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No way. Imagine some psychopath (from Hawthorn, Norf, etc) in his last game in a GF running around biffing all and sundry to force the opposition to play with reduced numbers.

No way. Imagine some psychopath (from Hawthorn, Norf, etc) in his last game in a GF running around biffing all and sundry to force the opposition to play with reduced numbers.

No way. Imagine some psychopath (from Hawthorn, Norf, etc) in his last game in a GF running around biffing all and sundry to force the opposition to play with reduced numbers.

Going off under the blood rule should surely NOT be counted as an interchange. It is not a choice by the coaching team, it is an order by the maggots

OMG whilst I tend to agree, our guys didnt exactly prove themselves to be mentally anything other than butter on a hot summer's day last week either. Some may, once again, "get ahead of themselves" if they read your post.

Moloney...........missed........2 weeks but then the MRP so severely confused, compromised and inconsistent, who knows?

He being whom? Wagner?

Thanks for the reports Sounds as if Casey have a far better mentality than Roos' boys

Anyone seen Dank recently? Or The Weapon? They must both be looking for work I am certain that their president will, as always, look at him very closely, with adoring eyes.

Well stated Saber. If anyone at the club really, as Roos said, got ahead of themselves and or thought that it would be an easy win, they should be exposed and spend a few weeks at Casey. But of course it is an ingrained trait at our club and nobody will make a stand. Poor leadership on and off field.

I could easily be accused of being the pot calling the kettle black, but Richmond's ball handling and execution under pressure is just appalling.

They are coached better too It is the only area in which we are consistent.

The uncertainty is the least of my concerns. The near certainty of a good old fashioned flogging concerns me far more.

In part? Surely it can be the soul explanation.

And please remind me just how well did we score and how many games did we win with this AFL best KPI?

I will believe Dawes being back and playing a positive rôle when I see it, and not before I am certainly looking forward positively to seeing Weideman develop, but Lynden as a HF makes a lot of t of sense if he is not needed in defence Maybe that suggests that he was unwell on Saturday I sure hope he was Those stats just show how misleading stats can be. IMO if Waite matches up on Garland he will absolutely monster him, and probably kick 4 or 5 before Roos responds. By which time the game will be well and truly over.

I must say I like deeluded's suggestion of Hogan having a run in the midfield, somewhat like Roughead. Didn't he do it early in the Q4 vs GWS? Fired him up. Just leaving him sulking in the goalsquare is very poor coaching.

I can only hope with that number of possessions he was unwell If not OMG ! Back to North, or into defense? ?

Hopefully to replace H (H standing for headless chook). Good luck Josh.

True re Dawes (perennially peroneally injured) and Lumumba (headless chook) but BenKen probably hasn't been on our list long enough to have caught the dreaded acardiosis (absence of a heart) but given time at out club I expect he will soon enough.

It would the first of the very many steps required by this club, which I love and have loved for decades, to regain any semblance of my respect (though I am now quite unsure if they actually care, to be honest) After Saturday it is a very very long road. Pity nobody in charge reads these fora.

Not a lot from what I hear. OUT: each and every one of the players identified by Roos as being big headed thinking that Saturday was a holiday. (I know this won't happen but it should)

TITUS GOT IT SPOT ON: Essendon (80) v Biggest Joke in the League (67) Nice try Richmond but Melbourne see your ‘losing to Collingwood’ and raise it. Can you believe the Demons lost to the Bombers? Of course you can. In fact, how did any of us not believe that, even for a second? How bad were the Demons? Well Channel Nine called them the ‘Devils’ after this loss. Major news organisations don’t even know or care who Melbourne are. And why would they? Essendon as a club are a lot of things but they’ve got pride. When the world is closing in on them they march on the ‘G and defeat a side despite half their seniors not being able to play. You can argue their problems are self inflicted (they are) but so are Melbourne’s. At least the Bombers say ‘screw that we’re going to fight’. Melbourne’s players said ‘gee, this is all a bit hard’. The thing I admire about the Bombers is they fight. They fight even when they sometimes shouldn’t but it does mean they never give up. It sort of the point of a footy team. They really should have won by more too if Joe Daniher could kick straight. It wasn’t a fluke either, don’t buy the Melbourne excuses, which we’ll look at in a moment. Essendon just worked harder, wanted it more and played better. That’s the beauty of footy. You have 22 all having a go and you’ll challenge anyone. If you’re lucky enough to be playing Melbourne you’ll win too. Paul Roos offered three excuses after the loss, lets look at them: Players were ‘tired’ So I just checked and it’s round two. ROUND TWO. No, not round 22. Apparently these ‘athletes’ are too tired to beat a team who had 11 senior players suspended this year. If only we had a highly paid senior coach who’d been there a few years to get the right fitness levels into them. How the media pack didn’t burst out laughing when he said this is beyond me. Beyond. I must have also missed the bit where Essendon got a bye week in round one too and were fresh as a daisy. Chose the wrong side Sorry? Roos said they chose the wrong side, conveniently throwing Angus Brayshaw under the bus while doing so. Considering Melbourne currently have two senior coaches, I would have thought this could have been handled by someone. Melbourne lacked ‘respect’ for Essendon Why would the Demons disrespect anyone? They haven’t won two games in a row since 2011. They are the laughing stock of the league and have been for a decade. They don’t even respect themselves. Paul Roos, ladies and gentlemen, worth every million. It makes you wonder why Demons fans continue to spend our hard inherited on this club. Brisbane (83) v North Melbourne (117) North employed the old tactic here of sitting back and letting your opponent shoot itself in the foot and several other body parts too. Brisbane’s midfield made more mistakes than the person who keeps giving Daryl Somers’ TV shows. Their defence is bad too, making Jarrad Waite look like Wayne Carey at his peak, I know, that bad. In fairness, the defence can only do so much when the midfield consistently hands the ball to the opposition. The sad bit was the effort was there but the execution was just wasteful. North fans should be pretty happy, they’ve started the season 2-0 and without really hitting top gear. For a club that’s known for being unpredictable they’ve won two games they should have won while the rest of the league has been all over the place. He did say Melbourne didn't respect Essendon Didnt respect their long suffering fans either, and absolutely no self respect.

Well, if the last 2 years was about defense, yesterday showed that there are many more years, or more responsive / capable / focused players required to get us anywhere other than up sh17 creek Maybe they have players who are prepared to give all and believe in each other, rather than believe in their own hype? Surely you don't mean that some teams actually plan how to negate opposition playmakers? You mean we could have planned to negate Merrit x2, Zaharakis and Daniher? Surely not. Is that allowed? Maybe our match committee should read your posts, Akum. I must say it is a long time since I remember our "game plan" actually shutting down a key opponent.

I have carried this STD for 60+ years! Thank goodness the first ten or so were worth watching On yesterday's form, or moreso yesterday's lack, nay, absence of effort, that is an optimistic number.