Pros:
Casboult and Charlie and SPS.
A couple of classy goals from Harry.
I like how SPS and Cuningham are getting lots of midfield time.
Gibbs was shut out again. But I thought he tried pretty hard. I liked how we tried to help him, especially early in the game.
Geelong were reasonably inaccurate.

Cons:
Physically bullied by the bigger bodies. Couldn't hold tackles. Couldn't stop Geelong releasing the ball into space.
A number of our players look like they're playing sore.
I like how we're giving Harry a run, but it really leaves us open on the rebound. Playing this many talls is a good long term investment, but makes it hard in the short term. We simply can't stop the defensive run. Opposition waltzes down the ground in space and has time to spot up a forward target.
I wish we'd stop kicking it to Lamb at 45. He can't kick 50 metres. And I wish Casboult would feed it off to a runner, when he marks it outside of 50.
I wish we could get something out of Daisy. He looks like he's marking time to me.
I like White's aggression. But his hands were poor, and his kicking worse.
Kerridge's hands.
I don't know if it's confidence, but Weitering seems to have become a little allergic to body contact. He also doesn't seem to be moving all that well.
Joel Selwood seems to have a free run to do anything he likes with the umpires. He throws the ball or drops it. He kicks in danger. The bigger the reputation, the more the umps seem to be intimidated. Rather like the predictable commentators defence of Dangerfield.
Having to listen the constant stream of drivel exiting out of Darcy's mouth in the commentary.
The ridiculous Chris Scott show.

Simon White offers nothing. In a side that's already too tall it's just a wasted spot in the side. I'd rather see Pickett or BB or Smedts.

There's so little run and midfield presence , I'm not sure what the objective is

Yeah, I think Smedts is unlucky not to have played more at senior level.

I'd rather lose playing Harry Macreadie than playing Simon White.

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

Winston Churchill

I'd rather you play than Simon White

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*(grow - fun - gah)

Yeah but whatabout your whataboutism.

I cant understand why numerous players are unable to pin opposition players arms when tackling. The amount of times the cats players were able to dispose of the ball as a result was embarrassing. Also way too much ball was gifted to them as a result of defense zoning off as well as horrible turnovers. Gibbs clearly cannot handle a strong tag and struggled once again. Murphy shows little leadership in general.

Some glimpses of promise from harry. I hope bolts plays him for the rest of the year. Casboult did well with limited opportunity. I hope big Kruezer is ok. Weittering eas lost again tonite. I hope the club hasn't killed him!

7mate in Canberra is shit. They showed maybe two or three questions of bolts presser only to them cut it off. Whereas they were more than happy to show all of Brad scotts presser uninterrupted.

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Cripps is the man

Pretty hard to sit through that.
Didn't win the Hong Kong tickets either.

Pretty sure Edelstein will be taking his new trophy

Was thinking the same thing

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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

This

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

Agree with all of that.

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Don't blame it on the sunshine, don't blame it on the moonlight, don't blame it on the good times, blame it on the WIGGINS!

Might as well not bother turning up for the rest of the year.
The players have obviously packed it in for 2017 so therefore, so will I.
The leadership from most of the senior core is absolutely non existent.

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James Hird and Essendon* FC - #FOREVERDRUGCHEATS

I won $180 at half-time.

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THEY LIKE TO SEND UP!!!!!!!!

Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

bring on trade week, i hope it's a beauty

You can say a lot of things but I don't think player effort should be questioned. We aren't playing well but I'm not seeing any players "pack it in". This is when they need our support.

Our game plan looks horrible, slow movement, chip it around and eventually turn it over because our skills aren't up to it. Bolton needs to change it up, it's pretty painful to watch at the moment.

I'm expecting more free flowing footy next year with another preseason under their belts and a few departures. Fans won't cop low scoring congested rugby next year.

yep it's so obvious

Btw. Dangerfield gawwwwwwn for that tackle on Kreuz. Brownlow is Dusty's


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Nah. My bet is he will get one reduced to a fine for a guilty plea and if I'm not mistaken, that will not render him ineligible.
It isn't as if he killed anybody.
And you can have a beer with him but only in the off season after Mass.

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