Haha, great edit
one thing changed in our game plan, we now kick the ball in a forward direction.
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Well im not sure how we are winning games at all atm with 2 rocks up the forward who have none of those traits too apparently.
But yep we wont win any games without daniher and his just pure awesome and and never do anything wrong ever, how do we manage 
Also it was 65 goals , not 70.
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Where the fark did anyone say that?
A bit precious there princess.
I noted early in the year when the ball was up for the contest from the forward line all the way down to the nearly the half back line, that our main midfielders (Hep, Zerret & Zacka mainly but also others) could have been within 15m of a contest, and usually ignored the contest and kept flooding back. At that time I assumed that this lack of contest was a team strategy to allow the Bombers to attack off the half backline and that basically contests up the ground were more or less about delaying tactics then winning the ball, all just to allow Heppell & co to get back in place in preparation for a defend / attack process directly from the backline. The plan was then to either hit up a short option and move with speed spotting up Joey with another short kick out of defence, or long over Joey to Hooks or into space for any fast forward to run on to… with the speed of Tippa, Disney & Co swopping in for any crumbles if the ball came to ground.
Opposition teams simply put the 60 metre crush on us and removed the space for us to spot up the short kicks and with the long kick to Joey (the plan b) a waste of time…well that strategy was rubbish…and slowing the opposition entry into their forward line also gave them extra time to setup their crush up too.
Anyway that strategy was massively flawed and when the plan B option became untenable… we then changed our strategy to compete all over the ground. The direct consequences was creating turnovers closer to goal, but more importantly leaving space for our defenders to work into, hence the dominance of McKenna and Saad.
So yeah, Neeld as our main strategist, was absolutely a dud IMO and getting rid of him changed everything up.
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Wonder if the so called experts actually pay attention sometimes. From the HS …
ESSENDON
Buckenara says: The Bombers haven’t lived up to the pre-season hype but in the last six weeks they’ve found their groove and are building towards a potential finals berth if everything goes right. While a lot of media focus was on a perceived lack of pressure around the ball and slow ball movement, I think Essendon has actually just been exposed for a lack of speed, particularly through the midfield. The long-term injury to Travis Colyer — it was great to see him return at the weekend — was a massive blow and the injury to Martin Gleeson, who can play small and tall, has created a bit of a flow on effect with Adam Saad perhaps not being able to get his game going as much as he could because there has been a lot of rotation in the small defender roles with Conor McKenna (suspension and form), Mark Baguley (form) and Andrew McGrath. Joe Daniher has obviously been a massive loss to their structure, although they have pretty good key position depth so have been able to cover him to an extent. Shaun McKernan has been a revelation up forward.
The Bombers nabbed three big names in last year’s trade period — Jake Stringer, Devon Smith and Adam Saad — and they arrived with big expectations but on exposed form from the first half of the season, I’d give them a cross for impact. But, there have been some good signs since their Round 13 bye and I think by the end of the season supporters will see the benefits — and new dynamic — this trio brings. I know there’s a lot of talk about Smith’s tackle and pressure numbers but in my opinion he hasn’t set the world on fire. Any player in this day can produce big tackle numbers because the game is so congested. I want to see him have more of an impact forward. He’s only averaging 20 disposals a game and has kicked just 10 goals. He was a scoreboard impact player at the Giants, so hopefully he can kick a few more goals in the run home. I think he has the ability to do a lot more. Stringer has been hot and cold and Saad hasn’t quite got his run and dash game going although his game against North Melbourne was a step in the right direction.
Winning five of their past six games has taken the pressure off but I think Essendon would have liked to have had at least 2-3 more wins at this stage of the season to be right up in that top eight and top-four mix. Destiny is in their own hands in terms of finals now with matches against Collingwood, Sydney, Hawthorn, Richmond and Port Adelaide in their last eight games, these are all teams they are competing against to earn a finals berth. Beat the majority of those games and the Bombers should play finals.
Wow, just wow.
Oh dear!
Ha. Good one Bucky!
Meanwhile Raz quoted today that getting our fwd structures right and massive increase in pressure around the ball/tackling was the key.
Not sure he has seen a game since round 8. Literally everything he said was wrong.
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THat’s why he gets paid the big bucks…?
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I don’t think he saw a game before round 8 either
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Buckenara’s a bitter sad old man.
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He had a buckin beauty last weekend
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Anyone who thinks a fit Daniher isn’t a massive boost to our side is a deadset moron. There appear to be quite a few of them in here.
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Wait till the bigger deadset morons start repeating them verbatim tomorrow.
Coming to a water cooler near you.
There’s a mad bombers fan at work, and madder than anyone here with the tin foil, who is convinced we’re trading Daniher.
It’s kind of embarrassing, really.
But at the same time kind of comforting that I’m not the craziest bomber fan in the world.
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Lol seems you’re not even the maddest bomber fan at work.
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