Essendon v Collingwood - Anzac Day Match Thread

bombers_rock · Post by **bombers_rock** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:44 pm

Yep. And manning up is an issue. The Filth are just running too freely.

Also, some of the younger players need to be told to get the ball out instead of hanging onto it and handing the ball to em through a free kick.

Lloyd is King · Post by **Lloyd is King** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:46 pm

Half Time
Ess 6.6.42
Col 5.12.42

Umpiring gets worse EVERY SINGLE YEAR. Today they have lowered the bar even further.

Collingwood totally outplayed us that quarter. Dons have lost their early cohesion and Collingwood are winning all the contested footy.

What the hell is Lucas doing playing loose in defence?

AND WHAT THE HELL IS BRADLEY DOING UP FORWARD??????

Put your brain back in Sheeds. Get back into this Bombers.

Davey's got 3 goals. If we win, he's a certainty for the medal.

bombers_rock · Post by **bombers_rock** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:46 pm

Onya Johns.. really needed that goal after the siren.

DYSON#2 · Post by **DYSON#2** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:47 pm

thank god young alwyn is playing for us...
Kepler your 2nd quarter was worse than your 1st. Go Away you A Grade hack.

we need to use ball a bit better, thank god for that Johns goal, we need a better structure

KaaN10 · Post by **KaaN10** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:47 pm

How the hell was that goal not touched? First touched by Fletcher then touched by Didak. Jeez.

Post by **Jazz_84** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:48 pm

we looked an absolute mess that qtr and dead set bradley is a joke, he is never going to be a part of the EFC, VFL footy player at best

swoodley · Post by **swoodley** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:50 pm

I've stood by Bradley through thick and thin but he's really wearing out his welcome today. He just seems scared to make a decision and by the time he does it's too late. His disposal has been abominable.

ealesy · Post by **ealesy** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:53 pm

I've been cutting Kepler some slack, but they guys a god damn liability should not get another game this year and should get the chop at the end of the year, unless we can trick someone into trading for him.

Even by some fluke he ends up with the ball he has f*** all idea of what to do with the bloody thing.

And how exactly to we get into a situation where Laycock goes off for a breather and none of the other possible ruck options are aware of it?? How do we end up with a situation where Jobe Watson is contesting the ruck contest??!!

What are you doing Sheeds???

Mark Bolton and Kepler sure were important ins weren't they, both done f*** all apart one giving away a stupid free by using his arms in a marking contest when all he needed to do was use his body, robbed us of a goal and the other one who the only the thing he has done as been to kick out on the full a pretty easy shot at goal!!

DYSON#2 · Post by **DYSON#2** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:54 pm

Lovett might find himself in trouble with the tribunral during week

swoodley · Post by **swoodley** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:55 pm

Ryder looked good in the ruck late in that quarter. We've been getting belted most of the day out of the middle but started to hold our own once he went into the ruck.

PS: Note to umpires...try bouncing the ball straight up rather than towards collingwood's ruckman every f****** time

Post by **Jazz_84** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:55 pm

you should add "No bradley" to your sig

Post by **Jazz_84** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:56 pm

DYSON#2 wrote:Lovett might find himself in trouble with the tribunral during week

no way, there was nothing in it, wont even get to the tribunal

bombers_rock · Post by **bombers_rock** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:58 pm

DYSON#2 wrote:Lovett might find himself in trouble with the tribunral during week

Didn't look like anything in it, at least not from the camera angle channel 10 showed. It looked like the filth bloke blocked it. Time will tell I spose.

ealesy · Post by **ealesy** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:58 pm

Don't you love how Ten went back and brought that to everyone's attention bet Walls was behind that one, the f*** monkey.

Should be fine though given Kozi was even looked at for doing exactly the same thing to Fletch last week after his torp!!

bomberflyer · Post by **bomberflyer** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:58 pm

Farewell Bradley & Bolton...this is your swansong.

We look tired...that is why we are moving the ball slowly...we can't run to make space.

Must rotate Laycock with Ryder. Send Bradley to the moon.

Also, Dyson is soft...and doesn't work hard enough.

Thank god for our defence...or we'd be 5 goals down.

Getting flogged out of the middle.

McVeigh has been inspirational!

Go DAVEY...what a little machine.

ealesy · Post by **ealesy** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:02 pm

Thank god the Pies have been inaccurate, realistically most of the ones they have missed have been pretty gettable. They should more likely be 12.5 instead of 5.12.

bombers_rock · Post by **bombers_rock** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:02 pm

bomberflyer wrote:We look tired...that is why we are moving the ball slowly...we can't run to make space.

That's to be expected with only a 3 day break. Even playing Friday night would have been a struggle come today.

I think the "margin" at half time tells the story. But considering the first 10 minutes or so of the match, we should be murdering them. What's happened??? Get someone up forward as a target - seems like when we get it in, we stuff around with it too much and the Filth rebound (the umpires aren't helping us).

ealesy · Post by **ealesy** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:04 pm

I'm hoping this a ploy by us, keep it tight in the first half, get them running alot, play it slower ourselves. Watch them run out of gas and run over the top of them in the 2nd half.

Also they've got some key players in their midfield who were doubtful coming into the match (Thomas Burns) who might start feeling the pinch.

nudder12 · Post by **nudder12** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:13 pm

If we lose this there's one simple explanation why - team selection!! We are just way too tall everywhere and too slow everywhere. They're running rings around us and if wasn't for their poor goal kicking we'd be getting flogged.

Lloyd is King · Post by **Lloyd is King** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:18 pm

yep shocking selections all round.

This game should be over. Pies are keeping us in this.