The giant was only “sleeping” because it was in a coma after being king-hit by the AFL then kept tranquilized by its imposed sanctions and the worst coach in EFC history.
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When Voss get’s the flick, he will never be a senior coach again. Great footballer, shithouse coach.
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Yep, and the way FC supporters are handling things these days make me think they’d never have persisted with what we went through the last 10+ years.
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Been a while since Ive heard the whole top deck of the stadium chanting like a couple of times last night, usually its us copping it against Collingwood.
Its a proper flex when you get it going and its an away game.
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Which one was that - Worsfold or Rutten? I find it hard to split them.
Was a great night and might become an ongoing fixture?
I also like the fact that the game started a little earlier as well - 7.10pm instead of 7.40 - easier to bring the kids - doesn’t make it a late night…and that was WITH about half all train lines being replaced by busses…
Having the premiership cups at the ground, where you can get photos etc… was a really great touch as well, and a bouncy castle / disco outside of Gate 2…really great atmosphere.
I’ll be going again next year!
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Watching the third quarter again. Merrett opening goal was a highlight to me for a few reasons
- Merrett leading by example and converting the goal obviously.
- Merrett immediately getting stuck into Carlton afterwards. With 7-8 Essendon players arriving quickly as backup.
- Young then bumping into Merrett after it all.
- 2MP shoving Young for bumping into Merrett.
- Langford joining in and getting stuck into Young as well.
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We had 65% of the crowd at their home game.
■■■■ Carlton.
And i told you you should’ve come to the GS.
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I vote for Worser, because Rutten at least tried to have some respect for our history.
But let’s amend my statement to “the worst brace of coaches in EFC history”
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Yes, good call on the history. Rutten did at least appear invested in the club. He just wasn’t very good at his job.
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There’s no way FCFC’s rebuild is already 20% complete.
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Matthew Knights say hi 
Just watched On TheCouch. There are some very interesting statistics about our current game style. We are playing a very uncontested low pressure game but yet are holding up in defence. We are conceding the most inside 50s from our attacking 50.
I do suspect a lot of this has to do with having no Parish, Setterfield and to a lesser extend Shiel. We have been forced to change how we play. No way our ball skills would have allowed this a few years ago but most of our young players are great by foot. Fingers crossed we get the balance right as we get these players back and move towards the pointy end of the season.
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Great post.
I see that too. It’s not just in the last quarter, but also earlier in the games.
We look inside, there is an option there, but don’t take it and go a safer one out to the wing. We also don’t switch to the other side of the ground when we have numbers out there.
We do have some set plays at times. Some are called from the coaches box, but the backline and midfield are empowered to communicate with each other and make the call whether to take on more risk. It’s not an individual choice, but a choice by a group of players as they need to set up behind the ball just in case it doesn’t quite go as well as expected.
That’ll be our next phase of team development. To take on more risk.
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Jonathan Brown also showing the comparable demographic to the Baby Bombers in 93 and now
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Yep. Dont think it would stand up in finals but we look good.
Surely this will be a yearly fixture on the Sunday night before Kings birthday. I’m sure the AFL would have been happy with how it went last night.
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I watched it aswell, I think Brad has developed a game plan that suits our current list but is willing to adjust depending on the players he has at his disposal.
Such a contrast to Truck trying to implement a Richmond game plan and Woosha before that having no game plan.
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