Could have (should have?) been 5-6 goals up early.

Not helped by losing a couple of rotations early. Then Cripps hampered by injury.

Rowe played and Thomas

Not helped by atrocious umpiring.

Inability to make anything of the inside 50s. No small forwards applying pressure. Fremantle able to sweep the ball out with ease.

Poor conversion from Jack Silvagni in the first half.

Kreuzer torched by Sandilands in the second quarter very costly.

Plowman a few shocking errors - running too far was very costly.

Do SPS and Charlie need a run in the reserves?

Another week where a small forward torched us. It seems Plowman was the match up on Walters. Recruitment needs to focus on a lockdown small defender and quick small forward who will apply pressure.

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"You are being watched. The government has a secret system. A machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I know because I built it." - Finch

The most attrocious one sided umpiring you are likely to ever to see

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*(grow - fun - gah)

Yeah but whatabout your whataboutism.

@#$%&! JUNK TIME

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WADA medical director Dr Alan Vernec describes Essendon* FC drug case as biggest scandal in team sport the world of sport has seen. #WC2WB

#GUILTY

Small forwards have been killing us for years.

Absolute garbage free kick to end the game.

Just cop the fine Blues and let Bolts go for it re umps in presser. Please!

I usually don't get too concerned about the umps. But that was a @#$%&! disgrace. Right down to the last decision.

Maggots - can someone ask the r-soles if both players are holding give the free against us?

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one you knock back is one you never have

Memo to club- Grow some balls and savage the umpires in the media. No good doing it behind closed doors asking for explanations. And tell the AFL to jam the fine right up their arse.

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"Then joked and said he (Jack himself) probably wouldn't even need to play until round 2 against Collingwood."

We wouldn't have won, but nonetheless 95% of the one on one decisions went their way

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

Agree - we should attack them on the umpiring s egment on the afl site - am so angry....

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one you knock back is one you never have

4 frees 15 out directly in front.
All there technically.
The throwing the ball rule is dead it seems.

That was a comprehensive thrashing in every aspect of the game after 1/4 time. I just sat in dumb disbelief at how inept we were by comparison.

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

I counted 5 goals from the result of free kicks maybe even 6.

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"Then joked and said he (Jack himself) probably wouldn't even need to play until round 2 against Collingwood."

Worked very hard without much reward.

No half forward line today which hurt with the rebound.

A few too many passengers. J. Silvagni didn't do much, neither did SPS. That was compounded by the lack of rotation due to injuries.

On the positives, I thought we were well coached, blackline stood up -- great game from Williamson who is already the best field kicker at the club -- and I thought our leaders were very good. Murphy in particular gave his all as did Kreuzer.

I also thought Cunningham showed something.

As a development priority, Zack Fisher needs to work on his right side. If he can do that, given his competitive streak and other tricks, he could become a very good player for us.

Would like to see a couple of changes next week.

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I send an SOS to the world

Shhh!
Don't mention the war.

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

I look forward to the media tomorrow highlighting how much the umpires scr... I'm sorry I cant even finish that sentence

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WADA medical director Dr Alan Vernec describes Essendon* FC drug case as biggest scandal in team sport the world of sport has seen. #WC2WB

#GUILTY

Actually need to find a word other than maggot - maggot is too kind a word!!!

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Pros:
Murph and Ed.
Kreuzer around the ground.
Very encouraged by Cuningham's performance.
Loved Fisher's cleanness.
Williamson.
Although injuries are a negative. I'm kind of happy that some others will get a go at senior level.

Cons:

Inaccuracy. We're not good enough to win when we waste scoring opportunities.
Crowd influenced umpires. About half of Freo's goals came from umpire intervention.
Kreuzer's inability to compete at centre bounces, for the 2nd week in a row. May not suit our team balance, but I wonder if it's time for Phillips to come back in.
The inability of Charlie and Casboult to make a marking contest in the 3rd quarter when we were dominating the territory battle.
Some terrible turnovers at half back that led to easy goals. Although I suspect we were taking more risks than usual in an attempt to get back in the game.

Of course it had no bearing on the result, but there were too many not paid to us that were also "technically there" BS

Get Small Forwards

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It is not as bad as you are lead to believe.......it is %$#^& worse!!!

Ordinary game, and players such as Neale, Fyfe and Sandilands were the difference.

Williamson was a shining light for us.

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"The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, and the young know everything." Oscar Wilde