If you thought we were good against Melbourne, realise this:
Brisbane actually have a well organised defence, with some good players, including the best KPD in the comp. They also have a competent tall forward line that will stretch us. So in that respect they are all things that Melbourne was not, on Saturday.
Then factor in Brisbane have 2 of the best mids in the comp.
I think most would have pencilled this in as an Essendon win. Given what has transpired to date it’s going to be a real test. It could be an ugly mess for us if we bring our first two rounds to the game. But if we have turned and have got genuine confidence then we should be very competitive. It’s going to be a very good test for us.
We need Brisbane to attack us, that’s when we play our best. If they put heaps of time into Hep and Zac and shut down our run we run (pardon the pun) out of ideas.
No real tall forwards for us to kick to, we will be in trouble
Not sure exactly how accurate a v quick google search is here, but if we’re going to run with the argument that .4 of a cm one way and just shy of 4cm the other way is going to provide space that Brisbane aren’t used to having to defend, we might want to rethink that angle. We might be looking at a side that has put a lot of work into defending that much space and it’s clearly something we did not do as well as we need to.
Hepp spent a lot of petrol tickets last Friday night and was sore at the end of it. We cannot rely on him to do that week after week after week. So I guess that’s why we will bring Myers back in.