Round 4 vs Dogs. Watchable second half

[sausageroll]

@Aceman

@sausageroll

Effort was not the problem.

Don’t agree. Effort was appalling in the first quarter

Im just going off what champion data recorded at q1 in the telecast

[dingus]

@frosty

@222EB

Has anyone noticed that the commentators lately have been calling us the Dons and not Bombers, happened in both the vfl and AFL games.

Anyway I don’t like it sounds unusual and weird, I wonder if this is a directive from the AFL for some stupid reason.

I’ve called us the Dons for as long as I can remember. To me it’s always been far more natural than the Bombers.

I’ve always preferred to yell “bombers”, “dons” is easier to use in anger and has therefore become more frequent.

Mostly now I just call them “for FARKS SAKES”!

[BakerWasAStar]

That is a great analysis.

[BakerWasAStar]

Interestingly, we have played 4 of the current Top 8 sides:

• Bulldogs (1st)
• Kangaroos (5th)
• Hawks (6th)
• Port Power (8th)

So, Scott’s supposed “game plan” (maniacal desire to handball) wasn’t really not about “better execution” by the players but more about the better sides in the comp exposing how poor the handball at all costs based game plan really - Giants tried it against the Pies and were soundly beaten.

Once we changed game plan (kick-mark and hour a player in space) 10-15 minutes into Q2 we looked a totally different team, players looked more confident, we controlled the game’s tempo and. that occurred around the time the Bulldogs kicked their 2nd goal in Q2. The scoreboard read Bulldogs led 9.2 to 1.4.

We then proceeded to outscore the Bulldogs 8.11 to 5.13 (with both sides missing gettable shots); a 16 point advantage to us.

Hopefully, Scott has learnt his lesson about his preferred, and utterly failed, “game plan”.

[Tagger]

I’m no sure Scott would argue his desired gameplan is an overhand ball one. He did call out the players after the Port game for overhandballing

[dingus]

The sound was pretty bad in that press conference. What he actually said was “they don’t look sober handballing”.

[j_w]

@BakerWasAStar

Interestingly, we have played 4 of the current Top 8 sides:

• Bulldogs (1st)
• Kangaroos (5th)
• Hawks (6th)
• Port Power (8th)

A lot of that ladder will be attributed to who those teams have played. Hawks and Dogs, sure, top 8 certainties.

Kangaroos and Power have played Essendon, WC, Carlton and Port, and North, Essendon, West Coast and Richmond, respectively. Ie they have played garbage teams so far but will end up bottom 6 sides.

[Tipoofthesteinberg]

You wonder why people give you ■■■■ but then you post garbage like that

[efc1robbo]

To be fair to Nino, he has never been great at reading the room

[stander2]

@Finding_Nino

First time in a long time where I was engaged watching us play in the second half thats the kind of effort I want us to bring every qrt,every week win or lose

A lot of supporters would share that sentiment. Hopefully they can deliver more of that going forward.