Hepps probably missing with a finger injury.
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North probably doesn’t want StK’s debt, StK probably doesn’t want North’s list.
At the ground, I though he was super. Hard to split he, Redman, Rids and Jayden.
Probs give it to Redman.
Noticed a few times during the game - are we not manning the mark now? The Doggies tactic?
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Cool. Confirms my thoughts that the first goal of the match, kicked by Jones, was our best of the season.
A St Kilda bloke took two bounces running out of the fifty, but he had to angle toward the boundary.
Then he looked up and has absolutely nowhere to go. So he paused. Then tacklers came so he rushed the ball back inside our fifty. Under pressure, they coughed it up, Harry swooped and kicked it.
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Well, that was a good night out. Drove up there last night to go to the game with my Saints mate. Thought we’d get pumped, but not to be. Every time he comes to the footy with me we smash them. I should have been more confident.
Thought the game plan was better. Dialed it back to more man on man, but still guarding space when needed. The backline was more accountable and did not allow their forwards space. We also took care on Membery when he was sent to our forward line to mop up erratic kicks forward.
The whole team tackled and harassed. That was the more pleasing thing. We took the game on even if it meant we coughed up a few.
Caldwell, 2MP, Perko, Massimo, Sheil, Redman were my favs last night.
Saints? Great draw they have the next four weeks. 
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At last. About time. First time this year Essendon played like a well drilled and wanting to win. Essendon is the Saints bogey team. Last time the Dons played the Saints they totally creamed them. Essendon’s game last night was what we the supporters have been waiting for. Why now? Why has it taken so long? Was it a case of Essendon being so good and the Saints so poor? Coach Ratten said that apart from a few players, Essendon players dominated the game. The “kids” are doing well, and with Parish, Langford and maybe Snelling available next week, let us hope they can keep the momentum going and not fall back to playing the horrible football they have been playing this year. Go Dons.
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Stanton going to anything about Winhager? Been killing us this last qrt
Giving up the 5m and not manning the mark means we can have the lateral movement and supposedly dissuade the corridor kick. First game we do it and suddenly the opposition isn’t going coast to coast through the middle of the ground quite so easily.
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Who remembers the “huddle” teams were doing from kickouts back in the day?
We should try it.
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saturdays are comic book stores busiest days.
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I would love to see what you look like…
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I think we would have got belted worse.
Saints weren’t totally on, and we got away with it. Last week Rutten tried that resilient style that holds up against finals contenders when it’s correctly employed.
It didn’t so not quite there still. I don’t think last night shows anything other than we can still beat average teams with the style we showed last year, just as last week shows we haven’t quite adapted a more accountable style against the better ones.
We are kind of in stasis.
I put huge capital in Langford and snelling clicking at the back end of the year as two people who can give us the confidence and direction to stick to that style against those types of teams and start eking out wins. Even though it was great to watch last night I recon we would have got belted against whoever’s at the pointy end instead of a team who thought they where going to walk it.
The pessimist in me says Campbell and Brasher probably had a bit of a say in how we played last night. Those two are in survival mode and I don’t think they had anything but there own livelihoods in the frame.
Which is exactly why they don’t want an external investigation.
That aside, it’s good to win. And even hope.
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That or officeworks.
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A grown man who constantly talks about superheroes, insinuating someone else is a nerd…
I think you are not giving Essendon enough credit.
We didn’t allow Saints to play their game we gave them no easy transition and forced them into hurried possessions which lead to turn overs.
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I’ll be the first to put my hand up and say I was wrong when I thought the team selection was terrible by dropping Reid. I still don’t agree with that decision as the kid needs experience.
The performance of the team in general was fantastic compared to most other games this year obviously. There was a distinct change to the defensive setup I noticed, as everyone went man on man when Saints had the ball. I’m almost certain this was last year’s game plan.
Great performances by Archie Perkins, Ridley, Shiel, Hepp, Hind, 2MP and Jones got us over the line. Caldwell stepped up when we were challenged. Some of Massimo’s passes were exquisite.
Onwards and upwards, only remember the first 13 rounds as an example of how not to play. Senior players coming back should improve things.
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Sorry if already posted
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Interesting. It wasn’t the sole reason, but it was one of several factors.
Parish is our greatest accumulator, so great that he leaves no room for his midfield team-mates. He does too much. I can’t believe that that is part of the plan. In addition his choice of disposal can be woeful, leading rapidly to disastrous turnovers which occur before his team-mates have a chance to cover their opposite numbers.
Against the Aints, the midfield worked together like a well-oiled machine, with everyone playing their part. Like a previous poster, I’m wondering whether Parish might be better utilised outside…
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