I hope we dont i think rutten will need to have us in front of the win/loss record before the bye for a contract extenstion also our defence will need to show massive improvement
Choco would be perfect imo, he (and Yze) were responsible for the lifting of skill standards at Melbourne.
Iâd also love to get Buckley in as an assistant, I think he would connect well with our good citizen types.
Hird as the VFL coach/development coach would be my other pipedream. The thought of him mentoring Martin and Perkins is mouth watering
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We almost had Yze too. Dees came in last minute and grabbed him.
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Be careful what you wish for.
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FromâŚ.
ESSENDON
- Lost their 2021 brand; ball movement and scoring dried up; defence has gone backwards which was a concern at stages in 2021; second-youngest team and second-least experienced team on average
LITTLE WINS (Rds 10-14)
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Ladder percentage of 86.9
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6th points against
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2nd points against from stoppages
BALL MOVEMENT
â 14th points from back half (down from 2nd in 2021)
â 11th for moving ball inside 50 from halfback (1st in 2021)
STOPPAGES
â 14th clearance differential (9th in 2021)
â 15th points from stoppage differential (2nd in 2021)
â 9th generating scores from clearance (1st in 2021)
PRESSURE
â 18th pressure applied
SANGUINE Bomber fans look away now, because the 2022 analysis gets ugly. âThe main point for Essendon continues to be their inability to defend full-ground ball movement,â Harding said. âSince 2019 theyâve ranked in the bottom four for forward-half intercepts and for allowing the ball to move the length of the field in every single year. This has been a consistent system issue they havenât been able to rectify.â Harding sat in the MCG stands for the match against Carlton and thought defenders looked lost. âSome guys press up and some guys fold back, so there are inconsistencies in their system which make it really tough on their backs. Their defenders have to defend fast attack, which is really challenging to do, and then they also have to try and launch the counter-attack to get them to score. A lot is being asked of them at the moment.â The Bombers have been smashed by injury. But then again, so have the Blues. âCarlton have had to field a young back six and inexperienced key defender group, and yet their system is still clear. Essendonâs defence is the major issue and until thatâs rectified they wonât be competitive,â Harding said. Why are they also last for pressure? âThey donât have the high premium on contest work that Melbourne, Brisbane and the top teams have, and their inability to shutdown teams around the contest also feeds quick ball movement against them that can be hard to defend,â Harding said. The hope hinges on generation next. âIâve loved Mason Redmanâs development as a really good attacking defender, Nic Martin has shown plenty as a wingman and weâre seeing more from Jye Caldwell, Nick Hind, Sam Durham, Archie Perkins and Ben Hobbsâ Harding said. âThatâs the genesis of the next great Essendon side.â
GOLD NUGGET: PETER WRIGHT has been targeted 121 times inside 50, ranked No. 1 in the AFL. JAYDEN LAVERDE has conceded 35 goals, the most in the AFL.
Itâs been a horror year for the Bombers. Picture: Getty Images
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After that review, Rutten is likely to get a 2 year extension knowing this club.
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i reckon even brand has more runs on the board than reid, and donât understand as to why one is given games here and there, and one doesnât look like theyâll be used at afl, even if they knee cap 40 players on the list.
Rutten pre and post game address in âere
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Well done boys, love you Truck
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Is it just me or has the wins and some of the losses this year hit that much harder than usual?
The wins v Hawthorn and v Sydney in particular have honestly been the most ive enjoyed live since 2017 while the losses like v Geel, v Coll, v Syd etc have sapped me big time.
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You forgot â â â â Carlton
Hopefully they remember a brand of footy this weekend.
I donât want a norf style drubbing.
Have some pride ffs and who knows maybe pull off a massive upset.
Itâs worth watching that clip. One thing is clear - whether or not you think Ruttenâs pre & post game addresses are any good - he speaks very differently to the players compared to how he presents in pressers.
Itâs surprising he hasnât improved in pressers - but itâs an insignificant part of his job description - as it doesnât effect how we play each week. But his presentation (to outsiders) in pressers together with playing poorly very much feeds the hate and spitefulness shown by many in here towards Rutten.
His poor presser skills are irrelevant (to our weekly performance), and our poor form is the result of so many many factors most of which are invisible to us as they take place during the week as part of the process of training and preparing elite sporting teams.
If we continue to play some better footy Rutten will probably survive until 2023 and I know there are many who want us to lose badly so he gets replaced before then.
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Haha, weâve had such few wins this season that they make a documentary when we get one. Nice.
Good insight though.
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A contrarian view here, but being a teacher myself I think Ruttenâs style of communicating to the players is brilliant. Itâs simple, concise and really is about addressing 2-3 things. If we break it down, Rutten is a Bloke in his 40s talking to players 20 years younger than him. Along with S.Mitchell, McRae and Nicks is the ânew schoolâ approach to coaching. Older methods of communication (Barrassi, Kennedy, Jeans) just donât work with the current generation. I feel that itâs just going to take time for the players to understand the game plan and for us to rebuild to that game plan. My 2c
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I want truck to succed i really do
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Thatâs one of our problems, we pour the mayo on and make a doco about a home and away win, the better clubs do things like that when they win a final.
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