Dr. Gonzo

It's mornings like this I'm glad I live in the northwest suburbs 🤣

What a turnaround from 24 years ago.

Kolt was very good again, providing an option and banging the ball forward at all costs in the slippery conditions. Rained pretty heavily just before the first bounce and for parts of the first and 2nd quarters. A bit of rain in the 2nd half but not as heavy.

It was a great team performance and great coaching, but Petty was terrible. I don't think that's a controversial take. He was mosntered in the 1st quarter and only when JVR went to 1st ruck in 2nd quarter did we start to really get on top in the middle. Even then Petty didn't offer much as a forward target, rarely winning or halving the contest and letting his opponent win the ball. He had 3 kicks and 3 handballs. The team were very impressive and I've praised them in multiple posts, it's ok to be critical as well if other parts of the game which weren't as good, especially when it is not a one off and it is not just being negative for negatives sake. It's part of the discussion.

https://discourse.bomberblitz.com/t/review-vs-dees/32912 That website is horrendous but the schadenfreude is worth 5-10 minutes of scrolling

Great to get a win for Kozzie's 100th and glad he was able to hit the scoreboard. He had really gained some consistency this year which is due to him spending more time in the middle. He doesn't need to be the matchwinner every week, just needs to play his role and then take the chances when they come like the last 2 weeks. Crazy to think he's still only 22/23.

He's too weak in the contest, really struggles to hold his ground and at least break even in 1:1s. If he gets a good run at the footy he's good but even then his marking isn't elite. Needs to at least halve the contest around the ground but is ineffectual way too often and looks to the umpire for frees when he has just been outmuscled.

"Who was that to??"

Carlton lost as well 😍

He is a seriously underrated coach and not just by Melbourne supporters.

Round 24 as well please

The umpiring is an absolute joke, they did what they could to get the Bombers back in it - I don't think they favour teams, they just get caught up with the crowd/momentum and err on the side of the team making the comeback.

I had a great feeling about this one coming in but didn't want to mozz it. Even without Gawn our pressure game has really lifted the last couple of weeks and playing the kids instead of NQR journeyman has given the team a real shot of energy/enthusiasm. Plus Essendon are flakey, they crumble under pressure. Dunno how we'll go for the rest of the year but if we keep getting games into the kids, keep giving midfield minutes to Riv and Koz and keep giving Roo more time up forward with Melksham and Fritsch I think we are in decent shape moving forward.

Essendon are pretenders, their gameplan will not hold up in finals. Unbelievable run so far, still beat no-one other than the Giants when they were in a massive form slump.

Let's [censored] go!! Always good to beat that smarmy pack of scumbags especially when they would've gone outright 2nd. Umps tried to get them back in the game, bloody disgraceful. Real team effort with exception of one player who must get dropped next week.

Loving Kolt, Windsor, AMW, McVee, Riv etc Just need to keep the pressure up, don't let Bombers open up the play

C'mon Demons one more quarter 🙏 Playing a man down with Petty out there, sub him off for some fresh legs. May as well have one of these out there

There used to be a van outside gate 2 selling decent Kranskys, not sure if it's still there or what happened to it. I noticed they've got the Royal Stacks burger joint inside the AFL members and in the northern stand as well but haven't tried there yet so can't say if it's any good or not. Probably $20 a burger I'm guessing.

Happened at the Qualifying final last year at quarter time, masses of people queuing up to pay for their food and the kids behind the registers didn't know what to do as nothing was working. People just walked off with the food (I cannot confirm whether or not my son and I did the same thing)

If it means NewsCorp and their poisonous ideology die out it's a price I'm willing to pay.

I only watch FTA when the GF or Brownlow is on (a d I really only watch the last half an hour of the Brownlow). Actually I'll also watch some of the Aus Open. My kids don't even know how to get to the FTA channels they are that irrelevant. They'll watch ABC shows on the iView app other than that it's YouTube, Binge, Netflix etc Hopefully another subscription service can usurp the AFL rights from NewsCorp otherwise I'd be more than happy to see them go down the gurgler even if it means the dollars to the AFL drop substantially.

I can't eat anything at the footy exceot for some "hot" chips. Even my kids won't eat the pies, one some bought one at the last game we were at and lasted a couple of bites before binning it. Greasy, disgusting slop.

Daicos has more power through his legs and hips, a lower centre of gravity.

He didn't set the world in fire on debut but he wasn't alone in that game as we were smashed by the Lions. Pretty hard for a kid to come in and look up to it when the team was smacked from pillar to post. I don't like bringing kids in and then dropping them (not really a fan of how they've managed Brown either to be honest) I'd like them to get a block of games unless they are only brought in to cover short term injuries and there is no spots available. Anyhow he's getting his chance now and I think showing he can contribute despite being such a youngster. No doubt he will only improve/become more consistent with a couple of preseasons under his belt.