMONS BRING HOME THE 4 POINTS

Awesome artixle. The broadcasting if games has been horrible for a long time, particularly since channel 7 regained the rights. The camera angles are horrible and make it impossible to see what is happening strategically across the field. The commentary is so bad it defies belief. Channel 7 wants the commentators to be the stars, their "personalities" to be bigger than the game. The atmosphere is also rubbish as the broadcasters turn down the crowd volume so we can hear Hamish and BT's "witty" zingers. It's just terrible and amateurish all round.

It's ok now that I've backed the Sun's the Demons are sure to get up. You can all thank me tomorrow night

Nah

To play devils advocate - it may be that Goodwin was focused on implementing his gamestyle so didn't pay much heed to countering the opposition's tactics effectively sidelining Jennings Just spitballing

Benefit of kayo is you can split a sub - $25 lets you watch on 2 devices simultaneously so you can split with a friend, $35 for 3 devices so a little over $10 a month each

Cash in on the Suns being $2.20 underdogs

Development still a massive issue at the club. How many players significantly improve compared to how they are when they arrive at the club?

I don't disagree with a lot of what you've said - my opinion is that it is the job of Bartlett and Pert to be the public spruikers of the club and the face of the club for the members. Of course wins will fix everything but when the supporters are feeling as they have been this week I think it is the duty of the Pres and/or CEO to get on the front foot and assure them that things are on the right track or if not, they have strategies in place to rectify things if they do not improve. It might be platitudes and it might be immature for lack of a better word but when things are all quiet on the western front when supporters have been up in arms and we are copping scrutiny in the media I'd like them to be the frontline communicators as well as shielding the footy department from that scrutiny to an extent. Of course they need to work behind the scenes to work on financial stability and all the other off field stuff. But they need to be the public face of the club too, there is no reason they can't do both. With regards to the first issue, I disagree but thats fine. I can see your point as to why you don't like it but I don't agree that those kinds of posts should be censored. Most people on here are smart enough to recognise a troll when they see one, most long term posters have nothing to gain by making up rumours to stir the pot.

Wasn't that Jennings role? Strategy and opposition analyst

15? Jones and Smith played but they are emergencies this week

How about Nicholson getting towelled up by David Hille in the 2004 Elimination Final! (the last time Essendon won a final by the way)

I'm not saying I want those players played elsewhere I was just brainstorming which players he could be referring to

Off the top of my head Brayshaw TMac Hunt Salem

I disagree, either there are problems and the supporters have a right to know or there aren't and it doesn't matter anyway. I don't really see the harm with people posting things they've heard - no-one will name names as it will betray confidences and everyone should take anything they read with a grain of salt if they're smart enough. Most of the time these things have an element of truth though, I remember when the message from the club was everything is rosy and Schwab accused people of taking pot shots from the cheap seats. Well it turns out it was worse than insinuated and the place was rotten to the core. It is frustrating when we don't see the CEO or President have some kind of media presence when supporters are on the verge of insurrection. You can't have it both ways, asking supporters to dig deep with one hand then treating them with contempt with the other. The communication from the club needs to be both direct and broad, they always ask questions in surveys about communication from the club, how connected you feel to the club as a supporter etc. Well personally when I fail to hear from either of the clubs leaders to give me some confidence they have things under control it makes me feel disconnected.

It's not as simple as that though. For starters Lynch is their no 1 target. If I had the ability or inclination I'd go through post vids of all Smith's possessions/contests for analysis but it's probably easier to just check the timestamps of my posts in the game day thread