Game Day - Elimination Final Essendon Vs Western Bulldogs

Football Discussion Dustin Fletcher Hangar
2428

How can you compete when they get 6 goals from frees in these conditions
Versus
Nil to us on the forward line apart from that last obvious one
Watch then even up this quarter
A disgrace

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2429

Only been 2 bad ones IMO.

4.10 to 8.5

That’s the difference

(And they’ve actually only kicked 3 behinds, 2 are rushed. 4 from 14 vs 8 from 11)

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2430

Footscray lead it by a fair margin.

2431

Not getting set shots inside 50. Under pressure kicks need a bit of luck which is not going our way.
2MP on the bench and go small up forward. Hit the top of the goal square instead of going to the pockets.
Then again what do I know?
Go Dons.

2432

I just want to win a final I dont ask for much

2433

Had chances ourselves in the second to apply real scoreboard pressure. Missed some gettable ones.

2434

Our small forwards won’t go the ground ball is except Waterman. No chance of getting a free kick if you all stay away from the contest.

2435

Umpiring has been woeful in this game.

The umps paying those frees to us once the game is done and dusted to even it up l.

Reminds me so much of the Collingwood game

At least we have improved since 2019 elimination final.

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2436

Zero.

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2437

it helps when you are kicking them from 20 metres out from free kicks. If they didn’t have that I doubt they are kicking them either, it isn’t the weather for a lot of goal scoring.

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2438

We bomb and they always have a spare out the back, we’ll never win while we allow that

2439

Well it was fun whilst it lasted. Umpiring has killed us. Going to take a big confidence turnaround to come back.

2440

They’ve tried their guts out and I’m insanely proud but conditions, a total lack of small forwards and the biggest cheating umpiring fix of all time was always going to be insurmountable.

2441

Shame. I really don’t understand how people get so triggered by Nino lol.

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2442

Umpiring terrible, but dogs were clean that qtr, you can’t deny it.

These frees ruined a perfectly good game. Shame.

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2443

We’ve lost this for ourselves (probably). Sure, the umps haven’t helped but from the start we haven’t looked capable of scoring easily, including that first 20 minutes of dominance.

2444

I can’t reconcile that quarter

And as a rule I generally don’t blame umpiring.

Maybe in some parallel universe if we had the territory we would get the same treatment.

I mean with 4 goals many would normally think Cody Weightman is BOG

It’s absolutely ridiculous.

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2445

Man on Man bang it long no handball it’s not rocket science

2446

positivity. 4 goals here we go. draper to stringer first throw up

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2448

Well at least one thing good about the day. He is tragic