This game was vindication for coaches who talk about playing the game how we want to play it.
When St Kilda were winning, it was on their terms. We persisted and swung it our way, and once we did we ■■■■■■ it in by overcoming a 22 point deficit in a low scoring match.
St Kilda are luckier than we were that we didn’t kick as many goals when we were controlling the game.
Yes. The start of the match looked like we would get done the same way we always get done, but the second half it changed. Hopefully a glimpse that we are turning the corner.
I was more angered by the constant long kick to a contest in the last 2 minutes. Play some possession football and run the clock down. We have lost so many games with less than a minute to go and we have the ball. They should just not get the ball back.
hoyn has poindexter energy.
he reeks of finding a good team’s stat, work backwards and extrapolate it to league wide as if every team plays the same.
Agreed. We just kept leaving door ajar. This included Stringer burning wide open Menzie
It was a game of 2 halves although the scoreboard doesn’t necessarily reflect this.
In the first half we were a bottom 4 side who couldn’t defend the ball movement to save ourselves much like the pre season and the first 2 rounds.
In the 2nd half we defended high up the ground and intercepted everything which is the way flags are won.
Hopefully it’s a sign that we’re improving this area as time goes on.
Yes, I do agree that the last 2 mins of the game are extremely alarming as the saints waltzed the ball down the other end with absolute ease.
a defining characteristic of essendon teams of the last few years is that as a collective, our players regularly and for completely inexplicable reasons start to switch off and relax well before the job is done.
this happens second to second, minute to minute and quarter to quarter with alarming regularity.
the stringer disallowed goal (ie the 12 pt turnaround) is another perfect example of said characteristic.
Are you the peanut who sits behind us who went off on a rant on this kick ?
Can you just tone it down a bit especially since you know fark all about footy.
I dont know how that snap negleted to bend in, when it actually began to.
The other point is…why didnt Jake just kick it straight ? (perhaps to evade a potential tackler from behind)
Jobe been gone and done for a while now.
What I don’t like about Parish kick is if he shanks the kick it’s likely we lose, soak up your full allowed time play on and kick 60m down the line to a contest is a much better option in my opinion.
Except he didn’t shank the kick, and didn’t look like shanking it. There is no need for this convoluted ‘what if’ scenario being drawn out.
ROSS LOLN’
Just quietly it is great to see Flipper back in the rooms after the win.
I don’t really agree. Yeah it all worked out fine. Doesn’t mean it was the right option.
Z for memory.
He kicked a goal and a bit a game last year and for a 22 year old in his second season that’s pretty bloody good.
Just remember he’s been made to fight for his spot with the arrival of the saints guy and although that’s a good thing it may have rattled his confidence a bit. Looks like he’s trying too hard. He’s had to fight to get where he’s got too and you want that type as long as they’re contributing.
He needs to work on his tackles and kick straight. It’s not like he’s got a list as long as your arm like that Melbourne forward guy (my dementia grows worse) we got.
He won’t be as good as Bewick but we’ve already got a F/S that might be and a bit more.
Hell come right. It’s only round 3.
Everyone’s on something these days.
The coaches played football too & they didnt have concussion protocols back then.
I just watched the replay again without sound. It is so much better with way less stress without the clearly bias commentating particularly that halfwit Hudson and his out of touch ex Hawthorn player
I’ve watched the last two like this. The Hawks game I listened to the radio. It really is better. You either don’t really see how bad the umpiring is or don’t lose your mind at the “unconscious” bias commentary can bring.
