5 games into 2016 and only 17 more to endure.
Hartley has been a find, as have Parish and Tippa, while Leuenberger is an upgrade on Bellchambers.
Reckon you could run a line through the names Kommer, JMerret, and Gleeson who is too frail and unpolished, as adding value. Ambrose hanging on by a thread.
The only other change would be to bring Ambrose back in. We sorely missed tackling strength today, he would have helped, hell, he could have tagged pendlebury. Not sure who he’d replace but Merret looked out of sorts today, I reckon he’s playing injured.
So drop Zak merret?
If he’s carrying something, absolutely. We forget zac is still a kid and he’s been fantastic for us but if he has a niggle then we need to be resting him. I’m not the only one that mentioned he was labouring during the match. I thought he was last week also. Last thing we want is zac breaking down during a nothing season.
When we have Simpkin and Crowley in form in the 2’s, we should be resting kids when the opportunity presents.
waiting for the forum to descend into depressant finger pointing now. it was a bad loss. it was the first game this year i felt like the effort wasnt there. the boys will want to respond very hard against carlscum now though
How the fk can a team of professionals not turn up mentally from the first bounce. That first qtr was disgusting. The game was over by the 25min markAnother anzac day another awful performance
I’m totally sick of this too! Take it off us please, we don’t deserve it or treat it with any respect!
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OUT: Most of the dickheads on this forum
Cheers 
We aren't on the bottom.
As long as we are at the end of the year.games into kids and number pick next year should be our goal.
Another positive, when was the last time two goal reviews went our way? I can't recall it ever happening before.
Probably just to stir us. Anytime I’m at a live match and there’s a goal review I become like an escaped asylum resident. It’s a corrupt process. Then some nuffie announces “ohh ah da farkin ball was deemed to have hit da post by the number 1 video farktard.” Then on the video it wasn’t near it at all. 
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Pattern emerging…smashed, Won, smashed, Honorables loss, smashed, Win
deemed to have hit da post by the number 1 video farktard
Lol.
The biggest thing we have to fear this year, is a mediocre team with a point to prove.We’ll catch good teams napping, and get a few Honourable losses, but if any team turns up desperate for a win, we’re in trouble.
The less said about today, the better.
That’s pretty much it.
Which then brings it back to the coaches IMO, esp when the head coach says during the week, it’s about prepering every week the same, no matter what the occassion or opposition.
Like I said post the port game, the blueprint is there how to beat us, the coaching group should be judged on how well the players turn up when the heat is on.
so far, they panic and get overwhelmed and are down by 60 odd points in a qtr and a bit.
Anytime that happens IMO from now on, is a tick in the had a bad day column.
Also the coaching group as a whole deserve a bake after that performance, have none of them paid attention over the last few years ?
not to bag dempsey cos it is what it is, but they should know by now they shouldn’t bring him back on anzac day, they shouldn’t play him down back, and they prolly shouldn’t be picking him to play at all.
No doubt he’s out there trying, he is just a very limited footballer and the coaches shouldn’t be picking him, and they sure as hell should never be playing him in the backline.
AS much as the players didn’t bring any effort (bar a handful of players) the coaching was downright poor today, if for nothing else they didn’t have the team prepared to face another team breathing fire from a media backlash all week, just 2 weeks after we copped it over in port.
alas as you say, this year it’s not necessarily going to be about what we do, the end result of the day is going to be dictated heavily by how teams turn up to play us.
turn up at even prolly 80 % and we’ll match you.
bring your intensity and effort A game against us, and well we’ll be out of the contest within a qtr.
it sucks, but it is what it is.
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Pears is best 22?? It’s no longer 2009.
11of our best 22
Our forward line has been a massive issue for years. Even if we get a 12 back, our forward line even with Hooker and Danaher is still just o.k. We need to get someone who can kick goals consistently. Joey needs to do more skills work with Lloyd or someone.At halftime both sides had 27 inside 50's each,and we were down by 70odd pointsWe have no structure to our forward line, and nobody in there who can stick a tackle.
It goes in and goes back out with interest
I agree our forward line is a massive issue. But if we think that delivery, and that style of play is enough to keep us in the game… We’re soundly mistaken.
positives: i mowed my lawns in the second quarter, they look as lush as the mcg.
You all realise that we don't actually have anyone to replace the ones you're calling to be droppedClearly didnt watch the VFL if you think that
How ■■■■■ is collingwood if they are so pumped up beating us. Wont make the 8.
oh a spoonful of Thymosin Beta will cure what ails ya bomber fans
Meh, we could have gone the more conservative route and played guys like Simkin and Crowley but we rolled the dice on a kids and it didn’t pay this week.
I can live with this.
But if Long doesn’t get a game soon I will go troppo!
Out: Gleeson, McKenna, Grimley, Dea
In: Crowley, Simpkin, McKernan, Redman
B: Baguley Hartley Gwilt
HB: Walla Brown Kelly
C: Fantasia Bird Zerrett
HF: Simpkin McKernan Goddard
F: Cooney Daniher Stokes
R: Leunberger Crowley Zaharakis
Int: Parish, Langford, Dempsey & Redman
Gwilt was poor today but overall I think he’s been good this year. On the chopping block for Grima though if he has another poor game against Carlton.
Grimley made the most of his scoring opportunities but I think McKernan offers much more versatility and physicality. I also have a preference for giving listed players a go ahead of top ups if it’s a 50/50 call.
Perhaps tough on McKenna but I think he needs to continue learning at the lower level at this stage. We have too many others pushing for selection in the VFL and I’m sure he’ll get more senior opportunities this year.
Dea has been handy but we have other options; 0 tackles for the game is unacceptable for an Essendon defender today.
Not sure what the go is with Long (can we upgrade him?) but I’d like to see either he or Redman get an opportunity.
Our forward line looked better in the second half when JD went to CHF and got told to lead up to the wings… and we actually (unbelievably) started to look for other targets up forward. This meant that Reid had to drop back to cover the D50 and left JD (finally) 1-1 with Frost… and from there he was able to actually take a few grabs and get a little bit more involved.
If you wanted to freeze frame every contest JD was involved in during the first half… I would suggest that very few will feature less than 3 defenders to a lone JD hand (the other, of course, is being held).
My biggest gripe with JD is the continual leading to the pocket… but it is just so consistent that you have to wonder whether that is under coaches instruction?! Got so predictable that Pie midfielders were flooding back to that section even before the ball was directed there!