Wont be surprised if we jag a win or 2
Could not agree more. The club would know that we arenāt competing for anything this year, so if the collateral damage of establishing a harder edge and cutthroat environment is a few suspensions, so be it.
Before anyone sooks it up, Iām not advocating to go punch blokes in the head, Iām advocating playing closer to the edge that establishes an uncompromising culture.
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What did llyod have to say about essendons toughness?
he said 30 points was a smashing
Agree and most of it was due to our poor defendingn
Tom Papley can go and get fkd
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Probably bottom six.
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Hasnāt that trophy already been created for the worst on ground in a grand final?
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Hard to be too unhappy with that performance. Effort was there even though we had more than a few passengers in Heppell, Menzie, Hind and Laverde etc
Merrett and Gresham were huge, however one of the issues is that Sydney have about half a dozen players with Merrettās kicking skills or better. We just canāt use the ball well enough.
They also have better runners and a better defensive setup. We did well to stay in the game.
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One thing that was a novelty this morning was the result didnāt seem to bother me.
Like non plussed care factor.
Whether that coincides with an increase in passion for Liverpool I donāt know. And I canāt put a claw on it but it almost feels like Iām freeing up emotional hard drive space for something down the track, not sure.
Maybe itās better the Devil I know.
But saga aside theyāve had long enough. My young bloke can have interstate boundary line membership but unless thereās a clean break with dodoro itās Gough time to give what was once a club worth caring about the ar$e.
Theyāve done a fair bit to re right a few wrongs, but need to to put a big full stop on a big statement, otherwise that factor that was once such a big part of me is seemingly leaving.
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Conceded 38 I50 marks in 2024, 19 last week, 19 last night. Horrible.
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Damn straight.
BRING. HER. IN.
EDIT: taller than our best menās midfielder?
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We might be our 21 in a row against dogs in a few weeks 
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FLETCH>>>>>PAPLEY.
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Jet!
baguley wouldāve dropped papley so hard
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Papley would never be close enough to an actual contest for that to happen. Heās a loudmouth showboat chipscab.
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Personally I prefer they go over āthe Edgeā a couple of times and learn when to pull back rather than being a nice friendly bunch of guys as they have been the last few years.
I really learned in the last couple of rounds last year how much I appreciate it when my team shows maximum effort. I thought they did that last night but yeah still a way to go.
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Having had time to digest the game & the thing that frustrates me the most is that Essendon still lacks team defence. 20 years and we are still the easiest team to score against, only North has had more points scored against them per game.
Every coach has spoken about a focus on defence, yet the players NEVER deliver. Clearly either the forwards or the midfield are very lazy in transition or lack the intelligence to apply the strategies suggested by the coaches.
It only takes one player to not chase for the opposition to find an easy way through as the whole structure brakes down. We have a relatively slow midfield & forward group and we keep getting found out. How many times were the Essendon players all running back down the middle of the ground while the Swans kept their width and had so many clear targets.
The positives:
- our forwards can score & kick straight
- Merritt sets the example
- Gresham, McKay, Goldy & Duursma are all improving us
The negatives:
- injury management (soft tissue)
- fast players are not fast when chasing
- overall we lack speed
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