Bombertalk

It is worth noting that, despite missing key members of the back six, Essendon has only conceded more than 100 points in a game twice this year (so far). These were against Sydney (131) and Port (111). The overall average is 83.26 points a game. Since the "Gather Round" drubbing at the han...

5. Martin
4. Langford
3. Guelfi
2. Durham
=1. Redman
=1. The Essendon Crowd. Was worth an extra player on the ground today.

Apols: Hind, Goldstein, Merrett

As someone of the radio said last week - it is time for Anika Wells (the Australian Minister of sport) to get off the board of WADA as there is a clear conflict of interest with the roles of Minister of Sport for Australia (who should be demanding just why the f*** the Chinese Swimming team was let ...

***SNIP*** Woeful. What is it exactly that the Essendon nuffies (and even some media “experts”) saw in the Davey’s pre-draft? The carry on suggested we’ve got two absolute rippers. Obviously Jayden has an excuse… but wow… Junior looks like he’s way out of his depth. If I recall ... the hype came fr...

While it was close - you have to consider we had 22 scoring shots to their 16.

Most of the behinds we kicked were from set shots. Only one behind was rushed.

This needs to improve.

We just don’t win easy. We had a 9 day break, they had 6. Should Jones have played? Davey needs a spell. Thank goodness for Zed! Jones - 3 Kicks, 3 HP with 3 clangers - clearly gunshy Davey - 2 Kicks, 2 HB, 1 tackle. with 1 clanger. Spent 41% of the time on the bench. You could argue he had an exte...

Why the heck is Weideman an Emergency??? Anyone?? Good question! Scott seems to favor anyone over the age of 25. If Goldy was a bit suspect, Bryan should have been the emergency If Perkins or Jones (I can't believe his smashed nose isn't an issue) were suspect - Shiel (remember him) should have bee...

I fully expect to lose. West Coast are very capable and with the wonder boy Harley Reid back we are going to have to be playing our absolute best to beat them. Brad Scott’s pronouncements about Tarryn Thomas were disgraceful. This on a week where we are trying to focus to prevent violence against w...

IN: Archie Perkins, Matt Guelfi OUT: Sam Draper (Injured), Nick Hind (Omitted) ...knee soreness. Draper has been able to manage his soreness in recent games, but after failing to improve his condition over the course of the week, he'll sit out Saturday's game. I suspect Draper is more like he has b...

Wow ... log on at 4:30AM and find the site has 47 guests checking the site... and me.

Why?

Our enfant terrible ruckman has got himself in trouble again... and earned himself an admonishment from the club. It seems he made comments about Luke Beverage ... on a podcast "Clubby Sports 200+". Draper stated that if Beverage remained at the Dogs next year, he understood that a number ...

Visentini looks ok. Visentini is our rookie speculator this year. It would be nice to have a rookie work out for once. We haven't had a success for quite a while. And before someone says Durham - he was Richmond's rookie we pinched from them in the midseason draft and put on the rookie list to keep...

Redman gets reported for the second time this year for striking.

Just a fine this time.

But for f**** sake - I thought he would have learned from the first one!

We have 3 bunnies in the headlights that are just turning the ball over and over and over. McKay is the most notable of them. Davey is a witches hat Davey should be running around with the Auskick crew FMD he is feeble. Just on him. He somehow leads pressure acts which leads me to think that stat c...

Wound up being a bloody good game.

Still recovering.

I hope the injuries are minimal and most will be available for the WCE game on 4 May.

That's a 9 day break. Jones probably pushing it.

5. McGrath
4. Merritt
3. Langford
2. Martin
1. Stringer

Apols - Heppell, Cox, Jones (until he got injured)

They need to stop the kick straight to the center from the kickout. It has resulted in quick goal and near misses. Most of Parish's touches seem to be handballs to someone under pressure so he doesn't get tackled ... :-( Also too many errors in the backline. Though it is hard when both Laverde (hip)...

We have 3 bunnies in the headlights that are just turning the ball over and over and over.

McKay is the most notable of them.

Davey is a witches hat

Excellent! But the usual lapses in the last 2 minutes of the quarter are damn frustrating. 1 goal 2 points to the Pies. Lucky it wasn't 3 goals.

The difference between a dominant quarter and an OK quarter.

Stop the game now.