Freo brought the pressure and we crumbled stock standard Essendon of the last 15 years
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Lose the first qtr lose the game
Gave momentum too a side down in confidence, you canāt do that.
Weed needs to be dropped badly
Kelly isnāt up to AFL worrying about his concussion issues aswell, saw him on the bench again after knock.
Parish alot saying trade, no! First game back in 6 weeks of football ease up. He plays a role, he isnāt the best defensively but has plenty of upside still.
2MP second game blues normal
Perkins needs to play more in the middle he gets into the game better.
We will push Port next week.
Expect a better game from players next week, Port due for a loss.
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because hed never get a sniff in a legitimate top 8 side.
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Hepp
Lav
Kelly
BZT
all slow as treacle. Canāt have them all in the same backline and leave it to turnover McGrath to give us run from the backline. Especially when Redman is contained
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Classic lost it at selection.
Far to top heavy.
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maybe there is something to not playing for 2 weeks, players havent played like that all year, something was definitely different. It is time to drop weed unfortunately, kelly first game back will be better for the run. Will be much better next week
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For me the game was lost at centre clearances. The absence of Draper was telling, he is easily our most important player. Without his physicality at stoppage and ruck work, we were exposed. We need to bolster our ruck stocks if weāre serious about becoming a contender in the coming years.
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Why do people want coaches to have overly emotional angry reactions?
Players canāt play well when angry. Coaches canāt coach well when angry or give any sort of feedback when angry either.
Serves no purpose in the modern era.
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There are many more names to add to that list if weāre being honest.
Some sacred cows among them too.
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Ah Essendon, a wet fart is still more trustworthy
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Not that it would have made a difference but team selection was horrendous. Kelly & Bryan shouldnāt have played.
Not too many players won their matchup, if any.
Yuck. Move on quickly from that.
Perhaps. But he plays a role we need at the minute.
So dropping him because he wouldnāt make anyone elseās side is just stupid.
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Missing Draper hurts. Heās the spirit, gives us drive, creates momentum and takes marks / kicks goals.
Attitude as a group poor. Some globetrotter footy in first quarter provided early signs of style over work rate.
Lack of pressure over the ground exposed defenders. Went in too tall, couldnāt defend our f50 when Wright couldnāt mark tonight.
Wright is great, though we become predictable bombing into f50. If he canāt mark, we canāt defend f50 and opposition walk out too easilyā¦ Our Achilles heal exposed badly again.
We have lots of work to become the āfront halfā side they talk about. It showed tonight.
Oh, and Weid canāt keep getting games. Heās a weak link defensively and offensively we canāt hide.
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Yep.
We need to get in another to pair up with drapes.
The fact that Freo needed a 70 belting to play thier best is farking laughable watch them go to being crap again
If I could re select tonighT
Id start Menzies and debut Tsatsas off a half back flank.
Probably give hobbs and caldwell way more midfield time
Time to go full Nino for me . The first time Iāve ever been close to it.
Redman - Geez that decision to go to Adelaide must have been made was absolutely putrid . Or he has done a stringer after signing a big contract
Parish - we were better without you. 4 goals !! From clearances all because you are the biggest downhill skier since Shane Woewodin after winning a Brownlow.
2mp and Weed- Do you actually like a contest or are you there for high jump practice.
Lav and Kelly - The sooner Baldwin and Reid come in the better. No football IQ at all.
Perkins - Softer than Mr whippy tonight
BDB - you may as well have had the name Matthew knights tonight. Didnāt try anything not one thing to arrest the slide.
Most insipid soft performance of the year.
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No Draper and no speed around the ground was not great. Sadly we do need to shake things up this year to get the mix right for the future. Key back etc etc
Has anyone won after the bye yet?