EF 1 - Essendon vs Adelaide Match Thread

[chickster]

Bloody hell!!! Lovett IS playing!?! Have hardly seen him all night!

[Jazz_84]

haha thanks Auditor, maybe i need to keep my expectations in check for next year, think after a win i thought we were invincible...

[Mrs Mercuri]

i've turned off the TV..... bloody painful stuff to watch... geez i need to vent... might wait till after the match...

[tonysoprano]

What we all doing for mad monday forum lovers?

murder or suicide. haven't quite decided.

[Megan]

Well Monday is the first day of school holidays here in Tas, so I'll be sleeping in

[Mrs Mercuri]

Lovett finally gets his head out of his arse and does something.... 92 points down

[Jazz_84]

least we might save out biggest finals loss record in tact

[Mrs Mercuri]

skipworth gets another one... margin back to 84 now... =D>

[Mrs Mercuri]

hmmm nope yet again we leak late goals... Burton takes margin back to 90 points

[Mrs Mercuri]

is it game over yet.........

huh nope of course it isnt... the Crows manage to get the margin back out to 96 points of course...

[Jazz_84]

least we might save out biggest finals loss record in tact

nope previous worst loss in a final was 94 points.... tonight 96 points....

bye bye 2009 good year, lets build on that for 2010!

[Megan]

Ryder. Could've used you out there son, think twice next time.

[paddyl90]

THAT'S IT

Boys vs Men. I don't know why they cared so much. But oh well, good on them.

Time to put the gurnsey away now

[s'dreams]

Great strides tis year ... but still a lot to learn and perhaps we will have a better run with injuries in 2010.

Oh well - might see Gringo posting this week
Cheers - STI

[Mrs Mercuri]

Possessions-

Atkinson- 13- had a shocker tonight, turned the ball over and leaked goals.
Dempsey-15- love his run out of defence.
Dyson-19- has had a wonderful, career changing 2009. Was solid again tonight.
Fletcher-15- Our best tonight... we would be lost without him in the side.
Hocking-18- 2009 has been career changing for him as well. Love his attack on the footy.
Hooker-16- battled hard in the ruck and did well around the ground.
Hurley-13- Not his best but led to the ball well.
Lovett-16- has had a miserable past month of footy. Again went missing tonight when we really needed him.
Natrat-24- had a couple of horrid turnovers but battled hard all over the ground.
McPhee-13- 4 goals was a pretty good effot but we needed more from him.
McVeigh-18- also battled hard tonight.
Monfries-12- Another that went missing
Neagle-6- no impact tonight.
Pears-14- tried hard but leaked a few goals.
Prismall;-15- disappeared in the second half but has been wonderful in the half a year he has been in the side.
Quinn-8- no need to comment really.
Skipworth-9- had a great first quarter then did nothing... has he done enough to stay for 2010?
Slattery-13- had a shocker tonight as well. Turned the ball over too easily.
Stanton-24- was ok
Watson-14- battled against a tough tagger in Doughty
Welsh-23- did well tonight
Winderich-13- didint really have an impact

[danstar84]

Crows are too big, too strong, too seasoned. We know that we need to work very hard in the off season. Our interstate record doesn't help.

Sucks to finish off in this way, but all in all, this year has been a very positive one for the club. We have a very young team, and I'm sure we will see improvement next year.

A lot to look forward to next year. Hille back, Gumby hopefully fit, full pre-seasons for Prismall, Welsh, Davey, Mcveigh, Reimers.

[hop]

Smashed by a hundred in our last game last year - played finals and smashed by 90 odd this year.

Improvement? it's a subjective thing.

We need bigger bodies - plain and simple. Cruelled by injuries but when we came up against big teams when they took us seriously (aka Geelong and Adelaide) we were smashed!

[BenDoolan]

Possessions-

Atkinson- 13- had a shocker tonight, turned the ball over and leaked goals.
Dempsey-15- love his run out of defence.
Dyson-19- has had a wonderful, career changing 2009. Was solid again tonight.
Fletcher-15- Our best tonight... we would be lost without him in the side.
Hocking-18- 2009 has been career changing for him as well. Love his attack on the footy.
Hooker-16- battled hard in the ruck and did well around the ground.
Hurley-13- Not his best but led to the ball well.
Lovett-16- has had a miserable past month of footy. Again went missing tonight when we really needed him.
Natrat-24- had a couple of horrid turnovers but battled hard all over the ground.
McPhee-13- 4 goals was a pretty good effot but we needed more from him.
McVeigh-18- also battled hard tonight.
Monfries-12- Another that went missing
Neagle-6- no impact tonight.
Pears-14- tried hard but leaked a few goals.
Prismall;-15- disappeared in the second half but has been wonderful in the half a year he has been in the side.
Quinn-8- no need to comment really.
Skipworth-9- had a great first quarter then did nothing... has he done enough to stay for 2010?
Slattery-13- had a shocker tonight as well. Turned the ball over too easily.
Stanton-24- was ok
Watson-14- battled against a tough tagger in Doughty
Welsh-23- did well tonight
Winderich-13- didint really have an impact

Very good summary there M & M.

However, I felt Fletch had a few goals kicked on him (these pricks just keep kicking them out of their ass).