Match review vs racists, junkies, match fixers and maggots - 2020 round 5

[miss_ellie]

Essendon v Collingwood - The Good, Bad and Ugly - The Mongrel Punt

Good review

[ScottishBomber]

Yeah that’s a great summation of it

[j_w]

@mcdonaldtriplemfooty

See Langford is my big worry, he was our only blip on qtrs 2 and 3 when he burnt multiple players on leads to slow the game down, he even then went to towner, who he just burnt on the previous lead, so he made him lead twice

Such a dumb footballer, massive kink in our armor atm. He’s a poor man’s Stewart

WTF

I am surprised anyone could watch the game on Friday - or any of our games this year - and have Kyle Langford as their big worry. One of our few players who won’t blindly throw the footy onto his boot. I reckon he is our second best user (behind Ridley).

[Deadly]

The best part, after that Ham run to the pocket the pies got kicked it out of our forward line to the wing/flank and the ball got passed straight back to Snell again

[Humbert_Humbert]

@Robin_Close

Ha. We were both there that day. My first game. A mate of dad’s was a Collingwood member so we sat amongst the filth. Dad went into the members bar at half time to drink and play pool with his mate leaving me in the stands. Third quarter started and my father told his mate in typical fashion that he was not going out to “watch that rubbish”. So they kept playing pool. Ten minutes later they were accosted by a Collingwood committee man who asked why they were inside playing pool when Collingwood were putting on one of their best performances ever. The pool table was then covered and apparently it stayed that way during games thereafter.

Regardless of the magnitude of the loss that day I was hooked and determined to see my bombers make amends.

Oh wow, great to hear from someone else who was there!! I’m guessing the “real” Robin Close would’ve played that day?

[Humbert_Humbert]

@j_w

@mcdonaldtriplemfooty

See Langford is my big worry, he was our only blip on qtrs 2 and 3 when he burnt multiple players on leads to slow the game down, he even then went to towner, who he just burnt on the previous lead, so he made him lead twice

Such a dumb footballer, massive kink in our armor atm. He’s a poor man’s Stewart

WTF

I am surprised anyone could watch the game on Friday - or any of our games this year - and have Kyle Langford as their big worry. One of our few players who won’t blindly throw the footy onto his boot. I reckon he is our second best user (behind Ridley).

He’s developing into an absolute beauty. That pack mark he took on the left half forward flank in the last quarter - incredibly skillful and courageous.

[MadBomberSean]

@Josh

Well daniher is heading up to the gold coast and is in main training this week so… your wrong

That’s good news - very happy to have him back and firing if he’s body is in good shape and he wants to play for us.

How far away is he from playing?

[BakerWasAStar]

I agree, but I do think he has not completely looked at the whole Phillips-Grundy match up in totality.

I believe that Phillips was BoG and here’s why.

A ruckman’s job is not just about stats - yes, Phillips individual stats were good but Grundy’s were better.

A ruckman’s job is about giving your midfield first use of the ball. And, in this, consider the following:

1. A rarity, Essendon torched Collingwood 38-28 in clearances. This was pivotal to our success. Take away the individual clearances by Grundy and Phillips of 10 (best on ground) and 6 (3rd best on ground) respectively the result is even more pronounced Essendon’s way 32-18 which is a hiding.

2. Phillips did this by taking a leaf out of Mumford’s playbook and physically buffeting Grundy at every bounce/stoppage so Grundy’s taps weren’t clean and stayed in close - not into some space where Pendlebury normally dominates. The result was only 2 clearances to Pendlebury, normally their engine room. Our coaching was very good in matching up a speedster like Shiel on Pendlebury as Shiel is much better in very close than Pendlebury and his lightning speed away from a stoppage is such that Pendlebury couldn’t get his hands on the ball as much and couldn’t go with Shiel (7 clearances, 2nd best on ground) once Shiel left the stoppage. Hence, at the start of the second quarter, Buckley started Pendlebury in the forward pocket and (I think) started using an ineffectual Elliot in the middle on Shiel (to no great affect).

3. So, Phillips didn’t just nullify the way Collingwood likes to structure around a stoppage he actually damaged it by forcing their best “inside” mid (Pendlebury) to play in a way that he is not comfortable with and which rendered him highly ineffectual forcing the Pies coach to change his stoppage makeup.

4. Phillips then also did what Mumford does and followed up the buffeting of Grundy at the tap out with a relentless attack on the ball in close through tackles, knock ons and sheer physical presence. And he did this all night. It was fitting that it was his tackle on Adams, immediately after a stoppage throw-up in our goal square, that resulted in a dropped ball (of course not paid) that Shiel pounced on for a clearance goal. Grundy simply looked on, a look of resignation on his face.

5. This also resulted us in kicking the highest number of goals from stoppages this year against Collingwood (7-2 our way I think).

So, this is why I think Phillips was BoG. It’s not just about an individual stat face-off against your direct opponent but what you do for your team and your impact on the game.

Phillips nullified Grundy’s dominant ruck style to the point that it damaged Collingwood’s stoppage style rendering Pendlebury ineffectual and thus gave us a 5 goal advantage from stoppages.

If that’s not a BoG against Collingwood, I don’t know what is.

[Finding_Nino]

Joe Montagna reckons Shiel is a brownlow smoky.

$34 at TAB

[ivan]

@ivan

One of the highlights of the night was Redman telling Hurley where to go when hurls asked to take the kickout. Redman played on and hit a bomber on the tit on the back flank

This was in the last quarter with 11 minutes to go by the way

[BakerWasAStar]

I reckon he got at least 5-6 votes already.

[RTBC]

I’d be surprised if Ridley is 195cm.

[scotty21]

Got on at $51

[Finding_Nino]

With Rowell now injured he could very well catch up to Neale.

[scotty21]

Hell even our flag odds at 26 are worth a sneaky 20.

Lost 1 game all season by a point and we sit on the 10th line of betting.

[Gumbyman]

Great post as always BWAS. I agree and I’m sure our coaches would as well. He was massive!

[MadBomberSean]

@RTBC

I’d be surprised if Ridley is 195cm

After a recent growth spurt he measures 195cm on the EFC website. He is taller than Hurley, that’s certain who measures 193cm
Maybe he is only 194cm?

[ivan]

Good post. I can’t remember a game against us where Pendlebury had such little impact.

It would be interesting to go back and look at the clearance stats in this match up over the last decade.

I’ll be surprised if there is another game where we’ve owned them at the stoppages like that

[HarryJay]

@Humbert_Humbert

Oh wow, great to hear from someone else who was there!! I’m guessing the “real” Robin Close would’ve played that day?

I was there too. My most vivid memory is of our young full back, Sandy Talbot, getting a bath from McKenna. McKenna just led to the likes of Barry Price, and the Richardson brothers, took a chest mark and slotted it every time. It was cruel. And the Collingwood crowd just went bananas every time he went near it.

[RTBC]

@MadBomberSean

After a recent growth spurt he measures 195cm on the EFC website. He is taller than Hurley, that’s certain who measures 193cm
Maybe he is only 194cm?

Really…? Mmm doesn’t look like it on the field…but then there is the grass…and the angle…and the elegant neck which might add a few cm.